1960–61 Chester F.C. season

The 1960–61 season was the 23rd season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Chester

1960–61 season
Manager	Stan Pearson
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League Fourth Division	24th
FA Cup	First round
Football League Cup	First round
Welsh Cup	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Davies (23) All: Ron Davies (24)
Highest home attendance	9,750 vs Wrexham (1 October)
Lowest home attendance	2,466 vs Doncaster Rovers (22 April)
Average home league attendance	4,892 16th in division

Also, it was the third season spent in the Fourth Division after its creation. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.

Football League

Main article: 1960–61 Football League § Fourth Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Mansfield Town	46	16	6	24	71	78	0.910	38
21	Exeter City	46	14	10	22	66	94	0.702	38	Re-elected
22	Barrow	46	13	11	22	52	79	0.658	37
23	Hartlepools United	46	12	8	26	71	103	0.689	32
24	Chester	46	11	9	26	61	104	0.587	31

Source: rsssf.com

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	11	9	26	61	104	0.587	31	9	7	7	38	35	25	2	2	19	23	69	6

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	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D
Position	13	16	20	14	19	21	23	20	18	18	21	19	19	23	22	21	22	20	21	20	22	23	23	22	23	23	21	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
20 August	Gillingham	H	D	2–2	Davies, Kelly	7,097
22 August	Bradford Park Avenue	A	L	0–1		8,244
27 August	Barrow	A	L	0–3		4,884
31 August	Bradford Park Avenue	H	W	3–1	Kelly (2), Cooper	5,246
3 September	Millwall	H	L	1–4	Croft	5,922
7 September	Aldershot	A	L	2–3	Kelly (2)	7,830
10 September	Accrington Stanley	A	L	0–2		3,597
14 September	Aldershot	H	W	2–0	Anderson, Davies	3,808
17 September	York City	H	W	2–1	Anderson, Davies	5,597
19 September	Northampton Town	A	L	2–3	Davies (2)	9,320
24 September	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	2–5	Hughes (pen.), Davies	7,367
1 October	Wrexham	H	W	1–0	Kelly	9,750
5 October	Workington	A	L	0–1		2,684
8 October	Rochdale	A	L	0–2		3,826
15 October	Mansfield Town	H	D	3–3	Davies (2), Pritchard	5,553
22 October	Stockport County	A	D	1–1	Barrett	6,770
29 October	Exeter City	H	D	4–4	Cooper, Barrett, Davies (2)	5,173
12 November	Southport	H	W	1–0	Hughes (pen.)	4,332
19 November	Darlington	A	L	1–5	Cooper	5,521
26 November	Workington	H	D	2–2	Cooper, Davies	3,551
3 December	Doncaster Rovers	A	L	1–2	Davies	2,584
10 December	Hartlepools United	H	L	1–2	Davies	2,644
17 December	Gillingham	A	L	0–3		4,902
26 December	Oldham Athletic	H	W	3–1	Kelly, Clempson (2)	6,035
27 December	Oldham Athletic	A	L	1–4	Kelly	19,315
31 December	Barrow	H	D	0–0		3,557
7 January	Crystal Palace	H	W	3–0	Davies, Clempson, Cooper	4,243
14 January	Millwall	A	L	1–5	Kelly	7,947
21 January	Accrington Stanley	H	L	2–3	Davies, Cooper	3,878
28 January	Crystal Palace	A	L	1–5	Davies	14,150
4 February	York City	A	L	0–2		4,867
11 February	Crewe Alexandra	H	D	0–0		7,521
18 February	Wrexham	A	W	2–1	Davies (2)	9,653
25 February	Rochdale	H	W	3–1	Clempson, Hughes (pen.), Cooper	3,877
4 March	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–3	Davies	4,563
8 March	Northampton Town	H	L	0–2		5,455
11 March	Stockport County	H	D	0–0		3,942
13 March	Peterborough United	A	L	0–8		13,180
18 March	Exeter City	A	L	1–4	Edwards	3,642
25 March	Peterborough United	H	L	1–2	Davies	5,473
31 March	Carlisle United	A	L	1–3	Croft	4,381
1 April	Southport	A	W	2–1	Kelly, Pritchard	3,295
3 April	Carlisle United	H	W	3–2	Pritchard, Kelly (2)	3,908
8 April	Darlington	H	L	0–3		3,515
22 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	1–2	Davies	2,466
29 April	Hartlepools United	A	D	4–4	Hughes, Davies (2), Cooper	4,381

FA Cup

Main article: 1960–61 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	5 November	Carlisle United (4)	H	L	0–1		5,899

League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	12 October	Leyton Orient (2)	H	D	2–2	Davies, Cooper	9,074
First round replay	17 October		A	L	0–1		5,002

Welsh Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Fifth round	1 February	Porthmadog (Welsh League (North))	H	W	2–1	Kelly, Clempson	1,709
Quarterfinal	22 February	Bangor City (CCL)	A	L	1–3	Hughes (pen.)	2,500

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		Welsh Cup
		A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Willie Brown	45	–	41	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
	Derek Owen	6	–	5	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Field players
	Jimmy Anderson	20	2	17	2	–	–	1	–	2	–
	Tom Barrett	44	2	39	2	1	–	2	–	2	–
	Jack Capper	30	–	26	–	1	–	2	–	1	–
	Frank Clempson	29	5	25	4	1	–	1	–	2	1
	Jim Cooper	43	9	40	8	1	–	2	1	–	–
	Alec Croft	39	2	36	2	–	–	2	–	1	–
	Ron Davies	44	24	39	23	1	–	2	1	2	–
	Malcolm Edwards	14	1	14	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Tony Field	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Billy Foulkes	28	–	25	–	1	–	–	–	2	–
	Ray Gill	21	–	20	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Derek Hennin	14	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Ron Hughes	49	5	44	4	1	–	2	–	2	1
	Bobby Hunt	11	–	7	–	1	–	2	–	1	–
	Jerry Ireland	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Harvey Jones	19	–	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Walter Kelly	26	13	24	12	1	–	–	–	1	1
	Eric Morris	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Pimlott	10	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Alan Pritchard	12	3	11	3	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Eric Raybould	8	–	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Gordon Richards	5	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	George Spruce	9	–	7	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
	Les Stopford	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Walton	28	–	24	–	–	–	2	–	2	–
	Total	51	66	46	61	1	–	2	2	2	3

References

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