1975–76 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1975–76 season
Manager	Ken Roberts
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Third Division	17th
FA Cup	Round 2
Football League Cup	Round 1
Welsh Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: ; Terry Owen (11); All: ; Terry Owen (13)
Highest home attendance	6,702 vs Crystal Palace (4 May)
Lowest home attendance	3,369 vs Halifax Town (7 April)
Average home league attendance	4,902; 16th in division
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 season was the 38th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the first season spent in the Third Division after the promotion in the previous season. 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hereford United (C, P)	46	26	11	9	86	55	1.564	63	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	22	13	11	69	48	1.438	57	Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division
3	Millwall (P)	46	20	16	10	54	43	1.256	56	Promotion to the Second Division
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	22	9	15	78	53	1.472	53
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	61	46	1.326	53
6	Wrexham	46	20	12	14	66	55	1.200	52
7	Walsall	46	18	14	14	74	61	1.213	50
8	Preston North End	46	19	10	17	62	57	1.088	48
9	Shrewsbury Town	46	19	10	17	61	59	1.034	48
10	Peterborough United	46	15	18	13	63	63	1.000	48
11	Mansfield Town	46	16	15	15	58	52	1.115	47
12	Port Vale	46	15	16	15	55	54	1.019	46
13	Bury	46	14	16	16	51	46	1.109	44
14	Chesterfield	46	17	9	20	69	69	1.000	43
15	Gillingham	46	12	19	15	58	68	0.853	43
16	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	54	65	0.831	42
17	Chester	46	15	12	19	43	62	0.694	42
18	Grimsby Town	46	15	10	21	62	74	0.838	40
19	Swindon Town	46	16	8	22	62	75	0.827	40
20	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	16	18	48	59	0.814	40
21	Aldershot (R)	46	13	13	20	59	75	0.787	39	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Colchester United (R)	46	12	14	20	41	65	0.631	38
23	Southend United (R)	46	12	13	21	65	75	0.867	37
24	Halifax Town (R)	46	11	13	22	41	61	0.672	35

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	15	12	19	43	62	0.694	42	13	7	3	34	19	33	2	5	16	9	43	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
Result	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W
Position	21	20	20	22	23	24	21	23	24	22	24	22	23	23	21	20	16	17	15	13	14	9	13	16	13	15	14	15	13	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	17	16	17	17	17	18	17

Source: 11v11.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
16 August	Crystal Palace	A	L	0–2		13,009
23 August	Southend United	H	D	1–1	Daniels	4,781
30 August	Mansfield Town	A	D	1–1	Redfern	6,164
6 September	Grimsby Town	H	L	1–2	Owen	4,092
13 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	L	0–6		7,924
20 September	Peterborough United	H	D	1–1	Crossley	4,063
24 September	Colchester United	H	W	1–0	Owen	3,954
27 September	Halifax Town	A	L	2–5	Owen, Whitehead	2,240
4 October	Hereford United	H	L	0–1		4,144
11 October	Aldershot	H	W	1–0	Storton	3,375
18 October	Walsall	A	L	0–1		4,146
21 October	Sheffield Wednesday	H	W	1–0	Owen	6,248
25 October	Cardiff City	H	D	1–1	Pugh	5,348
1 November	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–2		4,567
4 November	Rotherham United	A	W	1–0	Lennard	4,282
8 November	Millwall	H	W	3–1	Redfern, Lennard, Owen	4,811
15 November	Port Vale	A	W	1–0	Lennard	3,908
29 November	Chesterfield	A	D	1–1	Storton	4,338
6 December	Gillingham	H	D	2–2	Owen, Edwards	4,451
20 December	Swindon Town	H	W	2–1	Delgado, Storton	3,674
26 December	Wrexham	A	D	1–1	Lennard	10,486
27 December	Preston North End	H	W	3–0	Pugh, John McMahon (o.g.), Owen	8,137
10 January	Mansfield Town	H	D	1–1	Delgado	4,623
17 January	Peterborough United	A	L	0–3		8,674
24 January	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	W	3–0	Pugh, Redfern, Owen	5,099
31 January	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	0–2		7,558
7 February	Rotherham United	H	W	3–1	Redfern (pen), Lennard, Loska	4,573
14 February	Millwall	A	L	0–1		4,965
21 February	Port Vale	H	W	1–0	Redfern (pen)	5,707
24 February	Colchester United	A	L	0–1		3,534
28 February	Cardiff City	A	L	0–2		10,000
6 March	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	1–0	Owen	5,916
10 March	Hereford United	A	L	0–5		7,103
13 March	Aldershot	A	D	1–1	Edwards	3,831
16 March	Walsall	H	D	1–1	Edwards	4,059
20 March	Chesterfield	H	W	2–1	Redfern (pen), Owen	4,018
27 March	Gillingham	A	L	0–2		4,983
30 March	Swindon Town	A	L	1–2	Owen	5,117
7 April	Halifax Town	H	W	2–1	Storton, Redfern	3,369
10 April	Grimsby Town	A	L	0–2		4,644
16 April	Bury	H	D	0–0		5,045
17 April	Wrexham	H	L	1–3	Draper	6,553
19 April	Preston North End	A	D	0–0		6,719
23 April	Southend United	A	L	0–2		3,553
27 April	Bury	A	L	0–1		3,748
4 May	Crystal Palace	H	W	2–1	Crossley (2)	6,702

