Chester Football Club is an association football club based in Chester. They are currently members of the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and play at the Deva Stadium.
The club was founded in 2010 following the liquidation of Chester City. In its inaugural season it competed in Division One North of the Northern Premier League, following a successful appeal to the Football Association against its initial placement in the North West Counties League. After winning this division, it then won the Northern League Premier Division in 2011–12 and the Conference North in 2012–13. Chester returned to the National League North following relegation in 2017–18.
Seasons
| Year | League | Cup competitions | Manager | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Division | Lvl | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Leading league scorer | Average attendance |
FA Cup | FA Trophy | Other competitions | |||||||
| Name | Goals | Res | Rec | Res | Rec | Competition | Res | Rec | ||||||||||||||
| Club formed after Chester City was expelled from the Football Conference and subsequently wound up in March 2010. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | Northern Premier League Division One North |
8 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 107 | 36 | +71 | 97 | 1st of 23 Promoted |
Michael Wilde | 36 | 2,382 | – | – | Cheshire Cup League Cup Presidents Cup |
R2 R2 SF |
0–0–1 1–0–1 4–0–1 |
Neil Young | ||
| 2011–12 | Northern Premier League Premier Division |
7 | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 102 | 29 | +73 | 100 | 1st of 22 Promoted |
Chris Simm | 15 | 2,789 | – | R2 | 3–0–1 | Cheshire Cup League Cup |
R2 R3 |
0–0–1 0–0–1 | ||
| 2012–13 | Conference North | 6 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 103 | 32 | +69 | 107 | 1st of 22 Promoted |
Nathan Jarman | 14 | 2,582 | QR3 | 1–2–1 | QR3 | 0–1–1 | Cheshire Cup | W | 5–0–0 | |
| 2013–14 | Conference Premier | 5 | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 49 | 70 | -21 | 51 | 21st of 24 Reprieved |
Gareth Seddon | 7 | 2,366 | QR4 | 0–0–1 | R1 | 0–0–1 | Cheshire Cup | R2 | 1–0–1 | Neil Young Steve Burr |
| 2014–15 | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 64 | 76 | -12 | 63 | 12th of 24 | John Rooney | 11 | 2,189 | R2 | 2–1–1 | R1 | 0–2–0 | Cheshire Cup | R1 | 0–0–1 | Steve Burr | ||
| Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | National League |
5 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 67 | 71 | -4 | 54 | 17th of 24 | Ross Hannah | 23 | 2,199 | QR4 | 0–0–1 | R3 | 2–0–1 | Cheshire Cup | SF | 3–0–1 | Steve Burr Jon McCarthy |
| 2016–17 | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 63 | 71 | -8 | 52 | 19th of 24 | James Alabi | 17 | 2,031 | QR4 | 0–0–1 | R2 | 1–0–1 | Cheshire Cup | R1 | 0–1–0 | Jon McCarthy | ||
| 2017–18 | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 79 | -37 | 37 | 23rd of 24 Relegated |
James Akintunde Ross Hannah |
8 | 1,827 | QR4 | 0–0–1 | R2 | 0–1–1 | Cheshire Cup | PR | 0–1–0 | Jon McCarthy Marcus Bignot Calum McIntyre | ||
| 2018–19 | National League North |
6 | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 60 | 62 | -2 | 62 | 9th of 22 | Anthony Dudley | 11 | 1,839 | QR3 | 1–0–1 | QR3 | 0–1–1 | Cheshire Cup | QF | 2–0–1 | Anthony Johnson & Bernard Morley |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 54 | 6th of 22 | Akwasi Asante | 18 | 2,019 | QR2 | 0–1–1 | R2 | 2–1–1 | Cheshire Cup | QF | 3–0–0 | |||
| The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game Lost in the play-off quarter-final. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 28 | 3rd of 22 | Danny Elliott | 7 | 403 | QR4 | 1–1–1 | R3 | 1–0–1 | – | |||||
| The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–22 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 71 | -1 | 47 | 16th of 22 | Marcus Dackers Declan Weeks |
9 | 1,620 | QR3 | 1–2–1 | R2 | 0–0–1 | Cheshire Cup | R1 | 0–0–1 | Anthony Johnson & Bernard Morley Steve Watson | ||
| 2022–23 | 46 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 72 | 41 | +31 | 84 | 3rd of 24 | Kurt Willoughby | 20 | 2,231 | QR4 | 2–3–0 | R3 | 1–1–0 | Cheshire Cup | R1 | 0–1–0 | Calum McIntyre | ||
| Lost in the play-off semi-final. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–24 | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 69 | 10th of 24 | George Glendon | 12 | 2,198 | R1 | 3–1–1 | R2 | 0–1–0 | Cheshire Cup | R1 | 0–0–1 | |||
| 2024–25 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | Cheshire Cup | 0–0–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- Ineligible for competition as a new club.
- Ineligible for competition as a new club.
- Ineligible for competition as a new club.
- Due to COVID-19 semifinals were never played.
- Most of the games were played behind the closed doors.
References
- "The Swansway Chester Stadium". Chester F.C. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- Gibson, Owen (6 May 2010). "Chester FC on the rise". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Unofficial website and history database
- Chester at the Football Club History Database
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