Chester Football Club is an association football club based in Chester, England. They are currently members of the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and play at the Deva Stadium.[1]
The club was founded in 2010 following the liquidation of Chester City.[2] In its inaugural season it won the Division One North of the Northern Premier League, 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.
The club's first team have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more first-team matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his Chester career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of matches played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches.
Statistics are correct up to the end of the 2023-24 season. Please do not update current players stats until the seasons ends or player leaves the club.
№ | Name | Nat. | Pos | Date of birth | Joined | Left | League appearances | Other appearances | Total appearances | Notes | Refs | |||||||||||
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Date | From | Date | To | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals | |||||||
1 | Craig Mahon | MF | 1989-06-21 | 2013-05-29[3] | Vauxhall Motors | 2020-01-24[4] | Altrincham | 156 | 59 | 215 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 175 | 64 | 239 | 18 | [5] | ||
2 | Anthony Dudley | FW | 1996-09-15 | 2018-07-26[6] | Salford City | 2023-05-26[7] | Radcliffe | 105 | 36 | 141 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 126 | 44 | 170 | 35 | on loan till 2019-06-14[8] | [9] | |
3 | Kevin Roberts | DF | 1989-08-17 | 2019-05-24[10] | Wrexham | 136 | 8 | 144 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 158 | 10 | 168 | 7 | [11] | ||||
4 | Declan Weeks | MF | 1995-11-15 | 2020-09-29[12] | Kidderminster Harriers | 137 | 3 | 140 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 23 | — | 158 | 5 | 163 | 26 | [13] | ||||
5 | George Horan | DF | 1982-02-18 | 2010-07-09[14] | Droylsden | 2014-06-13[15] | Connah's Quay Nomads | 138 | — | 138 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 157 | 2 | 159 | 20 | [16] | ||
6 | Simon Grand | DF | 1984-02-23 | 2018-07-20[17] | AFC Fylde | 2022-05-20[18] | Charnock Richard | 115 | 6 | 121 | 9 | 19 | — | 19 | — | 134 | 6 | 140 | 9 | [19] | ||
7 | George Glendon | MF | 1995-05-03 | 2019-08-30 | Carlisle United | 100 | 9 | 109 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 120 | 10 | 130 | 23 | [20] | ||||
8 | John Rooney | MF | 1990-12-17 | 2013-11-28 | Bury | 2016-06-07 | Wrexham | 104 | 8 | 112 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 118 | 10 | 128 | 29 | on loan till 2014-01-13 | [21] | |
9 | Matty Williams | DF | 2000-09-17 | 2021-06-23 | Accrington Stanley | 108 | 4 | 112 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 121 | 6 | 127 | 8 | [22] | ||||
10 | John Danby | GK | 1983-09-20 | 2011-06-09[23] | Eastwood Town | 2014-08-20[24] | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 99 | 1 | 100 | — | 15 | — | 15 | — | 114 | 1 | 115 | — | [25] | ||
11 | Iain Howard | FW | 1987-11-27 | 2010-06-19 | Ashton United | 2013-05-17 | Stockport County | 64 | 31 | 95 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 76 | 38 | 114 | 35 | [26] | ||
12 | Ryan Astles | DF | 1994-07-01 | 2016-01-08 | Northwich Victoria | 2018-05-10[27] | Southport | 102 | 1 | 103 | 7 | 10 | — | 10 | — | 112 | 1 | 113 | 7 | [28] | ||
13 | Danny Livesey | DF | 1984-12-31 | 2018-07-27[6] | Salford City | 2022-05-01[29] | retired | 82 | 4 | 86 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 100 | 7 | 107 | 13 | on loan till 2019-05-16[30] | [31] | |
14 | Tom Shaw | MF | 1986-12-01 | 2015-06-02 | Alfreton Town | 2018-01-21[32] | Tamworth | 84 | 13 | 97 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | — | 91 | 14 | 105 | 12 | [33] | ||
15 | Harrison Burke | MF | 2002-09-13 | 2019-07-01 | youth team | 75 | 10 | 85 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 88 | 13 | 101 | 11 | [34] |