1932–33 Chester F.C. season

Chester

1932–33 season
Manager	Charlie Hewitt
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League Third Division North	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Welsh Cup	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Mantle (34) All: Joe Mantle (39)
Highest home attendance	16,835 vs Wrexham (4 February)
Lowest home attendance	4,977 vs York City (29 March)
Average home league attendance	8,136 2nd in division[1]
← 1931–32 1933–34 →

The 1932–33 season was the second 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
1	Hull City	42	26	7	9	100	45	2.222	+55	59
2	Wrexham	42	24	9	9	106	51	2.078	+55	57
3	Stockport County	42	21	12	9	99	58	1.707	+41	54
4	Chester	42	22	8	12	94	66	1.424	+28	52
5	Walsall	42	19	10	13	75	58	1.293	+17	48
6	Doncaster Rovers	42	17	14	11	77	79	0.975	–2	48
7	Gateshead	42	19	9	14	78	67	1.164	+11	47
8	Barnsley	42	19	8	15	92	80	1.150	+12	46
9	Barrow	42	18	7	17	60	60	1.000	0	43
10	Crewe Alexandra	42	20	3	19	80	84	0.952	–4	43
11	Tranmere Rovers	42	17	8	17	70	66	1.061	+4	42
12	Southport	42	17	7	18	70	67	1.045	+3	41
13	Accrington Stanley	42	15	10	17	78	76	1.026	+2	40
14	Hartlepools United	42	16	7	19	87	116	0.750	–29	39
15	Halifax Town	42	15	8	19	71	90	0.789	–19	38
16	Mansfield Town	42	14	7	21	84	100	0.840	–16	35
17	Rotherham United	42	14	6	22	60	84	0.714	–24	34
18	Rochdale	42	13	7	22	58	80	0.725	–22	33
19	Carlisle United	42	13	7	22	51	75	0.680	–24	33
20	York City	42	13	6	23	72	92	0.783	–20	32
21	New Brighton	42	11	10	21	63	88	0.716	–25	32
22	Darlington	42	10	8	24	66	109	0.606	–43	28

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
42	22	8	12	94	66	1.424	52	15	4	2	57	25	34	7	4	10	37	41	18

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
Result	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L
Position	15	18	11	14	9	9	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	4

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	Mansfield Town	A	L	0–1		8,009
31 August	Southport	H	D	1–1	Jennings	11,210
3 September	Rotherham United	H	W	1–0	Ferguson	7,657
6 September	Southport	A	L	1–2	Roscoe	6,219
10 September	Accrington Stanley	A	W	4–1	Jennings, Wyper (2), Hedley	5,569
14 September	Stockport County	H	D	2–2	Hedley, Gray	8,031
17 September	New Brighton	H	W	3–0	Ferguson (pen.), Jennings, Hedley	9,655
21 September	Walsall	H	W	1–0	Stevenson	5,311
24 September	Wrexham	A	W	2–1	Mantle, Bell	19,649
1 October	Barrow	A	W	3–2	Ferguson, Bell, Cresswell	6,414
8 October	Carlisle United	H	W	4–0	Mantle (2), Cresswell, Stevenson	5,732
15 October	York City	A	L	1–3	Cresswell	5,689
22 October	Tranmere Rovers	H	L	1–2	Hedley	7,773
29 October	Halifax Town	A	W	2–0	Mantle (2)	4,906
5 November	Hartlepools United	H	D	3–3	Cresswell, Mercer, Wyper (pen.)	6,947
12 November	Barnsley	A	W	3–0	Mantle, Hedley, Cresswell	6,975
19 November	Hull City	H	D	1–1	Mantle	10,064
3 December	Darlington	H	W	5–2	Hedley (2), Mantle (2), Mercer	5,558
17 December	Gateshead	H	W	3–1	Cresswell, Hedley, Mantle	7,030
24 December	Walsall	A	L	1–3	Mantle	6,606
26 December	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	3–1	Hedley, Mantle (2)	14,000
27 December	Crewe Alexandra	A	W	1–0	Mantle	11,219
31 December	Mansfield Town	H	W	5–2	Mantle (3), Cresswell, Anthoney (o.g.)	6,618
7 January	Rotherham United	A	W	5–0	Armes, Mantle (4)	4,724
21 January	Accrington Stanley	H	W	4–2	Hedley (3), Armes	4,980
4 February	Wrexham	H	L	0–3		16,835
8 February	New Brighton	A	L	1–3	Mantle	3,384
11 February	Barrow	H	W	2–1	Hedley, Butler	6,268
18 February	Carlisle United	A	D	1–1	Mantle	4,490
4 March	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	2–2	Mantle (2)	8,649
11 March	Halifax Town	H	W	6–3	Cresswell, Mercer, Mantle (4, 1pen.)	7,287
18 March	Hartlepools United	A	L	1–3	Mantle	5,293
25 March	Barnsley	H	W	3–1	Cresswell, Hedley, Mercer	6,508
29 March	York City	H	W	5–0	Mantle (2), Mercer (3)	4,977
1 April	Hull City	A	L	0–2		20,248
8 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	2–0	Mantle, Hedley	5,869
14 April	Rochdale	H	W	2–0	Cresswell, Hedley	9,870
15 April	Darlington	A	D	1–1	Mantle	3,064
17 April	Rochdale	A	L	0–2		3,742
27 April	Doncaster Rovers	A	D	3–3	Cresswell (2), Kelly	4,379
29 April	Gateshead	A	L	0–3		1,424
6 May	Stockport County	A	L	5–8	Kelly (4, 1pen.), Armes	4,255

