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Chester City F.C. were a football club which existed from 1885 until 2010. From 1931 until 2000, and again from 2004 until 2009 they were members of the Football League, playing in the third or fourth tiers of English football. The club persistently had one of the poorest playing records of any Football League sides, and was re-elected to the League on no fewer than seven occasions. From the early 1980s onwards, the club was plagued with financial troubles, selling their Sealand Road ground in 1990 to clear debts. Following their second relegation from the Football League to the Football Conference in 2009, these troubles came to a head, and the club was wound up by HMRC in March 2010.

History

Further information: History of Chester City F.C.

Key

Seasons

Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer FA Cup[1] FL Cup Other competitions Average[2][a]
attendance 		Manager
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Competition Res Rec
Club were founded in August 1885 as an amalgamation of Chester Rovers and Old King's Scholars.
1885–86 Welsh Cup R1[3] 0–0–1
1886–87 R2[b] 1–0–0 Welsh Cup R2 1–1–1
1887–88 R1 0–0–1
1888–89 QR4 3–0–1
1889–90 R1 4–0–1
1890–91 The Combination 16 8 4 4 42 30 +12 20 3rd of 9 R2 4–0–1
1891–92 22 8 3 11 52 61 −9 19 8th of 12 QR2 1–0–1
1892–93 22 12 2 8 52 41 +11 26 3rd of 12 QR3 2–0–1
1893–94 18 6 6 6 24 26 −2 18 6th of 10 QR2 0–0–1
1894–95 20 12 2 6 53 35 −18 26 3rd of 11 QR1 0–0–1
1895–96 14 4 2 8 27 29 −2 10 5th of 8 QR2 1–0–1
1896–97 17 10 3 4 37 25 +12 23 3rd of 10 QR1 0–0–1
1897–98 24 7 5 12 39 50 −11 19 11th of 13 QR1 0–0–1
1898–99 28 13 5 10 60 57 +3 31 6th of 15 QR1 0–0–1
Left the Lancashire Combination and did not participate in any competition until 1901.
1901–02 The Combination 26 6 7 13 46 67 −21 17[c] 14th of 14 QR1 1–1–0
1902–03 26 9 8 9 48 49 −1 26 7th of 14 — Welsh Cup R3 0–0–1
1903–04 24 15 3 6 65 29 +36 33 2nd of 13 — Welsh Cup R3 0–0–1
1904–05 26 17 3 6 69 35 +34 37 2nd of 14 — Welsh Cup R3 0–0–1
1905–06 28 16 4 8 72 29 +43 36 2nd of 15 QR2 1–0–1
1906–07 26 19 3 4 75 27 +48 41 2nd of 14 — Welsh Cup SF 2–1–1
1907–08 26 21 2 3 87 29 +58 44 2nd of 14 QR1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup W 4–1–0
1908–09 30 21 7 2 91 34 +57 49 1st of 16 QR3 2–0–1 Welsh Cup F 3–0–1
1909–10 30 20 2 8 85 47 +38 42 3rd of 16 PR 0–0–1 Welsh Cup F 2–1–1
Accepted to the Lancashire Combination.
1910–11 Lancashire Combination
Division Two 		38 26 4 8 104 51 +53 56 3rd of 20
Promoted 		QR4 4–0–1 Welsh Cup R3 0–1–1
1911–12 Lancashire Combination
Division One 		32 15 7 10 74 50 +24 37 6th of 17 QR4 3–0–1 Welsh Cup R4 3–1–1
1912–13 34 12 13 9 89 64 +25 37 7th of 18 PR 0–0–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–1–1
1913–14 34 9 10 15 59 62 −3 28 12th of 18 QR2 2–0–1 Welsh Cup R3 0–0–1
