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]
← 1946–47 1948–49 →

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
1	Lincoln City	42	26	8	8	81	40	2.025	+39	60
2	Rotherham United	42	25	9	8	95	49	1.939	+46	59
3	Wrexham	42	21	8	13	74	54	1.370	+20	50
4	Gateshead	42	19	11	12	75	57	1.316	+18	49
5	Hull City	42	18	11	13	59	48	1.229	+11	47
6	Accrington Stanley	42	20	6	16	62	59	1.051	+3	46
7	Barrow	42	16	13	13	49	40	1.225	+9	45
8	Mansfield Town	42	17	11	14	57	51	1.118	+6	45
9	Carlisle United	42	18	7	17	88	77	1.143	+11	43
10	Crewe Alexandra	42	18	7	17	61	63	0.968	–2	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	14	13	15	63	64	0.984	–1	41
12	Rochdale	42	15	11	16	48	72	0.667	–24	41
13	York City	42	13	14	15	65	60	1.083	+5	40
14	Bradford City	42	15	10	17	65	66	0.985	–1	40
15	Southport	42	14	11	17	60	63	0.952	–3	39
16	Darlington	42	13	13	16	54	70	0.771	–16	39
17	Stockport County	42	13	12	17	63	67	0.940	–4	38
18	Tranmere Rovers	42	16	4	22	54	72	0.750	–18	36
19	Hartlepools United	42	14	8	20	51	73	0.699	–22	36
20	Chester	42	13	9	20	64	67	0.955	–3	35
21	Halifax Town	42	7	13	22	43	76	0.566	–33	27
22	New Brighton	42	8	9	25	38	81	0.469	–43	25

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

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

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
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	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

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

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

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