1973–74 Chester F.C. season

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Chester
1973–74 season
ManagerKen Roberts
StadiumSealand Road
Football League
Fourth Division
7th
FA CupThird round
Football League CupFirst round
Welsh CupQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
John James (21)

All:
John James (24)
Highest home attendance6,075 vs Bury (24 February)
Lowest home attendance1,550 vs Torquay United (8 December)
Average home league attendance2,538
19th in division[1]

The 1973–74 season was the 36th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the 16th season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
5 Northampton Town 46 20 13 13 63 48 1.313 53
6 Reading 46 16 19 11 58 37 1.568 51
7 Chester 46 17 15 14 54 55 0.982 49
8 Bradford City 46 17 14 15 58 52 1.115 48
9 Newport County 46 16 14 16 56 65 0.862 45[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Newport County had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

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
46 17 15 14 54 55 0.982 49 13 6 4 31 19 32 4 9 10 23 36 17

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
ResultLWWWLLWLDLWLDDWLLLDDWWDLWDDWWDLWLWWDLWDDWWDLDD
Position198746881212141213141312131617191816161617141414131213151515151212149911887887
Source: statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
25 August Swansea City A L 0–2 2,500
31 August Hartlepool H W 3–1 James (2), Whitehead 2,193
8 September Newport County A W 2–0 James, Whitehead 3,660
12 September Workington H W 1–0 Draper 3,071
15 September Exeter City H L 0–1 2,884
17 September Mansfield Town A L 0–3 3,936
22 September Darlington A W 2–1 James (2) 1,818
29 September Lincoln City H L 2–3 Owen, Griffiths 2,762
3 October Mansfield Town H D 1–1 James 2,547
6 October Bury A L 1–3 Griffiths 5,519
13 October Doncaster Rovers H W 3–0 Redfern, Draper, James 2,006
20 October Gillingham H L 2–4 Redfern, Seddon 2,055
24 October Workington A D 1–1 James 862
27 October Bradford City A D 1–1 Draper 3,361
3 November Rotherham United H W 1–0 Mason 2,385
10 November Scunthorpe United A L 1–2 James 2,164
14 November Colchester United H L 0–4 1,973
17 November Brentford A L 0–3 5,167
8 December Torquay United H D 1–1 James 1,550
22 December Lincoln City A D 2–2 Owen, Loska 3,142
26 December Crewe Alexandra H W 1–0 James 3,339
29 December Newport County H W 3–0 Owen (2), James 2,621
1 January Hartlepool A D 0–0 3,050
12 January Exeter City A L 1–2 Draper 5,047
19 January Swansea City H W 1–0 James (pen.) 2,407
27 January Barnsley A D 1–1 Murphy (o.g.) 8,294
2 February Peterborough United A D 0–0 7,683
10 February Darlington H W 1–0 Owen 3,172
17 February Doncaster Rovers A W 2–1 Seddon, Draper 2,478
24 February Bury H D 1–1 James 6,075
3 March Crewe Alexandra A L 0–1 3,251
10 March Bradford City H W 1–0 Seddon 2,534
17 March Gillingham A L 0–1 7,541
20 March Peterborough United H W 2–1 Redfern, Seddon 1,678
23 March Scunthorpe United H W 2–0 Owen, Mason 2,038
26 March Northampton Town A D 3–3 Tucker (o.g.), Whitehead, Redfern 5,969
30 March Rotherham United A L 2–3 Owen, James 1,945
3 April Barnsley H W 3–1 James (2), Loska 2,001
5 April Colchester United A D 1–1 Owen 6,371
13 April Brentford H D 0–0 2,643
15 April Stockport County A W 1–0 Mason 2,111
16 April Stockport County H W 2–1 James (2) 2,438
20 April Torquay United A D 2–2 James (2, 1pen.) 2,718
22 April Reading A L 0–3 3,121
27 April Reading H D 0–0 2,076
1 May Northampton Town H D 0–0 1,800

FA Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 24 November Telford United (SFL) H W 1–0 Grummett 2,729
Second round 15 December Huddersfield Town (3) H W 3–2 Owen, James, Draper 3,298
Third round 5 January Aston Villa (2) A L 1–3 James 16,545

League Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 29 August Wrexham (3) H L 0–2 4,791

Welsh Cup

Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fourth round 23 January Welshpool (Mid Wales League) H W 2–1 Redfern, James 679
Quarterfinal 6 February Wrexham (3) A L 0–1 6,904

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
League
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
Wales Grenville Millington 28 23 3 2
England John Taylor 24 23 1
Field players
England Ray Carter 26+1 24+1 2
England Geoff Davies 2+3 2+3
Wales Derek Draper 47 6 43 5 3 1 1
England Chris Dunleavy 41 36 3 2
Wales Nigel Edwards 36+2 31+2 3 1 1
England Paul Futcher 20+1 18 1 1+1
England Ron Futcher 6 4 2
England Neil Griffiths 17 2 16 2 1
England Jim Grummett 17+1 1 15+1 1 1 1
England Stan Horne 19+1 17+1 1 1
England John James 46 24 41 21 3 2 1 1 1
England Dave Kennedy 2 1 1
England Tony Loska 19+6 2 17+6 2 2
England Stuart Mason 46+1 3 40+1 3 3 1 2
England Reg Matthewson 19+1 16+1 2 1
England Terry Owen 29+2 9 27+2 8 2 1
England Gary Potter 10 10
England Jimmy Redfern 45 5 39 4 3 1 2 1
England John Relish 4+1 2+1 2
England Ian Seddon 28+6 4 26+5 4 0+1 2
England Norman Whitehead 41+5 3 35+5 3 3 1 2
Own goals 2 2
Total 52 61 46 54 3 5 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.

  • Chester at the Football Club History Database