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	26 November	Rotherham United (3N)	H	W	4–0	Mantle, Wyper (2), Hedley	7,000
Second round	10 December	Yeovil & Petters United (SouL)	H	W	2–1	Cresswell, Hedley	8,000
Third round	14 January	Fulham (2)	H	W	5–0	Mercer, Hedley (4)	14,328
Fourth round	28 January	Halifax Town (3N)	H	D	0–0		10,538
Fourth round replay	2 February		A	L	2–3 (a.e.t)	Mantle (2)	14,224

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Seventh round	22 February	Crewe Alexandra (3N)	A	W	5–3	Butler, Mantle (2), Kelly (2)	2,000
Quarterfinal	14 March	Llanelly '(SouL)	A	W	4–0	Kelly, Harris (o.g.), Hedley, Jennings	10,500
Semifinal	5 April	Cardiff City (3S)	H	W	2–1	Mercer, Cresswell (pen.)	9,400
Final	3 May	Wrexham (3N)	H	W	2–0	Kelly, Cresswell	15,000

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
		A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Johnny Burke	22	–	16	–	2	–	4	–
	Richard Finnigan	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Bill Johnson	28	–	25	–	3	–	–	–
Field players
	Sammy Armes midfielder	18	3	16	3	2	–	–	–
	Billy Bell	27	2	21	2	5	–	1	–
	Fred Bennett	51	–	42	–	5	–	4	–
	Herbert Butler	3	2	2	1	–	–	1	1
	Frank Cresswell	46	15	38	12	5	1	3	2
	George Dickie	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Dick Duckworth	17	–	14	–	–	–	3	–
	Danny Ferguson	20	3	19	3	–	–	1	–
	Bob Gray	6	1	6	1	–	–	–	–
	Foster Hedley	50	23	41	16	5	6	4	1
	Baden Herod	48	–	39	–	5	–	4	–
	Tom Jennings	11	4	9	3	–	–	2	1
	Henry Jolly	9	–	9	–	–	–	–	–
	Gerry Kelly	20	9	15	5	1	–	4	4
	Joe Mantle	41	39	33	34	5	3	3	2
	Arthur Mercer	35	9	27	7	5	1	3	1
	John Pitcairn	30	–	22	–	5	–	3	–
	Jack Roscoe	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
	Frank Searle	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
	Harry Skitt	45	–	36	–	5	–	4	–
	John Stevenson	11	2	11	2	–	–	–	–
	Tommy Vaughan	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Ron Viner	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Tommy Wyper	14	5	12	3	2	2	–	–
	Own goals	–	2	–	1	–	–	–	1
	Total	51	120	42	94	5	13	4	13

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.

• Chester at the Football Club History Database