1936–37 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1936–37 season
Manager Alex Raisbeck
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
3rd
FA Cup Fourth round
Welsh Cup Quartherfinal
Top goalscorer League:
Paddy Wrightson (32)

All: Paddy Wrightson (33)
Highest home attendance 16,004 vs Wrexham (29 August)
Lowest home attendance 1,765 vs Gateshead (21 April)
Average home league attendance 7,828
2nd in division[1]

The 1936–37 season was the sixth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Third Division North
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1Stockport County 422314 584392.154+4560
2Lincoln City 4225 710103571.807+4657
3Chester 422291187571.526+3053
4Oldham Athletic 4220111177591.305+1851
5Hull City 4217121368690.986 –146
6Hartlepools United 4219 71675691.087 +645
7Halifax Town 4218 91568631.079 +545
8Wrexham 4216121471571.246+1444
9Mansfield Town 4218 81691761.197+1544
10Carlisle United 4218 81665680.956 –344
11Port Vale 4217101558640.906 –644
12York City 4216111579701.129 +943
13Accrington Stanley4216 91776691.101 +741
14Southport 4212131773870.839–1437
15New Brighton 4213111855700.786–1537
16Barrow 4213101970860.814–1636
17Rotherham United 4214 72178910.857–1335
18Rochdale 4213 92069860.802–1735
19Tranmere Rovers 4212 92171880.807–1733
20Crewe Alexandra 4210122055830.663–2832
21Gateshead 4211102163980.643–3532
22Darlington 42 8142066960.688–3030

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
42 22 9 11 87 57 1.526 53 15 5 1 68 21 35 7 4 10 19 36 18

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result W W W D W W W W W L W D W L W L D L W L D W L L D W W D W W W D W L L D W L W L W D
Position 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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
29 August Wrexham H W4–1 Wrightson, Chambers, Horsman (2) 16,004
2 September Crewe Alexandra H W5–0 Wrightson (2), Chambers (3) 8,531
5 September Rochdale A W1–0 Horsman 5,806
7 September Crewe Alexandra A D1–1 Sargeant 7,389
12 September Barrow H W6–0 Wrightson (2), Horsman (2), Trevis, Sargeant 6,104
16 September Tranmere Rovers H W5–2 Sargeant, Wrightson (2), Alderson, Chambers (pen.) 12,579
19 September York City A W2–0 Wrightson, Sargeant 4,917
26 September Carlisle United H W4–0 Horsman, Wrightson (3) 8,932
3 October Hartlepools United A W1–0 Sargeant 12,220
10 October Southport H L2–3 Sargeant, Wrightson 8,639
17 October Darlington H W2–1 Horsman, Wrightson 6,762
24 October Gateshead A D1–1 Wrightson 3,838
31 October Hull City H W3–1 Wrightson (2), Dimbledy (o.g.) 10,235
7 November New Brighton A L0–1 8,435
14 November Lincoln City H W7–3 Gurry (3), Wrightson (3), Sargeant 8,343
21 November Accrington Stanley A L1–2 Wrightson 4,727
28 November Port Vale H D0–0 7,616
5 December Port Vale A L0–4 12,950
12 December Rotherham United H W2–1 Wrightson, Sanders 4,076
19 December Stockport County A L0–4 6,953
25 December Halifax Town H D1–1 Wrightson 11,241
26 December Wrexham A W2–1 Wrightson, Sanders 29,261
28 December Halifax Town A L0–1 6,290
1 January Tranmere Rovers A L0–5 13,051
2 January Rochdale H D2–2 Wrightson, Davies 4,514
9 January Barrow A W2–1 Wrightson, Sargeant 4,103
23 January York City H W3–1 Alderson, Legge (o.g.), Sargeant 4,235
4 February Carlisle United A D1–1 Alderson 3,362
6 February Hartlepools United H W3–0 Alderson, Wrightson, Gale 5,444
13 February Southport A W2–1 Horsman, Prout 6,953
20 February Darlington A W3–1 Wrightson (2), Gale 6,646
6 March Hull City A D1–1 Sargeant 7,966
13 March New Brighton H W4–1 Wrightson (2), Gale, Sargeant 5,755
20 March Lincoln City A L0–3 11,498
26 March Mansfield Town A L0–5 6,920
27 March Accrington Stanley H D1–1 Chambers 6,197
29 March Mansfield Town H W5–1 Horsman (2), Gale, Sargeant, Chambers 9,448
3 April Oldham Athletic A L0–1 9,899
14 April Oldham Athletic H W2–1 Gale, Hilton (o.g.) 2,707
17 April Rotherham United A L1–2 Chambers 4,054
21 April Gateshead H W6–0 Sargeant (3), Wrightson (2), Chambers 1,765
24 April Stockport County H D1–1 Sargeant 15,255

FA Cup

Main article: 1936–37 FA Cup

Chester along with Port Vale and Luton Town were given a bye to the Third round.

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Third round 16 January Doncaster Rovers (2) H W4–0 Gale, Alderson, Sargeant, Wrightson 9,800
Fourth round 30 January Coventry City (2) A L0–2 21,605

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1936–37 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Seventh round 24 February Southport (3N) H W4–1 Chambers (2), Wrightson, Sargeant
Quarterfinal 17 March Crewe Alexandra (3N) A L1–2 Chambers 1,040

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Wales Bert Gray 44 41 2 1
Eric Mansley 1 1
Scotland Robert Middleton 1 1
Field players
Tom Alderson 43 5 39 4 2 1 2
England Ted Anderson 7 7
England Bill Chambers 26 12 24 9 2 3
Ted Common 46 42 2 2
Jack Davies 18 1 16 1 2
Arthur Gale 20 6 18 5 2 1
England Jack Gurry 7 3 6 3 1
Ernie Hall 43 39 2 2
England Bill Horsman 40 10 36 10 2 2
Harold Howarth 44 40 2 2
Peter Percival 2 2
John Pitcairn 16 14 2
Stan Prout 2 1 2 1
Bob Sanders 4 2 4 2
Charlie Sargeant 42 18 38 16 2 1 2 1
England Bos Trevis 10 1 10 1
John Turner 3 3
England Arthur Wilson 46 42 2 2
England Paddy Wrightson 41 34 38 32 2 1 1 1
Own goals 3 3
Total 46 96 42 87 2 4 2 5

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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