1938–39 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1938–39 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
6th
FA Cup Fourth round
Welsh Cup Semifinal
Top goalscorer League:
Bill Pendergast (27)

All: Bill Pendergast (30)
Highest home attendance 10,364 vs Wrexham (25 February)
Lowest home attendance 1,727 vs Southport (26 April)
Average home league attendance 5,963
10th in division[1]

The 1938–39 season was the eighth 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 4230 7 594342.765+6067
2Doncaster Rovers 422114 787471.851+4056
3Bradford City 4222 81289561.589+3352
4Southport 4220101275541.389+2150
5Oldham Athletic 4222 51576591.288+1749
6Chester 422091388701.257+1849
7Hull City 4218101483741.122 +946
8Crewe Alexandra 4219 61782701.171+1244
9Stockport County 4217 91691771.182+1443
10Gateshead 4214141474671.104 +742
11Rotherham United 4217 81764641.000 042
12Halifax Town 4213161352540.963 –242
13Barrow 4216 91766651.015 +141
14Wrexham 4217 71866790.835–1341
15Rochdale 4215 91892821.122+1039
16New Brighton 4215 91868730.932 –539
17Lincoln City 4212 92166920.717–2633
18Darlington 4213 72262920.674–3033
19Carlisle United 4213 722661110.595–4533
20York City 4212 82264920.696–2832
21Hartlepools United 4212 72355940.585–3931
22Accrington Stanley42 7 629491030.476–5420

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
42 20 9 13 88 70 1.257 49 12 5 4 54 31 29 8 4 9 34 39 20

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result D L W L W W W W W D L W L L L W D L W W D D L W D W L W W D D L L L L W W W D W W W
Position 11 16 12 12 11 13 11 7 5 5 6 5 6 10 11 8 9 12 10 8 6 9 12 9 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 9 7 7 7 16 6

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
27 August Hull City H D1–1 Howarth (pen.) 8,986
31 August New Brighton H L1–3 Roberts 6,306
3 September Lincoln City A W3–0 Pendergast, Horsman, Howarth 4,544
5 September Bradford City A L0–1 6,229
10 September Stockport County H W4–3 Pendergast (3), Keeley 9,779
17 September Accrington Stanley A W3–2 Keeley, Pendergast, Sanders 4,728
24 September Barnsley H W2–1 Horsman, Pendergast 9,479
1 October Oldham Athletic A W3–1 Pendergast (2), Rogers 12,144
8 October Halifax Town H W5–1 Keeley (3), Pendergast, Horsman (pen.) 6,792
15 October Gateshead H D2–2 Pendergast, McGough 9,033
22 October Wrexham A L2–3 Pendergast, Keeley 15,785
29 October York City H W5–1 Wass (o.g.), Pendergast, Sanders (2), Keeley 7,315
5 November Rochdale A L2–5 Howarth, Pendergast 6,732
12 November Rotherham United H L1–4 Pendergast 7,082
19 November Doncaster Rovers A L1–4 Pendergast 14,675
3 December Crewe Alexandra A W2–0 Keeley, Pendergast 7,431
17 December Darlington A D3–3 Keeley, McGough (2) 2,647
24 December Hull City A L0–3 5,911
26 December Hartlepools United A W5–2 Pendergast (2), Horsman (2), Keeley 5,177
27 December Hartlepools United H W8–2 Keeley (2), Pendergast (2, 1pen.), Sanders (3), Gregg (pen.) 7,748
31 December Lincoln City H D0–0 6,079
14 January Stockport County A D0–0 10,781
28 January Barnsley A L0–3 13,161
4 February Oldham Athletic H W4–2 Pendergast, Roberts, Keeley, Sanders 5,983
11 February Halifax Town A D1–1 Pendergast 5,217
15 February Accrington Stanley H W1–0 McGough 1,728
18 February Gateshead A L0–3 4,492
25 February Wrexham H W4–2 Keeley (2), Sanders, Pendergast 10,364
1 March Carlisle United H W6–1 Sanders (3), Pendergast (2), Keeley 1,735
4 March York City A D2–2 Pendergast, Horsman 4,108
11 March Rochdale H D0–0 4,375
18 March Rotherham United A L0–2 5,317
25 March Doncaster Rovers H L0–4 4,982
1 April Southport A L0–2 4,257
7 April Barrow H L1–2 Howarth 6,057
8 April Crewe Alexandra H W4–0 Horsman, Gregg (pen.), Worswick (2) 4,235
10 April Barrow A W1–0 Warburton 8,977
15 April Carlisle United A W3–1 Horsman (3) 2,601
22 April Darlington H D0–0 2,406
26 April Southport H W2–0 Worswick, Pendergast 1,727
29 April New Brighton A W3–1 Howarth, Bulloch (o.g.), Keeley 2,553
6 May Bradford City H W3–2 Warburton, Worswick, Keeley 3,033

FA Cup

Main article: 1938–39 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 26 November Bradford City (3N) H W3–1 Horsman, Pendergast, Hinsley (o.g.) 6,672
Second round 10 December Hull City (3N) H D2–2 Horsman, Gregg (pen.) 9,905
Second round replay 15 December A W1–0 Horsman 8,184
Third round 7 January Coventry City (2) H W1–0 Pendergast 11,248
Fourth round 21 January Sheffield Wednesday (2) A D1–1 Sanders 29,237
Fourth round replay 25 January H D1–1 Hanford (o.g.) 18,816
Fourth round replay 25 January N D0–2 15,321

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1935–36 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Sixth round 8 February Rhyl Athletic (CCL) H W4–0 Horsman, Roberts, Keeley, Pendergast 1,558
Semiinal 22 March South Liverpool (LC) N L2–5 Horsman, Keeley

Chester get a bye in the seventh round.

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Alf Hobson 17 17
Eric Mansley 4 4
Cliff Owen 30 21 7 2
Field players
David Beynon 12 12 1
Reg Butcher 31 23 7 1
Ted Common 31 23 7 1
Northern Ireland Jackie Coulter 4 4
Stan Duff 2 2
Arthur Gale 1 1
Willis Gregg 38 3 29 2 7 1 2
George Griffiths 7 6 1
England Bill Horsman 51 15 41 10 7 3 2 2
Harold Howarth 46 5 38 5 7 1
Arthur Keeley 45 20 36 18 7 2 2
John McCreary 22 20 2
Joe McGough 41 4 34 4 7
Wales Bill Pendergast 43 30 34 27 7 2 2 1
England Syd Roberts 14 3 12 2 2 1
Chris Robertson 13 13
Joe Rogers 11 1 8 1 3
Albert Ross 1 1
Bob Sanders 22 12 18 11 4 1
England Bos Trevis 3 3
Trevor Walters 49 41 7 1
Albert Watford 1 1
England George Warburton 12 2 10 2 2
Tommy White 1 1
Randall Worswick 8 4 8 4
England Paddy Wrightson 1 1
Own goals 4 2 2
Total 51 103 42 88 7 9 2 6

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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