# 1951–52 Chester F.C. season

The 1951–52 season was the 14th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
It was the club's 14th consecutive season in the Third Division North since the election to the Football League. Alongside competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the Welsh Cup.

## Football League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 17 | Southport | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 53 | 71 | 0.746 | 41 |
| 18 | Wrexham | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 63 | 73 | 0.863 | 39 |
| 19 | Chester | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 85 | 0.847 | 39 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 61 | 97 | 0.629 | 35 |
| 21 | Rochdale | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 47 | 79 | 0.595 | 35 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 72 | 85 | 0.847 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 55 | 9 |
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 | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 18 August | Wrexham | H | W | 2–1 | Gill, Burgess | 14,244 |
| 22 August | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | H | W | 3–1 | Burgess (2), Hilton | 7,045 |
| 25 August | York City | A | L | 2–4 | Hilton, Simpson (o.g.) | 8,095 |
| 30 August | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | A | D | 2–2 | Fletcher, Davies | 6,042 |
| 1 September | Bradford City | H | W | 1–0 | Burgess | 7,528 |
| 5 September | Tranmere Rovers | H | W | 4–1 | Foulkes (3), Fletcher | 8,052 |
| 8 September | Hartlepools United | A | L | 1–2 | Foulkes | 11,053 |
| 11 September | Tranmere Rovers | A | L | 1–3 | Hilton | 11,344 |
| 15 September | Oldham Athletic | H | L | 1–2 | Fletcher | 10,234 |
| 22 September | Darlington | A | D | 1–1 | Fletcher | 5,306 |
| 26 September | Wrexham | A | L | 2–3 | Fletcher, Kirkpatrick | 12,213 |
| 29 September | Gateshead | H | L | 0–3 | | 8,072 |
| 6 October | Bradford Park Avenue | A | L | 0–3 | | 11,795 |
| 13 October | Halifax Town | H | W | 5–1 | Kirkpatrick (2), Morement (2), Jones | 4,569 |
| 20 October | Mansfield Town | A | L | 1–3 | Windle | 9,550 |
| 27 October | Rochdale | H | W | 4–0 | Astbury, Fletcher, Kirkpatrick (2) | 4,628 |
| 3 November | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 2–4 | Coffin, Jones | 5,712 |
| 10 November | Carlisle United | H | W | 4–2 | Fletcher, Coffin, Jones, Twentyman (o.g.) | 6,082 |
| 17 November | Stockport County | A | D | 0–0 | | 11,822 |
| 1 December | Barrow | A | L | 0–1 | | 6,143 |
| 8 December | Grimsby Town | H | L | 0–3 | | 4,955 |
| 22 December | York City | H | L | 0–1 | | 2,998 |
| 25 December | Chesterfield | A | L | 0–2 | | 10,032 |
| 26 December | Chesterfield | H | W | 3–0 | Coffin (2), Fletcher (pen.) | 7,262 |
| 29 December | Bradford City | A | L | 0–1 | | 10,992 |
| 5 January | Hartlepools United | H | D | 3–3 | Greenwood, Fletcher (pen.), Windle | 4,902 |
| 19 January | Oldham Athletic | A | L | 2–11 | Morement (pen.), Jones | 13,458 |
| 23 January | Lincoln City | A | L | 1–4 | Greenwood | 7,682 |
| 2 February | Lincoln City | H | L | 0–1 | | 5,537 |
| 9 February | Gateshead | A | L | 0–1 | | 5,416 |
| 16 February | Bradford Park Avenue | H | W | 4–2 | Kirkpatrick (2), Travis, Windle | 5,691 |
| 23 February | Southport | H | W | 2–1 | Travis (2) | 6,600 |
| 1 March | Halifax Town | A | L | 1–4 | Windle | 6,922 |
| 8 March | Mansfield Town | H | L | 1–5 | Travis | 5,133 |
| 15 March | Rochdale | A | W | 5–0 | Travis (2), Nelson Stiffle, Astbury, Kirkpatrick | 4,561 |
| 22 March | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 3–1 | Stiffle, Windle, Travis | 4,533 |
| 29 March | Carlisle United | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,351 |
| 2 April | Darlington | H | W | 2–0 | Greenwood, Travis | 2,590 |
| 4 April | Stockport County | H | D | 0–0 | | 5,606 |
| 11 April | Crewe Alexandra | A | W | 2–1 | Richardson, Kirkpatrick | 8,886 |
| 12 April | Workington | A | D | 2–2 | Coffin, Astbury | 5,584 |
| 14 April | Crewe Alexandra | H | W | 2–0 | Spink, Kirkpatrick | 7,013 |
| 19 April | Barrow | H | D | 0–0 | | 4,767 |
| 23 April | Workington | H | D | 2–2 | Richardson, Windle | 3,317 |
| 26 April | Grimsby Town | A | L | 1–2 | Travis | 12,434 |
| 3 May | Southport | A | L | 0–1 | | 2,316 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 24 November | Accrington Stanley (3N) | A | W | 2–1 | Fletcher, Kirkpatrick | 8,312 |
| Second round | 15 December | Leyton Orient (3S) | H | W | 5–2 | Astbury, Jones, Morement | 6,453 |
| Third round | 12 January | Chelsea (1) | A | D | 2–2 | Coffin, Greenwood | 42,954 |
| Third round replay | 16 January | Chelsea (1) | H | L | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Willense (o.g.), Coffin | 20,378 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 2 January | Bangor City (CCL) | H | W | 3–1 | Fletcher (2), R. Evans (o.g.) | 1,500 |
| Quarterfinal | 6 February | Wrexham (3N) | A | D | 0–0 | | 7,434 |
| Quarterfinal replay | 20 February | Wrexham (3N) | A | W | 0–2 | | 4,178 |

## Season statistics

| Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Welsh Cup | Welsh Cup |
| Nat | Player | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| | Bernard Port | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Harry Threadgold | 47 | – | 40 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – |
| Field players ||||||||||
| | Tommy Astbury | 47 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Cam Burgess | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| | Geoff Coffin | 28 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| | Joe Davies | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Joe Feeney | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | James Fletcher | 28 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | Billy Foulkes | 13 | 4 | 13 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| | Ray Gill | 47 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – |
| | Peter Greenwood | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – |
| | Joe Hilton | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Ron Hughes | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Bill Jones | 34 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – |
| | Roger Kirkpatrick | 28 | 11 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| | Eric Lee | 40 | – | 33 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – |
| | John Molyneux | 43 | – | 36 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – |
| | Ralph Morement | 51 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – |
| | Sam Morris | 18 | – | 13 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – |
| | Fred Richardson | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| | Gerry Smyth | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Tony Spink | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Nelson Stiffle | 10 | 2 | 7 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – |
| | Don Travis | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| | Phil Whitlock | 16 | – | 13 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Bobby Williams | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Billy Windle | 41 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 4 | – | 3 | – |
| | John Yates | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Own goals | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 |
| | Total | 53 | 86 | 46 | 72 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 |