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ELO Club History

This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Chester

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Chester's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Chester sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
1936 Saturday October 3rd, 1936 3,749.95
1946 Saturday December 14th, 1946 3,746.82
1978 Wednesday August 30th, 1978 3,744.71
1933 Saturday January 21st, 1933 3,738.40
1947 Saturday January 11th, 1947 3,726.08
1980 Saturday January 26th, 1980 3,708.35
1932 Saturday December 31st, 1932 3,703.57
1937 Saturday March 13th, 1937 3,702.22
1934 Wednesday December 26th, 1934 3,685.52
1935 Tuesday January 1st, 1935 3,681.32
1979 Saturday December 29th, 1979 3,674.29
1977 Tuesday February 22nd, 1977 3,669.26
1939 Saturday September 2nd, 1939 3,657.65
1989 Saturday February 18th, 1989 3,654.84
1987 Saturday March 21st, 1987 3,651.85

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Chester sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year Date Recorded ELO Score
2011 Saturday August 13th, 2011 2,957.83
2012 Monday January 2nd, 2012 3,116.87
2022 Saturday March 5th, 2022 3,159.15
2018 Saturday August 25th, 2018 3,179.85
2019 Saturday February 9th, 2019 3,201.45
2017 Tuesday December 26th, 2017 3,220.43
2021 Saturday December 11th, 2021 3,221.53
2010 Saturday February 6th, 2010 3,254.66
2024 Saturday August 17th, 2024 3,258.66
2020 Saturday November 28th, 2020 3,260.21
2016 Saturday April 9th, 2016 3,275.77
2023 Saturday February 4th, 2023 3,277.02

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Chester history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Chester (3,553) vs. Leeds United (4,059)
Wednesday November 13th, 1974 		8.82% 3-0 +31.9
Leeds United (3,796) vs. Chester City (3,395)
Wednesday October 5th, 1983 		5.50% 0-1 +18.9
Chester (3,608) vs. Newcastle United (3,962)
Wednesday December 18th, 1974 		18.87% 1-0 +16.2
Chester City (3,377) vs. Bolton Wanderers (3,717)
Wednesday September 14th, 1983 		19.40% 3-0 +28.2
Port Vale (3,759) vs. Chester City (3,426)
Tuesday August 11th, 1998 		9.08% 1-2 +9.1
Chester (3,534) vs. Blackpool (3,860)
Wednesday September 11th, 1974 		21.49% 3-1 +23.6
Chester City (3,478) vs. Oxford United (3,789)
Saturday October 1st, 1994 		19.96% 2-0 +24.0
Chester (3,621) vs. Coventry City (3,908)
Saturday January 7th, 1939 		28.85% 1-0 +14.2
Chester City (3,423) vs. Port Vale (3,710)
Tuesday August 10th, 1999 		22.09% 2-1 +7.8
Chester (3,730) vs. Coventry City (4,013)
Wednesday August 30th, 1978 		26.43% 2-1 +14.7
Chester (3,515) vs. Derby County (3,798)
Wednesday September 23rd, 1964 		26.18% 5-4 +14.8
Chester (3,523) vs. Bristol City (3,800)
Saturday January 3rd, 1970 		27.12% 2-1 +14.6
Chester (3,428) vs. Huddersfield Town (3,702)
Saturday December 15th, 1973 		27.22% 3-2 +14.6
Swansea City (3,706) vs. Chester City (3,441)
Saturday May 6th, 1995 		12.73% 0-1 +17.5
Southend United (3,567) vs. Chester (3,313)
Saturday November 8th, 2014 		15.53% 1-2 +8.4
Bury (3,675) vs. Chester (3,423)
Wednesday December 25th, 1957 		11.24% 1-2 +17.8
Chester City (3,332) vs. Doncaster Rovers (3,584)
Saturday April 28th, 1984 		28.51% 1-0 +14.3
Chester (3,404) vs. Hartlepools United (3,652)
Saturday January 15th, 1955 		30.74% 1-0 +13.9
Chester City (3,490) vs. Stockport County (3,735)
Wednesday November 2nd, 1994 		26.73% 1-0 +14.7
Chester (3,445) vs. Doncaster Rovers (3,689)
Saturday December 24th, 1949 		29.75% 3-1 +21.1

