Chester_St_Oswalds_F.C.
Chester St Oswalds F.C.
Football club
Chester St Oswalds F.C. were a football club based in Chester, England.
| Full name | Chester St Oswalds Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Saints | |
| Founded | 1883 | |
| Dissolved | 26 January 1892 | |
| Ground | Exton Park, Chester | |
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The club was formed by Mr L Bebbington as some point in 1883.[1]
A Special General Meeting in July 1887 lists the club captain as John Thompson, with vice captain Tom Pixton, and Mr Bennion as reserve captain. Prior to this John Boardman had been captain for two seasons. In 1889 Francis Jayne the Bishop of Chester became patron of the club and contributed towards it financially, but on the basis that the club would fight against the evils of professionalism.[2]
The club competed in the 1889-90 FA Cup, losing 3–0 against Chester FC.[3][4] Its stance against professionalism proved disastrous as, without attractive opponents, the club ran out of money, and was dissolved on 26 January 1892 due to financial difficulties.[5]
The St Oswalds name was revived in June 1898 when Chester P.S.A. changed their name.[6]
The club adopted white and blue vertical stripes in July 1887.[7]
The club originally played on the Roodee,[8] but moved to Exton Park in Parkgate Road in July 1887.[9] The club lost the use of the ground at the end of the 1887–88 season,[10] but quickly found a new one on the same site before the start of the next.[11]
| Season | League | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | |
| 1898-99[12] | West Cheshire League Division 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 58 | 12 | 10 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887-88 | FA Cup | 1R | Chirk | 1-4 |
| 1888-89 | FA Cup | 1QR | Over Wanderers | 5-1 |
| Welsh Cup[13] | 1R | Crewe Athletic | 5-1[14] | |
| 2R | Northwich Victoria | 1-2 | ||
| Cheshire Cup | SF | Crewe Alexandra | 1-4[15] | |
| 1889-90 | FA Cup | 1QR | Druids | 4-0 |
| 2QR | Shrewsbury Town | 6-1 | ||
| 3QR | Chester | 0-3 | ||
| 1890-91 | FA Cup | 1QR | Chester | 0-6 |
| 1891-92 | FA Cup | 1QR | Nantwich | 0-3 |
- Chester Charity Cup
- Winners (1): 1891[16]
Charlie Parry - Wales International, later played for Everton.[17]
- Live, Cheshire (30 November 2007). "City's roots run deep but dates are valid". chesterchronicle. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Dr Jayne and Football Professionalism". South Wales Echo. No. 1583. 14 September 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "ASSOCIATION 1\IATCHES.|1889-11-18|South Wales Daily News - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales.
- "Football Club History Database - Chester St Oswald's". www.fchd.info.
- "Dissolution of the Chester St. Oswald's Football Club". Manchester Evening News. No. 7145. 27 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "[No title]|1898-06-15|The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- "Chester St Oswald's Club". Chester Chronicle: 6. 30 July 1887.
- "St Oswald's v Northwich Victoria (2nd team)". Chester Chronicle: 2. 5 October 1884.
- "Chester St Oswald's Club". Chester Chronicle: 6. 30 July 1887.
- "En passant". Athletic News: 1. 22 May 1888.
- "Chester St Oswald's Football Club: Annual Meeting". Cheshire Observer: 5. 11 August 1888.
- "West Cheshire League 1892-1915". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Year-by-year". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "--------_----FOOTBALL.j|1888-10-20|Denbighshire Free Press - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Welsh Newspapers Online ATHLETIC NEWS. I|1903-05-02|Cheshire Observer – Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- "The Life of Charlie Parry". www.toffeeweb.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