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	22 November	Darlington (4)	A	D	0–0		2,620
First round replay	26 November	Darlington (4)	H	W	2–0	Moore, Redfern	5,238
Second round	13 December	Shrewsbury Town (3)	A	L	1–3	Edwards	6,061

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round first leg	20 August	Wrexham (3)	A	L	0–3		8,267
First round second leg	27 August	Wrexham (3)	H	D	0–0		6,346

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fourth round	3 January	Kidderminster Harriers (CCL)	H	W	8–1	Edwards, Loska, Daniels, Owen, Mason, Lennard (2), Crossley	1,332
Fifth round	16 February	Wrexham (3)	A	D	0–0		3,787
Fifth round replay	26 February	Wrexham (3)	H	W	2–1	Delgado, Owen	4,734
Semifinal	23 March	Cardiff City (3)	H	D	0–0		3,743
Semifinal replay	1 April	Cardiff City (3)	A	L	0–1		4,207

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
	Mike Craven	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Grenville Millington	50	–	40	–	3	–	2	–	5	–
	Barry Watling	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
Field players
	Paul Crossley	26+8	4	22+6	3	0+2	–	–	–	4	1
	Barney Daniels	11+2	2	8+1	1	–	–	1+1	–	2	1
	Bill Dearden	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Bob Delgado	35+2	3	28+2	2	3	–	–	–	4	1
	Derek Draper	44	1	37	1	2	–	2	–	3	–
	Chris Dunleavy	29+2	–	23+2	–	–	–	2	–	4	–
	Nigel Edwards	45+1	5	36+1	3	3	1	2	–	4	1
	John James	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Dave Lennard	48+2	7	39+2	5	3	–	2	–	4	2
	Tony Loska	45	2	37	1	3	–	1	–	4	1
	Stuart Mason	34+2	1	29+1	–	2	–	1	–	2+1	1
	Reg Matthewson	8	–	7	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Gary Moore	20+4	1	17+3	–	2	1	–	–	1+1	–
	Mark Nickeas	4	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Terry Owen	48+1	13	40	11	3	–	0+1	–	5	2
	Graham Pugh	51+2	3	42+2	3	3	–	2	–	4	–
	Paul Raynor	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Jimmy Redfern	42	8	37	7	3	1	1	–	1	–
	Ian Seddon	7+3	–	5+3	–	–	–	2	–	–	–
	Trevor Storton	47	4	40	4	3	–	1	–	3	–
	Norman Whitehead	11+3	1	7+3	1	–	–	1	–	3	–
	Own goals	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Total	56	56	46	43	3	3	2	–	5	10

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

[1] "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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