Bleasdale may take over at Chester City

Steve Bleasdale is rumoured to be a candidate for the vacant managers job at Chester City.

Bleasdale has just left Bangor City "by mutual agreement" after just six months in charge. He said that 'his heart is really with the English football system and also that travelling was proving to be problematic.'

This from the welsh premier website

Before entering management at Peterborough United, he was assistant at Chester City to Mark Wright, who parted company with the club at the weekend, leading to speculation Bleasdale may be set to return.

Bleasdale was best known for his appearances in Big Ron Manager, the Sky TV documentary series based on Ron Atkinson's efforts as a troubleshooter at the English League Two club.

Peterborough United received a fee of around £100,000 from Sky for access to the changing rooms and for Ron Atkinson to assist Bleasdale. However, the rookie manager was unhappy at Atkinson's involvement and subsequently banned him and the cameras from the changing rooms on matchdays.

In April last year, Bleasdale walked out of Peterborough only 70 minutes before a game against Macclesfield Town, reported to be due to clashes with Atkinson, and chairman Fry put himself in charge for the final two games of the season.

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