1957–58 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1957–58 season
Manager John Harris
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
21st
FA Cup Second round
Welsh Cup Final
Top goalscorer League:
Barry Jepson (23)

All:
Barry Jepson (30)
Highest home attendance 12,554 vs Wrexham (18 September)
Lowest home attendance 3,373 vs Accrington Stanley (30 April)
Average home league attendance 6,740
16th in division[1]

The 1957–58 season was the 20th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

It was 20th and the last season spent in the Third Division North as at the end of the season Third Division sections were merged into nationwide Third and Fourth divisions. As Chester finished in the bottom half of the table, the club was transferred to the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Football 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 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United (C) 46 29 8 9 88 501.76 66 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Accrington Stanley 46 25 9 12 83 611.361 59
3 Bradford City 46 21 15 10 73 491.49 57
4 Bury 46 23 10 13 94 621.516 56
5 Hull City 46 19 15 12 78 671.164 53
6 Mansfield Town 46 22 8 16 100 921.087 52
7 Halifax Town 46 20 11 15 83 691.203 51
8 Chesterfield 46 18 15 13 71 691.029 51
9 Stockport County 46 18 11 17 74 671.104 47
10 Rochdale 46 19 8 19 79 671.179 46
11 Tranmere Rovers 46 18 10 18 82 761.079 46
12 Wrexham 46 17 12 17 61 630.968 46
13 York City 46 17 12 17 68 760.895 46 Transferred to the Fourth Division
14 Gateshead 46 15 15 16 68 760.895 45
15 Oldham Athletic 46 14 17 15 72 840.857 45
16 Carlisle United 46 19 6 21 80 781.026 44
17 Hartlepools United 46 16 12 18 73 760.961 44
18 Barrow 46 13 15 18 66 740.892 41
19 Workington 46 14 13 19 72 810.889 41
20 Darlington 46 17 7 22 78 890.876 41
21 Chester 46 13 13 20 73 810.901 39 Transferred to the Fourth Division
22 Bradford Park Avenue 46 13 11 22 68 950.716 37 Transferred to the Fourth Division
23 Southport 46 11 6 29 52 880.591 28 Re-elected to the Fourth Division
24 Crewe Alexandra 46 8 7 31 47 930.505 23

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
46 13 13 20 73 81 0.901 39 7 10 6 38 26 24 6 3 14 35 55 15

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result L W L W L L L L D W W D L L W L D L L L D W D W D L D L W W L L D D D W W L D D D W L L L W
Position 19 12 13 10 16 17 18 21 21 21 15 16 18 21 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 22 22 22 22 21 20 20 22 22 22 21 20 19 19 19 20 21 19 21 21 21 21

