1960–61 Chester F.C. season

Also, it was the third season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Peterborough United !Peterborough United (C)	46	28	10	8	134	65	2.062	66	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace (P)	46	29	6	11	110	69	1.594	64
3	Northampton Town !Northampton Town (P)	46	25	10	11	90	62	1.452	60
4	Bradford Park Avenue !Bradford Park Avenue (P)	46	26	8	12	84	74	1.135	60
5	York City !York City	46	21	9	16	80	60	1.333	51
6	Millwall !Millwall	46	21	8	17	97	86	1.128	50
7	Darlington !Darlington	46	18	13	15	78	70	1.114	49
8	Workington !Workington	46	21	7	18	74	76	0.974	49
9	Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	46	20	9	17	61	67	0.91	49
10	Aldershot !Aldershot	46	18	9	19	79	69	1.145	45
11	Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	46	19	7	20	76	78	0.974	45
12	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	46	19	7	20	79	88	0.898	45
13	Stockport County !Stockport County	46	18	9	19	57	66	0.864	45
14	Southport !Southport	46	19	6	21	69	67	1.03	44
15	Gillingham !Gillingham	46	15	13	18	64	66	0.97	43
16	Wrexham !Wrexham	46	17	8	21	62	56	1.107	42
17	Rochdale !Rochdale	46	17	8	21	60	66	0.909	42
18	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley	46	16	8	22	74	88	0.841	40
19	Carlisle United !Carlisle United	46	13	13	20	61	79	0.772	39
20	Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	46	16	6	24	71	78	0.91	38
21	Exeter City !Exeter City	46	14	10	22	66	94	0.702	38	Re-elected
22	Barrow !Barrow	46	13	11	22	52	79	0.658	37
23	Hartlepools United !Hartlepools United	46	12	8	26	71	103	0.689	32
24	Chester !Chester	46	11	9	26	61	104	0.587	31	Re-elected

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
46	11	9	26	61	104	0.587	31	9	7	7	38	35	25	2	2	19	23	69	6

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D
Position	13	16	20	14	19	21	23	20	18	18	21	19	19	23	22	21	22	20	21	20	22	23	23	22	23	23	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24

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
20 August	Gillingham	H	D	2–2	Davies, Kelly	7,097
22 August	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	0–1		8,244
27 August	Barrow	A	L	0–3		4,884
31 August	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	3–1	Kelly (2), Cooper	5,246
3 September	Millwall	H	L	1–4	Croft	5,922
7 September	Aldershot	A	L	2–3	Kelly (2)	7,830
10 September	Accrington Stanley	A	L	0–2		3,597
14 September	Aldershot	H	W	2–0	Anderson, Davies	3,808
17 September	York City	H	W	2–1	Anderson, Davies	5,597
19 September	Northampton Town	A	L	2–3	Davies (2)	9,320
24 September	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	2–5	Hughes (pen.), Davies	7,367
1 October	Wrexham	H	W	1–0	Kelly	9,750
5 October	Workington	A	L	0–1		2,684
8 October	Rochdale	A	L	0–2		3,826
15 October	Mansfield Town	H	D	3–3	Davies (2), Pritchard	5,553
22 October	Stockport County	A	D	1–1	Barrett	6,770
29 October	Exeter City	H	D	4–4	Cooper, Barrett, Davies (2)	5,173
12 November	Southport	H	W	1–0	Hughes (pen.)	4,332
19 November	Darlington	A	L	1–5	Cooper	5,521
26 November	Workington	H	D	2–2	Cooper, Davies	3,551
3 December	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1–2	Davies	2,584
10 December	Hartlepools United	H	L	1–2	Davies	2,644
17 December	Gillingham	A	L	0–3		4,902
26 December	Oldham Athletic	H	W	3–1	Kelly, Clempson (2)	6,035
27 December	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1–4	Kelly	19,315
31 December	Barrow	H	D	0–0		3,557
7 January	Crystal Palace	H	W	3–0	Davies, Clempson, Cooper	4,243
14 January	Millwall	A	L	1–5	Kelly	7,947
21 January	Accrington Stanley	H	L	2–3	Davies, Cooper	3,878
28 January	Crystal Palace	A	L	1–5	Davies	14,150
4 February	York City	A	L	0–2		4,867
11 February	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	0–0		7,521
18 February	Wrexham	A	W	2–1	Davies (2)	9,653
25 February	Rochdale	H	W	3–1	Clempson, Hughes (pen.), Cooper	3,877
4 March	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–3	Davies	4,563
8 March	Northampton Town	H	L	0–2		5,455
11 March	Stockport County	H	D	0–0		3,942
13 March	Peterborough United	A	L	0–8		13,180
18 March	Exeter City	A	L	1–4	Edwards	3,642
25 March	Peterborough United	H	L	1–2	Davies	5,473
31 March	Carlisle United	A	L	1–3	Croft	4,381
1 April	Southport	A	W	2–1	Kelly, Pritchard	3,295
3 April	Carlisle United	H	W	3–2	Pritchard, Kelly (2)	3,908
8 April	Darlington	H	L	0–3		3,515
22 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	1–2	Davies	2,466
29 April	Hartlepools United	A	D	4–4	Hughes, Davies (2), Cooper	4,381

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	5 November	Carlisle United (4)	H	L	0–1		5,899

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	12 October	Leyton Orient (2)	H	D	2–2	Davies, Cooper	9,074
First round replay	17 October	Leyton Orient (2)	A	L	0–1		5,002

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	1 February	Porthmadog (Welsh League (North))	H	W	2–1	Kelly, Clempson	1,709
Quarterfinal	22 February	Bangor City (CCL)	A	L	1–3	Hughes (pen.)	2,500

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		Welsh Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Willie Brown	45	–	41	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
	Derek Owen	6	–	5	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Field players
	Jimmy Anderson	20	2	17	2	–	–	1	–	2	–
	Tom Barrett	44	2	39	2	1	–	2	–	2	–
	Jack Capper	30	–	26	–	1	–	2	–	1	–
	Frank Clempson	29	5	25	4	1	–	1	–	2	1
	Jim Cooper	43	9	40	8	1	–	2	1	–	–
	Alec Croft	39	2	36	2	–	–	2	–	1	–
	Ron Davies	44	24	39	23	1	–	2	1	2	–
	Malcolm Edwards	14	1	14	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Tony Field	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Billy Foulkes	28	–	25	–	1	–	–	–	2	–
	Ray Gill	21	–	20	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Derek Hennin	14	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Ron Hughes	49	5	44	4	1	–	2	–	2	1
	Bobby Hunt	11	–	7	–	1	–	2	–	1	–
	Jerry Ireland	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Harvey Jones	19	–	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Walter Kelly	26	13	24	12	1	–	–	–	1	1
	Eric Morris	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Pimlott	10	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Alan Pritchard	12	3	11	3	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Eric Raybould	8	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Gordon Richards	5	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	George Spruce	9	–	7	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
	Les Stopford	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Walton	28	–	24	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
	Total	51	66	46	61	1	–	2	2	2	3

References

↑ "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.

Chester at the Football Club History Database

Chester City Football Club
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Grounds	Sealand Road Deva Stadium
Rivalries	Cross-border derby
See also	Chester

Chester City seasons
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Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Fulham Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Luton Town Middlesbrough Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town
Third Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Bournemouth Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hull City Newport County Notts County Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Torquay United Walsall Watford
Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Workington Wrexham York City

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