Fixtures 1940/41

LEAGUE NORTH
Aug 31	Stockport County	(H)	5-3	Yates (2), Pendergast, Howarth, McIntosh.	1,400
Sep 7	Crewe Alexandra	(A)	3-0	Astbury, McIntosh, Yates.	1,600
Sep 14	Stockport County	(A)	0-4		2,000
Sep 21	Everton	(A)	3-4	Astbury, og, Bremner.	3,000
Sep 28	Liverpool	(H)	0-2		2,500
Oct 5	Liverpool	(A)	1-9	Yates.	5,000
Oct 12	Tranmere Rovers	(H)	4-5	Yates, Cole, Bremner (2).	n/a
Oct 19	Everton	(H)	1-0	Astbury.	n/a
Oct 26	Crewe Alexandra	(H)	3-3	Bremner, Astbury (2).	n/a
Nov 2	Tranmere Rovers	(A)	4-2	Yates (2), Pendergast (2).	700
Nov 9	Crewe Alexandra	(H)	6-0	Roberts, Yates (2), Pendergast, McIntosh, Astbury.	n/a
Nov 16	Burnley	(A)	0-0		n/a
Nov 23	New Brighton	(A)	2-4	Roberts, Pendergast.	1,100
Nov 30	Oldham Athletic	(A)	0-0		1,745
Dec 7	New Brighton	(H)	6-2	Pendergast, Yates (3), Astbury, McIntosh.	500
Dec 14	Burnley	(H)	3-4	Pendergast (2), Howarth.	300
Dec 25	Wrexham	(A)	1-2	Cole.	1,680
Dec 25	Wrexham	(H)	1-3	Pendergast.	1.600
Jan 4	Southport*	(H)	6-1	Bremner (2), Pearson, Yates (2), Pendergast.	500
Jan 11	Southport*	(A)	3-2	Pendergast, Yates, Bremner.	700
Feb 1	New Brighton**	(H)	7-1	White (2), Pendergast (2), Yates (3).	400
Feb 8	New Brighton**	(A)	0-2		750
Mar 1	Blackpool	(A)	2-5	Redfern, og.	5,000
Mar 8	Blackpool	(H)	4-3	Pendergast, Glaister (2), Yates.	2,000
Mar 22	Wrexham	(A)	2-5	Pendergast (2).	1,123
Apr 5	New Brighton	(H)	7-3	Pendergast, Galister (2), Yates, Roberts (3).	300
Apr 12	Wrexham	(H)	1-1	Pendergast.	1,123
Apr 14	Preston North End	(A)	0-3		6,000
Apr 19	Manchester United+	(H)	4-4	4-6 (AET) White, Astbury, Yates (2).	3,500
Apr 26	Stoke City	(A)	2-1	Yates (2).	600
May 3	Stoke City	(H)	1-0	Roberts.	n/a
May 10	Bolton Wanderers	(H)	8-0	Pendergast (3), og, Yates (4).	n/a
May 17	Tranmere Rovers++	(A)	1-1	4-1 (AET) Cole (2), Pendergast, Lanceley.	n/a
May 24	Liverpool	(H)	1-6	Yates.	700
May 31	Blackpool	(A)	2-4	Glaister, Brigham.	4,000
* Lancashire Cup First Round (2 legs). ** Lancashire Cup Second Round (2 legs). + Lancashire Cup Semi Final, the score of 4-4 counted for the League, the extra-time score of 4-6 counted for Lancashire Cup. ++ Cheshire Bowl Semi Final. The score of 1-1 counted for the League, the extra-time score of 4-1 counted for the Cheshire Bowl.

LEAGUE WAR CUP
Feb 15	Tranmere Rovers [Rd1 1L]	(H)	2-0	Bremner, Young.	1,000
Feb 22	Tranmere Rovers [Rd1 2L]	(A)	2-9	White, Pendergast.	1,900

FRIENDLIES
Sep 4	Czech Army X1	(H)	6-3	McIntosh (2), Mercer (2), Yates, Walters.	1,552
Dec 21	RAF	(H)	2-3	Astbury, Yates.	n/a

Notes: The War League North competition was run on the same basis as the previous season, Chester finished 24th out of the 38 clubs. The War League Championship was run in a similar manner, but was nationwide. Of 51 clubs, Chester finished 21st. A qualifying competition for the (nationwide) War League Cup was also run on similar lines, with Chester finishing 30th out of 51. As one of the top 32 clubs they progressed to the competition proper.

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