1951–52 Chester F.C. season
1951–52 season | |||
Manager | Frank Brown | ||
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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] | ||
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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
Main article: 1951–52 Football League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Lincoln City | 46 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 121 | 52 | 2.327 | +69 | 69 |
2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 96 | 45 | 2.133 | +51 | 66 |
3 | Stockport County | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 74 | 40 | 1.850 | +34 | 59 |
4 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 90 | 61 | 1.475 | +29 | 57 |
5 | Gateshead | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 49 | 1.347 | +17 | 53 |
6 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 73 | 60 | 1.217 | +13 | 52 |
7 | Carlisle United | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 57 | 1.088 | +5 | 51 |
8 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 74 | 64 | 1.156 | +10 | 50 |
9 | Hartlepools United | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 71 | 65 | 1.092 | +6 | 50 |
10 | York City | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 73 | 52 | 1.404 | +21 | 49 |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 76 | 71 | 1.070 | +5 | 48 |
12 | Barrow | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 61 | 0.934 | –4 | 46 |
13 | Chesterfield | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 66 | 0.985 | –1 | 45 |
14 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 65 | 74 | 0.878 | –9 | 44 |
15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 68 | 0.897 | –7 | 42 |
16 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 63 | 82 | 0.768 | –19 | 42 |
17 | Southport | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 71 | 0.746 | –18 | 41 |
18 | Wrexham | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | –10 | 39 |
19 | Chester | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 85 | 0.847 | –13 | 39 |
20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 61 | 97 | 0.629 | –36 | 35 |
21 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 79 | 0.595 | –32 | 35 |
22 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 61 | 92 | 0.663 | –31 | 32 |
23 | Darlington | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 64 | 103 | 0.621 | –39 | 31 |
24 | Workington | 46 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 50 | 91 | 0.549 | –41 | 29 |
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 |
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
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 |
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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 |
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18 August | Wrexham | H | W | 2–1 | Gill, Burgess | 14,244 |
22 August | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | W | 3–1 | Burgess (2), Hilton | 7,045 |
25 August | York City | A | L | 2–4 | Hilton, Simpson (o.g.) | 8,095 |
30 August | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | D | 2–2 | Fletcher, Davies | 6,042 |
1 September | Bradford City | H | W | 1–0 | Burgess | 7,528 |
5 September | Tranmere Rovers | H | W | 4–1 | Foulkes (3), Fletcher | 8,052 |
8 September | Hartlepools United | A | L | 1–2 | Foulkes | 11,053 |
11 September | Tranmere Rovers | A | L | 1–3 | Hilton | 11,344 |
15 September | Oldham Athletic | H | L | 1–2 | Fletcher | 10,234 |
22 September | Darlington | A | D | 1–1 | Fletcher | 5,306 |
26 September | Wrexham | A | L | 2–3 | Fletcher, Kirkpatrick | 12,213 |
29 September | Gateshead | H | L | 0–3 | 8,072 | |
6 October | Bradford Park Avenue | A | L | 0–3 | 11,795 | |
13 October | Halifax Town | H | W | 5–1 | Kirkpatrick (2), Morement (2), Jones | 4,569 |
20 October | Mansfield Town | A | L | 1–3 | Windle | 9,550 |
27 October | Rochdale | H | W | 4–0 | Astbury, Fletcher, Kirkpatrick (2) | 4,628 |
3 November | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 2–4 | Coffin, Jones | 5,712 |
10 November | Carlisle United | H | W | 4–2 | Fletcher, Coffin, Jones, Twentyman (o.g.) | 6,082 |
17 November | Stockport County | A | D | 0–0 | 11,822 | |
1 December | Barrow | A | L | 0–1 | 6,143 | |
8 December | Grimsby Town | H | L | 0–3 | 4,955 | |
22 December | York City | H | L | 0–1 | 2,998 | |
25 December | Chesterfield | A | L | 0–2 | 10,032 | |
26 December | Chesterfield | H | W | 3–0 | Coffin (2), Fletcher (pen.) | 7,262 |
29 December | Bradford City | A | L | 0–1 | 10,992 | |
5 January | Hartlepools United | H | D | 3–3 | Greenwood, Fletcher (pen.), Windle | 4,902 |
19 January | Oldham Athletic | A | L | 2–11 | Morement (pen.), Jones | 13,458 |
23 January | Lincoln City | A | L | 1–4 | Greenwood | 7,682 |
2 February | Lincoln City | H | L | 0–1 | 5,537 | |
9 February | Gateshead | A | L | 0–1 | 5,416 | |
16 February | Bradford Park Avenue | H | W | 4–2 | Kirkpatrick (2), Travis, Windle | 5,691 |
23 February | Southport | H | W | 2–1 | Travis (2) | 6,600 |
1 March | Halifax Town | A | L | 1–4 | Windle | 6,922 |
8 March | Mansfield Town | H | L | 1–5 | Travis | 5,133 |
15 March | Rochdale | A | W | 5–0 | Travis (2), Nelson Stiffle, Astbury, Kirkpatrick | 4,561 |
22 March | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 3–1 | Stiffle, Windle, Travis | 4,533 |
29 March | Carlisle United | A | D | 0–0 | 4,351 | |
2 April | Darlington | H | W | 2–0 | Greenwood, Travis | 2,590 |
4 April | Stockport County | H | D | 0–0 | 5,606 | |
11 April | Crewe Alexandra | A | W | 2–1 | Richardson, Kirkpatrick | 8,886 |
12 April | Workington | A | D | 2–2 | Coffin, Astbury | 5,584 |
14 April | Crewe Alexandra | H | W | 2–0 | Spink, Kirkpatrick | 7,013 |
19 April | Barrow | H | D | 0–0 | 4,767 | |
23 April | Workington | H | D | 2–2 | Richardson, Windle | 3,317 |
26 April | Grimsby Town | A | L | 1–2 | Travis | 12,434 |
3 May | Southport | A | L | 0–1 | 2,316 |
FA Cup
Main article: 1951–52 FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
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First round | 24 November | Accrington Stanley (3N) | A | W | 2–1 | Fletcher, Kirkpatrick | 8,312 |
Second round | 15 December | Leyton Orient (3S) | H | W | 5–2 | Astbury, Jones, Morement | 6,453 |
Third round | 12 January | Chelsea (1) | A | D | 2–2 | Coffin, Greenwood | 42,954 |
Third round replay | 16 January | H | L | 2–3 (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 |
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Fifth round | 2 January | Bangor City (CCL) | H | W | 3–1 | Fletcher (2), R. Evans (o.g.) | 1,500 |
Quarterfinal | 6 February | Wrexham (3N) | A | D | 0–0 | 7,434 | |
Quarterfinal replay | 20 February | A | W | 0–2 | 4,178 |
Season statistics
Nat | Player | Total | League | FA Cup |
Welsh Cup | ||||
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A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | ||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||
Bernard Port | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Harry Threadgold | 47 | – | 40 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | |
Field players | |||||||||
Tommy Astbury | 47 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | |
Cam Burgess | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
Geoff Coffin | 28 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | – | |
Joe Davies | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Joe Feeney | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | |
James Fletcher | 28 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Billy Foulkes | 13 | 4 | 13 | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
Ray Gill | 47 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | |
Peter Greenwood | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | |
Joe Hilton | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | |
Ron Hughes | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Bill Jones | 34 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | |
Roger Kirkpatrick | 28 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
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 | – | – | – | – | – | |
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 | – | |
Bobby Williams | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Billy Windle | 41 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 4 | – | 3 | – | |
John Yates | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Own goals | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | |
Total | 53 | 86 | 46 | 72 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 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
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