1953–54 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1953–54 season
Manager Louis Page
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
24th
(re-elected)
FA Cup First round
Welsh Cup Final
Top goalscorer League:
Don Travis (12)

All:
Don Travis (16)
Highest home attendance 14,627 vs Wrexham (3 October)
Lowest home attendance 1,667 vs Mansfield Town (24 March)
Average home league attendance 5,503
22nd in division[1]

The 1953–54 season was the 16th 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
1Port Vale 462617 374213.524+5369
2Barnsley 4624101277571.351+2058
3Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 4621151077561.375+2157
4Gateshead 4621131274551.345+1955
5Bradford City 4622 91560551.091 +553
6Chesterfield 4619141376641.188+1252
7Mansfield Town 4620111588671.313+2151
8Wrexham 4621 91681681.191+1351
9Bradford Park Avenue 4618141477681.132 +950
10Stockport County 4618111777671.149+1047
11Southport 4617121763601.050 +346
12Barrow 4616121872711.014 +144
13Carlisle United 4614151783711.169+1243
14Tranmere Rovers 4618 72159700.843–1143
15Accrington Stanley 4616102066740.892 –842
16Crewe Alexandra 4614131949670.731–1841
17Grimsby Town 4616 92151770.662–2641
18Hartlepools United 4613141959650.908 –640
19Rochdale 4615102159770.766–1840
20Workington 4613141959800.738–2140
21Darlington 4612142050710.704–2138
22York City 4612132164860.744–2237
23Halifax Town 4612102444730.603–2934
24Chester4611102548670.716–1932

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
46 11 10 25 48 67 0.716 32 10 7 6 39 22 27 1 3 19 9 45 5

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result D D L L W L L D W L W L W L W L L D L D L W L L L L W L L D L W L D L D L L W D W L D W L L
Position 14 14 18 21 18 17 21 21 19 20 16 19 18 18 17 18 21 19 20 19 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 24 22 24 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

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
22 August Hartlepools United H D1–1 Windle 6,695
26 August Barnsley H D1–1 Windle 7,117
29 August Gateshead A L1–2 Travis 8,013
2 September Barnsley A L0–3 9,969
5 September Workington H W3–0 Coffin (2pens.), Pye 5,790
9 September Darlington A L0–1 4,875
12 September Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A L0–1 10,234
16 September Darlington H D2–2 Thomas, Travis 3,999
19 September York City H W3–1 Travis, Smith, Windle 5,571
23 September Bradford Park Avenue H L2–3 Coffin (2, 1pen.) 4,906
26 September Southport A W1–0 Pye 5,770
30 September Bradford Park Avenue A L0–5 5,333
3 October Wrexham H W2–1 Thomas, Travis 14,627
10 October Barrow A L1–2 Thomas 6,258
17 October Bradford City H W3–0 Thomas, Coffin (pen.), Travis 6,150
24 October Chesterfield A L0–4 8,229
31 October Tranmere Rovers H L1–2 Hilton 6,824
7 November Halifax Town A L1–1 Windle 3,297
14 November Carlisle United H L0–1 5,104
28 November Grimsby Town H D1–1 Molyneux 5,327
5 December Stockport County A L0–5 8,252
12 December Rochdale H W2–0 Thomas, Travis 3,578
19 December Hartlepools United A L0–2 5,481
25 December Port Vale A L0–1 15,322
26 December Port Vale H L0–1 10,979
28 December Rochdale A L0–4 7,226
2 January Gateshead H W5–0 Travis (3), Rolfe, Morrey 4,197
9 January Mansfield Town A L1–2 Morrey 6,572
16 January Workington A L0–2 7,212
23 January Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H D0–0 5,180
6 February York City A L1–2 Morrey (pen.) 3,960
13 February Southport H W1–0 Morrey 4,802
20 February Wrexham A L1–2 Basford 10,225
27 February Barrow H D1–1 Hilton 3,023
6 March Bradford City A L0–1 10,971
13 March Chesterfield H D2–2 Hilton, Lee 4,404
20 March Tranmere Rovers A L1–2 Coffin 6,773
24 March Mansfield Town H L0–2 1,667
27 March Halifax Town H W3–1 Morrey, Travis, Windle 3,207
3 April Carlisle United A D1–1 Travis 2,329
10 April Accrington Stanley H W3–0 Rolfe (2), Windle 4,031
16 April Crewe Alexandra A L0–1 6,287
17 April Grimsby Town A D0–0 7,330
19 April Crewe Alexandra H W2–0 Betteridge, Travis 5,846
24 April Stockport County H L1–2 Coffin 3,545
28 April Accrington Stanley A L0–1 4,687

FA Cup

Main article: 1953–54 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 21 November Stockport County (3N) A L2–4 Molyneux, Windle 12,363

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1953–54 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 13 January Brymbo Steelworks H W6–1 Rolfe, Morrey (pen.), Morris, Smith, Travis 766
Quarterfinal 3 March Wrexham (3N) H W1–0 Travis 2,133
Semifinal 17 March Newport County (3S) N D2–2 Travis (2) 7,920
Semifinal replay 5 April N W2–0 Basford, Hilton 3,000
Final 21 April Flint Town United (WLN) N L0–2 15,584

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
England Bobby Jones 52 46 1 5
Field players
Wales Tommy Astbury 19 16 1 2
Jack Basford 13 2 10 1 3 1
Mick Betteridge 9 1 8 1 1
Ken Brandon 1 1
Norman Bullock 1 1
Geoff Coffin 22 7 21 7 1
Ken Fletcher 19 1 16 3 1
England Ray Gill 52 46 1 5
Joe Hilton 24 4 20 3 1 3 1
Wales Ron Hughes 45 39 1 5
England Eric Lee 51 1 46 1 1 4
John Molyneux 18 2 15 1 1 1 2
Bernard Morrey 20 6 17 5 3 1
Sam Morris 12 1 11 1 1
Billy Pye 5 2 5 2
Jimmy Rolfe 20 4 17 3 3 1
England Harry Smith 11 2 10 1 1 1
England Fred Sutcliffe 32 28 4
Johnny Thomas 32 5 29 5 1 2
Don Travis 48 16 43 12 1 4 4
Phil Whitlock 24 23 1
England Bobby Williams 3 3
Billy Windle 39 7 35 6 1 1 3
Own goals
Total 52 61 46 48 1 2 5 11

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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