1933–34 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1933–34 season
Manager Charlie Hewitt
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
10th
FA Cup Second round
Welsh Cup Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer League:
Joe Mantle (18)

All: Joe Mantle (20)
Highest home attendance 14,481 vs Wrexham (27 January)
Lowest home attendance 3,728 vs Mansfield Town (10 March)
Average home league attendance 6,609
5th in division[1]

The 1933–34 season was the third season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Third Division North
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1Barnsley 4227 8 7118611.934+5762
2Chesterfield 4227 7 886432.000+4361
3Stockport County 422411 7115522.212+6359
4Walsall 4223 71297601.617+3753
5Doncaster Rovers 4222 91183611.361+2253
6Wrexham 4223 514102731.397+2951
7Tranmere Rovers 4220 71584631.333+2147
8Barrow 4219 91478451.234+2247
9Halifax Town 4220 41880910.879–1144
10Chester 421761989861.035+340
11Hartlepools United 4216 71989930.957 –439
12York City 4215 81971740.959 –338
13Carlisle United 4215 81966810.815–1538
14Crewe Alexandra 4215 62181970.835–1636
15New Brighton 4214 82062870.713–2536
16Darlington 4213 920701010.693–3135
17Mansfield Town 4211121981880.920 –734
18Southport 42 8171763900.700–2733
19Gateshead 4212 921761100.691–3433
20Accrington Stanley4213 722651010.644–3633
21Rotherham United 4210 82453910.582–3828
22Rochdale 42 9 627531030.515–5024

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
42 17 6 19 89 86 1.035 40 11 6 4 59 26 28 6 0 15 30 60 12

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result W L L L D W L L L D D L W L W W W L D W W L L L L W L D L L D L W W L W W L W W W W
Position 8 8 16 18 16 12 16 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 17 16 14 15 14 11 9 11 11 16 17 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 16 18 15 12 11 10

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
26 August Rotherham United H W5–1 Kelly, Mantle, Mercer, Cresswell, Hedley 9,616
30 August Halifax Town A L0–1 8,517
2 September Walsall A L0–5 8,786
6 September Halifax Town H L1–2 Cresswell (pen.) 8,747
9 September York City H D1–1 Whittam 7,942
16 September Wrexham A W3–0 Hedley (2), Mantle 18,782
23 September Doncaster Rovers A L1–3 Mantle 6,057
30 September Barrow H L1–3 Mercer 6,981
7 October Carlisle United A L0–1 5,473
14 October Stockport County H D1–1 Kelly 6,153
21 October Hartlepools United H D3–3 Kelly, Whittam (2) 6,368
28 October Mansfield Town A L1–2 Kelly 4,007
4 November Barnsley H W4–2 Whittam, Mantle (3) 6,501
11 November Tranmere Rovers A L1–6 McLachlan 9,005
18 November Rochdale H W7–1 Armes (4), McLachlan, Mantle (2) 4,477
2 December Accrington Stanley H W7–0 Armes (2), Mantle (3), McLachlan, Cresswell 4,795
16 December Darlington H W8–0 Armes (3), Mantle (4, 1pen.), McLachlan 3,990
23 December Southport A L1–3 Armes 3,023
25 December New Brighton H D0–0 8,970
26 December New Brighton A W2–0 Cresswell, Mantle 6,153
30 December Rotherham United A W3–0 McLachlan (2), Cresswell 5,132
1 January Chesterfield A L1–6 Kelly 10,957
6 January Walsall H L0–1 5,979
20 January York City A L2–3 Hughes (2, 1pen.) 4,171
27 January Wrexham H L1–2 Mantle 14,481
3 February Doncaster Rovers H W3–1 C. Roberts (2), Hughes (pen.) 4,012
10 February Barrow A L0–9 4,091
17 February Carlisle United H D3–3 Kelly, N. Roberts, Mantle 4,454
24 February Stockport County A L2–4 Kelly, Hughes 10,973
3 March Hartlepools United A L0–1 2,900
10 March Mansfield Town H D1–1 McLachlan 3,728
17 March Barnsley A L0–2 8,195
24 March Tranmere Rovers H W4–2 Wallbanks (2), Whittam, Sargeant 6,545
30 March Crewe Alexandra A W5–3 Wallbanks (3), Hughes (2) 7,810
31 March Rochdale A L0–6 2,942
2 April Crewe Alexandra H W1–0 Wilson 7,874
7 April Chesterfield H W3–2 Wallbanks (2), Wilson 9,051
14 April Accrington Stanley A L1–4 Wilson 2,096
21 April Gateshead H W4–0 Whittam (3), Wallbanks 4,564
25 April Gateshead A W3–1 Whittam (2), Wallbanks 1,043
28 April Darlington A W4–0 Whittam, Hughes, Wallbanks (2) 2,117
31 August Southport H W1–0 Wallbanks 3,768

FA Cup

Main article: 1933–34 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 25 November Darlington (3N) H W6–1 Mantle (2), Armes (3), Cresswell 7,000
Second round 9 December Southend United (3S) A L1–2 Cresswell 6,900

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1933–34 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Seventh round 7 February Swansea Town (2) H W2–1 Hughes (2pens.) 4,300
Quarterfinal 7 March Bangor City (B&DL) A L0–1 5,500

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Republic of Ireland Johnny Burke 21 17 2 2
Richard Finnigan 12 12
Scotland Robert Middleton 13 13
Field players
England Sammy Armes 17 13 15 10 2 3
Billy Bell 13 13
England Fred Bennett 40 36 2 2
England Frank Cresswell 22 7 20 5 2 2 - -
England Dick Duckworth 19 16 2 1
Tom Freeman 18 17 1
England Foster Hedley 12 3 12 3
Jack Hughes 21 9 19 7 2 2
Henry Jones 8 8
John Kay 2 2
England Gerry Kelly 21 7 19 7 2
Jack Little 27 24 2 1
England Joe Mantle 28 20 24 18 2 2 2
Scotland George McLachlan 32 7 29 7 2 1
Arthur Mercer 7 2 7 2
Sam Morris 6 5 1
John Pitcairn 40 37 2 1
Charlie Roberts 7 2 5 2 2
Norman Roberts 1 1 1 1
Charlie Sargeant 10 1 10 1
Harry Skitt 38 34 2 2
Billy Upton 2 2
Tommy Vaughan 2 1 1
England John Wallbanks 11 12 11 12
Ernie Whittam 37 11 34 11 2 1
England Arthur Wilson 11 3 11 3
George Wyness 8 8
Own goals
Total 46 98 42 89 2 7 2 2

References

  1. "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. 

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