1959–60 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1959–60 season
Manager	Stan Pearson
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Fourth Division	20th
FA Cup	Second round
Welsh Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Walter Kelly (12); All: ; Walter Kelly (13)
Highest home attendance	9,294 vs Crewe Alexandra (12 September)
Lowest home attendance	3,560 vs Stockport County (14 October)
Average home league attendance	5,421; 15th in division[1]

The 1959–60 season was the 22nd season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the second season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football 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	Walsall	46	28	9	9	102	60	1.700	65	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Notts County	46	26	8	12	107	69	1.551	60
3	Torquay United	46	26	8	12	84	58	1.448	60
4	Watford	46	24	9	13	92	67	1.373	57
5	Millwall	46	18	17	11	84	61	1.377	53
6	Northampton Town	46	22	9	15	85	63	1.349	53
7	Gillingham	46	21	10	15	74	69	1.072	52
8	Crystal Palace	46	19	12	15	84	64	1.313	50
9	Exeter City	46	19	11	16	80	70	1.143	49
10	Stockport County	46	19	11	16	58	54	1.074	49
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	17	15	14	70	68	1.029	49
12	Rochdale	46	18	10	18	65	60	1.083	46
13	Aldershot	46	18	9	19	77	74	1.041	45
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	9	19	79	88	0.898	45
15	Darlington	46	17	9	20	63	73	0.863	43
16	Workington	46	14	14	18	68	60	1.133	42
17	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	10	20	69	76	0.908	42
18	Barrow	46	15	11	20	77	87	0.885	41
19	Carlisle United	46	15	11	20	51	66	0.773	41
20	Chester	46	14	12	20	59	77	0.766	40
21	Southport	46	10	14	22	48	92	0.522	34	Re-elected
22	Gateshead	46	12	9	25	58	86	0.674	33	Not re-elected
23	Oldham Athletic	46	8	12	26	41	83	0.494	28	Re-elected
24	Hartlepools United	46	10	7	29	59	109	0.541	27	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	14	12	20	59	77	0.766	40	10	8	5	37	26	28	4	4	15	22	51	12

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	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D
Position	18	22	24	24	24	19	20	21	22	22	21	20	21	21	18	18	19	16	16	14	14	11	13	13	16	14	15	15	17	15	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	16	16	17	18	20

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
22 August	Notts County	A	L	1–2	Davis	9,652
26 August	Carlisle United	H	L	0–1		7,800
29 August	Walsall	H	L	1–3	Davis	7,506
1 September	Carlisle United	A	L	1–2	Davis	9,344
5 September	Hartlepools United	A	W	3–2	Clempson (2), Webster	5,112
7 September	Exeter City	H	W	1–0	Bullock	6,482
12 September	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	0–0		9,294
17 September	Exeter City	A	L	0–2		7,546
19 September	Gillingham	A	L	1–3	Pimlott	7,551
23 September	Oldham Athletic	H	D	0–0		4,059
26 September	Crystal Palace	A	W	4–3	Cooper, Webster, Kelly (2)	18,312
29 September	Oldham Athletic	A	D	0–0		2,970
3 October	Bradford Park Avenue	H	D	1–1	Kelly	6,806
5 October	Stockport County	A	L	0–3		7,530
10 October	Aldershot	H	W	5–1	Pimlott (2), Foulkes, Kelly, Hunt	5,958
14 October	Stockport County	H	L	1–2	Kelly	3,560
17 October	Darlington	A	D	0–0		4,717
24 October	Gateshead	H	W	4–2	Clempson, Redhead (o.g.), Kelly, Foulkes	4,790
31 October	Rochdale	A	D	0–0		5,643
7 November	Workington	H	W	3–1	Evans, Pimlott (2)	5,019
21 November	Northampton Town	H	D	1–1	Pimlott	7,283
28 November	Torquay United	A	W	2–1	Cooper, Davis	7,034
12 December	Southport	A	L	1–3	Cooper	2,927
19 December	Notts County	H	W	2–1	Cooper, Hughes (pen.)	4,209
26 December	Barrow	A	L	0–3		6,338
28 December	Barrow	H	W	3–2	Ireland, Richards, McNab (o.g.)	4,532
2 January	Walsall	A	L	1–2	Ireland	9,751
16 January	Hartlepools United	H	D	1–1	Pimlott	4,653
23 January	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	1–2	Cooper	12,220
30 January	Millwall	H	W	2–1	Foulkes, Ireland	4,323
6 February	Gillingham	H	W	4–2	Ireland, Kelly (2), Cooper	5,022
13 February	Crystal Palace	H	L	0–1		5,132
20 February	Bradford Park Avenue	A	D	1–1	Kelly	5,167
27 February	Aldershot	A	L	2–3	Foulkes, Pimlott	5,145
5 March	Darlington	H	D	1–1	Pimlott	4,579
8 March	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–2		4,909
12 March	Gateshead	A	W	1–0	Kelly	1,735
19 March	Rochdale	H	W	2–1	Pimlott (2)	3,965
26 March	Workington	A	L	0–5		2,344
2 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	2–0	Davies, Kilkenny (o.g.)	3,862
9 April	Northampton Town	A	L	0–1		7,037
15 April	Watford	A	L	2–4	Kelly, Clempson	13,948
16 April	Torquay United	H	D	1–1	Hughes	5,928
18 April	Watford	H	L	0–1		5,962
23 April	Millwall	A	D	1–7	Brand (o.g.)	9,246
30 April	Southport	H	D	2–2	Kelly, Stopford	3,956

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	14 November	Tranmere Rovers (3)	A	W	1–0	Kelly	14,205
Second round	5 December	Mansfield Town (3)	A	L	0–2		11,509

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	3 February	Holywell Town (Welsh League (North))	H	L	0–2		822

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Brian Biggins	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Ron Howells	47	–	45	–	2	–	–	–
	Derek Owen	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Field players
	Jimmy Anderson	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
	George Ashfield	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Norman Bullock	9	1	9	1	–	–	–	–
	Jack Capper	11	–	11	–	–	–	–	–
	Gerry Citron	3	–	2	–	–	–	1	–
	Frank Clempson	45	4	42	4	2	–	1	–
	Jim Cooper	36	6	34	6	2	–	–	–
	Alec Croft	14	–	14	–	–	–	–	–
	Ron Davies	8	1	8	1	–	–	–	–
	Eric Davis	17	4	16	4	1	–	–	–
	Royston Evans	8	1	7	1	–	–	1	–
	Billy Foulkes	37	4	35	4	1	–	1	–
	Ray Gill	46	–	43	–	2	–	1	–
	Ray Griffiths	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
	Ron Hughes	47	2	44	2	2	–	1	–
	Bobby Hunt	44	1	41	1	2	–	1	–
	Jerry Ireland	14	4	14	4	–	–	–	–
	Barry Jepson	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Colin Jones	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–
	Walter Kelly	35	13	32	12	2	1	1	–
	John Pimlott	33	11	31	11	2	–	–	–
	Gordon Richards	15	1	13	1	2	–	–	–
	Bill Souter	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	George Spruce	37	–	35	–	2	–	–	–
	Les Stopford	4	1	4	1	–	–	–	–
	Antony Wainwright	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	John Walton	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Harry Webster	8	2	8	2	–	–	–	–
	Bobby Williams	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Own goals	–	4	–	4	–	–	–	–
	Total	49	60	46	59	2	1	1	–

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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