1955–56 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1955–56 season
Manager Louis Page
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
17th
FA Cup First round
Welsh Cup Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer League:
George Allman (12)

All:
George Allman (12)
Highest home attendance 15,202 vs Wrexham (1 October)
Lowest home attendance 3,221 vs Barrow (4 February)
Average home league attendance 6,640
14th in division[1]

The 1955–56 season was the 18th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, a English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Football League

Third Division North
Pos Team Pld W D L F A GA GD Pts
1Grimsby Town 4631 6 976292.621+4768
2Derby County 4628 711110552.000+5563
3Accrington Stanley 4625 91292571.614+3559
4Hartlepools United 4626 51581601.350+2157
5Southport 4623111266531.245+1357
6Chesterfield 4625 41794661.424+2854
7Stockport County 4621 91690611.475+2951
8Bradford City 4618131578641.219+1449
9Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 4620 81875631.190+1248
10Workington 4619 91875631.190+1247
11York City 4619 91885721.181+1347
12Rochdale 4617131666840.786–1247
13Gateshead 4617111877840.917 –745
14Wrexham 4616102066730.904 –742
15Darlington 4616 92160730.822–1341
16Tranmere Rovers 4616 92159840.702–2541
17Chester4613141952820.634–3040
18Mansfield Town 4614112184811.037 +339
19Halifax Town 4614112166760.868–1039
20Oldham Athletic 4610181876860.884–1038
21Carlisle United 4615 82371950.747–2438
22Barrow 4612 92561830.735–2233
23Bradford Park Avenue 4613 726611220.500–6133
24Crewe Alexandra 46 91027501050.476–5528

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
46 13 14 19 52 82 0.634 40 10 8 5 35 33 28 3 6 14 17 49 12

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result D L L W W D W D D L W D W D W W W L L L L L L L W D W L W D D L W D D L W D W L D L L L D L
Position 8 20 24 21 14 14 9 7 10 14 11 12 8 8 7 8 6 11 12 13 14 18 19 20 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 17 17 16 17 16 16 18 18 17 17

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
20 August Tranmere Rovers H D0–0 9,784
23 August Grimsby Town A L1–6 Lee (pen.) 10,873
27 August Southport A L0–1 4,109
31 August Grimsby Town H W2–0 Bullock, Haines 6,193
3 September Gateshead H W3–0 Allman (2), Collins 7,900
7 September Bradford Park Avenue H D0–0 8,801
10 September Darlington A W1–0 Wayman 8,714
12 September Bradford Park Avenue A D1–1 Allman 4,081
17 September Accrington Stanley H D1–1 Collins 10,994
21 September Rochdale A L2–4 Jolley, Lee 2,936
24 September Barrow A W2–1 Collins (2) 6,313
28 September Carlisle United H D3–3 Collins (2), Allman 7,916
1 October Wrexham H W2–1 Haines (2) 15,202
8 October Bradford City A D1–1 Allman 12,122
15 October Mansfield Town H W4–3 Collins (2), Allman, Haines 7,709
22 October Oldham Athletic A L1–4 Allman 8,240
29 October Workington H L1–0 Collins 7,167
5 November York City A L0–3 8,176
12 November Derby County H L2–5 Collins, Allman 10,182
26 November Hartlepools United H L0–1 5,876
3 December Stockport County A L1–2 Brandon 5,737
17 December Tranmere Rovers A L0–4 4,889
24 December Southport H L1–3 Haines 3,531
26 December Chesterfield A L1–2 Hackett 5,815
27 December Chesterfield H W2–1 Hackett, Bullock 4,331
31 December Gateshead A D1–1 Wayman 3,007
14 January Darlington H W2–1 Bullock, Pye 4,509
21 January Accrington Stanley A L0–4 6,862
4 February Barrow H W1–0 Allman 3,221
11 February Wrexham A D0–0 6,673
18 February Bradford City H D1–1 Hackett 3,829
25 February Mansfield Town A L0–3 7,693
3 March Oldham Athletic H W3–2 Hackett, Haines, Whitlock 4,935
10 March Workington A D0–0 5,926
17 March Crewe Alexandra H D0–0 6,863
24 March Derby County A L1–3 Bullock 16,378
30 March Halifax Town H W1–0 Haines 5,881
31 March York City H D2–2 Brandon, Collins 6,016
2 April Halifax Town A W1–0 Brandon 4,445
7 April Hartlepools United A L1–3 Lee 6,646
11 April Crewe Alexandra A D0–0 3,076
14 April Stockport County H L1–4 Allman 4,425
21 April Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A L1–2 Allman 4,452
24 April Carlisle United A L1–4 Haines 3,872
28 April Rochdale H D0–0 4,213
2 May Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H L3–5 Jolley (2), Allman 3,253

FA Cup

Main article: 1955–56 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 19 November Chesterfield (3N) A L0–1 9,801

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1955–56 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 26 January Rhyl (CCL) A W2–0 Hackett (2)
Quarterfinal 1 March Swansea Town (2) H L0–1

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
England Keith Griffiths 6 6
England Bobby Jones 43 40 1 2
Field players
England George Allman 42 12 39 12 1 2
Brian Blears 1 1
Ken Brandon 15 3 14 3 1
Norman Bullock 36 4 34 4 2
Jim Collins 45 11 43 11 1 1
England John Devine 1 1
Mike Fields 4 4
England Ray Gill 48 45 1 2
Ken Fletcher 11 10 1
Ray Griffiths 6 6
Bernard Hackett 19 6 17 4 2 2
England Jack Haines 44 8 41 8 1 2
Wales Ron Hughes 45 43 2
England Charlie Jolley 7 3 7 3
England Eric Lee 47 3 44 3 1 2
Alan Mayers 1 1
Sam Morris 8 6 1 1
Billy Pye 5 1 5 1
Tommy Roberts 5 5
England Harry Smith 25 25
Fred Tomley 1 1
Frank Wayman 33 2 30 2 1 2
Phil Whitlock 41 1 38 1 1 2
Own goals
Total 49 54 46 52 1 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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