1947–48 Chester F.C. season

Chester
1947–48 season
Manager Frank Brown
Stadium Sealand Road
Football League
Third Division North
20th
FA Cup Fourth round
Welsh Cup Fifth round
Top goalscorer League:
Tommy Burden (12)

All:
Tommy Burden (15)
Highest home attendance 16,160 vs Wrexham (28 February)
Lowest home attendance 3,881 vs Stockport County (24 April)
Average home league attendance 7,847
14th in division[1]

The 1947–48 season was the tenth 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
1Lincoln City 4226 8 881402.025+3960
2Rotherham United 4225 9 895491.939+4659
3Wrexham 4221 81374541.370+2050
4Gateshead 4219111275571.316+1849
5Hull City 4218111359481.229+1147
6Accrington Stanley 4220 61662591.051 +346
7Barrow 4216131349401.225 +945
8Mansfield Town 4217111457511.118 +645
9Carlisle United 4218 71788771.143+1143
10Crewe Alexandra 4218 71761630.968 –243
11Oldham Athletic 4214131563640.984 –141
12Rochdale 4215111648720.667–2441
13York City 4213141565601.083 +540
14Bradford City 4215101765660.985 –140
15Southport 4214111760630.952 –339
16Darlington 4213131654700.771–1639
17Stockport County 4213121763670.940 –438
18Tranmere Rovers 4216 42254720.750–1836
19Hartlepools United 4214 82051730.699–2236
20Chester 421392064670.955–335
21 Halifax Town 42 7132243760.566–3327
22 New Brighton 42 8 92538810.469–4325

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGAvPtsWDLGFGAPtsWDLGFGAPts
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

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
Result W L W D D W L L W L W L D D W L D L L L L L W D L L L L W D W W W L D L L W L W D L
Position 4 10 10 8 9 5 8 11 9 10 9 10 11 9 8 10 10 10 13 16 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 19 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 18 19 19 19 19 18 20

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
23 August Oldham Athletic H W2–1 Yates, Best 8,505
28 August Barrow A L0–1 10,293
30 August Tranmere Rovers A W3–2 Colville, Burden, Astbury 11,950
3 September Barrow H D0–0 7,751
6 September Darlington H D1–1 Astbury 7,948
10 September Crewe Alexandra H W4–2 Best, Marsh (pen.), Turner, Burden 8,300
13 September Gateshead A L1–2 Burden 5,987
17 September Crewe Alexandra A L0–1 9,124
20 September Hartlepools United H W2–0 Turner, Hamilton 7,148
27 September Rotherham United A L1–2 Turner 14,262
4 October Carlisle United H W4–1 Geoff Coffin, Astbury (2), Burden 7,910
11 October Wrexham A L1–2 Marsh 21,131
18 October Halifax Town H D0–0 6,402
25 October Rochdale A D2–2 Turner, Best 9,582
1 November New Brighton H W4–2 Astbury (2), Burden (2) 7,733
8 November Southport A L0–3 8,702
15 November Lincoln City H D1–1 Best 7,849
22 November Accrington Stanley A L0–1 3,660
6 December Stockport County A L1–4 Monks (o.g.) 9,630
20 December Oldham Athletic A L1–3 Williamson (pen.) 11,807
26 December York City A L0–2 10,435
27 December York City H L2–3 Westwood, Astbury 8,754
3 January Tranmere Rovers H W4–0 Astbury, Brown, Burden (2) 8,721
17 January Darlington A D1–1 Westwood 6,816
31 January Gateshead H L2–3 Turner, Burden 6,721
7 February Hartlepools United A L1–2 Astbury 6,353
14 February Rotherham United H L2–3 Astbury, Butcher 9,994
21 February Carlisle United A L0–2 11,720
28 February Wrexham H W4–1 Best, Westwood, Williamson (2) 16,160
6 March Halifax Town A D1–1 Kirkpatrick 7,256
13 March Rochdale H W2–1 Westwood, Kirkpatrick 6,427
17 March Hull City H W4–1 Best, Burden (2), Kirkpatrick 6,087
20 March New Brighton A W1–0 Best 4,806
26 March Mansfield Town H L1–2 Best 11,209
27 March Southport H D0–0 7,366
29 March Mansfield Town A L1–2 Burden 12,770
3 April Lincoln City A L2–4 Hamilton, Westwood 13,066
10 April Accrington Stanley H W1–0 Best 5,811
17 April Hull City A L1–2 Turner 24,138
21 April Bradford City H W2–1 Westwood (2) 4,604
24 April Stockport County H D2–2 Davies, Westwood 3,881
1 May Bradford City A L2–3 Best, Astbury 3,774

FA Cup

Main article: 1947–48 FA Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
First round 29 November Bishop Auckland (NFL) H W3–1 Yates (2), Burden 8,300
Second round 13 December Tranmere Rovers (3N) A W1–0 Burden 14,132
Third round 10 January Crystal Palace (3S) A W1–0 Burden 22,084
Fourth round 24 January Blackpool (1) A L0–4 26,414

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1947–48 Welsh Cup
Round Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Attendance
Fifth round 14 January South Liverpool (CCL) A L1–2 Brown

Season statistics

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
Wales Tommy Astbury 37 11 33 11 3 1
Wales Tommy Best 32 10 30 10 1 1
England Joe Brown 16 2 13 1 2 1 1
England 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
Scotland Harry Colville 6 1 4 1 2
England Joe Davies 3 1 3 1
Bobby Hamilton 36 2 31 2 4 1
Roger Kirkpatrick 11 3 10 3 1
England Eric Lee 19 15 4
England Frank Marsh 32 2 31 2 1
Dave McNeil 43 39 4
Phil Turner 19 6 19 6
Trevor Walters 35 33 1 1
England Raymond Westwood 18 8 16 8 2
Freddie Wilcox 20 16 3 1
England George Williamson 27 3 23 3 4
Wales Dick Yates 13 3 12 1 1 2
Own goals 1 1
Total 47 70 42 64 4 5 1 1

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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