1914–15 Club did not finish the season due to the World War I. QR2 1–0–1 Welsh Cup R4 1–1–1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20 Cheshire County League 22 9 4 9 55 55 0 22 6th of 12 PR 0–0–1 Welsh Cup R4 0–0–1
1920–21 34 15 5 14 72 74 −2 35 10th of 18 — Welsh Cup PR2 3–1–1
1921–22 38 25 3 10 78 50 +28 53 1st of 20 QR4 5–2–1
1922–23 38 13 8 17 59 60 −1 34 15th of 20 PR 0–0–1
1923–24 42 11 15 16 59 66 −7 37 16th of 22 QR2 2–0–1
1924–25 42 14 7 21 59 103 −44 35 17th of 22 PR 0–0–1
1925–26 42 29 5 8 110 57 +53 63 1st of 22 QR3 3–3–1
1926–27 42 31 3 8 147 67 +80 65 1st of 22 PR 0–0–1
1927–28 42 23 6 13 120 73 +47 52 5th of 22 QR2 2–0–1
1928–29 38 19 5 14 99 75 +24 43 8th of 20 PR 0–0–1 Welsh Cup R4 1–0–1
1929–30 42 18 5 19 120 109 +11 41 9th of 22 — Welsh Cup R4 1–2–1
1930–31 42 31 6 5 170 59 +111 68 2nd of 22 EPR 0–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 3–2–1 Charlie Hewitt
The club elected to the Football League replacing Nelson.
1931–32 Football League
Third Division North 		3 40 21 8 11 78 60 +18 60 3rd of 21 Tom Jennings 30 R2 1–0–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–1–1 7,952 Charlie Hewitt
1932–33 42 22 8 12 94 66 +28 52 4th of 22 Joe Mantle 34 R4 3–1–1 Welsh Cup W 4–0–0 8,136
1933–34 42 17 6 19 89 86 +3 40 10th of 22 Joe Mantle 18 R2 1–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 6,609
1934–35 42 20 14 8 91 58 +23 54 3rd of 22 John Wallbanks 24 R3 2–0–1 Welsh Cup F 3–1–1 6,967
1935–36 42 22 11 9 100 45 +55 55 2nd of 22 Paddy Wrightson 27 R2 1–1–1 Welsh Cup F 3–0–1 6,654
1936–37 42 22 9 11 87 57 +30 53 3rd of 22 Paddy Wrightson 32 R4 1–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 7,828 Alex Raisbeck
1937–38 42 16 12 14 77 72 +5 44 9th of 22 Charlie Sargeant 16 R3 0–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–1–0 5,417
1938–39 42 20 9 13 88 70 +18 49 6th of 22 Bill Pendergast 26 R4 3–3–1 Welsh Cup SF 1–0–1 5,963 Frank Brown
1939–40 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 3rd of 22 Joe McGough 2 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 6,463
Season abandoned.
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46 R3 0–0–2 Frank Brown
1946–47 Football League
Third Division North 		3 42 25 6 11 95 51 +44 56 3rd of 22 Dick Yates 36 R4 1–1–1 Welsh Cup W 4–1–0 6,466
1947–48 42 13 9 20 64 67 −3 35 20th of 22 Tommy Burden 12 R4 3–0–1 Welsh Cup R5 0–0–1 7,847
1948–49 42 11 13 18 57 56 +1 35 18th of 22 Cam Burgess
Albert Foulds 		14 R2 1–0–1 Welsh Cup R5 0–0–1 6,959
1949–50 42 17 6 19 70 79 −9 40 12th of 22 Cam Burgess 24 R2 1–0–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–3–1 6,695
1950–51 46 17 9 20 62 64 −2 43 13th of 24 Cam Burgess 22 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 5,951
1951–52 46 15 9 22 72 85 −13 39 19th of 24 Roger Kirkpatrick 10 R3 2–1–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–1–1 6,146
1952–53 46 11 15 20 64 85 −21 37 20th of 24 Don Travis 24 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup F 4–0–1 5,271
