Chester got off to the best possible start with a goal on 45 seconds.  Farnborough had the kick off but lost possession early and Daryl Clare was released down the right hand channel.  He made acres of space for himself, played a neat cross into the box for Darryn Stamp to run on to and blast the ball into the back of the net.

Farnborough very nearly equalised from the restart. Azaina Doudou ran straight through the Chester defence but fortunately Iain Turner was on hand to smother his shot well.

Daryl Clare latched on to Ben Martin as he attempted to play a back pass to his keeper and stole the ball from him, but with only the keeper to beat his shot was weak and collected by the grateful Mark Osborn.

Farnborough continued to be under pressure at the back with Smith, Heard, Clare and Stamp continuing to rain down on their goal.

Blues fans waited patiently for the next goal and it eventually came in the 27th minute.  This time it was Darryn Stamp who set up Daryl to volley the ball from an acute angle high into the roof of the net from about 6 yards on the right of goal.

Chester kept piling on the pressure.  They won a corner on the half hour mark after McIntyre had delivered a good ball to Stamp inside the box.  His shot was deflected by the goalkeeper for the corner with a good reflex save.  The corner itself missed everyone as it bounced dangerously but uneventfully through the goal area.

Chester were awarded a free kick in a dangerous position in the 35th minute.  He swerved it left footed around the defensive wall but it was well saved by Mark Osborn.

With three minutes of the first half remaining Chester nearly made it three. Ben Davies played the ball out to Jamie Heard on the right wing who lobbed it high and quickly into the box. Darryn Stamp got his head to the ball where it ricocheted off the crossbar. Excellent play by all in the build up.

So a good first half then for the blues with Farnborough's recent good form not being allowed to see the light of day.

Into the second half then and Daryl Clare had a shot at goal in the 50th minute but it was smothered by Osborn in the Farnborough goal.

Farnborough got a goal back in the 52nd after a scramble in the goalmouth in which Turner fumbled the ball.  The ball had been played long and high out of the Farnborough defence and was eventually tapped home from 7 yards out by Nick Burton.

The traffic continued to be mostly one way though and Chester won two corners in the next five minutes but could not do anything with them.

Farnborough won a corner in the 63rd minute which Hodgson played to the near post. Uncontested Nick Burton swung his right foot at the ball but fortunately for the Blues the ball scraped past the right hand post.

Farnborough equalised on 68 minutes following a breakaway run down the right by Doudou which left the Blues defence struggling to regroup. Turner parried the ball away at the first attempt but it fell eventually to Richard Hodgson who tapped it home from close range into the bottom left hand corner of the net.

Twiss replaced Alex Smith in the 70th minutes as Chester attempted to regroup.

Daryl Clare ran on to a loose ball in the 72nd minute but it was just too far in front of him allowing Darryn Stamp to get a shot on target but it was blocked by the goalkeeper. The Blues had a free kick almost immediately but McIntyre mis-kicked it completely.  The ball was last seen heading into orbit over the roof of the south stand.

Clare released Michael Twiss on the left hand side in the 83rd minute. With no-one to assist him he had to shoot straight at the goalkeeper and his shot was just too high, sailing into the south terracing.

The game looked to be fizzling out to another disappointing throwing away of a 2 goal lead but in the 88th minute Daryl Clare set the Deva alight.  Danny Collins played the ball forwards. It was flicked on by Darryn Stamp into the path of Daryl Clare who thundered the ball home from the edge of the box.

So a fantastic result in the end but Lord have mercy, we can do without throwing away the two goal leads, especially with the weather deteriorating rapidly in the second half. Oh who cares, Hereford lost, we won and I'm off to warm myself up in the social club.  Good evening from the Deva.