1955–56 Chester F.C. season

Third Division North
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	46	31	6	9	76	29	2.621	+47	68
2	Derby County	46	28	7	11	110	55	2.000	+55	63
3	Accrington Stanley	46	25	9	12	92	57	1.614	+35	59
4	Hartlepools United	46	26	5	15	81	60	1.350	+21	57
5	Southport	46	23	11	12	66	53	1.245	+13	57
6	Chesterfield	46	25	4	17	94	66	1.424	+28	54
7	Stockport County	46	21	9	16	90	61	1.475	+29	51
8	Bradford City	46	18	13	15	78	64	1.219	+14	49
9	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	46	20	8	18	75	63	1.190	+12	48
10	Workington	46	19	9	18	75	63	1.190	+12	47
11	York City	46	19	9	18	85	72	1.181	+13	47
12	Rochdale	46	17	13	16	66	84	0.786	–12	47
13	Gateshead	46	17	11	18	77	84	0.917	–7	45
14	Wrexham	46	16	10	20	66	73	0.904	–7	42
15	Darlington	46	16	9	21	60	73	0.822	–13	41
16	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	9	21	59	84	0.702	–25	41
17	Chester	46	13	14	19	52	82	0.634	–30	40
18	Mansfield Town	46	14	11	21	84	81	1.037	+3	39
19	Halifax Town	46	14	11	21	66	76	0.868	–10	39
20	Oldham Athletic	46	10	18	18	76	86	0.884	–10	38
21	Carlisle United	46	15	8	23	71	95	0.747	–24	38
22	Barrow	46	12	9	25	61	83	0.735	–22	33
23	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	7	26	61	122	0.500	–61	33
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	10	27	50	105	0.476	–55	28

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	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

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	43	44	45	46
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	D	0–0		9,784
23 August	Grimsby Town	A	L	1–6	Lee (pen.)	10,873
27 August	Southport	A	L	0–1		4,109
31 August	Grimsby Town	H	W	2–0	Bullock, Haines	6,193
3 September	Gateshead	H	W	3–0	Allman (2), Collins	7,900
7 September	Bradford Park Avenue	H	D	0–0		8,801
10 September	Darlington	A	W	1–0	Wayman	8,714
12 September	Bradford Park Avenue	A	D	1–1	Allman	4,081
17 September	Accrington Stanley	H	D	1–1	Collins	10,994
21 September	Rochdale	A	L	2–4	Jolley, Lee	2,936
24 September	Barrow	A	W	2–1	Collins (2)	6,313
28 September	Carlisle United	H	D	3–3	Collins (2), Allman	7,916
1 October	Wrexham	H	W	2–1	Haines (2)	15,202
8 October	Bradford City	A	D	1–1	Allman	12,122
15 October	Mansfield Town	H	W	4–3	Collins (2), Allman, Haines	7,709
22 October	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1–4	Allman	8,240
29 October	Workington	H	L	1–0	Collins	7,167
5 November	York City	A	L	0–3		8,176
12 November	Derby County	H	L	2–5	Collins, Allman	10,182
26 November	Hartlepools United	H	L	0–1		5,876
3 December	Stockport County	A	L	1–2	Brandon	5,737
17 December	Tranmere Rovers	A	L	0–4		4,889
24 December	Southport	H	L	1–3	Haines	3,531
26 December	Chesterfield	A	L	1–2	Hackett	5,815
27 December	Chesterfield	H	W	2–1	Hackett, Bullock	4,331
31 December	Gateshead	A	D	1–1	Wayman	3,007
14 January	Darlington	H	W	2–1	Bullock, Pye	4,509
21 January	Accrington Stanley	A	L	0–4		6,862
4 February	Barrow	H	W	1–0	Allman	3,221
11 February	Wrexham	A	D	0–0		6,673
18 February	Bradford City	H	D	1–1	Hackett	3,829
25 February	Mansfield Town	A	L	0–3		7,693
3 March	Oldham Athletic	H	W	3–2	Hackett, Haines, Whitlock	4,935
10 March	Workington	A	D	0–0		5,926
17 March	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	0–0		6,863
24 March	Derby County	A	L	1–3	Bullock	16,378
30 March	Halifax Town	H	W	1–0	Haines	5,881
31 March	York City	H	D	2–2	Brandon, Collins	6,016
2 April	Halifax Town	A	W	1–0	Brandon	4,445
7 April	Hartlepools United	A	L	1–3	Lee	6,646
11 April	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	0–0		3,076
14 April	Stockport County	H	L	1–4	Allman	4,425
21 April	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A	L	1–2	Allman	4,452
24 April	Carlisle United	A	L	1–4	Haines	3,872
28 April	Rochdale	H	D	0–0		4,213
2 May	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H	L	3–5	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	L	0–1		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	W	2–0	Hackett (2)
Quarterfinal	1 March	Swansea Town (2)	H	L	0–1

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Welsh Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Keith Griffiths	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
	Bobby Jones	43	–	40	–	1	–	2	–
Field players
	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	–
	John Devine	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Mike Fields	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–
	Ray Gill	48	–	45	–	1	–	2	–
	Ken Fletcher	11	–	10	–	1	–	–	–
	Ray Griffiths	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–
	Bernard Hackett	19	6	17	4	–	–	2	2
	Jack Haines	44	8	41	8	1	–	2	–
	Ron Hughes	45	–	43	–	–	–	2	–
	Charlie Jolley	7	3	7	3	–	–	–	–
	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	–	–	–	–	–
	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

↑ "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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