THE Chester City striker Gregg Blundell will take another step on the road to full fitness tomorrow, when he turns out for the reserve team in a hastily arranged friendly game.

Blundell rejoined City in the summer from Darlington but a troublesome knee injury has kept him sidelined for the past month.

City are meeting Crewe Alexandra at the Deva Stadium and manager Mick Wadsworth is hopeful that Blundell will come into contention for a spot in the first team squad in the next 10 to 14 days.

“Gregg Blundell is back in full training and he will play in some part of the friendly match against Crewe,” Wadsworth said.

“He and Fabian Yantorno have stepped up their training and hopefully they will both be available to us in the next fortnight.”

Central defender Shaun Kelly, who has also been absent because of injury, is also expected to be given a run-out against the Railwaymen.

City recorded their first point of the campaign on Saturday when they drew 0-0 at high flying Luton Town but Wadsworth isn’t getting too carried away with the result.

He said: “The key is consistency, we did well at Luton and the standard has been set.

“Now we must ensure that we keep up that level of performance on a consistent basis.”

Meanwhile, Chester will have to make the short journey to Nantwich Town in the qualifying round of this season’s FA Youth Cup.

The match will be played at Nantwich on Wednesday, September 9 (kick-off 7.30pm).

Last Saturday the youngsters lost 5-1 at Macclesfield in their latest game in the FA Youth Alliance.

Ryan Davidson registered City’s consolation goal.