Chester won a corner in the first minute.  McIntyre's corner was easily cleared by Opinel as it was played into the box.  Straight away at the other end Hodgson could have opened his account for Farnborough with a good header from 8 yards out which fortunately for the blues was just off target.

In the fifth minute Ben Davies made a good run through midfield which resulted in Farnborough conceding a free kick in the right channel. Brady played the ball high across the goal to Carl Ruffer whose header went over.

On 10 it was Paul Carden who made a run down the left and played a good ball into Darryn Stamp but his shot went wide of the left hand post.

Two minutes later Farnborough had a corner which was easily cleared by Phil Bolland. Chester had one immediately at the other end.  Brady's cross was parried initially by Will Packham in the Farnborough goal and cleared away from danger by Dewayne Clarke.

On 19 minutes Brady had a throw in on the right which was played through to Ian Foster who had time to have a shot at goal which went wide to the right.  Andy Harris had one of Chester's best chances so far a few minutes later after receiving a through ball from Carden but his low shot was saved by Packham.

At the other end on 25 Farnborough could have opened the scoring after a breakaway run and long shot from 25 yards by Dewayne Clarke which was fortunately just wide.

Brady had another corner for Chester just before the half hour mark which was easily cleared.

A game of only half chances so far but that was soon to end.  McIntyre got his head to the ball in the 35th to send the ball towards Darryn Stamp who once again made headers look easy as he headed the ball into the net to give Chester a lead they just about deserved.

Farnborough tried to get one back before half time and again caught Chester napping when Clarke played the ball through to Chaaban who hit a great shot which went just wide of Wayne's right hand post.  However it was Chester who went in at half time with the goal advantage.

The second half did not start well for Chester.  Farnborough had brought on Fashanu at half time and he didn't waste time making his presence felt with a goal from 6 yards in the 47th minute.  Blues fans must have been slightly concerned at this point at the team once again were not playing to their full ability against lower opposition.

However the half chances kept coming and on 55 Kevin McIntyre played a really high ball into the box from another Chester corner which was parried to safety by the keeper.  A free kick from Brady into the box two minutes later met with the same treatment. 

A bizarre refereeing incident then occurred when a certain spiky bottle blond Chester midfielder (whose name will not be mentioned as he was booked later!)  committed a foul in the centre of the park. As he made his way, full of innocence towards the corner flag it was Paul Carden who got called over by the referee and found his name in the book. Fortunately he was very professional about it and put up no argument although I'm sure someone owes him a beer or two.

Danny Collins was then called into action to deal with a Farnborough corner. A few minute later Paul Carden made a decisive run down the right channel and played a long high diagonal ball over to Foster on the left. Foster played it down to Darryn Stamp who made no mistake to score his second of the day and sixth of the season for Chester. 2-1.

He could have had a hat trick 10 minutes later with a long range shot from the right which went just wide of the right had upright. By this time Farnborough were tiring, getting through all their subs and Chester were beginning to kill the game off as a contest.

It was Chester then pushing forward in the latter stages with a corner from Brady on 75. This was cleared but almost immediately McIntyre gave Stamp another header at goal but this time it was straight at the keeper.

So Chester were content to keep behind the ball and play out the final stages. MOM has to be Darryn Stamp for two superbly taken goals and making a general nuisance of himself.

So for all you part timer supporters, you didn't miss much of a contest or indeed much of a game.  However it is the 3 points that matter at these games as Chester made the most of Hereford's defeat to Burton last night when it times it looked like they were going to let the chance go.