Neil  Young was beaming with pride after watching his Chester FC side earn a 1-1 draw with high-flying Luton Town.

Andre Gray fired the Hatters into an early lead but the Blues levelled on 23 minutes when Gareth Seddon let fly from 25 yards and his strike rocketed into the back of the net.

Chester have now lost only once in seven games and Young believes his improving side are growing in confidence week-by-week.

He said: "I'm very proud of the players again. I think we have seen in recent weeks that the belief is coming.

"I thought we were excellent all over the pitch and I think you have seen a confidence about us. That belief is only going to grow, grow and grow.

"People who were here two months ago wouldn't have seen us getting out from the back and playing, full backs getting pushed on, balls getting whipped across the box and a fantastic goal."

Young felt his side were denied a 'blatant' penalty when Hatters centre half Steve McNulty blocked Seddon's acrobatic volley with his arm and was unhappy with referee Darren Handley, who waved the appeals away.

"The referee said it has hit his arm but it was too close but the boy's arm was up above his head," said the Blues boss.

Luton are one of the favourites for the title and headed to the Swansway Chester Stadium having not lost in 10 league games.

Young was delighted with the way his players, who trained together for only an hour-and-a-half before the game, stood up to one of the Skrill Premier big boys.

"You only have to look at the players they have got, the players they are bringing off the bench and the players that aren't even in the squad," he said.

"Kidderminster have been here and haven't beat us, Cambridge haven't, Grimsby haven't and now Luton haven't. To do that against four sides with top squads and top managers is a credit to us."

Seddon and Ashley Williams, who replaced the injured Nathan Turner in midfield, were two of the stand-out performers for the Blues.

Young said: "Gareth Seddon was outstanding against two really good centre halves. I said to Gary Jones who's the 21-year-old we have got up front because he was running around like a headless chicken.

"Ashley Williams has come in and had a great game, once he got to grips with it. We were concerned about the boy Luke Guttridge because in the games we have watched he comes in off the left, gets behind the forwards and causes chaos, hence the reason Ashley was in there.

"At breaking the game up, Ashley is one of the best but he's got to be at that level that every week and he knows that."

Chester travel to ninth-placed Nuneaton Town, who beat Welling United 2-1 at the weekend to end a poor run, on Saturday and Young believes his players are capable of coming away with a result.

He said: "There is a little bit of resilience coming about us and rightly so. We have got a good group of people in there and a good group of players.

"We have seen everybody now and nobody should scare us."