These are a few players I managed to get in for Chester in my first season:
Alex Billington - LB (Free)
David Lynch - CM (Free)
Ben McKenna - AMRLC (Free)
Danny Jackson - CB (Free)
Takura Mtandari - RB (Free)
Simon Thomas - GK (Free)
I loaded all players from UK and Ireland so it might be worthwhile doing this. McKenna comes highly recommended!