# 1958–59 Chester F.C. season

The 1958–59 season was the 21st season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Chester competed in the newly formed Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Football 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 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 82 | 77 | 1.065 | 49 |
| 12 | Torquay United | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 78 | 77 | 1.013 | 44 |
| 13 | Chester | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 44 |
| 14 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 75 | 77 | 0.974 | 43 |
| 15 | Watford | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 81 | 79 | 1.025 | 42 |

### 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 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 84 | 0.857 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 51 | 19 |
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 | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 19 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 23 August | Torquay United | H | L | 0–2 | | 9,070 |
| 27 August | Crystal Palace | A | D | 3–3 | Pearson, Mason, Foulkes | 18,170 |
| 30 August | Crewe Alexandra | A | W | 4–2 | Jepson (3), Richards | 8,657 |
| 3 September | Crystal Palace | H | W | 3–2 | Mason, Pearson, Webster | 7,993 |
| 6 September | Northampton Town | H | L | 2–3 | Bullock (2) | 9,723 |
| 11 September | Walsall | A | L | 2–2 | Richards, Croft | 11,791 |
| 13 September | Workington | A | L | 0–1 | | 5,717 |
| 17 September | Walsall | H | W | 2–0 | Webster (pen.), Haddington (o.g.) | 7,800 |
| 20 September | York City | H | D | 2–2 | Mason, Richards | 8,536 |
| 27 September | Bradford Park Avenue | A | L | 0–3 | | 7,274 |
| 1 October | Watford | H | W | 2–1 | Webster (2, 1pen.) | 4,579 |
| 4 October | Port Vale | H | L | 1–2 | Webster | 8,197 |
| 8 October | Hartlepools United | H | D | 1–1 | Bullock | 3,220 |
| 11 October | Aldershot | H | D | 2–2 | Bullock, Pearson | 6,655 |
| 14 October | Watford | A | L | 2–4 | Pearson, Bullock | 7,046 |
| 18 October | Gateshead | A | W | 1–0 | Jepson | 3,963 |
| 25 October | Oldham Athletic | H | W | 5–2 | Richards (2), Bullock (2), Hughes (pen.) | 7,097 |
| 1 November | Barrow | A | W | 2–1 | Hughes (pen.), Jepson | 4,333 |
| 8 November | Carlisle United | H | W | 2–1 | Richards, Foulkes | 7,351 |
| 22 November | Exeter City | H | W | 4–2 | Richards, Bullock, Webster (2) | 8,040 |
| 29 November | Coventry City | A | L | 1–5 | Pearson | 15,814 |
| 13 December | Darlington | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,995 |
| 20 December | Torquay United | A | L | 0–4 | | 4,013 |
| 25 December | Millwall | A | W | 1–0 | Richards | 9,260 |
| 27 December | Millwall | H | D | 0–0 | | 9,273 |
| 1 January | Hartlepools United | A | W | 3–1 | Pearson, Bullock, Foulkes | 3,952 |
| 17 January | Gillingham | A | D | 3–3 | B. Griffiths, Bullock (2) | 5,331 |
| 24 January | Shrewsbury Town | H | L | 3–5 | Jepson, Bullock, Richards | 8,170 |
| 31 January | Workington | H | L | 1–2 | Foulkes | 6,499 |
| 7 February | York City | A | D | 1–1 | Jepson | 5,414 |
| 14 February | Bradford Park Avenue | H | W | 2–0 | Webster, Davis | 6,089 |
| 21 February | Port Vale | A | L | 0–4 | | 8,851 |
| 28 February | Aldershot | A | L | 0–1 | | 4,518 |
| 7 March | Gateshead | H | L | 0–1 | | 4,881 |
| 14 March | Oldham Athletic | A | W | 5–3 | Foulkes (2), Davis, Pearson, Hunt | 5,226 |
| 21 March | Barrow | H | W | 2–0 | Davis (2) | 4,791 |
| 27 March | Southport | A | D | 1–1 | Jepson | 4,384 |
| 28 March | Carlisle United | A | L | 3–4 | Souter, Davis, Bradley (o.g.) | 4,522 |
| 30 March | Southport | H | W | 2–1 | Jepson, Davis | 5,636 |
| 4 April | Gillingham | H | L | 1–2 | Davis | 5,513 |
| 11 April | Exeter City | A | D | 1–1 | Pearson | 6,464 |
| 13 April | Northampton Town | A | L | 0–4 | | 3,865 |
| 18 April | Coventry City | H | D | 1–1 | Farmer (o.g.) | 5,920 |
| 22 April | Crewe Alexandra | H | L | 0–1 | | 9,565 |
| 25 April | Shrewsbury Town | A | L | 0–3 | | 7,260 |
| 29 April | Darlington | H | W | 1–0 | Webster | 3,314 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 15 November | Boston United (SFL) | H | W | 3–2 | Bullock, Hughes, Pearson | 8,495 |
| Second round | 6 December | Bury (3) | H | D | 1–1 | Webster | 11,606 |
| Second round replay | 9 December | Bury (3) | A | L | 1–2 | Hunt | 15,167 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fifth round | 21 January | Rhyl (CCL) | H | L | 1–4 | B. Griffiths | 1,340 |

## 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 ||||||||||
| | Brian Biggins | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Keith Griffiths | 8 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Ron Howells | 38 | – | 35 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| | Derek Owen | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Field players ||||||||||
| | Jimmy Anderson | 15 | – | 14 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | George Ashfield | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Norman Bullock | 39 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Alec Croft | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Eric Davis | 15 | 7 | 15 | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| | Royston Evans | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Billy Foulkes | 43 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – |
| | Ray Gill | 29 | – | 29 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Brian Griffiths | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Ron Hughes | 32 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Bobby Hunt | 39 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| | Jerry Ireland | 4 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Barry Jepson | 29 | 9 | 28 | 9 | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Jimmy Mason | 38 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| | Stan Pearson | 35 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| | Gordon Richards | 43 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 3 | – | – | – |
| | Jack Saunders | 26 | – | 25 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Bill Souter | 37 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – |
| | George Spruce | 24 | – | 21 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| | Harry Webster | 28 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| | Phil Whitlock | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Bobby Williams | 9 | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| | Own goals | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| | Total | 50 | 78 | 46 | 72 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |