List of Chester City F.C. seasons

Chester City F.C. were a football club which existed from 1885 until 2010. From 1931 until 2000, and again from 2004 until 2009 they were members of the Football League, playing in the third or fourth tiers of English football. The club persistently had one of the poorest playing records of any Football League sides, and was re-elected to the League on no fewer than seven occasions. From the early 1980s onwards, the club was plagued with financial troubles, selling their Sealand Road ground in 1990 to clear debts. Following their second relegation from the Football League to the Football Conference in 2009, these troubles came to a head, and the club was wound up by HMRC in March 2010.

History

Key

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Year shown in bold if club season article is created.
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A (QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League														Cup competitions							Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average^[1] attendance	FA Cup^[2]		League Cup		Other competitions
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Average^[1] attendance	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Competition	Res	Rec
Club were founded in August 1885 as an amalgamation of Chester Rovers and Old King's Scholars.
1885–86																			Welsh Cup	R1^[3]	0–0–1
1886–87															R2^[a]	1–0–0			Welsh Cup	R2	1–1–1
1887–88															R1	0–0–1
1888–89															QR4	3–0–1
1889–90															R1	4–0–1
1890–91	The Combination		16	8	4	4	42	30	+12	20	3rd of 9				R2	4–0–1
1891–92			22	8	3	11	52	61	−9	19	8th of 12				QR2	1–0–1
1892–93			22	12	2	8	52	41	+11	26	3rd of 12				QR3	2–0–1
1893–94			18	6	6	6	24	26	−2	18	6th of 10				QR2	0–0–1
1894–95			20	12	2	6	53	35	−18	26	3rd of 11				QR1	0–0–1
1895–96			14	4	2	8	27	29	−2	10	5th of 8				QR2	1–0–1
1896–97			17	10	3	4	37	25	+12	23	3rd of 10				QR1	0–0–1
1897–98			24	7	5	12	39	50	−11	19	11th of 13				QR1	0–0–1
1898–99			28	13	5	10	60	57	+3	31	6th of 15				QR1	0–0–1
Left the Combination and did not participate in any competition until 1901.
1901–02	The Combination		26	6	7	13	46	67	−21	17^[b]	14th of 14				QR1	1–1–0
1902–03			26	9	8	9	48	49	−1	26	7th of 14				—				Welsh Cup	R3	0–0–1
1903–04			24	15	3	6	65	29	+36	33	2nd of 13				—				Welsh Cup	R3	0–0–1
1904–05			26	17	3	6	69	35	+34	37	2nd of 14				—				Welsh Cup	R3	0–0–1
1905–06			28	16	4	8	72	29	+43	36	2nd of 15				QR2	1–0–1
1906–07			26	19	3	4	75	27	+48	41	2nd of 14				—				Welsh Cup	SF	2–1–1
1907–08			26	21	2	3	87	29	+58	44	2nd of 14				QR1	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	W	4–1–0
1908–09			30	21	7	2	91	34	+57	49	1st of 16				QR3	2–0–1			Welsh Cup	F	3–0–1
1909–10			30	20	2	8	85	47	+38	42	3rd of 16				PR	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	F	2–1–1
Accepted to the Lancashire Combination.
1910–11	Lancashire Combination Division Two		38	26	4	8	104	51	+53	56	3rd of 20 Promoted				QR4	4–0–1			Welsh Cup	R3	0–1–1
1911–12	Lancashire Combination Division One		32	15	7	10	74	50	+24	37	6th of 17				QR4	3–0–1			Welsh Cup	R4	3–1–1
1912–13			34	12	13	9	89	64	+25	37	7th of 18				PR	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	SF	2–1–1
