1947–48 Chester F.C. season

The 1947–48 season was the tenth season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Chester
1947–48 season
ManagerFrank Brown
StadiumSealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
20th
FA CupFourth round
Welsh CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tommy Burden (12)

All:
Tommy Burden (15)
Highest home attendance16,160 vs Wrexham (28 February)
Lowest home attendance3,881 vs Stockport County (24 April)
Average home league attendance7,847
14th in division[1]

It was the club's tenth consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
18 Tranmere Rovers 42 16 4 22 54 72 0.750 36
19 Hartlepools United 42 14 8 20 51 73 0.699 36
20 Chester 42 13 9 20 64 67 0.955 35
21 Halifax Town 42 7 13 22 43 76 0.566 27 Re-elected
22 New Brighton 42 8 9 25 38 81 0.469 25
Source: rsssf.com

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts W D L GF GA Pts W D L GF GA Pts
42 13 9 20 64 67 0.955 35 11 6 4 44 25 28 2 3 16 20 42 7

Source: rsssf.com

Results by matchday

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
ResultWLWDDWLLWLWLDDWLDLLLLLWDLLLLWDWWWLDLLWLWDL
Position410108958119109101198101010131617171717171818191918181717171718191919191820
Source: statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
23 August Oldham Athletic H W 2–1 Yates, Best 8,505
28 August Barrow A L 0–1 10,293
30 August Tranmere Rovers A W 3–2 Colville, Burden, Astbury 11,950
3 September Barrow H D 0–0 7,751
6 September Darlington H D 1–1 Astbury 7,948
10 September Crewe Alexandra H W 4–2 Best, Marsh (pen.), Turner, Burden 8,300
13 September Gateshead A L 1–2 Burden 5,987
17 September Crewe Alexandra A L 0–1 9,124
20 September Hartlepools United H W 2–0 Turner, Hamilton 7,148
27 September Rotherham United A L 1–2 Turner 14,262
4 October Carlisle United H W 4–1 Geoff Coffin, Astbury (2), Burden 7,910
11 October Wrexham A L 1–2 Marsh 21,131
18 October Halifax Town H D 0–0 6,402
25 October Rochdale A D 2–2 Turner, Best 9,582
1 November New Brighton H W 4–2 Astbury (2), Burden (2) 7,733
8 November Southport A L 0–3 8,702
15 November Lincoln City H D 1–1 Best 7,849
22 November Accrington Stanley A L 0–1 3,660
6 December Stockport County A L 1–4 Monks (o.g.) 9,630
20 December Oldham Athletic A L 1–3 Williamson (pen.) 11,807
26 December York City A L 0–2 10,435
27 December York City H L 2–3 Westwood, Astbury 8,754
3 January Tranmere Rovers H W 4–0 Astbury, Brown, Burden (2) 8,721
17 January Darlington A D 1–1 Westwood 6,816
31 January Gateshead H L 2–3 Turner, Burden 6,721
7 February Hartlepools United A L 1–2 Astbury 6,353
14 February Rotherham United H L 2–3 Astbury, Butcher 9,994
21 February Carlisle United A L 0–2 11,720
28 February Wrexham H W 4–1 Best, Westwood, Williamson (2) 16,160
6 March Halifax Town A D 1–1 Kirkpatrick 7,256
13 March Rochdale H W 2–1 Westwood, Kirkpatrick 6,427
17 March Hull City H W 4–1 Best, Burden (2), Kirkpatrick 6,087
20 March New Brighton A W 1–0 Best 4,806
26 March Mansfield Town H L 1–2 Best 11,209
27 March Southport H D 0–0 7,366
29 March Mansfield Town A L 1–2 Burden 12,770
3 April Lincoln City A L 2–4 Hamilton, Westwood 13,066
10 April Accrington Stanley H W 1–0 Best 5,811
17 April Hull City A L 1–2 Turner 24,138
21 April Bradford City H W 2–1 Westwood (2) 4,604
24 April Stockport County H D 2–2 Davies, Westwood 3,881
1 May Bradford City A L 2–3 Best, Astbury 3,774

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 29 November Bishop Auckland (NFL) H W 3–1 Yates (2), Burden 8,300
Second round 13 December Tranmere Rovers (3N) A W 1–0 Burden 14,132
Third round 10 January Crystal Palace (3S) A W 1–0 Burden 22,084
Fourth round 24 January Blackpool (1) A L 0–4 26,414

Welsh Cup

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Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 14 January South Liverpool (CCL) A L 1–2 Brown

Season statistics

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Nat Player Total League FA
Cup
Welsh
Cup
A G A G A G A G
Goalkeepers
  George Scales 22 20 2
  Jimmy MacLaren 25 22 2 1
Field players
  Tommy Astbury 37 11 33 11 3 1
  Tommy Best 32 10 30 10 1 1
  Joe Brown 16 2 13 1 2 1 1
  Tommy Burden 44 15 40 12 4 3
  Reg Butcher 46 1 42 1 4
  Doug Cole 8 7 1
  Geoff Coffin 5 1 3 1 1 1
  Harry Colville 6 1 4 1 2
  Joe Davies 3 1 3 1
  Bobby Hamilton 36 2 31 2 4 1
  Roger Kirkpatrick 11 3 10 3 1
  Eric Lee 19 15 4
  Frank Marsh 32 2 31 2 1
  Dave McNeil 43 39 4
  Phil Turner 19 6 19 6
  Trevor Walters 35 33 1 1
  Raymond Westwood 18 8 16 8 2
  Fred Wilcox 20 16 3 1
  George Williamson 27 3 23 3 4
  Dick Yates 13 3 12 1 1 2
Own goals 1 1
Total 47 70 42 64 4 5 1 1

References

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  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