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
24 August Tranmere Rovers H L1–3 B. Williams 11,572
28 August Crewe Alexandra H W3–2 Jepson (2), Gor. Davies 7,736
31 August Hartlepools United A L1–2 Mason 11,629
2 September Crewe Alexandra A W3–0 Jepson (2), Mason 8,323
7 September Bradford Park Avenue H L1–2 Jepson (pen.) 8,353
11 September Wrexham A L0–1 11,754
14 September Carlisle United A L2–3 Foulkes, Smith 8,754
18 September Wrexham H L0–1 12,554
21 September Southport H D1–1 Bullock 6,454
28 September York City A W2–1 A. Williams, Hughes 7,103
30 September Accrington Stanley A W2–1 Gor. Davies (2) 7,404
5 October Barrow H D2–2 Hughes, Saunders 7,142
12 October Darlington H L0–1 6,852
19 October Halifax Town A L1–2 Bullock 5,042
26 October Stockport County H W3–0 Bullock, Jepson, Gor. Davies 7,518
2 November Hull City A L0–3 11,732
9 November Bradford City H D0–0 6,453
23 November Mansfield Town H L1–2 Foulkes 7,096
30 November Gateshead A L2–3 Pearson, Gor. Davies 3,844
14 December Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H L1–2 Bullock 4,604
21 December Tranmere Rovers A D2–2 Jepson (2) 9,794
25 December Bury A W2–1 Jepson, Bullock 11,031
26 December Bury H D0–0 9,771
28 December Hartlepools United H W2–1 Saunders (2) 7,725
4 January Oldham Athletic H D0–0 6,159
11 January Bradford Park Avenue A L0–3 7,341
18 January Carlisle United H D0–0 4,949
25 January Workington A L3–5 Jepson, Mason, Evans 3,813
1 February Southport A W4–2 Jepson, Ireland, Pearson, Richards 3,693
8 February York City H W9–4 Jepson (5), Evans, Brown (o.g.), Richards, Ireland 5,217
15 February Barrow A L1–4 Pearson 4,271
22 February Mansfield Town A L1–3 Mellor (o.g.) 7,603
1 March Halifax Town H D1–1 Ireland 6,304
8 March Stockport County A D2–2 Ireland, Richards 7,629
15 March Hull City H D1–1 Hughes (pen.) 5,721
22 March Darlington A W3–2 Jepson (2), Richards 4,376
29 March Workington H W4–3 Jepson (2), Richards, Pearson 4,905
4 April Chesterfield A L1–2 Pearson 9,156
5 April Rochdale A D1–1 Whitlock 3,273
7 April Chesterfield H D0–0 6,360
12 April Gateshead H D1–1 Pearson 4,752
16 April Rochdale H W2–0 Hughes (pen.), Mason 3,449
19 April Bradford City A L0–5 9,232
22 April Oldham Athletic A L1–5 Jepson 8,396
26 April Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A L1–2 Pearson 10,403
30 April Accrington Stanley H W5–1 Jepson (2), Richards, Bullock, Pearson 3,373

FA Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 16 November Gateshead (3N) H W4–3 Pearson, Foulkes, Jepson, Mason 7,539
Second round 7 December Bradford City (3N) H D3–3 Jepson (3) 8,435
Second round replay 11 December A L1–3 Jepson 5,281

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 30 January Oswestry Town (B&DL) A W3–1 Ireland, Tomley (o.g.), Smith
Quarterfinal 5 March Swansea Town (2) H W2–0 Bullock, Hughes 1,872
Semifinal 19 March Hereford United (SFL) N D1–1 Jepson 2,538
Semifinal replay 24 March N W2–0 Jepson, Ireland 877
Final 7 May Wrexham (3N) H D1–1 Hughes (pen.) 7,742
Final replay 10 May A L1–2 Evans 7,542

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
England Brian Biggins 4 2 2
England Keith Griffiths 47 41 2 4
England Bobby Jones 4 3 1 -
Field players
Scotland Jimmy Anderson 50 42 3 5
Norman Bullock 28 7 19 6 3 6 1
England Alec Croft 1 - 1
England George Davies 2 2 -
Gordon Davies 25 5 22 5 2 1
Royston Evans 20 3 15 2 5 1
Mike Fields 5 5 -
Wales Billy Foulkes 40 3 36 2 3 1 1
England Ray Gill 35 30 2 3
Malcolm Handscombe 5 4 1
Wales Ron Hughes 55 6 46 4 3 6 2
England Jerry Ireland 19 6 15 4 4 2
Barry Jepson 51 30 42 23 3 5 6 2
Jimmy Mason 33 5 29 4 2 1 2
England Stan Pearson 32 9 25 8 2 1 5
Wales Gordon Richards 17 6 17 6 -
England Jack Saunders 50 3 42 3 3 5
England Harry Smith 5 2 4 1 1 1
Bill Souter 20 16 1 3
Phil Whitlock 12 1 9 1 1 2
Aled Williams 38 1 33 1 2 3
England Bobby Williams 7 1 7 1 -
Own goals 3 2 1
Total 55 91 46 73 3 8 6 10

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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