1933–34 Chester F.C. season
1933–34 season | |||
Manager | Charlie Hewitt | ||
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Stadium | Sealand Road | ||
Football League Third Division North | 10th | ||
FA Cup | Second round | ||
Welsh Cup | Quarterfinal | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Joe Mantle (18) All: Joe Mantle (20) | ||
Highest home attendance | 14,481 vs Wrexham (27 January) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 3,728 vs Mansfield Town (10 March) | ||
Average home league attendance |
6,609 5th in division[1] | ||
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The 1933–34 season was the third season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Football League
Main article: 1933–34 Football League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Barnsley | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 118 | 61 | 1.934 | +57 | 62 |
2 | Chesterfield | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 86 | 43 | 2.000 | +43 | 61 |
3 | Stockport County | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 115 | 52 | 2.212 | +63 | 59 |
4 | Walsall | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 97 | 60 | 1.617 | +37 | 53 |
5 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 83 | 61 | 1.361 | +22 | 53 |
6 | Wrexham | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 102 | 73 | 1.397 | +29 | 51 |
7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 84 | 63 | 1.333 | +21 | 47 |
8 | Barrow | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 45 | 1.234 | +22 | 47 |
9 | Halifax Town | 42 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 80 | 91 | 0.879 | –11 | 44 |
10 | Chester | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 89 | 86 | 1.035 | +3 | 40 |
11 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 89 | 93 | 0.957 | –4 | 39 |
12 | York City | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 71 | 74 | 0.959 | –3 | 38 |
13 | Carlisle United | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 66 | 81 | 0.815 | –15 | 38 |
14 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 81 | 97 | 0.835 | –16 | 36 |
15 | New Brighton | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 87 | 0.713 | –25 | 36 |
16 | Darlington | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 70 | 101 | 0.693 | –31 | 35 |
17 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 81 | 88 | 0.920 | –7 | 34 |
18 | Southport | 42 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 63 | 90 | 0.700 | –27 | 33 |
19 | Gateshead | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 76 | 110 | 0.691 | –34 | 33 |
20 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 65 | 101 | 0.644 | –36 | 33 |
21 | Rotherham United | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 53 | 91 | 0.582 | –38 | 28 |
22 | Rochdale | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 53 | 103 | 0.515 | –50 | 24 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 89 | 86 | 1.035 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 12 |
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 |
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Result | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
Position | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 August | Rotherham United | H | W | 5–1 | Kelly, Mantle, Mercer, Cresswell, Hedley | 9,616 |
30 August | Halifax Town | A | L | 0–1 | 8,517 | |
2 September | Walsall | A | L | 0–5 | 8,786 | |
6 September | Halifax Town | H | L | 1–2 | Cresswell (pen.) | 8,747 |
9 September | York City | H | D | 1–1 | Whittam | 7,942 |
16 September | Wrexham | A | W | 3–0 | Hedley (2), Mantle | 18,782 |
23 September | Doncaster Rovers | A | L | 1–3 | Mantle | 6,057 |
30 September | Barrow | H | L | 1–3 | Mercer | 6,981 |
7 October | Carlisle United | A | L | 0–1 | 5,473 | |
14 October | Stockport County | H | D | 1–1 | Kelly | 6,153 |
21 October | Hartlepools United | H | D | 3–3 | Kelly, Whittam (2) | 6,368 |
28 October | Mansfield Town | A | L | 1–2 | Kelly | 4,007 |
4 November | Barnsley | H | W | 4–2 | Whittam, Mantle (3) | 6,501 |
11 November | Tranmere Rovers | A | L | 1–6 | McLachlan | 9,005 |
18 November | Rochdale | H | W | 7–1 | Armes (4), McLachlan, Mantle (2) | 4,477 |
2 December | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 7–0 | Armes (2), Mantle (3), McLachlan, Cresswell | 4,795 |
16 December | Darlington | H | W | 8–0 | Armes (3), Mantle (4, 1pen.), McLachlan | 3,990 |
23 December | Southport | A | L | 1–3 | Armes | 3,023 |
25 December | New Brighton | H | D | 0–0 | 8,970 | |
26 December | New Brighton | A | W | 2–0 | Cresswell, Mantle | 6,153 |
