1957–58 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1957–58 season
Manager John Harris
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
21st
FA Cup Second round
Welsh Cup Final
Top goalscorer League:
Barry Jepson (23)

All:
Barry Jepson (30)
Highest home attendance 12,554 vs Wrexham (18 September)
Lowest home attendance 3,373 vs Accrington Stanley (30 April)
Average home league attendance 6,740
16th in division[1]

The 1957–58 season was the 20th 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
1Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 4629 8 988501.760+3866
2Accrington Stanley 4625 91283611.361+2259
3Bradford City 4621151073491.490+2457
4Bury 4623101394621.516+3256
5Hull City 4619151278671.164+1153
6Mansfield Town 4622 816100921.087 +852
7Halifax Town 4620111583691.203+1451
8Chesterfield 4618151371691.029 +251
9Stockport County 4618111774671.104 +747
10Rochdale 4619 81979671.179+1246
11Tranmere Rovers 4618101882761.079 +646
12Wrexham 4617121761630.968 –246
13York City 4617121768760.895 –846
14Gateshead 4615151668760.895 –845
15Oldham Athletic 4614171572840.857–1245
16Carlisle United 4619 62180781.026 +244
17Hartlepools United 4616121873760.961 –344
18Barrow 4613151866740.892 –841
19Workington 4614131972810.889 –941
20Darlington 4617 72278890.876–1141
21Chester4613132073810.901–839
22Bradford Park Avenue 4613112268950.716–2737
23Southport 4611 62952880.591–3628
24Crewe Alexandra 46 8 73147930.505–4623

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
46 13 13 20 73 81 0.901 39 7 10 6 38 26 24 6 3 14 35 55 15

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result L W L W L L L L D W W D L L W L D L L L D W D W D L D L W W L L D D D W W L D D D W L L L W
Position 19 12 13 10 16 17 18 21 21 21 15 16 18 21 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 22 22 22 22 21 20 20 22 22 22 21 20 19 19 19 20 21 19 21 21 21 21

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
24 August Tranmere Rovers H L1–3 B. Williams 11,572
28 August Crewe Alexandra H W3–2 Jepson (2), Gor. Davies 7,736
31 August Hartlepools United A L1–2 Mason 11,629
2 September Crewe Alexandra A W3–0 Jepson (2), Mason 8,323
7 September Bradford Park Avenue H L1–2 Jepson (pen.) 8,353
11 September Wrexham A L0–1 11,754
14 September Carlisle United A L2–3 Foulkes, Smith 8,754
18 September Wrexham H L0–1 12,554
21 September Southport H D1–1 Bullock 6,454
28 September York City A W2–1 A. Williams, Hughes 7,103
30 September Accrington Stanley A W2–1 Gor. Davies (2) 7,404
5 October Barrow H D2–2 Hughes, Saunders 7,142
12 October Darlington H L0–1 6,852
19 October Halifax Town A L1–2 Bullock 5,042
26 October Stockport County H W3–0 Bullock, Jepson, Gor. Davies 7,518
2 November Hull City A L0–3 11,732
9 November Bradford City H D0–0 6,453
23 November Mansfield Town H L1–2 Foulkes 7,096
30 November Gateshead A L2–3 Pearson, Gor. Davies 3,844
14 December Scunthorpe & Lindsey United H L1–2 Bullock 4,604
21 December Tranmere Rovers A D2–2 Jepson (2) 9,794
25 December Bury A W2–1 Jepson, Bullock 11,031
26 December Bury H D0–0 9,771
28 December Hartlepools United H W2–1 Saunders (2) 7,725
4 January Oldham Athletic H D0–0 6,159
11 January Bradford Park Avenue A L0–3 7,341
18 January Carlisle United H D0–0 4,949
25 January Workington A L3–5 Jepson, Mason, Evans 3,813
1 February Southport A W4–2 Jepson, Ireland, Pearson, Richards 3,693
8 February York City H W9–4 Jepson (5), Evans, Brown (o.g.), Richards, Ireland 5,217
15 February Barrow A L1–4 Pearson 4,271
22 February Mansfield Town A L1–3 Mellor (o.g.) 7,603
1 March Halifax Town H D1–1 Ireland 6,304
8 March Stockport County A D2–2 Ireland, Richards 7,629
15 March Hull City H D1–1 Hughes (pen.) 5,721
22 March Darlington A W3–2 Jepson (2), Richards 4,376
29 March Workington H W4–3 Jepson (2), Richards, Pearson 4,905
4 April Chesterfield A L1–2 Pearson 9,156
5 April Rochdale A D1–1 Whitlock 3,273
7 April Chesterfield H D0–0 6,360
12 April Gateshead H D1–1 Pearson 4,752
16 April Rochdale H W2–0 Hughes (pen.), Mason 3,449
19 April Bradford City A L0–5 9,232
22 April Oldham Athletic A L1–5 Jepson 8,396
26 April Scunthorpe & Lindsey United A L1–2 Pearson 10,403
30 April Accrington Stanley H W5–1 Jepson (2), Richards, Bullock, Pearson 3,373

FA Cup

Main article: 1957–58 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 16 November Gateshead (3N) H W4–3 Pearson, Foulkes, Jepson, Mason 7,539
Second round 7 December Bradford City (3N) H D3–3 Jepson (3) 8,435
Second round replay 11 December A L1–3 Jepson 5,281

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1957–58 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 30 January Oswestry Town (B&DL) A W3–1 Ireland, Tomley (o.g.), Smith
Quarterfinal 5 March Swansea Town (2) H W2–0 Bullock, Hughes 1,872
Semifinal 19 March Hereford United (SFL) N D1–1 Jepson 2,538
Semifinal replay 24 March N W2–0 Jepson, Ireland 877
Final 7 May Wrexham (3N) H D1–1 Hughes (pen.) 7,742
Final replay 10 May A L1–2 Evans 7,542

Season statistics

Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
England Brian Biggins 4 2 2
England Keith Griffiths 47 41 2 4
England Bobby Jones 4 3 1 -
Field players
Scotland Jimmy Anderson 50 42 3 5
Norman Bullock 28 7 19 6 3 6 1
England Alec Croft 1 - 1
England George Davies 2 2 -
Gordon Davies 25 5 22 5 2 1
Royston Evans 20 3 15 2 5 1
Mike Fields 5 5 -
Wales Billy Foulkes 40 3 36 2 3 1 1
England Ray Gill 35 30 2 3
Malcolm Handscombe 5 4 1
Wales Ron Hughes 55 6 46 4 3 6 2
England Jerry Ireland 19 6 15 4 4 2
Barry Jepson 51 30 42 23 3 5 6 2
Jimmy Mason 33 5 29 4 2 1 2
England Stan Pearson 32 9 25 8 2 1 5
Wales Gordon Richards 17 6 17 6 -
England Jack Saunders 50 3 42 3 3 5
England Harry Smith 5 2 4 1 1 1
Bill Souter 20 16 1 3
Phil Whitlock 12 1 9 1 1 2
Aled Williams 38 1 33 1 2 3
England Bobby Williams 7 1 7 1 -
Own goals 3 2 1
Total 55 91 46 73 3 8 6 10

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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