Chester City FC: FA allow Chester to play Droylsden

THE FA has granted Chester City FC special dispensation to play Droylsden on Saturday.

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14:56, 30 JUL 2009
Updated23:07, 23 JUL 2013

THE FA has granted Chester City FC special dispensation to play Droylsden on Saturday.

The match at Blue Square North club Droylsden on Saturday (kick-off 3pm) is in memory of Neil ‘Tony’ Downes from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who was killed in Afghanistan.

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