List of Chester F.C. seasons

Chester Football Club is an association football club based in Chester. They are currently members of the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and play at the Deva Stadium.[1]

The club was founded in 2010 following the liquidation of Chester City.[2] In its inaugural season it competed in Division One North of the Northern Premier League, following a successful appeal to the Football Association against its initial placement in the North West Counties League. After winning this division, it then won the Northern League Premier Division in 2011–12 and the Conference North in 2012–13. Chester returned to the National League North following relegation in 2017–18.

Seasons

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Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[3]
attendance
FA Cup[4] FA Trophy Other competitions
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Competition Res Rec
Club formed after Chester City was expelled from the Football Conference and subsequently wound up in March 2010.
2010–11 Northern Premier League
Division One North
8 44 29 10 5 107 36 +71 97 1st of 23
Promoted
Michael Wilde 36 2,382 [a] [b] Cheshire Cup
League Cup
Presidents Cup
R2
R2
SF
0–0–1
1–0–1
4–0–1
Neil Young
2011–12 Northern Premier League
Premier Division
7 42 31 7 4 102 29 +73 100 1st of 22
Promoted
Chris Simm 15 2,789 [c] R2 3–0–1 Cheshire Cup
League Cup
R2
R3
0–0–1
0–0–1
2012–13 Conference North 6 42 34 5 3 103 32 +69 107 1st of 22
Promoted
Nathan Jarman 14 2,582 QR3 1–2–1 QR3 0–1–1 Cheshire Cup W 5–0–0
2013–14 Conference Premier 5 46 12 15 19 49 70 -21 51 21st of 24
Reprieved
Gareth Seddon 7 2,366 QR4 0–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Cheshire Cup R2 1–0–1 Neil Young
Steve Burr
2014–15 46 19 6 21 64 76 -12 63 12th of 24 John Rooney 11 2,189 R2 2–1–1 R1 0–2–0 Cheshire Cup R1 0–0–1 Steve Burr
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16 National
League
5 46 14 12 20 67 71 -4 54 17th of 24 Ross Hannah 23 2,199 QR4 0–0–1 R3 2–0–1 Cheshire Cup SF 3–0–1 Steve Burr
Jon McCarthy
2016–17 46 14 10 22 63 71 -8 52 19th of 24 James Alabi 17 2,031 QR4 0–0–1 R2 1–0–1 Cheshire Cup R1 0–1–0 Jon McCarthy
2017–18 46 8 13 25 42 79 -37 37 23rd of 24
Relegated
James Akintunde
Ross Hannah
8 1,827 QR4 0–0–1 R2 0–1–1 Cheshire Cup PR 0–1–0 Jon McCarthy
Marcus Bignot
Calum McIntyre
2018–19 National
League
North
6 42 16 14 12 60 62 -2 62 9th of 22 Anthony Dudley 11 1,839 QR3 1–0–1 QR3 0–1–1 Cheshire Cup QF 2–0–1 Anthony Johnson
&
Bernard Morley
2019–20 32 15 9 8 58 38 +20 54 6th of 22 Akwasi Asante 18 2,019 QR2 0–1–1 R2 2–1–1 Cheshire Cup QF[d] 3–0–0
The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game
Lost in the play-off quarter-final.
2020–21 17 8 4 5 32 24 +8 28 3rd of 22 Danny Elliott 7 403[e] QR4 1–1–1 R3 1–0–1
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 42 12 11 19 70 71 -1 47 16th of 22 Marcus Dackers
Declan Weeks
9 1,620 QR3 1–2–1 R2 0–0–1 Cheshire Cup R1 0–0–1 Anthony Johnson & Bernard Morley
Steve Watson
2022–23 46 22 18 6 72 41 +31 84 3rd of 24 Kurt Willoughby 20 2,231 QR4 2–3–0 R3 1–1–0 Cheshire Cup R1 0–1–0 Calum McIntyre
Lost in the play-off semi-final.
2023–24 46 18 15 13 58 37 +21 69 10th of 24 George Glendon 12 2,198 R1 3–1–1 R2 0–1–0 Cheshire Cup R1 0–0–1
2024–25 0–0–0 0–0–0 Cheshire Cup 0–0–0

Notes

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  1. ^ Ineligible for competition as a new club.
  2. ^ Ineligible for competition as a new club.
  3. ^ Ineligible for competition as a new club.
  4. ^ Due to COVID-19 semifinals were never played.
  5. ^ Most of the games were played behind the closed doors.

References

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  1. ^ "The Swansway Chester Stadium". Chester F.C. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ^ Gibson, Owen (6 May 2010). "Chester FC on the rise". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  3. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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