1935–36 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1935–36 season
Manager	Charlie Hewitt
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Third Division North	2nd
FA Cup	Second round
Welsh Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paddy Wrightson (27); All: Paddy Wrightson (31)
Highest home attendance	16,375 vs Tranmere Rovers (28 March)
Lowest home attendance	3,581 vs Gateshead (11 January)
Average home league attendance	6,654; 4th in division[1]

The 1935–36 season was the fifth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

It was clubs fifth consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chesterfield	42	24	12	6	92	39	2.359	60	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Chester	42	22	11	9	100	45	2.222	55
3	Tranmere Rovers	42	22	11	9	93	58	1.603	55
4	Lincoln City	42	22	9	11	91	51	1.784	53
5	Stockport County	42	20	8	14	65	49	1.327	48
6	Crewe Alexandra	42	19	9	14	80	76	1.053	47
7	Oldham Athletic	42	18	9	15	86	73	1.178	45
8	Hartlepools United	42	15	12	15	57	61	0.934	42
9	Accrington Stanley	42	17	8	17	63	72	0.875	42
10	Walsall	42	16	9	17	79	59	1.339	41
11	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17	69	66	1.045	41
12	Darlington	42	17	6	19	74	79	0.937	40
13	Carlisle United	42	14	12	16	56	62	0.903	40
14	Gateshead	42	13	14	15	56	76	0.737	40
15	Barrow	42	13	12	17	58	65	0.892	38
16	York City	42	13	12	17	62	95	0.653	38
17	Halifax Town	42	15	7	20	57	61	0.934	37
18	Wrexham	42	15	7	20	66	75	0.880	37
19	Mansfield Town	42	14	9	19	80	91	0.879	37
20	Rochdale	42	10	13	19	58	88	0.659	33
21	Southport	42	11	9	22	48	90	0.533	31	Re-elected
22	New Brighton	42	9	6	27	43	102	0.422	24	Re-elected

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average

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	22	11	9	100	45	2.222	55	14	5	2	69	18	33	8	6	7	31	27	22

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
Result	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position	7	2	5	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	8	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
31 August	Southport	H	W	5–1	Williams (3), Grainger (o.g.), Sargeant	9,444
2 September	Accrington Stanley	A	W	3–0	Williams, Kelly, Wrightson	4,227
7 September	Wrexham	A	L	0–1		24,690
11 September	Accrington Stanley	H	W	4–0	Sargeant (2), Williams, Wrightson	6,521
14 September	Lincoln City	A	D	1–1	Williams	8,051
18 September	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	Williams	6,976
21 September	Rochdale	H	W	5–2	Wrightson (2), Williams, Cresswell (2)	6,914
25 September	Oldham Athletic	H	D	1–1	Williams	8,205
28 September	York City	A	W	2–1	Williams (2)	4,917
2 October	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	0–1		5,470
5 October	Barrow	H	L	1–2	Williams	5,841
12 October	New Brighton	A	D	3–3	Cresswell, Howarth, Williams	5,065
19 October	Rotherham United	H	D	0–0		5,187
26 October	Mansfield Town	A	D	0–0		5,561
2 November	Hartlepools United	H	W	4–0	Cresswell, Horsman, Hughes, Williams	5,503
9 November	Carlisle United	A	W	3–1	Horsman, Cresswell, Sargeant	8,778
16 November	Walsall	H	W	2–0	Cresswell, Williams	6,429
23 November	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	1–3	Hughes	15,457
7 December	Darlington	A	D	1–1	Hughes	3,906
25 December	Chesterfield	H	D	1–1	Cresswell	7,880
26 December	Chesterfield	A	L	0–1		7,310
28 December	Southport	A	L	1–2	Horsman	3,000
4 January	Wrexham	H	D	1–1	Sargeant	10,511
11 January	Gateshead	H	W	4–0	Kelly (3), Cresswell	3,581
25 January	Rochdale	A	D	1–1	Cresswell (pen.)	4,420
1 February	York City	H	W	12–0	Sargeant (4), Wrightson (4), Cresswell (2), Horsman (2)	3,775
8 February	Barrow	A	W	4–2	Wrightson (3), Cresswell	2,930
15 February	New Brighton	H	W	8–2	Wrightson (3), Cresswell (2, 1pen.), Hughes (2), Horsman	4,860
22 February	Rotherham United	A	W	2–1	Wrightson (2)	5,300
25 February	Oldham Athletic	A	W	3–1	Wrightson, Hughes, Sargeant	3,361
29 February	Carlisle United	H	W	3–2	Wrightson, Horsman, Cresswell	3,675
7 March	Hartlepools United	A	W	2–0	Wrightson (2)	4,167
14 March	Mansfield Town	H	W	4–0	Kelly (2), Wrightson (2)	5,533
21 March	Walsall	A	L	0–1		5,489
28 March	Tranmere Rovers	H	D	1–1	Horsman	16,375
4 April	Gateshead	A	L	0–2		3,639
10 April	Stockport County	H	W	2–0	Wrightson (2)	10,500
11 April	Darlington	H	W	4–1	Coulthard (o.g.), Wrightson (2), Kelly	4,829
13 April	Stockport County	A	L	0–2		6,750
18 April	Halifax Town	A	W	3–2	Wharton (2), Sargeant	5,932
22 April	Lincoln City	H	W	4–2	Wharton (2), Horsman (2)	4,726
29 April	Halifax Town	H	W	3–1	Wrightson, Wharton, Wilson	3,976

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	30 November	Gateshead (3N)	H	W	1–0	Cresswell	6,200
Second round	14 December	Reading (3S)	H	D	3–3	Cresswell (2), Wrightson	13,000
Second round replay	18 December	Reading (3S)	A	L	0–3		10,152

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Seventh round	12 February	Southport (3N)	H	W	2–1	Wrightson, Horsman	2,000
Quarterfinal	11 March	Swansea Town (2)	H	W	4–1	Wrightson (2), Cresswell, Kelly	5,500
Semifinal	16 April	Rhyl Athletic (B&DL)	A	W	3–0	Wharton (3)
Final	30 April	Crewe Alexandra (3N)	N	L	0–2		7,000

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Johnny Burke	40	–	35	–	2	–	3	–
	Robert Middleton	9	–	7	–	1	–	1	–
Field players
	Ted Anderson	17	–	16	–	–	–	1	–
	Fred Bennett	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–
	Frank Cresswell	37	19	32	15	3	3	2	1
	Ted Common	43	–	36	–	3	–	4	–
	Jack Davies	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	Ernie Hall	47	–	41	–	3	–	3	–
	Bill Horsman	41	11	34	10	3	–	4	1
	Harold Howarth	47	1	42	1	1	–	4	–
	Jack Hughes	32	6	28	6	2	–	2	–
	Gerry Kelly	15	8	14	7	–	–	1	1
	John Pitcairn	25	–	20	–	3	–	2	–
	Bill Rowley	2	–	1	–	–	–	1	–
	Bob Sanders	8	–	6	–	–	–	2	–
	Harry Skitt	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Charlie Sargeant	44	11	38	11	3	–	3	–
	Guy Wharton	16	8	12	5	1	–	3	3
	Ronnie Williams	26	15	24	15	2	–	–	–
	Arthur Wilson	47	1	40	1	3	–	4	–
	Paddy Wrightson	35	31	29	27	2	1	4	3
	Own goals	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
	Total	49	113	42	100	3	4	4	9

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

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