# 1974–75 Chester F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was the 37th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
Also, it was the 17th 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 |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 43 | 1.860 | 62 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 3 | Rotherham United (P) | 46 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 71 | 41 | 1.732 | 59 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 4 | Chester (P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 38 | 1.684 | 57 | Promoted to the Third Division |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 79 | 48 | 1.646 | 57 | |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 62 | 44 | 1.409 | 54 | |

### 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 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 64 | 38 | 1.684 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 9 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 18 |
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 | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 16 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
* ↑ Chester were fifth after their final match was played, however, two days later Lincoln City lost their final match to Southport and was overcame by Chester by better goal average.

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 17 August | Lincoln City | A | L | 1–2 | Owen | 2,903 |
| 24 August | Hartlepool | H | W | 3–0 | Seddon, Draper, James | 2,728 |
| 31 August | Barnsley | A | W | 1–0 | Edwards | 6,006 |
| 3 September | Cambridge United | A | L | 0–3 | | 7,763 |
| 7 September | Brentford | H | W | 2–0 | Draper, Owen | 2,469 |
| 14 September | Bradford City | A | L | 0–2 | | 3,329 |
| 17 September | Shrewsbury Town | A | L | 0–2 | | 3,637 |
| 21 September | Torquay United | H | W | 3–0 | James, Edwards, Seddon | 2,467 |
| 25 September | Reading | H | W | 2–0 | James, Whitehead | 6,642 |
| 27 September | Mansfield Town | A | D | 0–0 | | 3,182 |
| 2 October | Doncaster Rovers | H | W | 3–0 | Loska, James, Draper | 2,748 |
| 5 October | Scunthorpe United | H | W | 1–0 | James | 2,857 |
| 11 October | Southport | A | L | 1–2 | Lennard | 2,179 |
| 19 October | Crewe Alexandra | H | W | 2–0 | Lennard, Draper | 4,063 |
| 23 October | Cambridge United | H | D | 1–1 | Seddon | 3,583 |
| 26 October | Exeter City | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,664 |
| 2 November | Rochdale | H | W | 4–0 | Edwards, Draper (3) | 3,100 |
| 5 November | Doncaster Rovers | A | D | 1–1 | James | 1,286 |
| 9 November | Northampton Town | A | L | 0–2 | | 5,240 |
| 16 November | Swansea City | H | W | 3–0 | James (2), Draper | 4,641 |
| 30 November | Stockport County | H | W | 3–1 | Edwards, Lennard, James | 3,289 |
| 7 December | Rotherham United | A | W | 2–1 | James (2) | 4,412 |
| 21 December | Workington | A | D | 0–0 | | 1,455 |
| 26 December | Bradford City | H | W | 1–0 | Lennard | 8,372 |
| 28 December | Darlington | A | D | 1–1 | Lennard | 2,690 |
| 4 January | Shrewsbury Town | H | D | 1–1 | Draper | 8,019 |
| 11 January | Rotherham United | H | L | 0–1 | | 5,835 |
| 17 January | Stockport County | A | D | 1–1 | Matthewson | 2,721 |
| 25 January | Newport County | A | L | 0–3 | | 4,144 |
| 1 February | Northampton Town | H | W | 4–1 | Lennard, Owen (2), James (pen.) | 5,027 |
| 8 February | Rochdale | A | W | 1–0 | Redfern | 2,161 |
| 15 February | Newport County | H | W | 4–1 | Owen (3), James | 5,427 |
| 22 February | Swansea City | A | W | 1–0 | Moore | 2,174 |
| 1 March | Barnsley | H | W | 2–1 | Edwards, Owen | 4,976 |
| 8 March | Reading | A | L | 1–2 | Moore | 5,759 |
| 15 March | Mansfield Town | H | D | 0–0 | | 7,518 |
| 19 March | Lincoln City | H | W | 4–1 | Storton, Moore (2), Edwards | 6,765 |
| 22 March | Brentford | A | D | 1–1 | Owen | 5,800 |
| 29 March | Workington | H | D | 0–0 | | 5,761 |
| 31 March | Torquay United | A | L | 0–3 | | 3,713 |
| 5 April | Exeter City | H | D | 1–1 | Owen | 3,318 |
| 12 April | Scunthorpe United | A | W | 3–1 | Owen (2), Redfern | 1,877 |
| 16 April | Darlington | H | W | 1–0 | Loska | 4,652 |
| 19 April | Southport | H | W | 3–0 | Storton, Owen (2) | 4,804 |
| 21 April | Hartlepool | A | L | 0–1 | | 2,047 |
| 26 April | Crewe Alexandra | A | W | 1–0 | Mason | 5,118 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 23 November | Rotherham United (4) | A | L | 0–1 | | 5,358 |

## League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 21 August | Walsall (3) | H | W | 2–1 | Draper (2) | 3,583 |
| Second round | 11 September | Blackpool (2) | H | W | 3–1 | Edwards, Owen, Whitehead | 5,854 |
| Third round | 9 October | Preston North End (3) | H | W | 1–0 | Lennard | 11,262 |
| Fourth round | 13 November | Leeds United (1) | H | W | 3–0 | James (2), Storton | 19,000 |
| Quarterfinal | 4 December | Newcastle United (1) | A | D | 0–0 | | 29,716 |
| Quarterfinal replay | 18 December | Newcastle United (1) | H | W | 1–0 | James 75' | 19,000 |
| Semifinal first leg | 15 January | Aston Villa (2) | H | D | 2–2 | Owen 44', Moore 79' | 19,000 |
| Semifinal second leg | 22 January | Aston Villa (2) | A | L | 2–3 | Mason 33', James 61' | 47,632 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Fourth round | 29 January | Oswestry Town (CCL) | H | L | 1–3 | Lunn | 1,728 |

## 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 ||||||||||||
| | Grenville Millington | 55 | – | 46 | – | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| | John Taylor | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Field players ||||||||||||
| | Derek Draper | 47 | 11 | 34+3 | 9 | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | – |
| | Chris Dunleavy | 8+1 | – | 7 | – | – | – | 1+1 | – | – | – |
| | Nigel Edwards | 51 | 7 | 42 | 6 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | – | – |
| | John James | 46 | 17 | 40+1 | 13 | 1 | – | 8 | 4 | – | – |
| | Dave Lennard | 42 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Tony Loska | 55 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| | Phil Lunn | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| | Stuart Mason | 45+1 | 2 | 37+1 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Reg Matthewson | 19+1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| | Gary Moore | 13+13 | 5 | 12+11 | 4 | – | – | 1+2 | 1 | – | – |
| | Alan Morris | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Terry Owen | 34+10 | 16 | 29+8 | 14 | 0+1 | – | 4+1 | 2 | 1 | – |
| | Gary Potter | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Graham Pugh | 17 | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Paul Raynor | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Jimmy Redfern | 19+4 | 2 | 17+4 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Colin Rowlands | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Ian Seddon | 39+3 | 3 | 31+3 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
| | Trevor Storton | 54 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | – | – |
| | Norman Whitehead | 33 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Total | 56 | 79 | 46 | 64 | 1 | – | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 |