A new look Chester FC squad started to be put through their paces at the beginning of the week as a new era began at the Blues.

Under last season’s National League North title winning bosses Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson, the group of players which will tackle English football’s sixth tier has taken shape over the last month or so.

Some of the players on the books at the Blues already had deals for the upcoming campaign, having been handed them by previous bosses.

Others have been brought in by new bosses Morley and Johnson, some of whom they have worked with in the past at former clubs Ramsbottom United and Salford City.

And members of the Blues very productive Academy have been handed professional deals and will be part of the first-team squad in the upcoming National League North campaign.

With more transfer business to be done in the coming weeks, the current squad may yet change even more between now and the first ball being kicked in anger over the first weekend in August.

So how is the Chester squad list looking at present across all areas of the pitch, and where did they play prior to joining the Blues?

Here’s a brief summary of what the team looks like at the moment:

Goalkeepers

Grant Shenton

Age: 27

Previous club: Trafford FC

Defenders

Matty Waters

Age: 20

Previous club: Academy

Position: full-back

Steve Howson

Age: 32

Previous club: Southport

Position: centre-back

Dominic Smalley

Age: 27

Previous club: Ashton United

Position: full-back

Jon Moran

Age: 21

Previous club: Forest Green Rovers

Position: centre-back

John Pritchard

Age: 22

Previous club: Ashton United

Position: full-back

Matty Thomson

Age: 18

Previous club: Academy

Position: full-back

Alex Downes

Age: 18

Previous club; Academy

Position: centre-back

Midfielders

Kingsley James

Age: 26

Previous club: Macclesfield Town

Position: central midfielder

Craig Mahon

Age: 29

Previous club: Vauxhall Motors

Position: winger

Gary Roberts

Age: 31

Previous club: Southport

Position: central midfielder

Scott Burton

Age: 30

Previous club: Salford City

Position: central midfielder

Rhain Hellawell

Age: 18

Previous club: Academy

Position: right midfielder

Chester FC bosses Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson watch pre-season training with first team coach Derek Egan.

Forwards

Ross Hannah

Age: 32

Previous club: Barrow

Position: striker

Jordan Archer

Age: 24

Previous club: Stourbridge

Position: striker

Nathan Brown

Age: 19

Previous club: Academy

Position: striker

Iwan Murray

Age: 17

Previous club: Academy

Position: striker

Matty Hughes

Age: 25

Previous club: Chorley

Position: forward