2007–08 Chester City F.C. season

Chester City
2007–08 season
Manager	Bobby Williamson; Simon Davies
Stadium	Deva Stadium
Football League Two	22nd
FA Cup	Round 1
Football League Cup	Round 1
Football League Trophy	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin Ellison (11); All: ; Kevin Ellison (11)
Highest home attendance	3,849 vs Wrexham (9 March)
Lowest home attendance	1,566 vs Bradford City (12 March)
Average home league attendance	2,479; 20th in division
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was the 66th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester City, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the fourth season spent in the Football League Two, after the promotion from the Football Conference in 2004. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, the Football League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	13	10	23	49	70	−21	49
21	Notts County	46	10	18	18	37	53	−16	48
22	Chester City	46	12	11	23	51	68	−17	47
23	Mansfield Town (R)	46	11	9	26	48	68	−20	42	Relegation to 2008–09 Conference National
24	Wrexham (R)	46	10	10	26	38	70	−32	40	Relegation to 2008–09 Conference National

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

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	12	11	23	51	68	−17	47	5	5	13	21	30	−9	7	6	10	30	38	−8

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	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	D
Position	14	4	2	2	4	4	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	6	7	6	6	6	8	9	10	9	11	12	12	13	15	15	15	16	15	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	22	21	22

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
11 August	Chesterfield	H	D	0–0		3,183
18 August	Rochdale	A	W	2–1	Grant, Ellison	3,243
25 August	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	W	4–0	Yeo (2), Murphy (2)	2,098
1 September	Rotherham United	A	D	1–1	Roberts	4,036
7 September	Morecambe	H	L	0–1		3,199
15 September	Bury	A	W	2–0	Butler, Hughes	2,539
22 September	Brentford	H	L	0–2		2,453
29 September	Macclesfield Town	A	W	2–1	Murphy, Wilson	2,647
2 October	Grimsby Town	A	W	2–1	Murphy, Ellison	3,479
7 October	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	3–1	Partridge, Murphy, Yeo	3,057
12 October	Hereford United	H	D	1–1	Yeo	3,430
20 October	Stockport County	A	W	2–1	Partridge (2)	5,566
27 October	Wycombe Wanderers	H	D	2–2	Holroyd, Murphy	2,598
2 November	Lincoln City	A	W	1–0	Dinning (pen)	3,960
6 November	Bradford City	A	L	1–2	Ellison	13,211
17 November	Milton Keynes Dons	H	L	0–2		3,102
25 November	Wrexham	A	D	2–2	Roberts, Linwood	7,687
4 December	Barnet	H	W	3–0	Partridge, Ellison (2)	1,858
8 December	Peterborough United	H	L	1–2	Hughes	2,291
22 December	Bury	H	W	2–1	Hughes, Ellison	2,260
26 December	Morecambe	A	L	3–5	Ellison (2), Holroyd	3,419
29 December	Brentford	A	L	0–3		4,323
1 January	Grimsby Town	H	L	0–2		2,255
5 January	Accrington Stanley	A	D	3–3	Holroyd (2), Wilson	1,311
12 January	Mansfield Town	H	L	0–1		2,092
19 January	Notts County	A	L	0–1		3,774
26 January	Rotherham United	H	L	0–1		2,536
29 January	Rochdale	H	L	0–4		2,131
2 February	Chesterfield	A	D	1–1	Murphy	3,701
9 February	Accrington Stanley	H	L	2–3	Butler, Murphy	1,957
12 February	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	L	2–6	Roberts, Murphy	1,328
16 February	Notts County	H	L	0–1		1,798
23 February	Mansfield Town	A	W	3–1	Ellison (2), Dinning (pen)	2,362
1 March	Milton Keynes Dons	A	L	0–1		8,172
4 March	Darlington	A	L	0–1		3,294
9 March	Wrexham	H	L	0–2		3,849
12 March	Bradford City	H	L	0–1		1,566
15 March	Barnet	A	L	1–3	Hughes	1,663
22 March	Darlington	H	W	2–1	Rutherford, Partridge	1,759
24 March	Peterborough United	A	L	0–1		6,457
5 April	Hereford United	A	D	2–2	Sandwith, Ellison (pen)	3,210
12 April	Lincoln City	H	L	1–2	McManus	2,089
19 April	Wycombe Wanderers	A	L	0–1		5,497
26 April	Shrewsbury Town	A	D	0–0		6,417
29 April	Stockport County	H	D	0–0		3,060
3 May	Macclesfield Town	H	D	0–0		2,396

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	10 November	Bradford City (4)	A	L	0–1		4,069

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	14 August	Nottingham Forest (3)	H	L	0–0 (p.2–4)		2,720

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	4 September	Crewe Alexandra (3)	H	W	1–1 (p.4–2)	Partridge	2,126
Second round	9 October	Carlisle United (3)	A	L	2–4	Partridge, Holroyd	2,414

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
Nat	Player	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	John Danby	50	–	46	–	1	–	1	–	2	–
	Gavin Ward	0+1	–	0+1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Field players
	Phil Bolland	3	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Paul Butler	38	2	35	2	1	–	1	–	1	–
	Neil Carroll	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Tony Dinning	22	2	20	2	1	–	–	–	1	–
	Kevin Ellison	39	11	36	11	1	–	1	–	1	–
	Tony Grant	18+4	1	15+4	1	1	–	1	–	1	–
	Jamie Hand	1+1	–	0+1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Chris Holroyd	14+13	5	14+11	4	–	–	0+1	–	0+1	1
	Mark Hughes	43+4	4	39+4	4	1	–	1	–	2	–
	Shaun Kelly	7+3	–	7+3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Craig Lindfield	5+2	–	5+2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Paul Linwood	46	1	42	1	1	–	1	–	2	–
	Nathan Lowndes	10+5	–	8+4	–	1	–	1	–	0+1	–
	Simon Marples	18	–	16	–	1	–	–	–	1	–
	Paul McManus	10+11	1	9+10	1	0+1	–	–	–	1	–
	Andy Mitchell	0+4	–	0+4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	John Murphy	40	9	39	9	–	–	–	–	1	–
	Sean Newton	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Phillip Palethorpe	0+1	–	0+1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Richie Partridge	36+2	7	34+2	5	–	–	–	–	2	2
	Kevin Roberts	30+9	3	30+7	3	–	–	0+1	–	0+1	–
	Glenn Rule	2+3	–	2+2	–	–	–	–	–	0+1	–
	Paul Rutherford	10+16	1	10+13	1	0+1	–	0+1	–	0+1	–
	Kevin Sandwith	13+10	1	12+10	1	–	–	–	–	1	–
	James Vaughan	31+1	–	29+1	–	–	–	1	–	1	–
	John Welsh	6	–	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Laurence Wilson	44	2	40	2	1	–	1	–	2	–
	Simon Yeo	11+14	4	7+14	4	1	–	1	–	2	–
	Total	50	54	46	51	1	–	1	–	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 City at the Football Club History Database

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

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