List of Chester F.C. seasons

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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. [1]

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The club was founded in 2010 following the liquidation of Chester City. [2] 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, they 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

YearLeagueCup competitionsManager
DivisionLvlPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPositionLeading league scorerAverage [3]
attendance
FA Cup [4] FA Trophy Other competitions
NameGoalsResRecResRecCompetitionResRec
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
8442910510736+7197 1st of 23 Michael Wilde362,382 [a] [b] 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
742317410229+73100 1st of 22 Chris Simm152,789 [c] R2 3–0–1 Cheshire Cup
League Cup
R2
R3
0–0–1
0–0–1
2012–13 Conference North 642345310332+69107 1st of 22 Nathan Jarman 142,582 QR3 1–2–1 QR3 0–1–1 Cheshire Cup W5–0–0
2013–14 Conference Premier 5461215194970-2151 21st of 24 Gareth Seddon 72,366 QR4 0–0–1 R1 0–0–1 Cheshire Cup R21–0–1Neil Young
Gary Jones
Steve Burr
2014–15 46196216476-1263 12th of 24 John Rooney 112,189 R2 2–1–1 R1 0–2–0 Cheshire Cup R10–0–1 Steve Burr
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16 National
League
5461412206771-454 17th of 24 Ross Hannah 232,199 QR4 0–0–1 R3 2–0–1 Cheshire Cup SF3–0–1 Steve Burr
Jon McCarthy
2016–17 461410226371-852 19th of 24 James Alabi 172,031 QR4 0–0–1 R2 1–0–1 Cheshire Cup R10–1–0 Jon McCarthy
2017–18 46813254279-3737 23rd of 24 James Akintunde
Ross Hannah
81,827 QR4 0–0–1 R2 0–1–1 Cheshire Cup PR0–1–0 Jon McCarthy
Tom Shaw
Marcus Bignot
Calum McIntyre
2018–19 National
League
North
6421614126062-262 9th of 22 Anthony Dudley 111,839 QR3 1–0–1 QR3 0–1–1 Cheshire Cup QF2–0–1Anthony Johnson
&
Bernard Morley
2019–20 3215985838+2054 6th of 22 Akwasi Asante 182,019 QR2 0–1–1 R2 2–1–1 Cheshire Cup QF [d] 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 178453224+828 3rd of 22 Danny Elliott 7403 [e] QR4 1–1–1 R3 1–0–1
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 421211197071-147 16th of 22 Marcus Dackers
Declan Weeks
91,620 QR3 1–2–1 R2 0–0–1 Cheshire Cup R10–0–1Anthony Johnson & Bernard Morley
Danny Livesey
Steve Watson
2022–23 46221867241+3184 3rd of 24 Kurt Willoughby202,231 QR4 2–3–0 R3 1–1–0 Cheshire Cup R10–1–0Calum McIntyre
Lost in the play-off semi-final.
2023–24 461815135837+2169 10th of 24 George Glendon 122,198 R1 3–1–1 R2 0–1–0 Cheshire Cup R10–0–1
2024–25 46251297345+2887 4th of 24 Tom Peers192,294 QR4 2–1–1 R2 0–0–1 Cheshire Cup R20–1–1
Lost in the play-off final.
2025-26 [f] 82331016-69 17th of 24 Dylan Mottley-Henry 32,283QR21-0-0-

Notes

  1. Ineligible for competition as a new club.
  2. Ineligible for competition as a new club.
  3. Ineligible for competition as a new club.
  4. Due to COVID-19 semifinals were never played.
  5. Most of the games were played behind the closed doors.
  6. Season is still in progress.

References

  1. "The Swansway Chester Stadium". Chester F.C. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. Gibson, Owen (6 May 2010). "Chester FC on the rise". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  3. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.