1961–62 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1961–62 season
Manager	Stan Pearson; Bill Lambton
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Fourth Division	23rd
FA Cup	First round
Football League Cup	First round
Welsh Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ron Davies (13); All: ; Ron Davies (15)
Highest home attendance	14,462 vs Wrexham (30 September)
Lowest home attendance	2,602 vs Hartlepools United (20 January)
Average home league attendance	5,578; 11th in division[1]

The 1961–62 season was the 24th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the fourth season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Millwall	44	23	10	11	87	62	1.403	56	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Colchester United	44	23	9	12	104	71	1.465	55
3	Wrexham	44	22	9	13	96	56	1.714	53
4	Carlisle United	44	22	8	14	64	63	1.016	52
5	Bradford City	44	21	9	14	94	86	1.093	51
6	York City	44	20	10	14	84	53	1.585	50
7	Aldershot	44	22	5	17	81	60	1.350	49
8	Workington	44	19	11	14	69	70	0.986	49
9	Barrow	44	17	14	13	74	58	1.276	48
10	Crewe Alexandra	44	20	6	18	79	70	1.129	46
11	Oldham Athletic	44	17	12	15	77	70	1.100	46
12	Rochdale	44	19	7	18	71	71	1.000	45
13	Darlington	44	18	9	17	61	73	0.836	45
14	Mansfield Town	44	19	6	19	77	66	1.167	44
15	Tranmere Rovers	44	20	4	20	70	81	0.864	44
16	Stockport County	44	17	9	18	70	69	1.014	43
17	Southport	44	17	9	18	61	71	0.859	43
18	Exeter City	44	13	11	20	62	77	0.805	37
19	Chesterfield	44	14	9	21	70	87	0.805	37
20	Gillingham	44	13	11	20	73	94	0.777	37
21	Doncaster Rovers	44	11	7	26	60	85	0.706	29	Re-elected
22	Hartlepools United	44	8	11	25	52	101	0.515	27	Re-elected
23	Chester	44	7	12	25	54	96	0.563	26	Re-elected
24	Accrington Stanley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league †

Source: rsssf.com
^† Accrington Stanley resigned from the Football League on March 11. Their record (P33 W5 D8 L20 F19 A60 GA 0.317 Pts 18) was expunged.
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
44	7	12	25	54	96	0.563	26	5	9	8	36	37	19	2	3	17	18	59	7

