# 1937–38 Chester F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was the seventh season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.
It was the club's seventh 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 | Team v t e | Pld | HW | HD | HL | HGF | HGA | AW | AD | AL | AGF | AGA | GAv | Pts |
| 7 | Lincoln City | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 1.320 | 46 |
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 1.340 | 45 |
| 9 | Chester | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 1.069 | 44 |
| 10 | Wrexham | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 0.921 | 43 |
| 11 | York City | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 43 | 1.029 | 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 |
| 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 77 | 72 | 1.069 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 41 | 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 |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 |

### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| 28 August | Halifax Town | H | D | 1–1 | Wrightson | 8,328 |
| 2 September | Carlisle United | A | W | 3–1 | Sargeant, Wrightson (2) | 11,377 |
| 4 September | Tranmere Rovers | A | D | 0–0 | | 14,618 |
| 8 September | Carlisle United | H | W | 1–0 | Chambers | 5,372 |
| 11 September | York City | H | W | 4–3 | Wrightson (2), Smith, Horsman | 7,284 |
| 18 September | Bradford City | A | D | 2–2 | Wrightson (2) | 6,010 |
| 25 September | Southport | H | W | 2–1 | Gale, Sargeant (pen.) | 7,401 |
| 28 September | Accrington Stanley | A | D | 0–0 | | 6,442 |
| 2 October | Doncaster Rovers | A | L | 1–2 | Chambers | 16,391 |
| 9 October | Rochdale | H | W | 4–1 | Sargeant (2), Wrightson, Sanders | 5,913 |
| 16 October | Hartlepools United | A | W | 1–0 | Wrightson | 5,955 |
| 23 October | Lincoln City | H | D | 1–1 | Wrightson | 6,507 |
| 30 October | Hull City | A | D | 2–2 | McCreary, Wrightson | 11,383 |
| 6 November | New Brighton | H | L | 1–2 | McCreary | 6,924 |
| 13 November | Gateshead | A | L | 1–3 | Wrightson | 13,170 |
| 20 November | Oldham Athletic | H | D | 3–3 | Wrightson, Horsman, Gale | 6,354 |
| 4 December | Port Vale | H | W | 7–2 | Horsman, Howarth, Chambers, Sargeant, Sanders (2), Johnson (o.g.) | 3,849 |
| 11 December | Oldham Athletic | A | L | 2–3 | Smith, Sanders | 5,283 |
| 18 December | Barrow | H | W | 3–1 | Sanders (2), Gale | 3,201 |
| 25 December | Rotherham United | H | L | 2–3 | Chambers, Horsman | 6,105 |
| 27 December | Rotherham United | A | L | 1–4 | Wrightson (pen.) | 11,394 |
| 1 January | Halifax Town | A | D | 1–1 | Gale | 6,594 |
| 15 January | Tranmere Rovers | H | D | 1–1 | Smith | 5,043 |
| 26 January | York City | A | L | 0–4 | | 3,380 |
| 29 January | Bradford City | H | W | 3–1 | Chambers, Sargeant, Roberts | 3,320 |
| 5 February | Southport | A | D | 2–2 | Sargeant, Chambers | 5,198 |
| 12 February | Doncaster Rovers | H | W | 4–0 | Sanders, Sargeant (3, 1pen.) | 5,188 |
| 19 February | Rochdale | A | L | 0–4 | | 5,728 |
| 26 February | Hartlepools United | H | W | 6–0 | Sargeant (4, 1pen.), Sanders, Roberts | 3,723 |
| 5 March | Lincoln City | A | D | 1–1 | Sargeant | 10,157 |
| 12 March | Hull City | H | L | 1–3 | Sargeant | 6,864 |
| 19 March | New Brighton | A | L | 0–4 | | 4,629 |
| 26 March | Gateshead | H | W | 2–1 | Chambers (2, 1pen.) | 3,154 |
| 6 April | Crewe Alexandra | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,312 |
| 9 April | Darlington | H | W | 3–2 | Roberts, Gale (2) | 3,024 |
| 15 April | Wrexham | H | W | 2–1 | Cresswell, Gale | 10,892 |
| 16 April | Port Vale | A | D | 2–2 | Gale (2) | 6,695 |
| 18 April | Wrexham | A | L | 1–3 | Gale | 11,480 |
| 23 April | Crewe Alexandra | H | L | 0–3 | | 3,379 |
| 27 April | Darlington | A | L | 1–2 | Walters | 4,359 |
| 30 April | Barrow | A | W | 2–0 | Trevis, Sanders | 3,324 |
| 7 May | Accrington Stanley | H | W | 3–1 | Gale, Sanders, Chambers | 1,940 |

## FA Cup

Chester along with Millwall and Notts County were given a bye to the Third round.
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Third round | 8 January | Leeds United (1) | A | L | 1–3 | Gale | 9,800 |

## Welsh Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score | Scorers | Attendance |
| Seventh round | 23 February | New Brighton (3N) | H | W | 5–1 | Sanders (2) Sargeant (3) | 1,081 |
| Quarterfinal | 9 March | Shrewsbury Town (ML) | H | D | 0–0 | | 3,600 |
| Quarterfinal replay | 2 April | Shrewsbury Town (ML) | A | L | 1–2 | Chambers | 8,000 |

## 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 ||||||||||
| | Bert Gray | 35 | – | 32 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| | Eric Mansley | 5 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Robert Middleton | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Field players ||||||||||
| | Tom Alderson | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | David Beynon | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| | Bill Chambers | 28 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | Ted Common | 45 | – | 41 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | Frank Cresswell | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | George Deakin | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Robert Done | 40 | – | 37 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| | John Edwards | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Tom Feeney | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Arthur Gale | 18 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| | Ernie Hall | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Bill Horsman | 44 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | Harold Howarth | 44 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | – |
| | John Lloyd | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Bernard McCarthy | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Pat McCarthy | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | John McCreary | 40 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 |
| | Syd Roberts | 17 | 3 | 17 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| | Bob Sanders | 19 | 12 | 16 | 10 | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| | Charlie Sargeant | 29 | 19 | 26 | 16 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
| | Clement Smith | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| | Bos Trevis | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | – | – | 3 | – |
| | John Turner | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Trevor Walters | 38 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| | Arthur Wilson | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| | Paddy Wrightson | 21 | 14 | 21 | 14 | – | – | – | – |
| | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| | Total | 46 | 84 | 42 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |