1965–66 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1965–66 season
Manager	Peter Hauser
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Fourth Division	7th
FA Cup	Third round
Football League Cup	First round
Welsh Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Elfed Morris (24); All: ; Elfed Morris (28)
Highest home attendance	13,004 vs Wrexham (18 September)
Lowest home attendance	4,740 vs Luton Town (28 May)
Average home league attendance	8,504; 2nd in division[1]

The 1965–66 season was the 28th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the eighth 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	Doncaster Rovers	46	24	11	11	85	54	1.574	59	Promoted to the Third Division
2	Darlington	46	25	9	12	72	53	1.358	59
3	Torquay United	46	24	10	12	72	49	1.469	58
4	Colchester United	46	23	10	13	70	47	1.489	56
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	24	8	14	93	66	1.409	56
6	Luton Town	46	24	8	14	90	70	1.286	56
7	Chester	46	20	12	14	79	70	1.129	52
8	Notts County	46	19	12	15	61	53	1.151	50
9	Newport County	46	18	12	16	75	75	1.000	48
10	Southport	46	18	12	16	68	69	0.986	48
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	21	5	20	102	92	1.109	47
12	Barrow	46	16	15	15	72	76	0.947	47
13	Stockport County	46	18	6	22	71	70	1.014	42
14	Crewe Alexandra	46	16	9	21	61	63	0.968	41
15	Halifax Town	46	15	11	20	67	75	0.893	41
16	Barnsley	46	15	10	21	74	78	0.949	40
17	Aldershot	46	15	10	21	75	84	0.893	40
18	Hartlepools United	46	16	8	22	63	75	0.840	40
19	Port Vale	46	15	9	22	48	59	0.814	39
20	Chesterfield	46	13	13	20	62	78	0.795	39
21	Rochdale	46	16	5	25	71	87	0.816	37	Re-elected
22	Lincoln City	46	13	11	22	57	82	0.695	37
23	Bradford City	46	12	13	21	63	94	0.670	37
24	Wrexham	46	13	9	24	72	104	0.692	35

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	20	12	14	79	70	1.129	52	15	5	3	52	27	35	5	7	11	27	43	17

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	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D
Position	1	11	7	4	5	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	3	3	5	3	4	4	3	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	7

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
21 August	Stockport County	H	W	1–0	Humes	9,973
23 August	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	0–1		13,206
28 August	Darlington	A	W	1–0	Humes	4,144
4 September	Lincoln City	H	W	4–2	Ryden, Metcalf, Talbot, Hauser	6,742
11 September	Notts County	A	D	3–3	Humes, Talbot, Metcalf	4,916
15 September	Tranmere Rovers	H	W	3–1	Ryden, Morris, Metcalf (pen.)	12,859
18 September	Wrexham	H	W	4–2	Morris (2), Ryden, L. Jones	13,004
25 September	Halifax Town	H	W	1–0	Humes	6,907
2 October	Port Vale	A	L	2–5	Morris (2)	8,108
6 October	Barnsley	H	D	3–3	Talbot, Morris, Metcalf	8,412
9 October	Aldershot	A	D	2–2	L. Jones, Durie	4,817
16 October	Newport County	H	W	6–1	Metcalf, Morris (2), L. Jones (2), Ryden	8,027
23 October	Torquay United	A	L	0–1		6,470
27 October	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	3–0	Ryden (2), L. Jones	10,176
30 October	Chesterfield	H	W	3–0	L. Jones, Morris, Metcalf (pen.)	8,863
5 November	Rochdale	A	L	0–3		3,122
20 November	Barrow	A	L	1–4	Ryden	4,295
23 November	Barnsley	A	W	2–0	Morris, Ryden	2,959
27 November	Hartlepools United	H	W	2–0	L. Jones, Morris	6,547
11 December	Southport	H	W	1–0	Morris	7,501
27 December	Colchester United	A	D	1–1	Morris	7,849
28 December	Colchester United	H	W	2–1	Morris, L. Jones	8,361
1 January	Aldershot	H	W	3–2	Ryden (2), Metcalf	8,535
8 January	Luton Town	A	L	2–5	Morris, Metcalf	6,670
15 January	Torquay United	H	D	1–1	Morris	9,302
28 January	Stockport County	A	W	1–0	Morris	8,138
5 February	Darlington	H	W	3–2	Talbot, Hauser, Morris	9,494
12 February	Bradford City	H	W	4–0	Metcalf, Morris, L. Jones (2)	8,038
19 February	Lincoln City	A	D	2–2	Humes, Metcalf	3,111
26 February	Notts County	H	D	1–1	Ryden	8,704
5 March	Bradford City	A	W	2–1	Morris (2)	5,596
12 March	Wrexham	A	L	1–2	L. Jones	17,178
18 March	Halifax Town	A	L	0–2		5,117
26 March	Port Vale	H	W	2–0	Metcalf, L. Jones	6,520
28 March	Chesterfield	A	D	2–2	Morris, Humes	2,844
2 April	Rochdale	H	L	1–2	Metcalf	6,261
8 April	Bradford Park Avenue	H	L	2–4	Ryden, Morris	9,526
9 April	Doncaster Rovers	A	D	1–1	Morris	11,443
12 April	Bradford Park Avenue	A	W	1–0	Harley	7,030
16 April	Barrow	H	D	0–0		7,165
23 April	Hartlepools United	A	L	0–2		4,138
30 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	1–4	Metcalf	9,831
7 May	Southport	A	L	0–2		4,694
18 May	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	Ryden	3,947
23 May	Newport County	A	L	2–3	Metcalf, L. Jones	1,636
28 May	Luton Town	H	D	1–1	Humes	4,740