1913–14			34	9	10	15	59	62	−3	28	12th of 18				QR2	2–0–1			Welsh Cup	R3	0–0–1
1914–15			Club did not finish the season due to the World War I.												QR2	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	R4	1–1–1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20	Cheshire County League		22	9	4	9	55	55	0	22	6th of 12				PR	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	R4	0–0–1
1920–21			34	15	5	14	72	74	−2	35	10th of 18				—				Welsh Cup	PR2	3–1–1
1921–22			38	25	3	10	78	50	+28	53	1st of 20				QR4	5–2–1
1922–23			38	13	8	17	59	60	−1	34	15th of 20				PR	0–0–1
1923–24			42	11	15	16	59	66	−7	37	16th of 22				QR2	2–0–1
1924–25			42	14	7	21	59	103	−44	35	17th of 22				PR	0–0–1
1925–26			42	29	5	8	110	57	+53	63	1st of 22				QR3	3–3–1
1926–27			42	31	3	8	147	67	+80	65	1st of 22				PR	0–0–1
1927–28			42	23	6	13	120	73	+47	52	5th of 22				QR2	2–0–1
1928–29			38	19	5	14	99	75	+24	43	8th of 20				PR	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	R4	1–0–1
1929–30			42	18	5	19	120	109	+11	41	9th of 22				—				Welsh Cup	R4	1–2–1
1930–31			42	31	6	5	170	59	+111	68	2nd of 22				EPR	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	QF	3–2–1	Charlie Hewitt
The club elected to the Football League replacing Nelson.
1931–32	Football League Third Division North	3	40	21	8	11	78	60	+18	60	3rd of 21	Tom Jennings	30	7,952	R2	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	SF	2–1–1	Charlie Hewitt
1932–33			42	22	8	12	94	66	+28	52	4th of 22	Joe Mantle	34	8,136	R4	3–1–1			Welsh Cup	W	4–0–0
1933–34			42	17	6	19	89	86	+3	40	10th of 22	Joe Mantle	18	6,609	R2	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1
1934–35			42	20	14	8	91	58	+23	54	3rd of 22	John Wallbanks	24	6,967	R3	2–0–1			Welsh Cup	F	3–1–1
1935–36			42	22	11	9	100	45	+55	55	2nd of 22	Paddy Wrightson	27	6,654	R2	1–1–1			Welsh Cup	F	3–0–1
1936–37			42	22	9	11	87	57	+30	53	3rd of 22	Paddy Wrightson	32	7,828	R4	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1	Alex Raisbeck
1937–38			42	16	12	14	77	72	+5	44	9th of 22	Charlie Sargeant	16	5,417	R3	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	QF	1–1–0	Alex Raisbeck
1938–39			42	20	9	13	88	70	+18	49	6th of 22	Bill Pendergast	26	5,963	R4	3–3–1			Welsh Cup	SF	1–0–1	Frank Brown
1939–40			3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5	3rd of 22	Joe McGough	2	6,463					Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1
1939–40			Season abandoned.											6,463					Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46															R3	0–0–2						Frank Brown
1946–47	Football League Third Division North	3	42	25	6	11	95	51	+44	56	3rd of 22	Dick Yates	36	6,466	R4	1–1–1			Welsh Cup	W	4–1–0
1947–48			42	13	9	20	64	67	−3	35	20th of 22	Tommy Burden	12	7,847	R4	3–0–1			Welsh Cup	R5	0–0–1
1948–49			42	11	13	18	57	56	+1	35	18th of 22	Cam Burgess Albert Foulds	14	6,959	R2	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	R5	0–0–1
1949–50			42	17	6	19	70	79	−9	40	12th of 22	Cam Burgess	24	6,695	R2	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	SF	2–3–1
1950–51			46	17	9	20	62	64	−2	43	13th of 24	Cam Burgess	22	5,951	R1	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1
1951–52			46	15	9	22	72	85	−13	39	19th of 24	Roger Kirkpatrick	10	6,146	R3	2–1–1			Welsh Cup	QF	1–1–1
