1993–94 Chester City F.C. season

Chester City
1993–94 season
Manager	Graham Barrow
Stadium	Deva Stadium
Football League; Third Division	2nd; (promoted)
FA Cup	Round 3
Football League Cup	Round 1
Football League Trophy	Round 3
Top goalscorer	League: ; David Pugh (12); All: ; Chris Lightfoot (14)
Highest home attendance	5,638 vs Preston North End (27 December)
Lowest home attendance	2,195 vs Scunthorpe United (11 September)
Average home league attendance	3,191; 9th in division
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season was the 56th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester City, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Also, it was the first season spent in the Third Division, after the relegation from the Second Division in the previous season. 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
1	Shrewsbury Town	42	22	13	7	63	39	+24	79	Division Champions, promoted
2	Chester City	42	21	11	10	69	46	+23	74	Promoted
3	Crewe Alexandra	42	21	10	11	80	61	+19	73	Promoted
4	Wycombe Wanderers^[a]	42	19	13	10	67	53	+14	70	Promoted through play-offs
5	Preston North End	42	18	13	11	79	60	+19	67	Participated in play-offs

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ New club in the league

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
42	21	11	10	69	46	+23	74	13	5	3	35	18	+17	8	6	7	34	28	+6

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	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L
Position	16	20	13	10	13	15	13	13	16	12	10	8	6	4	3	3	5	3	3	3	4	7	6	6	6	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
14 August	Doncaster Rovers	H	L	0–1		2,752
21 August	Wycombe Wanderers	A	L	0–1		5,607
28 August	Chesterfield	H	W	3–1	Lightfoot, Rimmer, Thompson	2,283
31 August	Lincoln City	A	W	3–0	Pugh, Leonard, Rimmer	4,038
4 September	Rochdale	A	L	0–2		3,063
11 September	Scunthorpe United	H	L	0–2		2,195
18 September	Scarborough	A	W	1–0	Leonard	1,510
25 September	Carlisle United	H	D	0–0		2,911
2 October	Wigan Athletic	A	L	3–6	Leonard (pen), Wheeler (2)	1,889
9 October	Darlington	A	W	2–1	Rimmer, Wheeler (pen)	1,767
16 October	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	1–0	Rimmer	3,052
23 October	Mansfield Town	A	W	4–0	Wheeler (3), Rimmer	2,545
30 October	Torquay United	H	D	1–1	Bishop	2,563
2 November	Bury	H	W	3–0	Lightfoot (2), Rimmer	2,540
6 November	Hereford United	A	W	5–0	Anderson (o.g.), Wheeler, Lightfoot (2), Pugh	2,092
20 November	Northampton Town	H	W	1–0	Pugh	2,650
27 November	Crewe Alexandra	A	L	1–2	Lightfoot	4,749
11 December	Wycombe Wanderers	H	W	3–1	Rimmer, Leonard, Pugh	3,195
17 December	Doncaster Rovers	A	W	4–3	Leonard (3), Pugh	1,914
27 December	Preston North End	A	D	1–1	Nebbeling (o.g.)	12,790
1 January	Colchester United	A	D	0–0		3,170
15 January	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–3		5,365
22 January	Darlington	H	D	0–0		2,777
29 January	Torquay United	A	W	3–1	Greenall, Flitcroft, Thompson	2,959
1 February	Lincoln City	H	D	1–1	Lancashire	2,648
5 February	Mansfield Town	H	D	1–1	Lancashire	2,664
12 February	Walsall	A	D	1–1	Pugh (pen)	4,602
19 February	Chesterfield	A	W	2–1	Lancashire, Leonard	2,847
25 February	Rochdale	H	W	3–1	Pugh (2, 1 pen), Rimmer	3,472
1 March	Gillingham	H	W	1–0	Pugh	3,128
5 March	Scunthorpe United	A	D	1–1	Lightfoot	2,669
12 March	Scarborough	H	W	4–1	Thompson (3), Came	2,882
15 March	Walsall	H	W	2–1	Lightfoot, Thompson	3,324
19 March	Carlisle United	A	L	0–1		4,193
26 March	Wigan Athletic	H	W	2–1	Pugh (pen), Preece	3,542
2 April	Preston North End	H	W	3–2	Lancashire (2), Leonard	5,638
4 April	Gillingham	A	D	2–2	Pugh, Green (o.g.)	3,165
9 April	Colchester United	H	W	2–1	Lightfoot (2)	3,394
16 April	Bury	A	D	1–1	Lancashire	3,142
23 April	Hereford United	H	W	3–1	Pugh, Lancashire, Preece	3,845
30 April	Northampton Town	A	L	0–1		6,432
7 May	Crewe Alexandra	H	L	1–2	Lightfoot	5,550

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	13 November	Bradford City (3)	A	D	0–0		6,204
First round replay	30 November	Bradford City (3)	H	W	1–0	Lightfoot	3,707
Second round	4 December	Hull City (3)	H	W	2–0	Preece, Leonard	4,333
Third round	8 January	Plymouth Argyle (3)	A	L	0–1		9,170

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round first leg	17 August	Sunderland (2)	A	L	1–3	Rimmer	9,484
First round second leg	24 August	Sunderland (2)	H	D	0–0		2,903

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
Group stage	28 September	Blackpool (3)	A	W	2–1	Rimmer, Lightfoot	2,633
Group stage	19 October	Crewe Alexandra (4)	H	D	2–2	Greenall, Came	2,370
Second round	7 December	Rotherham United (3)	H	W	1–0	Lightfoot	1,553
Third round	11 January	Lincoln City (4)	A	L	0–1		1,733

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 Bagnall	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
	David Felgate	41	–	34	–	4	–	–	–	3	–
	Steve McIlhargey	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Billy Stewart	9	–	7	–	–	–	2	–	–	–
Field players
	Graham Barrow	10+3	–	10+3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Eddie Bishop	12+13	1	9+9	1	0+3	–	2	–	1+1	–
	Mark Came	39	2	30	1	3	–	2	–	4	1
	Darren Donnelly	0+10	–	0+9	–	–	–	0+1	–	–	–
	David Flitcroft	4+4	1	4+4	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Colin Greenall	52	2	42	1	4	–	2	–	4	1
	Joe Jakub	45+1	–	35+1	–	4	–	2	–	4	–
	Iain Jenkins	38+6	–	30+4	–	4	–	0+2	–	4	–
	Graham Lancashire	10+1	7	10+1	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Mark Leonard	36+4	10	28+4	9	3	1	2	–	3	–
	Chris Lightfoot	47	14	37	11	4	1	2	–	4	2
	Roger Preece	48+1	3	38+1	2	4	1	2	–	4	–
	David Pugh	44+1	12	36+1	12	4	–	2	–	2	–
	Stuart Rimmer	33+11	10	26+9	8	2+1	–	2	1	3+1	1
	David Thompson	48+1	6	40+1	6	3	–	2	–	3	–
	Paul Wheeler	31+2	7	23+2	7	4	–	–	–	4	–
	Spencer Whelan	23+2	–	22	–	1+1	–	–	–	0+1	–
	Own goals	–	3	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Total	52	78	42	69	4	3	2	1	4	5

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

[table_note_WYC0.54272646994457-2] New club in the league

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

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