With just the one exception, the Manchester League season of 1911/12, up until the 1931/32 season, when Chester replaced Nelson in the Football League, it was the Chester First Team who were Albion’s opponents.

Albion then played the Reserves regularly in the Cheshire County League up until the end of the 1968/69 season.

From 2010, with the formation of the new Chester FC, then matches have been First team ones.

v Chester 1st Team: Total Matches Played 49 Won 18 Drawn 6 Lost 25 Goals 81-102

League Matches Played 34 - (Home) Won 11 Drawn 1 Lost 5 Goals 44-23 - (Away) Won 5 Drawn 2 Lost 10 Goals 24-42

v Chester Reserve Team: Total Matches Played 77 Won 35 Drawn 14 Lost 28 Goals 183 -140

League Matches Played 70 - (Home) Won 22 Drawn 7 Lost 6 Goals 109-50 - (Away) Won 9 Drawn 6 Lost 20 Goals 60-78

Pictured is Carl Macauley in the First Round FA Cup 0-2 defeat from November 12th 1994.

First Home Encounter: April 16th 1902 The Combination 6-1 att. n/k

Last Home Encounter: December 10th 2016 F.A. Trophy Round 1 1-1 att. 883

First Away Encounter: November 16th 1901 The Combination 3-2 att. n/k

Last Away Encounter: October 23rd 2018 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd.1 1-2 att. 357

Biggest Home Win: November 20th 1948 Cheshire County League 7-0 att. 4,000

Biggest Away Win: November 12th 1966 Cheshire County League 5-1 att. 650

Heaviest Home Defeat: September 5th 1903 The Combination 0-5 att. n/k

Heaviest Away Defeat: April 27th 1931 Cheshire League Cup 0-8 att. n/k

Highest Home Attendance*: November 20th 1948 Cheshire County League 7-0 att. 4,000

Highest Away Attendance*: September 30th 1930 Cheshire County League 2-3 att. 5,423

Lowest Home Attendance*: September 13th 2004 Cheshire Senior Cup Rd.1 0-1 att. 245

Lowest Away Attendance*: November 14th 1959 Cheshire County League 4-1 att. 150

* nb. No regular record of attendances pre 1948

Goal Scorers (264): 11. HAROLD HOWARD & JOE DALE. 8. Billy Challenger. 7. Alf Ashley, Jack Christopher & Roly Lewis. 6: Billy Armitage.
5. Eric Hyde, Frank Fidler, Stan Smith & Trevor Ogden. 4: B. Moran, Llewellyn Purcell, Reg Dorsett & Paddy Daly.
3. Tommy Haspell, Bill Houston, Len Gallimore, Fred Flavell, Norman Gallimore, Ken Yearsley, Len Stephenson, Doug Gallimore, Fred Taberner, Roy Matthews & Brian Rimmer.
2. Albert Ellis, Dai Davies, F. Greenhalgh, Moorhouse, Harry Gregory, Tom Washburn, Alf Capper, Lydiate, Ron Owen, Ernie Kershaw, William Lightfoot, Jack Kay, Steven Morris, Charles Ramsden, Joe Jones, Jackie Cheetham, Bill Whitehead, Henry Williams, John Wilkinson, Harry McCann, G. Brown, Colin Barnes, Reg Tapley, Gerry Duffy, John Marsh, Colin Gwinneth, Jack Dobson, Bob Harrison, Jim McDonald, Dave MacPherson & Brad Bauress.
1. Ernest Dale, Sim Reeves, Robert Stewart, Lambert Isherwood, Edwin Hughes, Phil Wilding, Ralph Hewitt, Tommy Forster, Jack Cartwright, Bill Jones, Harry Walker, Birds, Berry, H. Hales, John Eyres, George Reynolds, Ben Tattum, Hignett, Ellison, Sid Hall, Arthur Gee, Harry Middleton, George Albinson, Reg Owen, Harry Tew, James O’Rourke, A. Lambourne, G. Wood, Warburton, Dick Allmark, Ernie Brain, Tommy Douglas, Alf White, Bill Smith, Jim Drinkwater, L. Mills, Jack Waring, George Stubbs, Roy Albinson, Frank Schofield, Ralph Gregory, Bill Bell, Jack Robinson, Stuart Cowden, Ernie Rothwell, Harold Bridges, Dennis Hill, Jock Thomson, Peter Greenwood, John Wainwright, Jack Wilkinson, Bill Davies, Archie Elsby, Eric Barber, Ernie Oliver, George Johnson, Tony Lee, Ken Chaytor, Malcolm Wagstaffe, Ray Gryba, John Lovell, Les Sutton, Len Dickinson, Chris Chrimes, Jim Fletcher, Peter Phoenix, Ken Barnes, Bobby Cunliffe, Barry Wheatley, Ashley Stott & Billy Smart. Plus 5 Own Goals: C.E. Jones (3/5/1922), Jimmy Tootle (20/4/1927 & 11/1/1930), Bennion (24/10/1936) & Ithell (2/12/1939).

SCORING FEATS: 5 Goals - BILLY ARMITAGE in 6-1 home win on April 16th 1902 & TREVOR OGDEN in 5-0 away win on October 7th 1967.
4 Goals – B. MORAN in 4-1 home win on December 4th 1920, LLEWELLYN PURCELL in 5-0 home win on November 19th 1932, ROLY LEWIS in 4-1 home win on September 29th 1954, STAN SMITH in 4-1 away win on November 14th 1959 & REG DORSETT in 6-2 home win on April 2nd 1960.
3 Goals – Len Gallimore (18/9/1929), Bill Challenger (CSC 19/2/1938), Frank Fidler (15/10/1949) & Joe Dale (29/12/1956)

Goalkeeping Clean Sheets (32): 4. CHARLIE JONES, MARK RADCLIFFE & GED JOHNSON.
3. Peter Mellor. 2. Sammy Crawshaw, George Scales, Jim Branston, Fred Bryce & Tony Yoxall.
1. Fred Greenfield, Arnold Walton, Les Newton, Jim Bell, Albert Phillips, Bob Park & Matt Cooper.