# 1967–68 Chester F.C. season

The 1967–68 season was the 30th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Also, it was the tenth 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 20 | Exeter City | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 45 | 65 | 0.692 | 38 | |
| 21 | York City | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 65 | 68 | 0.956 | 36 | Re-elected |
| 22 | Chester | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 57 | 78 | 0.731 | 32 | Re-elected |
| 23 | Workington | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 54 | 87 | 0.621 | 31 | Re-elected |
| 24 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 82 | 0.366 | 23 | Re-elected |

### 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 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 57 | 78 | 0.731 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 40 | 14 |
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 | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 19 August | Notts County | A | W | 2–1 | Loyden (2, 1pen.) | 6,599 |
| 26 August | Port Vale | H | D | 1–1 | Loyden (pen.) | 7,932 |
| 2 September | Wrexham | A | L | 0–2 | | 11,740 |
| 6 September | Crewe Alexandra | H | L | 0–4 | | 7,087 |
| 9 September | Chesterfield | A | L | 1–3 | L. Jones | 8,618 |
| 16 September | Exeter City | H | W | 3–1 | Morris, Loyden (2, 1pen.) | 4,045 |
| 23 September | Darlington | A | W | 2–0 | Morris, Loyden | 4,877 |
| 27 September | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 0–2 | | 8,846 |
| 30 September | Aldershot | H | L | 2–5 | Loyden, Morris | 5,380 |
| 7 October | Luton Town | H | L | 1–3 | L. Jones | 3,967 |
| 14 October | Doncaster Rovers | A | D | 0–0 | | 6,002 |
| 21 October | Bradford Park Avenue | H | D | 0–0 | | 3,717 |
| 25 October | Halifax Town | H | W | 3–2 | Metcalf, Hancox, Morris | 3,419 |
| 28 October | Brentford | A | L | 1–3 | Hancox | 6,285 |
| 31 October | Halifax Town | A | D | 2–2 | Morris (2) | 4,105 |
| 4 November | Rochdale | H | L | 0–1 | | 4,068 |
| 11 November | York City | A | L | 1–4 | Metcalf | 5,226 |
| 15 November | Wrexham | H | D | 1–1 | Metcalf | 10,733 |
| 18 November | Newport County | H | W | 2–1 | Moir, Hancox | 3,704 |
| 24 November | Hartlepools United | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,638 |
| 2 December | Swansea Town | H | L | 2–3 | Hughes, Ashworth | 4,028 |
| 16 December | Notts County | H | L | 1–3 | Hancox | 3,576 |
| 23 December | Port Vale | A | D | 4–4 | Hughes, Loyden (2), L. Jones | 3,740 |
| 26 December | Lincoln City | A | L | 0–3 | | 8,740 |
| 30 December | Lincoln City | H | W | 6–0 | Loyden (4), Moir (2) | 2,876 |
| 20 January | Exeter City | A | L | 0–1 | | 4,336 |
| 27 January | Southend United | H | D | 0–0 | | 4,623 |
| 3 February | Darlington | H | L | 0–1 | | 3,353 |
| 10 February | Aldershot | A | L | 1–2 | Morris | 4,821 |
| 17 February | Workington | H | L | 1–2 | Metcalf | 3,026 |
| 24 February | Newport County | A | D | 1–1 | | 4,369 |
| 2 March | Doncaster Rovers | H | L | 2–3 | Loyden, Metcalf | 2,484 |
| 8 March | Southend United | A | L | 1–5 | Metcalf | 9,437 |
| 16 March | Bradford Park Avenue | A | W | 2–0 | Loyden, Metcalf | 3,050 |
| 23 March | Brentford | H | W | 3–0 | Ashworth, Haddock, Loyden | 2,861 |
| 30 March | Rochdale | A | D | 1–1 | Loyden | 2,212 |
| 3 April | Chesterfield | H | W | 3–0 | Metcalf, Loyden, L. Jones | 3,103 |
| 6 April | York City | H | D | 1–1 | L. Jones | 4,170 |
| 13 April | Luton Town | A | D | 0–0 | | 13,266 |
| 15 April | Bradford City | A | D | 2–2 | Loyden (2) | 6,443 |
| 16 April | Bradford City | H | L | 2–3 | Loyden, L. Jones | 5,003 |
| 20 April | Hartlepools United | H | L | 0–2 | | 3,990 |
| 23 April | Barnsley | A | L | 1–2 | Murphy (o.g.) | 14,596 |
| 27 April | Swansea Town | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,617 |
| 4 May | Barnsley | H | D | 1–1 | Loyden | 4,402 |
| 11 May | Workington | A | L | 0–1 | | 1,008 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 9 December | Port Vale (4) | A | W | 2–1 | Metcalf, Hancox | 4,171 |
| Second round | 6 January | Chesterfield (4) | H | L | 0–1 | | 11,320 |

## League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 22 August | Port Vale (4) | A | L | 0–3 | | 5,006 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 17 January | Bangor City (CCL) | H | W | 2–1 | Hughes, Loyden | 3,363 |
| Quarterfinal | 14 February | Brymbo Steelworks (Wrexham & District League) | A | W | 8–0 | Bennett (2), Ashworth, Metcalf, Hancox, Loyden, L. Jones (2) | 3,000 |
| Semifinal | 27 March | Cardiff City (2) | H | L | 0–3 | | 5,844 |

## Season statistics

| Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Welsh Cup | Welsh Cup |
| Nat | Player | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G | A | G |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| | Terry Carling | 48 | – | 43 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | Simon Jones | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Field players ||||||||||||
| | Barry Ashworth | 45+1 | 3 | 40+1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 |
| | John Bennett | 29+3 | 2 | 25+2 | – | 1+1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 |
| | John Butler | 11 | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | George Evans | 29+2 | – | 26+2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| | Andy Haddock | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | David Hancox | 21+2 | 6 | 17+2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| | Alan Hughes | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Les Jones | 39+2 | 8 | 36+2 | 6 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 |
| | Ray Jones | 39 | – | 33 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | Eddie Loyden | 43 | 24 | 37 | 22 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 |
| | Tony McLoughlin | 2+2 | – | 2+2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Gerry Mannion | 7 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Mike Metcalf | 48 | 10 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 |
| | Ian Moir | 28 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Elfed Morris | 20+3 | 8 | 19+3 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Eddie Rampling | 2+1 | – | 2+1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Albert Robinson | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Hugh Ryden | 15 | – | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | John Sealey | 0+2 | – | 0+1 | – | – | – | – | – | 0+1 | – |
| | Gordon Seaton | 24+3 | – | 20+3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0+1 | – |
| | Tommy Singleton | 22 | – | 20 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Mike Sutton | 52 | – | 46 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | Graham Turner | 20 | – | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Total | 52 | 69 | 46 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 10 |