1952–53			46	11	15	20	64	85	−21	37	20th of 24	Don Travis	24	5,271	R1	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	F	4–0–1
1953–54			46	11	10	25	48	67	−19	32	24th of 24	Don Travis	12	5,503	R1	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	F	3–1–1	Louis Page
1954–55			46	12	9	25	44	77	−33	33	24th of 24	Ron Hughes	9	5,390	R1	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	F	3–2–1
1955–56			46	13	14	19	52	82	−30	40	17th of 24	George Allman	12	6,640	R1	0–0–1			Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1
1956–57			46	10	13	23	55	84	−29	33	21st of 24	Billy Foulkes	11	6,472	R1	0–1–1			Welsh Cup	SF	2–0–1	John Harris
1957–58			46	13	13	20	73	81	−8	39	21st of 24	Barry Jepson	23	6,740	R2	1–1–1			Welsh Cup	F	3–2–1	John Harris
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club did not qualify to join Third Division.
1958–59	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	16	12	18	72	84	−12	44	13th of 24	Norman Bullock	12	6,953	R2	1–1–1			Welsh Cup	R6	0–0–1	John Harris
1959–60			46	14	12	20	59	77	−18	40	20th of 24	Walter Kelly	12	5,421	R2	1–0–1			Welsh Cup	R5	0–0–1	Stan Pearson
1960–61			46	11	9	26	61	104	−43	31	24th of 24	Ron Davies	23	4,892	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–1–1	Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1	Stan Pearson
1961–62			44	7	12	25	54	96	−44	26	23rd of 23	Ron Davies	14	5,578	R1	1–0–1	R1	0–0–1	Welsh Cup	R4	0–0–1	Stan Pearson Bill Lambton
1962–63			46	15	9	22	51	66	−15	39	21st of 24	Peter Fitzgerald	8	5,542	R1	0–0–1	R3	2–1–1	Welsh Cup	R5	0–0–1	Bill Lambton
1963–64			46	19	8	19	65	60	+5	46	12th of 24	Gary Talbot	23	6,182	R2	1–0–1	R1	0–1–1	Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1	Peter Hauser
1964–65			46	25	6	15	119	81	+38	56	8th of 24	Gary Talbot	28	7,659	R3	2–0–1	R3	2–0–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–3–1
1965–66			46	20	12	14	79	70	+9	52	7th of 24	Elfed Morris	24	8,504	R3	2–0–1	R1	0–0–1	Welsh Cup	F	4–1–2
1966–67			46	15	10	21	54	78	−24	40	19th of 24	Les Jones	13	5,156	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–0–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–1–1
1967–68			46	9	14	23	57	78	−21	32	22nd of 24	Eddie Loyden	22	4,415	R2	1–0–1	R1	0–0–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–0–1	Peter Hauser Ken Roberts
1968–69			46	16	13	17	76	66	+10	45	14th of 24	Gary Talbot	22	5,883	R2	1–1–1	R1	0–3–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–0–1	Ken Roberts
1969–70			46	21	6	19	58	66	−8	45	11th of 24	Derek Draper	12	4,444	R4	3–2–1	R1	0–0–1	Welsh Cup	F	3–1–2
1970–71			46	24	7	15	69	55	+14	55	5th of 24	Alan Tarbuck	18	5,081	R3	2–1–1	R2	1–1–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–2–1
1971–72			46	10	18	18	47	56	−9	38	20th of 24	Eddie Loyden	11	3,001	R1	0–1–1	R1	0–1–1	Welsh Cup	QF	1–1–1
1972–73			46	14	15	17	61	52	+9	43	15th of 24	Derek Draper	13	2,796	R1	0–1–1	R2	1–2–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–1–1
1973–74			46	17	15	14	54	55	−1	49	7th of 24	John James	21	2,538	R3	2–0–1	R1	0–0–1	Welsh Cup	QF	1–0–1
1974–75			46	23	11	12	64	38	+26	57	4th of 24 Promoted	Terry Owen	14	4,742	R1	0–0–1	SF	5–2–1	Welsh Cup	R4	0–0–1
1975–76	Football League Third Division	3	46	15	12	19	43	62	−19	42	17th of 24	Terry Owen	11	4,902	R2	1–1–1	R1	0–1–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–2–1