30 December | Rotherham United | A | W | 3–0 | McLachlan (2), Cresswell | 5,132 |
1 January | Chesterfield | A | L | 1–6 | Kelly | 10,957 |
6 January | Walsall | H | L | 0–1 | 5,979 | |
20 January | York City | A | L | 2–3 | Hughes (2, 1pen.) | 4,171 |
27 January | Wrexham | H | L | 1–2 | Mantle | 14,481 |
3 February | Doncaster Rovers | H | W | 3–1 | C. Roberts (2), Hughes (pen.) | 4,012 |
10 February | Barrow | A | L | 0–9 | 4,091 | |
17 February | Carlisle United | H | D | 3–3 | Kelly, N. Roberts, Mantle | 4,454 |
24 February | Stockport County | A | L | 2–4 | Kelly, Hughes | 10,973 |
3 March | Hartlepools United | A | L | 0–1 | 2,900 | |
10 March | Mansfield Town | H | D | 1–1 | McLachlan | 3,728 |
17 March | Barnsley | A | L | 0–2 | 8,195 | |
24 March | Tranmere Rovers | H | W | 4–2 | Wallbanks (2), Whittam, Sargeant | 6,545 |
30 March | Crewe Alexandra | A | W | 5–3 | Wallbanks (3), Hughes (2) | 7,810 |
31 March | Rochdale | A | L | 0–6 | 2,942 | |
2 April | Crewe Alexandra | H | W | 1–0 | Wilson | 7,874 |
7 April | Chesterfield | H | W | 3–2 | Wallbanks (2), Wilson | 9,051 |
14 April | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 1–4 | Wilson | 2,096 |
21 April | Gateshead | H | W | 4–0 | Whittam (3), Wallbanks | 4,564 |
25 April | Gateshead | A | W | 3–1 | Whittam (2), Wallbanks | 1,043 |
28 April | Darlington | A | W | 4–0 | Whittam, Hughes, Wallbanks (2) | 2,117 |
31 August | Southport | H | W | 1–0 | Wallbanks | 3,768 |
FA Cup
Main article: 1933–34 FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First round | 25 November | Darlington (3N) | H | W | 6–1 | Mantle (2), Armes (3), Cresswell | 7,000 |
Second round | 9 December | Southend United (3S) | A | L | 1–2 | Cresswell | 6,900 |
Welsh Cup
Main article: 1933–34 Welsh Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seventh round | 7 February | Swansea Town (2) | H | W | 2–1 | Hughes (2pens.) | 4,300 |
Quarterfinal | 7 March | Bangor City (B&DL) | A | L | 0–1 | 5,500 |
Season statistics
Nat | Player | Total | League | FA Cup |
Welsh Cup | ||||
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A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | ||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||
Johnny Burke | 21 | – | 17 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
Richard Finnigan | 12 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Robert Middleton | 13 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Field players | |||||||||
Sammy Armes | 17 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | – | – | |
Billy Bell | 13 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Fred Bennett | 40 | – | 36 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
Frank Cresswell | 22 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
Dick Duckworth | 19 | – | 16 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Tom Freeman | 18 | – | 17 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
Foster Hedley | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | – | |
Jack Hughes | 21 | 9 | 19 | 7 | – | – | 2 | 2 | |
Henry Jones | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | |
John Kay | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Gerry Kelly | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | – | – | 2 | – | |
Jack Little | 27 | – | 24 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Joe Mantle | 28 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | |
George McLachlan | 32 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Arthur Mercer | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
Sam Morris | 6 | – | 5 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
John Pitcairn | 40 | – | 37 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Charlie Roberts | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | |
Norman Roberts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Charlie Sargeant | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Harry Skitt | 38 | – | 34 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | |
Billy Upton | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Tommy Vaughan | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
John Wallbanks | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | – | – | – | – | |
Ernie Whittam | 37 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Arthur Wilson | 11 | 3 | 11 | 3 | – | – | – | – | |
George Wyness | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Own goals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 46 | 98 | 42 | 89 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
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
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