1951–52 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1951–52 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
19th
FA Cup Third round
Welsh Cup Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer League:
Roger Kirkpatrick (10)

All:
James Fletcher (12)
Highest home attendance 14,244 vs Wrexham (18 August)
Lowest home attendance 2,316 vs Southport (3 May)
Average home league attendance 6,146
19th in division[1]

The 1951–52 season was the 14th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, a English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Third Division North
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1Lincoln City 4630 9 7121522.327+6969
2Grimsby Town 4629 8 996452.133+5166
3Stockport County 4623131074401.850+3459
4Oldham Athletic 4624 91390611.475+2957
5Gateshead 4621111466491.347+1753
6Mansfield Town 4622 81673601.217+1352
7Carlisle United 4619131462571.088 +551
8Bradford Park Avenue 4619121574641.156+1050
9Hartlepools United 4621 81771651.092 +650
10York City 4618131573521.404+2149
11Tranmere Rovers 4621 61976711.070 +548
12Barrow 4617121757610.934 –446
13Chesterfield 4617111865660.985 –145
14Scunthorpe & Lindsey United4614161665740.878 –944
15Bradford City 4616102061680.897 –742
16Crewe Alexandra 4617 82163820.768–1942
17Southport 4615112053710.746–1841
18Wrexham 4615 92263730.863–1039
19Chester461592272850.847–1339
20Halifax Town 4614 72561970.629–3635
21Rochdale 4611132247790.595–3235
22Accrington Stanley 4610122461920.663–3132
23Darlington 4611 926641030.621–3931
24Workington 4611 72850910.549–4129

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
46 15 9 22 72 85 0.847 39 13 4 6 46 30 30 2 5 16 26 55 9

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result W W L D W W L L L D L L L W L W L W D L L L L W L D L L L L W W L L W W D W D W D W D D L L
Position 10 1 9 9 4 1 6 6 10 11 11 15 19 15 18 15 17 16 15 16 18 18 21 18 20 20 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 18 17 16 16 17 19

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
18 August Wrexham H W2–1 Gill, Burgess 14,244
22 August Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H W3–1 Burgess (2), Hilton 7,045
25 August York City A L2–4 Hilton, Simpson (o.g.) 8,095
30 August Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A D2–2 Fletcher, Davies 6,042
1 September Bradford City H W1–0 Burgess 7,528
5 September Tranmere Rovers H W4–1 Foulkes (3), Fletcher 8,052
8 September Hartlepools United A L1–2 Foulkes 11,053
11 September Tranmere Rovers A L1–3 Hilton 11,344
15 September Oldham Athletic H L1–2 Fletcher 10,234
22 September Darlington A D1–1 Fletcher 5,306
26 September Wrexham A L2–3 Fletcher, Kirkpatrick 12,213
29 September Gateshead H L0–3 8,072
6 October Bradford Park Avenue A L0–3 11,795
13 October Halifax Town H W5–1 Kirkpatrick (2), Morement (2), Jones 4,569
20 October Mansfield Town A L1–3 Windle 9,550
27 October Rochdale H W4–0 Astbury, Fletcher, Kirkpatrick (2) 4,628
3 November Accrington Stanley A L2–4 Coffin, Jones 5,712
10 November Carlisle United H W4–2 Fletcher, Coffin, Jones, Twentyman (o.g.) 6,082
17 November Stockport County A D0–0 11,822
1 December Barrow A L0–1 6,143
8 December Grimsby Town H L0–3 4,955
22 December York City H L0–1 2,998
25 December Chesterfield A L0–2 10,032
26 December Chesterfield H W3–0 Coffin (2), Fletcher (pen.) 7,262
29 December Bradford City A L0–1 10,992
5 January Hartlepools United H D3–3 Greenwood, Fletcher (pen.), Windle 4,902
19 January Oldham Athletic A L2–11 Morement (pen.), Jones 13,458
23 January Lincoln City A L1–4 Greenwood 7,682
2 February Lincoln City H L0–1 5,537
9 February Gateshead A L0–1 5,416
16 February Bradford Park Avenue H W4–2 Kirkpatrick (2), Travis, Windle 5,691
23 February Southport H W2–1 Travis (2) 6,600
1 March Halifax Town A L1–4 Windle 6,922
8 March Mansfield Town H L1–5 Travis 5,133
15 March Rochdale A W5–0 Travis (2), Nelson Stiffle, Astbury, Kirkpatrick 4,561
22 March Accrington Stanley H W3–1 Stiffle, Windle, Travis 4,533
29 March Carlisle United A D0–0 4,351
2 April Darlington H W2–0 Greenwood, Travis 2,590
4 April Stockport County H D0–0 5,606
11 April Crewe Alexandra A W2–1 Richardson, Kirkpatrick 8,886
12 April Workington A D2–2 Coffin, Astbury 5,584
14 April Crewe Alexandra H W2–0 Spink, Kirkpatrick 7,013
19 April Barrow H D0–0 4,767
23 April Workington H D2–2 Richardson, Windle 3,317
26 April Grimsby Town A L1–2 Travis 12,434
3 May Southport A L0–1 2,316

FA Cup

Main article: 1951–52 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 24 November Accrington Stanley (3N) A W2–1 Fletcher, Kirkpatrick 8,312
Second round 15 December Leyton Orient (3S) H W5–2 Astbury, Jones, Morement 6,453
Third round 12 January Chelsea (1) A D2–2 Coffin, Greenwood 42,954
Third round replay 16 January H L2–3
(a.e.t.)
Willense (o.g.), Coffin 20,378

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1951–52 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 2 January Bangor City (CCL) H W3–1 Fletcher (2), R. Evans (o.g.) 1,500
Quarterfinal 6 February Wrexham (3N) A D0–0 7,434
Quarterfinal replay 20 February A W0–2 4,178

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Bernard Port 6 6
Harry Threadgold 47 40 4 3
Field players
Wales Tommy Astbury 47 4 43 3 3 1 1
England Cam Burgess 7 4 7 4
Geoff Coffin 28 7 25 5 3 2
England Joe Davies 6 1 6 1
Joe Feeney 5 5
England James Fletcher 28 12 23 9 4 1 1 2
Wales Billy Foulkes 13 4 13 4
England Ray Gill 47 1 42 1 2 3
Peter Greenwood 19 4 12 3 4 1 3
Joe Hilton 11 3 10 3 1
Wales Ron Hughes 6 6
Bill Jones 34 5 29 4 2 1 3
Roger Kirkpatrick 28 11 27 10 1 1
England Eric Lee 40 33 4 3
John Molyneux 43 36 4 3
Ralph Morement 51 4 44 3 4 1 3
Sam Morris 18 13 2 3
Fred Richardson 7 2 7 2
Gerry Smyth 2 2
England Tony Spink 5 1 5 1
Nelson Stiffle 10 2 7 2 3
Don Travis 15 9 15 9
Phil Whitlock 16 13 2 1
England Bobby Williams 1 1
Billy Windle 41 6 34 6 4 3
England John Yates 2 2
Own goals 6 2 3 1
Total 53 86 46 72 4 11 3 3

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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