Chichester City United play their final pre-season friendly against Ryman League Worthing on Tuesday evening at Oaklands Park (Kick off 7:30).

On July 31st, City travelled to Dorset to take on Christchurch for the annual Steve Bernard Memorial match. The Wessex league opposition triumphed 4-0 although the game was closer than the core indicates.

The pre-season games so far have produced a mixed bag of results as manager Adie Girdler explained ‘I’m rebuilding the team and I’ve looked at a lot of players. We had a big win against Cove and close games with Midhurst and Loxwood, but the defence was poor against Camberley. I’ve learned a lot from these games and I’ve signed some good players to slot in alongside the likes of Russ Hardwell and Darren Hickman.

The new lads include James Temple who scored goals for Brading Town in the Wessex League last season, Lee Bedden from Hayling United and Billy Huntley from Moneyfield who were also in the Wessex last season.’

The Sussex County League fixture list sees City kick off with a home game against St Francis Rangers on Saturday 9^th August.

Report written by Trevor Wallis