1956–57 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1956–57 season
Manager	John Harris
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Third Division North	21st
FA Cup	First round
Welsh Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	League: ; Billy Foulkes (11); All: ; Billy Foulkes and Barry Jepson (11)
Highest home attendance	12,192 vs Derby County (22 August)
Lowest home attendance	2,691 vs Scunthorpe & Lindsey United (23 February)
Average home league attendance	6,472; 15th in division[1]

The 1956–57 season was the 19th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

It was clubs 19th 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	Derby County	46	26	11	9	111	53	2.094	63	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Hartlepools United	46	25	9	12	90	63	1.429	59
3	Accrington Stanley	46	25	8	13	95	64	1.484	58
4	Workington	46	24	10	12	93	63	1.476	58
5	Stockport County	46	23	8	15	91	75	1.213	54
6	Chesterfield	46	22	9	15	96	79	1.215	53
7	York City	46	21	10	15	75	61	1.230	52
8	Hull City	46	21	10	15	84	69	1.217	52
9	Bradford City	46	22	8	16	78	68	1.147	52
10	Barrow	46	21	9	16	76	62	1.226	51
11	Halifax Town	46	21	7	18	65	70	0.929	49
12	Wrexham	46	19	10	17	97	74	1.311	48
13	Rochdale	46	18	12	16	65	65	1.000	48
14	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	15	15	16	71	69	1.029	45
15	Carlisle United	46	16	13	17	76	85	0.894	45
16	Mansfield Town	46	17	10	19	91	90	1.011	44
17	Gateshead	46	17	10	19	72	90	0.800	44
18	Darlington	46	17	8	21	82	95	0.863	42
19	Oldham Athletic	46	12	15	19	66	74	0.892	39
20	Bradford Park Avenue	46	16	3	27	66	93	0.710	35
21	Chester	46	10	13	23	55	84	0.655	33
22	Southport	46	10	12	24	52	94	0.553	32
23	Tranmere Rovers	46	7	13	26	51	91	0.560	27	Re-elected
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	6	9	31	43	110	0.391	21	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
46	10	13	23	55	84	0.655	33	8	7	8	40	35	23	2	6	15	15	49	10

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	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W
Position	10	10	19	21	24	24	24	23	24	22	23	23	24	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	22	21	21	21

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
18 August	Wrexham	A	D	2–2	Bullock, Allman	13,506
22 August	Derby County	H	D	2–2	Foulkes (2)	12,192
25 August	Hartlepools United	H	L	0–1		8,374
29 August	Derby County	A	L	0–3		20,037
1 September	Bradford City	A	L	0–1		14,244
5 September	Chesterfield	A	L	0–3		7,901
8 September	Stockport County	H	L	1–4	Whitlock	9,948
12 September	Chesterfield	H	L	3–4	Harris, Hansell, Fields	5,404
15 September	Carlisle United	A	L	0–3		6,306
17 September	York City	A	W	1–0	Foulkes (pen.)	9,234
22 September	Accrington Stanley	H	L	0–2		8,850
26 September	York City	H	L	3–4	Bullock, Williams, Hansell	4,258
29 September	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	1–3	Hansell	6,982
6 October	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	4–1	Foulkes (2), Hansell, Bullock	6,653
13 October	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A	L	0–3		6,377
20 October	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	2–0	Foulkes, Hansell	5,385
27 October	Halifax Town	A	L	1–2	Mulholland	4,982
3 November	Workington	H	W	1–0	Hansell	6,654
10 November	Hull City	A	L	0–2		8,571
24 November	Darlington	A	L	1–5	Davies (pen.)	4,097
1 December	Rochdale	H	D	2–2	Davies (pen.), Hansell	5,492
15 December	Wrexham	H	D	0–0		10,066
22 December	Hartlepools United	A	D	2–2	Bullock (2)	6,515
25 December	Oldham Athletic	A	D	0–0		7,524
29 December	Bradford City	H	L	1–2	Foulkes	7,330
5 January	Mansfield Town	A	D	1–1	Hansell	5,999
12 January	Stockport County	A	L	1–2	Hansell	8,958
19 January	Carlisle United	H	L	1–2	Turner	6,533
26 January	Mansfield Town	H	W	6–2	Jepson (3), Turner (2), Foulkes	5,681
2 February	Accrington Stanley	A	L	0–4		6,661
9 February	Tranmere Rovers	H	D	1–1	Davies (pen.)	7,625
16 February	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	0–0		6,536
23 February	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H	D	2–2	Jepson (2)	2,691
2 March	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	1–3	Smith	7,547
9 March	Halifax Town	H	D	1–1	Jepson	5,098
16 March	Workington	A	W	1–0	Jepson	10,414
23 March	Hull City	H	D	1–1	Jepson	6,272
30 March	Barrow	A	L	0–3		4,069
6 April	Darlington	H	L	0–3		4,786
10 April	Oldham Athletic	H	W	1–0	Smith	3,416
13 April	Rochdale	A	L	1–2	Jepson	4,501
19 April	Southport	A	D	1–1	Bullock	5,216
20 April	Gateshead	H	W	4–1	Oldham (o.g.), Foulkes (2), Davies	5,545
22 April	Southport	H	W	2–0	Jepson, Foulkes	6,749
27 April	Gateshead	A	L	1–4	Smith	2,599
29 April	Barrow	H	W	2–0	Williams, Bullock	3,849

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	17 November	Barrow (3N)	H	D	0–0		8,311
First round replay	22 November	Barrow (3N)	A	L	1–3	Turner	4,052

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	31 January	Oswestry Town (B&DL)	A	W	3–0	Bullock (2), Smith	1,095
Quarterfinal	27 February	Cardiff City (1)	A	W	2–0	Davies	5,000
Semifinal	20 March	Wrexham (3N)	N	L	0–2

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Bobby Jones	51	–	46	–	2	–	3	–
Field players
	George Allman	11	1	10	1	1	–	–	–
	Norman Bullock	48	9	43	7	2	–	3	2
	Jim Collins	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–
	George Davies	36	5	33	4	–	–	3	1
	Mike Fields	14	1	13	1	–	–	1	–
	Billy Foulkes	46	11	42	11	2	–	2	–
	Ray Gill	47	–	42	–	2	–	4	–
	Ray Griffiths	9	–	9	–	–	–	–	–
	Bernard Hackett	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
	Jack Haines	7	–	5	–	2	–	–	–
	Ron Hansell	40	9	36	9	1	–	3	–
	John Harris	29	1	27	1	2	–	–	–
	Ron Hughes	44	–	39	–	2	–	3	–
	Barry Jepson	20	11	18	10	–	–	2	1
	Gavin Lang	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
	Eric Lee	12	–	12	–	–	–	–	–
	Sam Morris	39	–	34	–	2	–	3	–
	John Mulholland	9	1	8	1	–	–	1	–
	Les Owen	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Harry Smith	15	4	13	3	–	–	2	1
	Phil Turner	19	4	16	3	2	1	1	–
	Phil Whitlock	33	1	30	1	2	–	1	–
	Bobby Williams	19	2	17	2	–	–	2	–
	Own goals	–	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
	Total	51	61	46	55	2	1	3	5

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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See also	Chester

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