1983–84 Chester City F.C. season

Chester City
1983–84 season
Manager	John Sainty; Trevor Storton; John McGrath
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League; Fourth Division	24th; (re-elected)
FA Cup	Round 1
Football League Cup	Round 2
Associate Members' Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: ; Peter Zelem; Andy Holden (7); All: ; Andy Holden (10)
Highest home attendance	3,900 vs Bristol City (7 May)
Lowest home attendance	880 vs Swindon Town (8 February)
Average home league attendance	1,659; 20th in division
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 season was the 46th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester City, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the second season spent in the Fourth Division after the relegation from the Third Division in 1982. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Associate Members' Cup.

Before the season started club was renamed Chester City.

Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
20	Wrexham	46	11	15	20	59	74	−15	48	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round^[a]
21	Halifax Town	46	12	12	22	55	89	−34	48	Re-elected
22	Rochdale	46	11	13	22	52	80	−28	46
23	Hartlepool United	46	10	10	26	47	85	−38	40
24	Chester City	46	7	13	26	45	82	−37	34

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Wrexham lost this year’s Welsh Cup final to Shrewsbury Town, but as the latter are an English side, Wrexham went on to represent Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	7	13	26	45	82	−37	34	7	5	11	23	35	−12	0	8	15	22	47	−25

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	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L
Position	13	20	23	23	24	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Source: 11v11.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
27 August	Northampton Town	H	D	1–1	M. Williams	1,680
3 September	Swindon Town	A	L	0–4		2,891
7 September	Hereford United	A	L	1–2	Allen	3,480
10 September	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	0–1		2,090
17 September	York City	A	L	1–4	Holden	3,037
24 September	Reading	H	W	2–1	Parker, Blackwell	1,367
28 September	Torquay United	H	L	1–2	Elliott	1,356
1 October	Colchester United	A	L	0–1		1,976
8 October	Darlington	A	L	1–2	Gilbert (o.g.)	1,117
19 October	Hartlepool United	A	D	1–1	Parker	1,150
22 October	Stockport County	H	L	2–4	Storton, M. Williams	1,495
29 October	Rochdale	A	D	1–1	Parker	1,481
2 November	Halifax Town	H	L	1–1	Parker	1,211
5 November	Chesterfield	A	D	1–1	Parker	3,513
9 November	Blackpool	H	L	0–2		2,286
12 November	Aldershot	H	L	1–2	Holden	975
26 November	Doncaster Rovers	A	D	0–0		2,967
3 December	Bury	H	W	2–1	Allen, Camden	1,341
17 December	Peterborough United	H	D	1–1	Waddle (o.g.)	1,191
26 December	Wrexham	A	L	0–2		5,756
27 December	Mansfield Town	H	L	0–4		1,431
31 December	Bristol City	A	L	2–4	Camden, Brett	7,293
2 January	Tranmere Rovers	H	D	0–0		2,672
14 January	Northampton Town	A	L	1–2	Phillips	2,198
28 January	Crewe Alexandra	A	D	1–1	Phillips	3,096
4 February	Colchester United	H	L	1–4	Blackwell	1,179
8 February	Swindon Town	H	L	0–3		880
11 February	Reading	A	L	0–1		3,280
14 February	Halifax Town	A	D	2–2	Elliott, Holden	1,500
18 February	Rochdale	H	W	1–0	Zelem	1,423
24 February	Stockport County	A	L	1–2	Holden	2,006
3 March	Hartlepool United	H	W	4–1	Wharton, Holden, Zelem (pen), Sanderson	1,241
7 March	Chesterfield	H	L	0–2		1,334
10 March	Aldershot	A	L	2–5	Dixon, Holden	2,879
17 March	Darlington	H	W	2–1	Zelem (2 pens.)	981
24 March	Blackpool	A	D	3–3	Zelem, Wharton, Sanderson	4,746
7 April	Hereford United	H	L	0–1		1,346
14 April	Bury	A	L	1–2	Holden	1,414
18 April	York City	H	D	1–1	Brett	1,750
21 April	Wrexham	H	W	1–0	Sanderson	3,486
24 April	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–3	Zelem	2,346
28 April	Doncaster Rovers	H	W	1–0	Elliott	1,549
2 May	Torquay United	A	L	0–1		967
5 May	Tranmere Rovers	A	D	2–2	Blackwell, Allen	1,592
7 May	Bristol City	H	L	1–2	Zelem	3,900
12 May	Peterborough United	A	L	0–1		1,679