1953–54 46 11 10 25 48 67 −19 32 24th of 24 Don Travis 12 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup F 3–1–1 5,503 Louis Page
1954–55 46 12 9 25 44 77 −33 33 24th of 24 Ron Hughes 9 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup F 3–2–1 5,390
1955–56 46 13 14 19 52 82 −30 40 17th of 24 George Allman 12 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 6,640
1956–57 46 10 13 23 55 84 −29 33 21st of 24 Billy Foulkes 11 R1 0–1–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–0–1 6,472 John Harris
1957–58 46 13 13 20 73 81 −8 39 21st of 24 Barry Jepson 23 R2 1–1–1 Welsh Cup F 3–2–1 6,740
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club did not qualified to join Third Division.
1958–59 Football League
Fourth Division 		4 46 16 12 18 72 84 −12 44 13th of 24 Norman Bullock 12 R2 1–1–1 Welsh Cup R6 0–0–1 6,953 John Harris
1959–60 46 14 12 20 59 77 −18 40 20th of 24 Walter Kelly 12 R2 1–0–1 Welsh Cup R5 0–0–1 5,421 Stan Pearson
1960–61 46 11 9 26 61 104 −43 31 24th of 24 Ron Davies 23 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–1–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 4,892
1961–62 44 7 12 25 54 96 −44 26 23rd of 23 Ron Davies 14 R1 1–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup R4 0–0–1 5,578 Stan Pearson
Bill Lambton
1962–63 46 15 9 22 51 66 −15 39 21st of 24 Peter Fitzgerald 8 R1 0–0–1 R3 2–1–1 Welsh Cup R5 0–0–1 5,542 Bill Lambton
1963–64 46 19 8 19 65 60 +5 46 12th of 24 Gary Talbot 23 R2 1–0–1 R1 0–1–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 6,182 Peter Hauser
1964–65 46 25 6 15 119 81 +38 56 8th of 24 Gary Talbot 28 R3 2–0–1 R3 2–0–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–3–1 7,659
1965–66 46 20 12 14 79 70 +9 52 7th of 24 Elfed Morris 24 R3 2–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup F 4–1–2 8,504
1966–67 46 15 10 21 54 78 −24 40 19th of 24 Les Jones 13 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–1–1 5,156
1967–68 46 9 14 23 57 78 −21 32 22nd of 24 Eddie Loyden 22 R2 1–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–0–1 4,415 Peter Hauser
Ken Roberts
1968–69 46 16 13 17 76 66 +10 45 14th of 24 Gary Talbot 22 R2 1–1–1 R1 0–3–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–0–1 5,883 Ken Roberts
1969–70 46 21 6 19 58 66 −8 45 11th of 24 Derek Draper 12 R4 3–2–1 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup F 3–1–2 4,444
1970–71 46 24 7 15 69 55 +14 55 5th of 24 Alan Tarbuck 18 R3 2–1–1 R2 1–1–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–2–1 5,081
1971–72 46 10 18 18 47 56 −9 38 20th of 24 Eddie Loyden 11 R1 0–1–1 R1 0–1–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–1–1 3,001
1972–73 46 14 15 17 61 52 +9 43 15th of 24 Derek Draper 13 R1 0–1–1 R2 1–2–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–1–1 2,796
