# 1964–65 Chester F.C. season

The 1964–65 season was the 27th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Also, it was the seventh 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 | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 6 | Rochdale | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 74 | 53 | 1.396 | 58 |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 86 | 62 | 1.387 | 57 |
| 8 | Chester | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 119 | 81 | 1.469 | 56 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 72 | 1.167 | 51 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 90 | 81 | 1.111 | 49 |

### 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 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 119 | 81 | 1.469 | 56 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 75 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 55 | 17 |
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 | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 19 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 22 August | Aldershot | A | L | 1–3 | Metcalf | 6,151 |
| 25 August | Bradford City | A | W | 3–1 | Talbot (2), Morris | 6,202 |
| 29 August | Torquay United | H | L | 0–1 | | 6,830 |
| 4 September | Stockport County | A | W | 5–4 | Talbot (3), Morris, Metcalf (pen.) | 4,367 |
| 7 September | Millwall | A | L | 0–1 | | 9,198 |
| 12 September | York City | H | W | 4–1 | Talbot (2), Ryden, Morris | 6,095 |
| 16 September | Millwall | H | W | 3–1 | Metcalf (2), Morris | 7,005 |
| 19 September | Lincoln City | A | D | 2–2 | Humes (2) | 3,897 |
| 26 September | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | W | 3–1 | Ryden (2), Metcalf | 9,068 |
| 28 September | Hartlepools United | A | D | 1–1 | Metcalf | 8,822 |
| 3 October | Oxford United | A | L | 2–3 | Morris (2) | 8,758 |
| 7 October | Hartlepools United | H | W | 4–0 | Humes, Ryden (2), Talbot, | 7,796 |
| 10 October | Southport | H | W | 3–1 | Talbot (2) | 7,228 |
| 14 October | Rochdale | A | L | 1–2 | Hauser, Humes | 4,845 |
| 17 October | Wrexham | A | L | 2–4 | Metcalf (pen.), Talbot | 14,690 |
| 24 October | Tranmere Rovers | H | W | 3–2 | Talbot, Metcalf, Humes | 12,076 |
| 31 October | Darlington | A | L | 0–2 | | 4,229 |
| 7 November | Crewe Alexandra | H | D | 2–2 | Durie, Metcalf | 6,922 |
| 21 November | Halifax Town | H | W | 1–0 | Talbot | 6,028 |
| 28 November | Notts County | A | D | 1–1 | Ryden | 5,878 |
| 12 December | Aldershot | H | W | 6–2 | Metcalf (2), Morris (3) | 5,152 |
| 19 December | Torquay United | A | L | 2–3 | Ryden (2) | 3,627 |
| 26 December | Bradford Park Avenue | H | W | 3–0 | Humes, Ryden, Metcalf (pen.) | 10,057 |
| 28 December | Bradford Park Avenue | A | L | 1–3 | Morris | 9,968 |
| 2 January | Stockport County | H | W | 4–0 | Metcalf (2), Ryden (2) | 7,606 |
| 16 January | York City | A | L | 2–3 | Humes (2) | 5,118 |
| 23 January | Lincoln City | H | W | 5–1 | Ryden, Talbot (2), Metcalf (2) | 7,432 |
| 30 January | Newport County | A | W | 1–0 | Metcalf | 3,219 |
| 6 February | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | D | 4–4 | Morris, Talbot (2), Metcalf | 16,434 |
| 10 February | Bradford City | H | W | 3–1 | Morris (2), Talbot | 7,759 |
| 13 February | Oxford United | H | W | 2–1 | Humes, Metcalf | 7,988 |
| 20 February | Southport | A | D | 2–2 | Humes, Metcalf | 3,439 |
| 24 February | Chesterfield | H | W | 4–0 | Talbot, Metcalf, Morris, Humes | 7,401 |
| 27 February | Wrexham | H | W | 6–1 | Metcalf, Morris, Humes (3), Talbot | 14,782 |
| 10 March | Rochdale | H | L | 0–1 | | 8,550 |
| 13 March | Darlington | H | L | 4–5 | Morris (2), Corbishley, Metcalf (pen.) | 6,455 |
| 20 March | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 1–5 | Morris | 5,641 |
| 26 March | Newport County | H | W | 4–3 | Metcalf (3, 1pen.), Morris | 5,843 |
| 29 March | Tranmere Rovers | A | L | 1–4 | Ryden | 15,484 |
| 3 April | Halifax Town | A | W | 4–3 | Ryden (2), Morris, Humes | 1,945 |
| 6 April | Doncaster Rovers | A | W | 4–1 | Talbot, Morris (2), Ryden | 8,007 |
| 10 April | Notts County | H | W | 4–1 | Talbot (2), Metcalf (pen.), Ryden | 5,684 |
| 16 April | Barrow | A | L | 1–2 | Morris | 3,816 |
| 17 April | Chesterfield | A | W | 3–1 | Humes, Morris, Talbot | 5,971 |
| 19 April | Barrow | H | W | 4–1 | Humes, Ryden, Talbot (2) | 6,006 |
| 24 April | Doncaster Rovers | H | W | 3–0 | Ryden (2), Talbot | 6,405 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 14 November | Crewe Alexandra (4) | H | W | 5–0 | Metcalf (2, 1pen.), Talbot (3) | 9,436 |
| Second round | 5 December | Barnsley (3) | A | W | 5–2 | Metcalf (3), Humes, Morris | 6,674 |
| Third round | 9 January | Manchester United (1) | A | L | 1–2 | Humes | 45,660 |

