1937–38 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1937–38 season
Manager Alex Raisbeck
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
9th
FA Cup Third round
Welsh Cup Quartherfinal
Top goalscorer League:
Charlie Sargeant (16)

All: Charlie Sargeant (19)
Highest home attendance 10,892 vs Wrexham (15 April)
Lowest home attendance 1,940 vs Accrington Stanley (7 May)
Average home league attendance 5,417
12th in division[1]

The 1937–38 season was the seventh season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

It was clubs seventh consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GAvg
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Tranmere Rovers (C) 42 23 10 9 81 411.976 56 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Doncaster Rovers 42 21 12 9 74 491.51 54
3 Hull City 42 20 13 9 80 431.86 53
4 Oldham Athletic 42 19 13 10 67 461.457 51
5 Gateshead 42 20 11 11 84 591.424 51
6 Rotherham United 42 20 10 12 68 561.214 50
7 Lincoln City 42 19 8 15 66 501.32 46
8 Crewe Alexandra 42 18 9 15 71 531.34 45
9 Chester 42 16 12 14 77 721.069 44
10 Wrexham 42 16 11 15 58 630.921 43
11 York City 42 16 10 16 70 681.029 42
12 Carlisle United 42 15 9 18 57 670.851 39
13 New Brighton 42 15 8 19 60 610.984 38
14 Bradford City 42 14 10 18 66 690.957 38
15 Port Vale 42 12 14 16 65 730.89 38
16 Southport 42 12 14 16 53 820.646 38
17 Rochdale 42 13 11 18 67 780.859 37
18 Halifax Town 42 12 12 18 44 660.667 36
19 Darlington 42 11 10 21 54 790.684 32
20 Hartlepools United 42 10 12 20 53 800.663 32
21 Barrow 42 11 10 21 41 710.577 32 Re-elected
22 Accrington Stanley 42 11 7 24 45 750.6 29

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
42 16 12 14 77 72 1.069 44 13 4 4 54 31 30 3 8 10 23 41 14

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result D W D W W D W D L W W D D L L D W L W L L D D L W D W L W D L L W L W W D L L L W W
Position 11 3 5 5 3 5 3 3 5 3 3 2 4 5 6 7 7 7 6 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 8 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 9

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
28 August Halifax Town H D1–1 Wrightson 8,328
2 September Carlisle United A W3–1 Sargeant, Wrightson (2) 11,377
4 September Tranmere Rovers A D0–0 14,618
8 September Carlisle United H W1–0 Chambers 5,372
11 September York City H W4–3 Wrightson (2), Smith, Horsman 7,284
18 September Bradford City A D2–2 Wrightson (2) 6,010
25 September Southport H W2–1 Gale, Sargeant (pen.) 7,401
28 September Accrington Stanley A D0–0 6,442
2 October Doncaster Rovers A L1–2 Chambers 16,391
9 October Rochdale H W4–1 Sargeant (2), Wrightson, Sanders 5,913
16 October Hartlepools United A W1–0 Wrightson 5,955
23 October Lincoln City H D1–1 Wrightson 6,507
30 October Hull City A D2–2 McCreary, Wrightson 11,383
6 November New Brighton H L1–2 McCreary 6,924
13 November Gateshead A L1–3 Wrightson 13,170
20 November Oldham Athletic H D3–3 Wrightson, Horsman, Gale 6,354
4 December Port Vale H W7–2 Horsman, Howarth, Chambers, Sargeant, Sanders (2), Johnson (o.g.) 3,849
11 December Oldham Athletic A L2–3 Smith, Sanders 5,283
18 December Barrow H W3–1 Sanders (2), Gale 3,201
25 December Rotherham United H L2–3 Chambers, Horsman 6,105
27 December Rotherham United A L1–4 Wrightson (pen.) 11,394
1 January Halifax Town A D1–1 Gale 6,594
15 January Tranmere Rovers H D1–1 Smith 5,043
26 January York City A L0–4 3,380
29 January Bradford City H W3–1 Chambers, Sargeant, Roberts 3,320
5 February Southport A D2–2 Sargeant, Chambers 5,198
12 February Doncaster Rovers H W4–0 Sanders, Sargeant (3, 1pen.) 5,188
19 February Rochdale A L0–4 5,728
26 February Hartlepools United H W6–0 Sargeant (4, 1pen.), Sanders, Roberts 3,723
5 March Lincoln City A D1–1 Sargeant 10,157
12 March Hull City H L1–3 Sargeant 6,864
19 March New Brighton A L0–4 4,629
26 March Gateshead H W2–1 Chambers (2, 1pen.) 3,154
6 April Crewe Alexandra A L0–1 3,312
9 April Darlington H W3–2 Roberts, Gale (2) 3,024
15 April Wrexham H W2–1 Cresswell, Gale 10,892
16 April Port Vale A D2–2 Gale (2) 6,695
18 April Wrexham A L1–3 Gale 11,480
23 April Crewe Alexandra H L0–3 3,379
27 April Darlington A L1–2 Walters 4,359
30 April Barrow A W2–0 Trevis, Sanders 3,324
7 May Accrington Stanley H W3–1 Gale, Sanders, Chambers 1,940

FA Cup

Chester along with Millwall and Notts County were given a bye to the Third round.

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Third round 8 January Leeds United (1) A L1–3 Gale 9,800

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Seventh round 23 February New Brighton (3N) H W5–1 Sanders (2) Sargeant (3) 1,081
Quarterfinal 9 March Shrewsbury Town (ML) H D0–0 3,600
Quarterfinal replay 2 April A L1–2 Chambers 8,000

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Wales Bert Gray 35 32 1 2
Eric Mansley 5 4 1
Scotland Robert Middleton 6 6
Field players
Tom Alderson 5 5
David Beynon 2 1 1
England Bill Chambers 28 9 24 9 1 3
Ted Common 45 41 1 3
England Frank Cresswell 5 1 5 1
George Deakin 1 1
Robert Done 40 37 1 2
John Edwards 1 1
England Tom Feeney 5 5
Arthur Gale 18 12 16 11 1 1 1
Ernie Hall 4 4
England Bill Horsman 44 4 40 4 1 3
Harold Howarth 44 1 40 1 1 3
John Lloyd 1 1
Bernard McCarthy 1 1
Wales Pat McCarthy 2 2
John McCreary 40 3 36 2 1 3 1
England Syd Roberts 17 3 17 3
Bob Sanders 19 12 16 10 3 2
Charlie Sargeant 29 19 26 16 1 2 3
England Clement Smith 29 3 26 3 1 2
England Bos Trevis 19 1 16 1 3
John Turner 1 1
Trevor Walters 38 1 36 1 1 1
England Arthur Wilson 1 1
England Paddy Wrightson 21 14 21 14
Own goals 1 1
Total 46 84 42 77 1 1 3 6

References

  1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

Sumner, Chas (1 November 2011). 125 Years on the Borderline: The Complete History of Chester City F.C. 1885-2010. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0956984821. 

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