1976–77			46	18	8	20	48	58	−10	44	13th of 24	Paul Crossley	14	4,408	R5	4–0–1	R2	1–0–2	Welsh Cup	R4	0–1–1	Ken Roberts Alan Oakes
1977–78			46	16	22	8	59	56	+3	54	5th of 24	Paul Crossley	9	3,959	R2	1–0–1	R1	1–0–1	Welsh Cup	R4	0–0–1	Alan Oakes
1978–79			46	14	16	16	57	61	−4	44	16th of 24	Ian Edwards	20	3,850	R2	1–1–1	R3	2–1–1	Welsh Cup	SF	2–1–1
1979–80			46	17	13	16	49	57	−8	47	9th of 24	Ian Rush	14	3,726	R5	4–0–1	R2	1–2–1	Welsh Cup	QF	1–1–1
1980–81			46	15	11	20	38	48	−10	41	18th of 24	Steve Ludlam Trevor Phillips	7	2,892	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–1–1
1981–82			46	7	11	28	36	78	−42	32	24th of 24 Relegated	Gary Simpson	12	2,062	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–1–1				Alan Oakes Cliff Sear
1982–83	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	15	11	20	55	60	−5	56	13th of 24	John Thomas	20	2,071	R1	0–1–1	R1	0–0–2				Cliff Sear John Sainty
Changed name to Chester City F.C. from original Chester F.C.
1983–84	Football League Fourth Division	4	46	7	13	26	45	82	−37	34	24th of 24	Peter Zelem Andy Holden	7	1,764	R1	0–0–1	R2	2–0–2	FL Trophy	R2	1–0–1	John Sainty Trevor Storton John McGrath
1984–85			46	15	9	22	60	72	−12	54	16th of 24	Stuart Rimmer	14	1,940	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–0–2	FL Trophy	R1	0–1–1	John McGrath Mick Speight
1985–86			46	24	15	9	83	50	+33	84	2nd of 24 Promoted	Stuart Rimmer	16	2,956	R1	0–0–1	R2	1–1–2	FL Trophy	G	0–0–2	Harry McNally
1986–87	Football League Third Division	3	46	13	17	16	61	59	+2	56	15th of 24	Stuart Rimmer Gary Bennett	13	2,732	R4	3–3–1	R1	1–0–1	FL Trophy	AF	4–2–1
1987–88			46	14	16	16	51	62	−11	58	15th of 24	Stuart Rimmer	24	2,664	R1	0–0–1	R1	1–0–1	FL Trophy	R1	1–0–2
1988–89			46	19	11	16	64	61	+3	68	8th of 24	Carl Dale	22	3,056	R2	1–0–1	R2	1–0–3	FL Trophy	G	0–1–1
1989–90			46	13	15	18	43	55	−12	54	16th of 24	Carl Dale	8	2,560	R2	1–1–1	R1	0–0–2	FL Trophy	AQF	2–2–2
1990–91			46	14	9	23	46	58	−12	51	19th of 24	Carl Dale	10	1,564	R3	2–2–1	R2	1–0–3	FL Trophy	G	1–0–1
1991–92			46	14	14	18	56	59	−3	56	18th of 24	Stuart Rimmer	13	1,857	R2	1–0–1	R2	1–0–3	FL Trophy	R1	1–0–2
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Football League Second Division	3	46	8	5	33	49	102	−53	29	24th of 24 Relegated	Stuart Rimmer	20	2,992	R1	0–1–1	R1	0–1–1	FL Trophy	G	0–0–2	Harry McNally Graham Barrow
1993–94	Football League Third Division	4	42	21	11	10	69	46	+23	74	2nd of 24 Promoted	David Pugh	12	3,191	R3	2–1–1	R1	0–1–1	FL Trophy	AQF	2–1–1	Graham Barrow
1994–95	Football League Second Division	3	46	6	11	29	37	84	−47	29	23rd of 24 Relegated	Andy Milner	8	2,388	R2	1–0–1	R1	0–0–2	FL Trophy	R2	1–1–1	Mike Pejic Derek Mann
1995–96	Football League Third Division	4	46	18	16	12	72	53	+19	70	8th of 24	Stuart Rimmer Chris Priest	13	2,674	R1	0–0–1	R2	2–0–2	FL Trophy	G	0–1–1	Kevin Ratcliffe
1996–97			46	18	16	12	55	43	+12	70	6th of 24	Andy Milner	12	2,263	R3	2–0–1	R1	0–0–2	FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1
1996–97			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*									Andy Milner	12	2,263	R3	2–0–1	R1	0–0–2	FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1