1973–74 46 17 15 14 54 55 −1 49 7th of 24 John James 21 R3 2–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Welsh Cup QF 1–0–1 2,538
1974–75 46 23 11 12 64 38 +26 57 4th of 24
Promoted 		Terry Owen 14 R1 0–0–1 SF 5–2–1 Welsh Cup R4 0–0–1 4,742
1975–76 Football League
Third Division 		3 46 15 12 19 43 62 −19 42 17th of 24 Terry Owen 11 R2 1–1–1 R1 0–1–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–2–1 4,902
1976–77 46 18 8 20 48 58 −10 44 13th of 24 Paul Crossley 14 R5 4–0–1 R2 1–0–2 Welsh Cup R4 0–1–1 4,408 Ken Roberts
Alan Oakes
1977–78 46 16 22 8 59 56 +3 54 5th of 24 Paul Crossley 9 R2 1–0–1 R1 1–0–1 Welsh Cup R4 0–0–1 3,959 Alan Oakes
1978–79 46 14 16 16 57 61 −4 44 16th of 24 Ian Edwards 20 R2 1–1–1 R3 2–1–1 Welsh Cup SF 2–1–1 3,850
1979–80 46 17 13 16 49 57 −8 47 9th of 24 Ian Rush 14 R5 4–0–1 R2 1–2–1 Welsh Cup QF Q–1–1 3,726
1980–81 46 15 11 20 38 48 −10 41 18th of 24 Steve Ludlam
Trevor Phillips 		7 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–1–1 2,892
1981–82 46 7 11 28 36 78 −42 32 24th of 24
Relegated 		Gary Simpson 12 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–1–1 2,062 Alan Oakes
Cliff Sear
1982–83 Football League
Fourth Division 		4 46 15 11 20 55 60 −5 56 13th of 24 John Thomas 20 R1 0–1–1 R1 0–0–2 2,071 Cliff Sear
John Sainty
Changed name to Chester City F.C. from original Chester F.C.
1983–84 Football League
Fourth Division 		4 46 7 13 26 45 82 −37 34 24th of 24 Peter Zelem
Andy Holden 		7 R1 0–0–1 R2 2–0–2 FL Trophy R2 1–0–1 1,764 John Sainty
Trevor Storton
John McGrath
1984–85 46 15 9 22 60 72 −12 54 16th of 24 Stuart Rimmer 14 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–0–2 FL Trophy R1 0–1–1 1,940 John McGrath
Mick Speight
1985–86 46 24 15 9 83 50 +33 84 2nd of 24
Promoted 		Stuart Rimmer 16 R1 0–0–1 R2 1–1–2 FL Trophy G 0–0–2 2,956 Harry McNally
1986–87 Football League
Third Division 		3 46 13 17 16 61 59 +2 56 15th of 24 Stuart Rimmer
Gary Bennett 		13 R4 3–3–1 R1 1–0–1 FL Trophy AF 4–2–1 2,732
1987–88 46 14 16 16 51 62 −11 58 15th of 24 Stuart Rimmer 24 R1 0–0–1 R1 1–0–1 FL Trophy R1 1–0–2 2,664
1988–89 46 19 11 16 64 61 +3 68 8th of 24 Carl Dale 22 R2 1–0–1 R2 1–0–3 FL Trophy G 0–1–1 3,056
1989–90 46 13 15 18 43 55 −12 54 16th of 24 Carl Dale 8 R2 1–1–1 R1 0–0–2 FL Trophy AQF 2–2–2 2,560
1990–91 46 14 9 23 46 58 −12 51 19th of 24 Carl Dale 10 R3 2–2–1 R2 1–0–3 FL Trophy G 1–0–1 1,564
1991–92 46 14 14 18 56 59 −3 56 18th of 24 Stuart Rimmer 13 R2 1–0–1 R2 1–0–3 FL Trophy R1 1–0–2 1,857
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93 Football League
Second Division 		3 46 8 5 33 49 102 −53 29 24th of 24
Relegated 		Stuart Rimmer 20 R1 0–1–1 R1 0–1–1 FL Trophy G 0–0–2 2,992 Harry McNally
Graham Barrow
1993–94 Football League
Third Division 		4 42 21 11 10 69 46 +23 74 2nd of 24
Promoted 		David Pugh 12 R3 2–1–1 R1 0–1–1 FL Trophy AQF 2–1–1 3,191 Graham Barrow
1994–95 Football League
