THE newly crowned champions’ record-breaking 30-game unbeaten Blue Square Bet North run was ended by their long-term challengers on a wet and windy afternoon in West Yorkshire.

Former Vauxhall Motors man Josh Wilson was the match-winner as his well-taken double ensured second-placed Guiseley became only the second side – after Boston United – to beat the Blues in the league in 2012-13.

A bitterly disappointed Neil Young blamed uncharacteristic profligacy in front of goal as the main reason for the result.

The Chester boss, whose side have scored more than 100 league goals in each of the past three seasons, said: “I think overall we deserved to win the game as we had a lot of chances which we didn’t take.

“Guiseley started the brighter but once we got used to the formation they were playing and we were playing, I thought we had the better opportunities even though they had more of the ball.

“And all second half apart from their goal – which was a great finish – I thought we bossed the game.

“You’ve got to put your chances away. They had two or three and put two away and we had eight or nine and only put one away.”

Young said before the match that he has no intention of taking his foot off the gas now that the championship and promotion to the Blue Square Bet Premier has been won.

That was reflected in his line-up, which showed just three changes to the team that started the title-sealing victory over Boston United eight days earlier.

Yet after half an hour, he may have been regretting not making more.

The Blues may have gone close when Steve Drench made a smart stop to keep out a George Horan header but, in truth, they did not get going in the opening 30 minutes.

Guiseley – who gave Chester’s players a guard of honour upon entering the pitch – fully deserved the seventh-minute lead given to them by Wilson.

Matty McGinn gave a foul away on the edge of the box and the England C international curled the resullting free kick low and hard around the wall and into the bottom corner.

Wilson nearly the repeated the trick in the 18th minute, his free kick – this time from 25 yards – clipping the outside of the post.

The relieved visitors – on an eight-match winning league run and emphatic 4-0 winners when the sides met  in September – began to work their way into the game and they should have equalised in the 39th minute.

A defender’s slip allowed Tony Gray to race on to a McGinn through pass but with just Drench to beat, he could only curl the ball wide of the upright.

The striker made amends in first-half injury-time, meeting an excellent Antoni Sarcevic corner to ensure the teams went in level at the break.

Young was forced into making a change at the interval as Wes Baynes replaced Horan, whose Achilles injury makes him a major doubt for Wednesday’s Cheshire Senior Cup final.

It was a change that meant right-back Lewis Turner had to be moved into the centre of defence alongside Dom Collins, who made a wonderful sliding tackle to deny Kevin Holsgrove a certain goal 12 minutes into the second half.

It was a half in which both sides missed excellent opportunities, the best of which fell to Sarcevic in the 66th minute.

The midfielder found himself one-on-one with Drench after controlling a pass from Nathan Jarman but he could only shoot straight at the Guiseley goalkeeper.

Sarcevic and the Blues were made to pay four minutes later.

McGinn’s failure to cut out a crossfield pass gave Wilson a run on goal.

John Danby rushed out to narrow the angle but the in-form forward showed neatness of touch to dink the ball over him and into the net.

The fired-up hosts would have made the final scoreline more emphatic had Jack Rea – the last player to score for Chester City – not dragged wide when well placed in the area.

And they were so nearly punished in added time after Danby went up for a McGinn corner.

The Blues goalkeeper rose highest to meet McGinn’s delivery and headed the ball down for Danny Williams, whose close-range strike was smothered by Drench.

The defeat means Chester’s lead over Guiseley is down to 16 points with three games to play.

Guiseley: Drench, Hardy, Meynell, Ellis, M Wilson, J Wilson, Rea, Holdsworth, Carole, Rothery, Holsgrove (Walshaw 63). Subs: McWilliams, Bower, Mullen, Giles.

Booked: Walshaw.

Goals: J Wilson 7, 70.

Chester: Danby, L Turner, Horan (Baynes 46), Collins, McGinn, Hankin, N Turner (M Williams 88), Sarcevic, D Williams, Jarman, Gray (A Williams 77). Subs: Brown, Howard.

Booked: Sarcevic, McGinn.

Goal: Gray 45.

Referee: Matthew Bristow (Manchester).

Attendance:  1,545.