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
Result	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	1	11	19	18	19	13	9	14	17	18	17	17	18	19	19	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
19 August	Oldham Athletic	H	W	1–0	Edwards	9,248
23 August	Bradford City	H	L	1–2	Jones	8,692
26 August	Accrington Stanley	A	L	1–0	Jones	4,106
30 August	Bradford City	A	L	0–2		7,877
2 September	Darlington	H	D	2–2	White, Jones	6,423
6 September	Carlisle United	H	D	1–1	Thompson (o.g.)	6,974
9 September	Hartlepools United	A	W	3–1	Cooper (2), Morris	4,838
16 September	Southport	H	W	2–0	Hennin, Davies	6,357
19 September	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	0–2		6,779
23 September	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	1–4	Edwards	9,182
27 September	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	2–3	Davies, Jones	6,671
30 September	Wrexham	H	D	1–1	Davies	14,462
2 October	Colchester United	A	L	2–5	Pritchard, Morris	7,148
7 October	Workington	A	L	1–4	Davies	3,145
11 October	Colchester United	H	D	2–2	Clarke, Davies	7,186
14 October	York City	H	D	1–1	Bellett	6,399
21 October	Chesterfield	A	L	1–4	Powell (o.g.)	4,436
28 October	Gillingham	H	D	1–1	Pritchard	4,439
11 November	Mansfield Town	H	L	0–1		4,186
18 November	Barrow	A	L	2–3	White (2)	4,228
2 December	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	Hennin	5,092
9 December	Exeter City	H	D	1–1	Morris	3,192
16 December	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1–4	Hennin	9,144
23 December	Accrington Stanley	H	D	0–0		2,153
26 December	Aldershot	H	L	2–3	Davies (2)	2,775
6 January	Millwall	A	L	0–2		10,352
13 January	Darlington	A	L	0–2		3,741
20 January	Hartlepools United	H	D	4–4	Edwards (2), Clarke, Fitzgerald	2,602
27 January	Rochdale	H	L	2–3	Davies, Aspden (o.g.)	4,082
3 February	Southport	A	L	0–1		4,018
9 February	Tranmere Rovers	H	D	1–1	Jones	7,371
17 February	Wrexham	A	D	0–0		14,220
24 February	Workington	H	L	1–3	Jones	4,011
3 March	York City	A	L	1–5	Davies	4,600
10 March	Chesterfield	H	W	4–1	Fitzgerald, Clarke (o.g.), Hewitt, Davies	4,176
17 March	Gillingham	A	D	0–0		5,187
24 March	Millwall	H	L	2–4	Fitzgerald, Hewitt	4,970
30 March	Mansfield Town	A	L	0–3		5,168
4 April	Aldershot	A	L	2–6	Davies, Hewitt	3,833
7 April	Barrow	H	L	2–3	Davies, Cooper	2,927
14 April	Rochdale	A	L	2–3	Hennin, Myerscough	3,061
20 April	Stockport County	A	W	1–0	Fitzgerald	4,388
21 April	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	1–0	Myerscough	3,890
23 April	Stockport County	H	W	2–0	Myerscough, Davies	5,105
28 April	Exeter City	A	L	0–5		3,219
1 May	Carlisle United	A	L	0–2		12,660

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	4 November	Ashington (NCL)	H	W	4–1	Davies (2), Morris, Jones	4,361
Second round	25 November	Morecambe (LC)	H	L	0–1		7,982

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	13 September	Reading (3)	A	L	2–4	Davies, Cooper	7,786

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	31 January	Holyhead Town (Welsh League (North))	H	L	1–2	Fitzgerald	1,967

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		Welsh Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Reg Barton	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Hardie	47	–	43	–	2	–	1	–	1	–
Field players
	Wally Bellett	13	1	12	1	–	–	–	–	1	–
	David Cartlidge	13	–	12	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Bobby Clarke	13	2	11	2	1	–	–	–	1	–
	Jim Cooper	18	4	17	3	–	–	1	1	–	–
	Ron Davies	42	15	38	13	2	2	1	–	1	–
	Fred Donaldson	25	–	21	–	2	–	1	–	1	–
	Malcolm Edwards	31	4	29	4	–	–	1	–	1	–
	John Evans	11	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Peter Fitzgerald	42	5	38	4	2	–	1	–	1	1
	Ray Gill	20	–	18	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	Derek Hennin	43	4	40	4	2	–	1	–	–	–
	Ron Hewitt	13	3	13	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Ron Hughes	45	–	41	–	2	–	1	–	1	–
	Jerry Ireland	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Merfyn Jones	39	7	35	5	2	1	1	1	1	–
	Joe Kennedy	37	–	35	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
	Fred Morris	33	4	29	3	2	1	1	–	1	–
	Bill Myerscough	13	3	13	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Alan Pritchard	5	2	5	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Eric Raybould	3	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Les Stopford	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Watson	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Billy White	14	3	13	3	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Own goals	–	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Total	48	61	44	54	2	4	1	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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1961–62 season
Manager	Stan Pearson Bill Lambton
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League Fourth Division	23rd
FA Cup	First round
Football League Cup	First round
Welsh Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Davies (13) All: Ron Davies (15)
Highest home attendance	14,462 vs Wrexham (30 September)
Lowest home attendance	2,602 vs Hartlepools United (20 January)
Average home league attendance	5,578 11th in division^[1]