Second Division 		3 46 6 11 29 37 84 −47 29 23rd of 24
Relegated 		Andy Milner 8 R2 1–0–1 R1 0–0–2 FL Trophy R2 1–1–1 2,388 Mike Pejic
Derek Mann
1995–96 Football League
Third Division 		4 46 18 16 12 72 53 +19 70 8th of 24 Stuart Rimmer
Chris Priest 		13 R1 0–0–1 R2 2–0–2 FL Trophy G 0–1–1 2,674 Kevin Ratcliffe
1996–97 46 18 16 12 55 43 +12 70 6th of 24 Andy Milner 12 R3 2–0–1 R1 0–0–2 FL Trophy R1 0–0–1 2,263
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
1997–98 46 17 10 19 60 61 −1 61 14th of 24 Gary Bennett 11 R2 1–0–1 R1 0–0–2 FL Trophy R1 0–0–1 2,255
1998–99 46 13 18 15 57 66 −9 57 14th of 24 John Murphy 12 R1 0–0–1 R2 1–1–2 FL Trophy R1 0–0–1 2,562
1999–2000 46 10 9 27 44 79 −35 39 24th of 24
Relegated 		Luke Beckett 14 R3 2–1–1 R2 1–1–2 FL Trophy R2 0–0–1 2,686 Kevin Ratcliffe
Terry Smith
Ian Atkins
2000–01 Football Conference 5 42 16 14 12 49 43 +6 62 8th of 24 Mark Beesley 11 R3 3–1–1 — FL Trophy R2 1–0–1 1,903 Graham Barrow
FA Trophy SF 4–0–2
2001–02 42 15 9 18 54 51 +3 54 14th of 24 Mark Beesley 16 QR4 0–0–1 — FA Trophy QF 3–2–1 1,274 Gordon Hill
Steve Mungall
Mark Wright
2002–03 42 21 12 9 59 31 +28 75 4th of 24 Daryl Clare 17 R2 2–0–1 — FL Trophy R1 0–0–1 2,406 Mark Wright
Lost in the play-off semi-final. FA Trophy R3 0–0–1
2003–04 42 27 11 4 85 34 +51 92 1st of 24
Promoted 		Daryl Clare 29 R1 1–0–1 — FL Trophy R1 0–0–1 3,065
FA Trophy R3 0–0–1
2004–05 Football League Two 4 46 12 16 18 43 69 −26 52 20th of 24 Michael Branch 11 R3 2–0–1 R1 0–0–1 FL Trophy AQF 2–0–1 2,812 Ian Rush
2005–06 46 14 12 20 53 59 −6 54 15th of 24 Ryan Lowe 10 R3 2–1–1 R1 0–0–1 FL Trophy R1 0–0–1 2,964 Keith Curle
Mark Wright
2006–07 46 13 14 19 40 48 −8 53 18th of 24 Jonathan Walters 9 R3 1–2–2 R1 0–0–1 FL Trophy AQF 1–1–0 2,473 Mark Wright
2007–08 46 12 11 23 51 68 −17 47 22nd of 24 Kevin Ellison 11 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–1–0 FL Trophy R2 0–1–1 2,479 Bobby Williamson
Simon Davies
2008–09 46 8 13 25 43 81 −38 37 23rd of 24
Relegated 		Ryan Lowe 16 R1 0–0–1 R1 0–0–1 FL Trophy R2 0–1–0 1,972 Simon Davies
Mark Wright
2009–10 Conference National 5 28 5 7 16 23 42 −19 −3[d] — Nick Chadwick 7 QR4 0–1–1 — FA Trophy R 0–0–1 1,161 Mick Wadsworth
Jim Harvey
Did not finish the season.
Club was expelled from the Football Conference, record was expunged. Subsequently Chester City wound up.
New club Chester was formed and joined Northern Premier League Division One North for the next season.

Notes

  1. ^ Average attendance = for home league games only
  2. ^ Disqualified for playing four unregistered players.
  3. ^ 2 points deducted for fielding ineligible player.
  4. ^ Club was docked 25 points for entering administration and financial insolvency.

References

  1. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Welsh Cup archive". WFDA. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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