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	19 November	Chesterfield (4)	H	L	1–2	Holden	1,774

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round first leg	30 August	Bolton Wanderers (3)	A	L	0–3		2,665
First round second leg	14 September		H	W	3–0	Holden, Zelem, Phillips	1,502
First round second leg	14 September		H	Won on penalties 2–0			1,502
Second round first leg	5 October	Leeds United (2)	A	W	1–0	Elliott	8,106
Second round second leg	26 October	Leeds United (2)	H	L	1–4	Zelem	8,044

Associate Members' Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	22 February	Blackpool (4)	H	W	2–1	Zelem (pen), Serella (o.g.)	1,046
Second round	12 March	Tranmere Rovers (4)	A	L	1–4	Holden	2,116

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		AM Cup
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	Denis Burke	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Phil Harrington	47	–	41	–	1	–	4	–	1	–
	Billy O'Rourke	5	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Field players
	John Allen	46+2	3	40+2	3	1	–	4	–	1	–
	Paul Blackwell	41+3	3	36+3	3	1	–	2	–	2	–
	David Brett	26+7	2	24+5	2	1	–	0+1	–	1+1	–
	Peter Bulmer	13+11	–	10+9	–	1	–	2+2	–	–	–
	John Burke	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Chris Camden	10	2	9	2	1	–	–	–	–	–
	Bobby Coy	15	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Lee Dixon	18	1	16	1	–	–	–	–	2	–
	Peter Donnelly	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Andy Elliott	29+9	4	24+8	3	0+1	–	4	1	1	–
	David Evans	10	–	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Ronnie Hildersley	10	–	9	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Andy Holden	51	10	44	7	1	1	4	1	2	1
	Martin Lane	45	–	38	–	1	–	4	–	2	–
	Paul Manns	19	–	16	–	1	–	2	–	–	–
	Stuart Parker	11	5	9	5	–	–	2	–	–	–
	Trevor Phillips	12+1	3	9+1	2	–	–	3	1	–	–
	Paul Raynor	4	–	3	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	John Ryan	4	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Paul Sanderson	26	3	24	3	–	–	–	–	2	–
	Trevor Storton	20	1	18	1	–	–	2	–	–	–
	Peter Sutcliffe	11	–	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Dennis Wann	3+1	–	2+1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Andy Wharton	17	2	15	2	–	–	–	–	2	–
	Mike Williams	24+2	2	19+2	2	1	–	4	–	–	–
	Phil Williams	6+1	–	5+1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Dave Wintersgill	6	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Peter Zelem	49	10	42	7	1	–	4	2	2	1
	Own goals	–	3	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Total	53	54	46	45	1	1	4	5	2	3

References

^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

Sumner, Chas (1 November 2011). 125 Years on the Borderline: The Complete History of Chester City F.C. 1885-2010. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0956984821.

Chester at the Football Club History Database

[table_note_res_ECWC10.569108072002-2] Wrexham lost this year’s Welsh Cup final to Shrewsbury Town, but as the latter are an English side, Wrexham went on to represent Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

[1] "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

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1983–84 season
Manager	John Sainty Trevor Storton John McGrath
Stadium	Sealand Road
Football League Fourth Division	24th (re-elected)
FA Cup	Round 1
Football League Cup	Round 2
Associate Members' Cup	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Zelem Andy Holden (7) All: Andy Holden (10)
Highest home attendance	3,900 vs Bristol City (7 May)
Lowest home attendance	880 vs Swindon Town (8 February)
Average home league attendance	1,659 20th in division^[1]
← 1982–83 1984–85 →