## League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 2 September | Wrexham (4) | H | W | 3–0 | Metcalf (2), Talbot | 10,331 |
| Second round | 23 September | Derby County (2) | H | W | 5–4 | Metcalf (2, 1pen.), Morris, Talbot (2) | 9,874 |
| Third round | 21 October | Norwich City (2) | A | L | 3–5 | Metcalf, Talbot, Humes | 9,345 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 20 January | Bangor City (CCL) | H | D | 1–1 | Metcalf | 4,321 |
| Fifth round replay | 27 January | Bangor City (CCL) | A | W | 4–0 | Ryden (2), Talbot, Humes | 3,542 |
| Quarterfinal | 17 February | Borough United (Welsh League (North)) | H | D | 0–0 | | 6,934 |
| Quarterfinal replay | 9 March | Borough United (Welsh League (North)) | A | D | 2–2 | Humes, Owen (o.g.) | |
| Quarterfinal second replay | 16 March | Borough United (Welsh League (North)) | H | W | 3–0 | Talbot, Morris (2) | 7,175 |
| Semifinal | 30 March | Wrexham (3) | A | L | 0–3 | | 12,341 |

## 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 ||||||||||||
| | Reg Barton | 7 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| | Dennis Reeves | 51 | – | 41 | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 4 | – |
| Field players ||||||||||||
| | Stan Bennion | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Dave Berry | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | John Butler | 58 | – | 46 | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – |
| | Colin Corbishley | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Dave Durie | 45 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 5 | – |
| | George Evans | 12 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | John Evans | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Les Harley | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Brian Harvey | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Peter Hauser | 51 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – |
| | Jimmy Humes | 56 | 22 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | Bryn Jones | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Ray Jones | 55 | – | 43 | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – |
| | Garth Lee | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Mike Metcalf | 55 | 38 | 43 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| | John Molyneux | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Elfed Morris | 55 | 28 | 44 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| | David Read | 5 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Hugh Ryden | 55 | 22 | 44 | 20 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 5 | 2 |
| | Malcolm Starkey | 58 | – | 46 | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | 6 | – |
| | Gary Talbot | 54 | 37 | 44 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| | Fred Willder | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Own goals | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| | Total | 58 | 151 | 46 | 119 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 |