1937–38 Chester F.C. season

Chester

1937–38 season
Manager	Alex Raisbeck
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League Third Division North	9th
FA Cup	Third round
Welsh Cup	Quartherfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Sargeant (16) All: Charlie Sargeant (19)
Highest home attendance	10,892 vs Wrexham (15 April)
Lowest home attendance	1,940 vs Accrington Stanley (7 May)
Average home league attendance	5,417 12th in division

The 1937–38 season was the 7th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Main article: 1937–38 Football League

Third Division North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tranmere Rovers	42	23	10	9	81	41	1.976	+40	56
2	Doncaster Rovers	42	21	12	9	74	49	1.510	+25	54
3	Hull City	42	20	13	9	80	43	1.860	+37	53
4	Oldham Athletic	42	19	13	10	67	46	1.457	+21	51
5	Gateshead	42	20	11	11	84	59	1.424	+25	51
6	Rotherham United	42	20	10	12	68	56	1.214	+12	50
7	Lincoln City	42	19	8	15	66	50	1.320	+16	46
8	Crewe Alexandra	42	18	9	15	71	53	1.340	+18	45
9	Chester	42	16	12	14	77	72	1.069	+5	44
10	Wrexham	42	16	11	15	58	63	0.921	–5	43
11	York City	42	16	10	16	70	68	1.029	+2	42
12	Carlisle United	42	15	9	18	57	67	0.851	–10	39
13	New Brighton	42	15	8	19	60	61	0.984	–1	38
14	Bradford City	42	14	10	18	66	69	0.957	–3	38
15	Port Vale	42	12	14	16	65	73	0.890	–8	38
16	Southport	42	12	14	16	53	82	0.646	–29	38
17	Rochdale	42	13	11	18	67	78	0.859	–11	37
18	Halifax Town	42	12	12	18	44	66	0.667	–22	36
19	Darlington	42	11	10	21	54	79	0.684	–25	32
20	Hartlepools United	42	10	12	20	53	80	0.663	–27	32
21	Barrow	42	11	10	21	41	71	0.577	–30	32
22	Accrington Stanley	42	11	7	24	45	75	0.600	–30	29

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
42	16	12	14	77	72	1.069	44	13	4	4	54	31	30	3	8	10	23	41	14

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
28 August	Halifax Town	H	D	1–1	Wrightson	8,328
2 September	Carlisle United	A	W	3–1	Sargeant, Wrightson (2)	11,377
4 September	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	0–0		14,618
8 September	Carlisle United	H	W	1–0	Chambers	5,372
11 September	York City	H	W	4–3	Wrightson (2), Smith, Horsman	7,284
18 September	Bradford City	A	D	2–2	Wrightson (2)	6,010
25 September	Southport	H	W	2–1	Gale, Sargeant (pen.)	7,401
28 September	Accrington Stanley	A	D	0–0		6,442
2 October	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1–2	Chambers	16,391
9 October	Rochdale	H	W	4–1	Sargeant (2), Wrightson, Sanders	5,913
16 October	Hartlepools United	A	W	1–0	Wrightson	5,955
23 October	Lincoln City	H	D	1–1	Wrightson	6,507
30 October	Hull City	A	D	2–2	McCreary, Wrightson	11,383
6 November	New Brighton	H	L	1–2	McCreary	6,924
13 November	Gateshead	A	L	1–3	Wrightson	13,170
20 November	Oldham Athletic	H	D	3–3	Wrightson, Horsman, Gale	6,354
4 December	Port Vale	H	W	7–2	Horsman, Howarth, Chambers, Sargeant, Sanders (2), Johnson (o.g.)	3,849
11 December	Oldham Athletic	A	L	2–3	Smith, Sanders	5,283
18 December	Barrow	H	W	3–1	Sanders (2), Gale	3,201
25 December	Rotherham United	H	L	2–3	Chambers, Horsman	6,105
27 December	Rotherham United	A	L	1–4	Wrightson (pen.)	11,394
1 January	Halifax Town	A	D	1–1	Gale	6,594
15 January	Tranmere Rovers	H	D	1–1	Smith	5,043
26 January	York City	A	L	0–4		3,380
29 January	Bradford City	H	W	3–1	Chambers, Sargeant, Roberts	3,320
5 February	Southport	A	D	2–2	Sargeant, Chambers	5,198
12 February	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	4–0	Sanders, Sargeant (3, 1pen.)	5,188
19 February	Rochdale	A	L	0–4		5,728
26 February	Hartlepools United	H	W	6–0	Sargeant (4, 1pen.), Sanders, Roberts	3,723
5 March	Lincoln City	A	D	1–1	Sargeant	10,157
12 March	Hull City	H	L	1–3	Sargeant	6,864
19 March	New Brighton	A	L	0–4		4,629
26 March	Gateshead	H	W	2–1	Chambers (2, 1pen.)	3,154
6 April	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	0–1		3,312
9 April	Darlington	H	W	3–2	Roberts, Gale (2)	3,024
15 April	Wrexham	H	W	2–1	Cresswell, Gale	10,892
16 April	Port Vale	A	D	2–2	Gale (2)	6,695
18 April	Wrexham	A	L	1–3	Gale	11,480
23 April	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	0–3		3,379
27 April	Darlington	A	L	1–2	Walters	4,359
30 April	Barrow	A	W	2–0	Trevis, Sanders	3,324
7 May	Accrington Stanley	H	W	3–1	Gale, Sanders, Chambers	1,940

FA Cup

Main article: 1937–38 FA Cup

Chester along with Millwall and Notts County were given a bye to the Third round.

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	8 January	Leeds United (1)	A	L	1–3	Gale	9,800

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1937–38 Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Seventh round	23 February	New Brighton (3N)	H	W	5–1	Sanders (2) Sargeant (3)	1,081
Quarterfinal	9 March	Shrewsbury Town (ML)	H	D	0–0		3,600
Quarterfinal replay	2 April		A	L	1–2	Chambers	8,000

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
		A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Bert Gray	35	–	32	–	1	–	2	–
	Eric Mansley	5	–	4	–	–	–	1	–
	Robert Middleton	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
Field players
	Tom Alderson	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–
	David Beynon	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–
	Bill Chambers	28	9	24	9	1	–	3	–
	Ted Common	45	–	41	–	1	–	3	–
	Frank Cresswell	5	1	5	1	–	–	–	–
	George Deakin	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Robert Done	40	–	37	–	1	–	2	–
	John Edwards	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Tom Feeney	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–
	Arthur Gale	18	12	16	11	1	1	1	–
	Ernie Hall	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
	Bill Horsman	44	4	40	4	1	–	3	–
	Harold Howarth	44	1	40	1	1	–	3	–
	John Lloyd	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Bernard McCarthy	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Pat McCarthy	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	John McCreary	40	3	36	2	1	–	3	1
	Syd Roberts	17	3	17	3	–	–	–	–
	Bob Sanders	19	12	16	10	–	–	3	2
	Charlie Sargeant	29	19	26	16	1	–	2	3
	Clement Smith	29	3	26	3	1	–	2	–
	Bos Trevis	19	1	16	1	–	–	3	–
	John Turner	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Trevor Walters	38	1	36	1	1	–	1	–
	Arthur Wilson	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Paddy Wrightson	21	14	21	14	–	–	–	–
	Own goals	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
	Total	46	84	42	77	1	1	3	6

References

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