2006–07 Chester City F.C. season

The 2006–07 season was the 65th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester City, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.

Chester City

2006–07 season
Manager	Mark Wright
Stadium	Deva Stadium
Football League Two	18th
FA Cup	Round 3
Football League Cup	Round 1
Football League Trophy	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Jonathan Walters (9) All: Jonathan Walters (10)
Highest home attendance	4,206 vs Wrexham (20 August)
Lowest home attendance	1,527 vs Boston United (5 December)
Average home league attendance	2,473 20th in division[1]
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Also, it was the third 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

Main article: 2006–07 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Hereford United	46	14	13	19	45	53	−8	55
17	Mansfield Town	46	14	12	20	58	63	−5	54
18	Chester City	46	13	14	19	40	48	−8	53
19	Wrexham	46	13	12	21	43	65	−22	51
20	Accrington Stanley	46	13	11	22	70	81	−11	50

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).

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	13	14	19	40	48	−8	53	7	9	7	23	23	0	6	5	12	17	25	−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	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L
Position	3	2	7	12	12	13	16	16	19	15	16	14	13	13	10	16	16	15	16	15	14	10	14	15	15	10	14	12	11	10	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	14	16	17	17	18	18

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

Matches

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
5 August	Accrington Stanley	H	W	2–0	Broughton, Blundell	3,779
8 August	Bury	A	W	3–1	Walters (2), Woodthorpe (o.g.)	2,719
12 August	Hereford United	A	L	0–2		3,834
20 August	Wrexham	H	L	1–2	Hand	4,206
26 August	Torquay United	A	D	2–2	Broughton, Martínez	2,541
1 September	Swindon Town	H	L	0–2		3,382
9 September	Wycombe Wanderers	A	L	0–1		4,277
12 September	Notts County	H	D	0–0		1,818
16 September	Grimsby Town	H	L	0–2		1,957
23 September	Milton Keynes Dons	A	W	2–1	Westwood, Walters	5,476
26 September	Macclesfield Town	A	D	1–1	Sandwith	2,022
30 September	Bristol Rovers	H	W	2–0	Sandwith, Martínez	2,151
6 October	Walsall	H	D	0–0		3,241
14 October	Rochdale	A	D	0–0		3,149
20 October	Hartlepool United	H	W	2–1	Westwood, Walters	2,580
28 October	Barnet	A	L	0–1		2,301
3 November	Darlington	A	L	0–1		3,630
17 November	Stockport County	H	D	1–1	Walters	3,624
25 November	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	1–2	Blundell	4,464
5 December	Boston United	H	W	3–1	Blundell (2), Walters	1,527
9 December	Lincoln City	H	W	4–1	Blundell, Walters, Martínez, Wilson	2,142
16 December	Peterborough United	A	W	2–0	Walters, Arber (o.g.)	4,491
26 December	Macclesfield Town	H	L	0–3		3,365
30 December	Milton Keynes Dons	H	L	0–3		2,271
1 January	Notts County	A	W	2–1	Walters, Westwood	4,019
9 January	Grimsby Town	A	W	2–0	Artell, Blundell	3,012
13 January	Wycombe Wanderers	H	L	0–1		2,336
20 January	Bristol Rovers	A	D	0–0		5,694
27 January	Mansfield Town	H	D	1–1	Steele	2,129
3 February	Accrington Stanley	A	W	1–0	Linwood	1,900
18 February	Wrexham	A	D	0–0		6,801
21 February	Bury	H	W	1–0	Yeo	1,642
24 February	Swindon Town	A	L	0–1		5,462
27 February	Hereford United	H	D	1–1	Yeo	1,842
2 March	Torquay United	H	D	1–1	Bennett	1,996
6 March	Mansfield Town	A	L	1–2	Maylett	2,366
10 March	Walsall	A	L	0–1		5,282
16 March	Rochdale	H	L	0–1		2,179
24 March	Barnet	H	W	2–0	Bolland, Hand	1,591
30 March	Hartlepool United	A	L	0–3		6,059
6 April	Darlington	H	D	1–1	Yeo	1,942
9 April	Stockport County	A	L	0–2		5,719
15 April	Shrewsbury Town	H	D	0–0		3,296
21 April	Boston United	A	L	0–1		1,752
28 April	Peterborough United	H	D	1–1	Yeo	1,905
5 May	Lincoln City	A	L	0–2		5,267

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	11 November	Clevedon Town	A	W	4–1	Wilson, Hand, Walters, Blundell	2,261
Second round	2 December	Bury	A	D	2–2	Steele (2)	3,428
Second round replay	12 December		H	L	1–3	Wilson	2,810
Chester were reinstated in the FA Cup after Bury were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[2]
Third round	6 January	Ipswich Town	H	D	0–0		4,330
Third round replay	16 January		A	L	0–1		11,732

Football League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	22 August	Leeds United (2)	A	L	0–1		10,013

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2006–07 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score	Scorers	Attendance
First round	31 October	Stockport County (4)	H	W	3–0	Hand, Blundell, Wilson	1,229
Second round	29 November	Chesterfield (3)	A	L	4–4 (p.1–3)	Blundell, Wilson, Linwood, Bolland	2,414

Season statistics

Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
		A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G	A	G
Goalkeepers
	John Danby	54	–	46	–	5	–	1	–	2	–
Field players
	Graham Allen	2+1	–	2+1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	David Artell	49+1	1	42+1	1	5	–	1	–	1	–
	Dean Bennett	31+7	1	27+5	1	2+2	–	–	–	2	–
	Gregg Blundell	27+7	9	21+6	6	3+1	1	1	–	2	2
	Phil Bolland	29+3	2	23+3	1	4	–	–	–	2	1
	Drewe Broughton	10+5	2	9+5	2	–	–	1	–	–	–
	Royce Brownlie	3+1	–	3+1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Glenn Cronin	1+3	–	1+3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jamie Hand	50	4	43	2	5	1	1	–	1	1
	Sean Hessey	27+4	–	22+4	–	3	–	–	–	2	–
	Chris Holroyd	7+18	–	7+15	–	0+1	–	0+1	–	0+1	–
	Alan Kearney	4+2	–	4+2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Shaun Kelly	0+2	–	0+2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Paul Linwood	36+5	2	33+4	1	1+1	–	1	–	1	1
	Simon Marples	28+6	–	24+6	–	3	–	–	–	1	–
	Roberto Martínez	38	3	31	3	5	–	1	–	1	–
	Brad Maylett	3+2	1	3+2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Alex Meechan	2+6	–	2+6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Jermaine McSporran	0+1	–	0+1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Ricky Ravenhill	1+2	–	1+2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Paul Rutherford	6+5	–	6+3	–	–	–	0+1	–	0+1	–
	Kevin Sandwith	31+5	2	27+5	2	3	–	–	–	1	–
	Ryan Semple	2+4	–	0+3	–	1+1	–	–	–	1	–
	Lee Steele	13+11	3	11+9	1	1+2	2	–	–	1	–
	James Vaughan	5+2	–	5+1	–	–	–	–	–	0+1	–
	Stephen Vaughan	24+1	–	20	–	2+1	–	1	–	1	–
	Jonathan Walters	30+3	10	24+2	9	5	1	1	–	0+1	–
	Ashley Westwood	25	3	21	3	2	–	1	–	1	–
	Laurence Wilson	42+7	5	34+7	1	5	2	1	–	2	2
	Simon Yeo	14+1	4	14+1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Own goals	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Total	54	54	46	40	5	7	1	–	2	7