1997–98			46	17	10	19	60	61	−1	61	14th of 24	Gary Bennett	11	2,255	R2	1–0–1	R1	0–0–2	FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1
1998–99			46	13	18	15	57	66	−9	57	14th of 24	John Murphy	12	2,562	R1	0–0–1	R2	1–1–2	FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1
1999–2000			46	10	9	27	44	79	−35	39	24th of 24 Relegated	Luke Beckett	14	2,686	R3	2–1–1	R2	1–1–2	FL Trophy	R2	0–0–1	Kevin Ratcliffe Terry Smith Ian Atkins
2000–01	Football Conference	5	42	16	14	12	49	43	+6	62	8th of 24	Mark Beesley	11	1,903	R3	3–1–1	—		FL Trophy	R2	1–0–1	Graham Barrow
2000–01			42	16	14	12	49	43	+6	62	8th of 24	Mark Beesley	11	1,903	R3	3–1–1	—		FA Trophy	SF	4–0–2	Graham Barrow
2001–02			42	15	9	18	54	51	+3	54	14th of 24	Mark Beesley	16	1,274	QR4	0–0–1	—		FA Trophy	QF	3–2–1	Gordon Hill Steve Mungall Mark Wright
2002–03			42	21	12	9	59	31	+28	75	4th of 24	Daryl Clare	17	2,406	R2	2–0–1	—		FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1	Mark Wright
2002–03			Lost in the play-off* semi-final.*									Daryl Clare	17	2,406	R2	2–0–1	—		FA Trophy	R3	0–0–1
2003–04			42	27	11	4	85	34	+51	92	1st of 24 Promoted	Daryl Clare	29	3,065	R1	1–0–1	—		FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1
2003–04			42	27	11	4	85	34	+51	92	1st of 24 Promoted	Daryl Clare	29	3,065	R1	1–0–1	—		FA Trophy	R3	0–0–1
2004–05	Football League Two	4	46	12	16	18	43	69	−26	52	20th of 24	Michael Branch	11	2,812	R3	2–0–1	R1	0–0–1	FL Trophy	AQF	2–0–1	Ian Rush
2005–06			46	14	12	20	53	59	−6	54	15th of 24	Ryan Lowe	10	2,964	R3	2–1–1	R1	0–0–1	FL Trophy	R1	0–0–1	Keith Curle Mark Wright
2006–07			46	13	14	19	40	48	−8	53	18th of 24	Jonathan Walters	9	2,473	R3	1–2–2	R1	0–0–1	FL Trophy	AQF	1–1–0	Mark Wright
2007–08			46	12	11	23	51	68	−17	47	22nd of 24	Kevin Ellison	11	2,479	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–1–0	FL Trophy	R2	0–1–1	Bobby Williamson Simon Davies
2008–09			46	8	13	25	43	81	−38	37	23rd of 24 Relegated	Ryan Lowe	16	1,972	R1	0–0–1	R1	0–0–1	FL Trophy	R2	0–1–0	Simon Davies Mark Wright
2009–10	Conference National	5	28	5	7	16	23	42	−19	−3^[c]	—	Nick Chadwick	7	1,161	QR4	0–1–1	—		FA Trophy	R	0–0–1	Mick Wadsworth Jim Harvey
2009–10	Conference National	5	did not finish the season.									Nick Chadwick	7	1,161	QR4	0–1–1	—		FA Trophy	R	0–0–1	Mick Wadsworth Jim Harvey
Club was expelled from the Football Conference, record was expunged. Subsequently Chester City wound up. New club Chester was formed and joined Northern Premier League Division One North for the next season.

Notes

^ Disqualified for playing four unregistered players.
^ 2 points deducted for fielding ineligible player.
^ Club was docked 25 points for entering administration and financial insolvency.

References

^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Welsh Cup archive". WFDA. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links

Unofficial website

[4] Disqualified for playing four unregistered players.

[5] 2 points deducted for fielding ineligible player.

[6] Club was docked 25 points for entering administration and financial insolvency.

[1] "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[2] "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[3] "Welsh Cup archive". WFDA. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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