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	13 November	Chesterfield (4)	A	W	2–0	Metcalf, Humes	11,690
Second round	4 December	Wigan Athletic (CCL)	H	W	2–1	Humes, Morris	16,283
Third round	22 January	Newcastle United (1)	H	L	1–3	Morris	18,251

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	1 September	Wrexham (4)	A	L	2–5	Metcalf (2)	9,996

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	5 January	Wrexham (4)	H	W	4–1	G. Evans, Humes, Ryden, Talbot	7,213
Quarterfinal	7 February	Newport County (4)	A	D	2–2	Willder, Morris	1,776
Quarterfinal replay	16 February	Newport County (4)	H	W	2–0	Ryden, Humes	5,296
Semifinal	23 March	Bangor City (CCL)	A	W	3–0	Metcalf, L. Jones (2)	2,538
Final first leg	18 April	Swansea Town (3)	A	L	0–3		9,614
Final second leg	25 April		H	W	1–0	Morris	6,346
Final replay	2 May		H	L	1–2	L. Jones	6,276

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
	Dick Howard	2	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Dennis Reeves	55	–	45	–	3	–	1	–	6	–
Field players
	John Butler	56	–	46	–	3	–	1	–	6	–
	Graham Chadwick	8+1	–	6+1	–	–	–	–	–	2	–
	Dave Durie	38+1	1	32+1	1	3	–	1	–	2	–
	Keith Edwards	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	George Evans	29	1	22	–	1	–	–	–	6	1
	Les Harley	13	1	10	1	–	–	–	–	3	–
	Peter Hauser	46+2	2	37+2	2	3	–	1	–	5	–
	Reg Holland	2+1	–	1+1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Jimmy Humes	45	11	37	7	3	2	1	–	4	2
	Bryn Jones	19	–	17	–	2	–	–	–	–	–
	Les Jones	46	16	37	13	3	–	1	–	5	3
	Ray Jones	26	–	23	–	2	–	1	–	–	–
	Mike Metcalf	57	18	46	14	3	1	1	2	7	1
	Elfed Morris	53	28	43	24	3	2	–	–	7	2
	David Read	0+3	–	0+3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Hugh Ryden	53+1	15	42+1	13	3	–	1	–	7	2
	Tommy Singleton	36+1	–	27+1	–	1	–	1	–	7	–
	Malcolm Starkey	29	–	23	–	–	–	–	–	6	–
	Gary Talbot	12+1	5	10+1	4	–	–	1	–	1	1
	Fred Willder	1+1	1	0+1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
	Total	57	99	46	79	3	5	1	2	7	13

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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