1948–49 Chester F.C. season
1948–49 season | |||
Manager | Frank Brown | ||
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Stadium | Sealand Road | ||
Football League Third Division North | 18th | ||
FA Cup | Second round | ||
Welsh Cup | Fifth round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Cam Burgess and Bert Foulds (14) All: Cam Burgess and Bert Foulds (14) | ||
Highest home attendance | 13,509 vs Hull City (6 November) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,858 vs Barrow (4 May) | ||
Average home league attendance |
6,959 19th in division[1] | ||
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The 1948–49 season was the eleventh season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, a English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Football League
Main article: 1948–49 Football League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Hull City | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 93 | 28 | 3.321 | +65 | 65 |
2 | Rotherham United | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 90 | 46 | 1.957 | +44 | 62 |
3 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 40 | 1.325 | +13 | 50 |
4 | Darlington | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 83 | 74 | 1.122 | +9 | 46 |
5 | Gateshead | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 69 | 58 | 1.190 | +11 | 45 |
6 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 75 | 67 | 1.119 | +8 | 45 |
7 | Rochdale | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 53 | 1.038 | +2 | 45 |
8 | Stockport County | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 61 | 56 | 1.089 | +5 | 43 |
9 | Wrexham | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 0.903 | –6 | 43 |
10 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 48 | 1.083 | +4 | 42 |
11 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 57 | 0.807 | –11 | 41 |
12 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 74 | 0.703 | –22 | 41 |
13 | Barrow | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 48 | 0.854 | –7 | 40 |
14 | York City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 74 | 1.000 | 0 | 39 |
15 | Carlisle United | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 0.779 | –17 | 39 |
16 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | –13 | 38 |
17 | New Brighton | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 58 | 0.793 | –12 | 36 |
18 | Chester | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 57 | 56 | 1.018 | +1 | 35 |
19 | Halifax Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 45 | 62 | 0.726 | –17 | 35 |
20 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 55 | 64 | 0.859 | –9 | 34 |
21 | Southport | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 45 | 64 | 0.703 | –19 | 31 |
22 | Bradford City | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 48 | 77 | 0.623 | –29 | 29 |
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 57 | 56 | 1.018 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 8 |
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 |
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Result | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W |
Position | 15 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 August | Carlisle United | A | L | 1–2 | Seed (o.g.) | 11,941 |
25 August | Stockport County | H | W | 2–0 | Foulkes, Best | 7,644 |
28 August | Gateshead | H | D | 1–1 | Foulds | 8,734 |
1 September | Stockport County | A | D | 1–1 | Best | 11,707 |
4 September | Hartlepools United | A | L | 1–2 | Best | 9,181 |
8 September | York City | H | W | 4–1 | Astbury (2), Davies, Foulds | 6,818 |
11 September | Darlington | H | L | 1–2 | Foulds | 8,880 |
13 September | York City | A | L | 0–2 | 9,511 | |
18 September | Rochdale | A | L | 1–3 | Best | 11,965 |
25 September | New Brighton | H | W | 2–0 | Coffin (2) | 8,546 |
2 October | Mansfield Town | A | L | 0–1 | 12,459 | |
9 October | Tranmere Rovers | H | D | 2–2 | Astbury, Westwood | 8,295 |
16 October | Oldham Athletic | A | L | 1–2 | Foulds | 15,440 |
23 October | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 3–0 | Burgess (2), Harrigan | 7,558 |
30 October | Rotherham United | A | L | 1–2 | Harrigan | 15,080 |
6 November | Hull City | H | L | 0–2 | 13,509 | |
13 November | Doncaster Rovers | A | D | 0–0 | 10,658 | |
20 November | Bradford City | H | W | 3–0 | Burgess, Harrigan, Foulds | 5,954 |
4 December | Wrexham | H | W | 2–0 | Burgess (2) | 11,909 |
18 December | Carlisle United | H | W | 2–1 | Burgess (2, 1pen.) | 4,628 |
25 December | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 0–1 | 8,587 | |
27 December | Crewe Alexandra | H | D | 1–1 | Lee | 7,380 |
1 January | Gateshead | A | L | 1–2 | Burgess | 8,720 |
8 January | Wrexham | A | L | 0–1 | 11,947 | |
15 January | Hartlepools United | H | D | 0–0 | 3,215 | |
22 January | Darlington | A | D | 3–3 | Davies, Foulds, Westwood | 7,505 |
29 January | Halifax Town | A | W | 2–1 | Westwood, Foulds | 9,160 |
5 February | Rochdale | H | W | 2–1 | Foulds (2) | 5,570 |
12 February | Barrow | A | D | 1–1 | Burgess | 5,887 |
19 February | New Brighton | A | D | 1–1 | Foulds | 8,672 |
26 February | Mansfield Town | H | D | 1–1 | Foulds | 5,250 |
12 March | Oldham Athletic | H | D | 2–2 | Foulds, Westwood | 6,642 |
19 March | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 1–3 | McNeil | 4,767 |
26 March | Rotherham United | H | D | 1–1 | Burgess | 6,431 |
2 April | Hull City | A | L | 2–3 | Davies, Burgess | 36,167 |
9 April | Doncaster Rovers | H | L | 1–2 | Foulds | 6,220 |
15 April | Southport | H | W | 2–0 | Forsyth, Burgess | 7,237 |
16 April | Bradford City | A | L | 2–3 | Davies, Foulds | 12,220 |
18 April | Southport | A | L | 1–2 | Davies | 8,706 |
23 April | Halifax Town | H | L | 0–1 | 3,858 | |
2 May | Tranmere Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | Williamson | 6,420 |
4 May | Barrow | H | W | 4–1 | Westwood, Burgess (2), Harrigan | 1,858 |
FA Cup
Main article: 1948–49 FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
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First round | 27 November | Hartlepools United (3N) | A | W | 3–1 | Williamson, Harrigan, Forsyth | 8,563 |
Second round | 11 December | Aldershot (3S) | A | L | 0–1 | 10,000 |
Welsh Cup
Main article: 1948–49 Welsh Cup
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
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Fifth round | 12 January | Wrexham (3N) | A | W | 0–6 | 3,790 |
Season statistics
Nat | Player | Total | League | FA Cup |
Welsh Cup | ||||
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A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | ||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||
Ted Elliott | 17 | – | 14 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
George Scales | 21 | – | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Jimmy MacLaren | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Field players | |||||||||
Tommy Astbury | 43 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Alan Beaumont | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Tommy Best | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
Grenville Booth | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Ernie Bryan | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Cam Burgess | 32 | 14 | 29 | 14 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Reg Butcher | 43 | – | 40 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Geoff Coffin | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | |
Joe Davies | 24 | 5 | 23 | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | |
John Forsyth | 34 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
Bert Foulds | 33 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | |
Billy Foulkes | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Peter Greenwood | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Duncan Harrigan | 23 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | |
Bill Hounslea | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Roger Kirkpatrick | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Eric Lee | 32 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | |
Tom Mackie | 7 | – | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
Cliff Mansley | 23 | – | 22 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
Dave McNeil | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Tommy Tilston | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
Trevor Walters | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Raymond Westwood | 22 | 5 | 22 | 5 | – | – | – | – | |
George Williamson | 38 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | |
Own goals | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 45 | 60 | 42 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – |
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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