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Chester history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match Win % Score ELO +/-
Penrith (3,100) vs. Chester (3,539)
Saturday November 21st, 1981 		87.68% 1-0 -17.5
Darwen (3,186) vs. Chester (3,622)
Saturday December 12th, 1931 		85.28% 2-1 -17.1
Rochdale (3,312) vs. Chester (3,676)
Monday April 17th, 1933 		79.34% 2-0 -23.8
Chester (3,750) vs. Southport (3,439)
Saturday October 10th, 1936 		92.78% 2-3 -18.6
New Brighton (3,394) vs. Chester (3,691)
Wednesday February 8th, 1933 		72.37% 3-1 -21.7
New Brighton (3,440) vs. Chester (3,736)
Saturday November 7th, 1936 		71.90% 1-0 -14.4
Hartlepools United (3,438) vs. Chester (3,706)
Saturday February 8th, 1947 		69.53% 5-1 -26.1
Southport (3,381) vs. Chester (3,635)
Saturday December 28th, 1935 		66.78% 2-1 -13.4
Accrington Stanley (3,479) vs. Chester (3,730)
Saturday November 21st, 1936 		66.40% 2-1 -13.3
Chester (3,393) vs. Solihull Moors (3,146)
Saturday April 20th, 2013 		84.14% 0-1 -16.8
Bradford (Park Avenue) (3,047) vs. Chester (3,291)
Saturday March 7th, 2020 		76.45% 2-1 -15.3
Barrow (3,352) vs. Chester (3,593)
Friday April 16th, 1965 		68.86% 2-1 -13.8
Chester (3,551) vs. Hartlepool (3,314)
Saturday November 28th, 1970 		87.73% 0-1 -17.5
Oldham Athletic (3,450) vs. Chester (3,684)
Saturday May 17th, 1947 		65.27% 1-0 -13.1
Carlisle United (3,438) vs. Chester (3,672)
Saturday April 5th, 1947 		65.27% 3-2 -13.1
Chester (3,665) vs. Southport (3,432)
Saturday October 6th, 1934 		89.09% 0-2 -26.7
Torquay United (3,380) vs. Chester (3,611)
Monday March 31st, 1975 		67.94% 3-0 -23.8
Darlington (3,473) vs. Chester (3,703)
Saturday December 16th, 1978 		67.24% 2-1 -13.4
Southport (3,440) vs. Chester (3,666)
Saturday November 8th, 1947 		65.88% 3-0 -23.1
Altrincham (3,332) vs. Chester City (3,554)
Wednesday November 25th, 1992 		70.13% 2-0 -10.5

Opponents

A complete listing of Chester's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

# Opponent P W D L Avg ELO +/-
1 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 11 7 1 3 +7.28
2 Newport County Newport County 32 19 6 7 +4.38
3 AFC Telford United Telford 21 13 6 2 +3.64
4 Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers 19 9 6 4 +3.58
5 Gloucester City Gloucester City 10 6 3 1 +3.42
6 Blyth Spartans Blyth 11 8 2 1 +3.20
7 Farsley Celtic Farsley Celtic 10 6 4 0 +3.18
8 Barnsley Barnsley 31 12 10 9 +3.17
9 Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Ath. 24 13 7 4 +3.02
10 Preston North End Preston North End 31 13 9 9 +2.81
11 Accrington Stanley Accrington 53 29 10 14 +2.77
12 Alfreton Town Alfreton 16 7 7 2 +2.46
13 Colchester United Colchester United 43 18 13 12 +2.42
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 72 29 15 28 +2.26
15 Bradford City Bradford 71 27 21 23 +2.17
16 Boston United Boston Utd 24 12 5 7 +2.16
17 Nuneaton Town Nuneaton Town 12 7 1 4 +1.84
18 Bury Bury 55 18 19 18 +1.53
19 Guiseley Guiseley 16 7 6 3 +1.47
20 Bristol City Bristol City 15 5 3 7 +1.21
21 FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town 85 39 22 24 +1.17
22 Dover Athletic Dover Athletic 12 4 3 5 +1.07
23 Bolton Wanderers Bolton 18 4 6 8 +1.03
24 Hartlepool United Hartlepool United 102 44 25 33 +0.99
25 Swansea City Swansea City 37 14 8 15 +0.93
26 Burnley Burnley 12 4 1 7 +0.83
27 Stevenage Stevenage 10 4 2 4 +0.82
28 Morecambe Morecambe 14 6 2 6 +0.82
29 New Brighton New Brighton 26 16 4 6 +0.75
30 Stockport County Stockport County 92 32 26 34 +0.73
31 Chorley Chorley 13 4 5 4 +0.72
32 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 18 6 3 9 +0.63
33 Southport Southport 92 40 23 29 +0.60
34 Lincoln City Lincoln City 92 32 22 38 +0.50
35 Swindon Town Swindon 29 10 5 14 +0.47
36 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 15 3 7 5 +0.43
37 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 32 10 8 14 +0.38
38 Aldershot Town Aldershot 59 19 18 22 +0.27
39 Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United 50 15 15 20 +0.16
40 Southend United Southend United 39 11 14 14 +0.10
41 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 75 26 22 27 +0.09
42 Hull City Hull City 45 14 14 17 +0.08
43 Barnet Barnet 28 11 5 12 +0.06
44 Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic 44 16 10 18 +0.02
45 Brackley Town Brackley 16 3 8 5 +0.02
46 Wrexham Wrexham 94 31 25 38 0.00
47 Port Vale Port Vale 50 15 16 19 -0.09
48 Hereford Hereford 48 17 10 21 -0.10
49 Torquay United Torquay United 52 19 14 19 -0.17
50 York City York City 89 27 27 35 -0.30
51 Peterborough United Peterborough United 46 12 12 22 -0.34
52 Gateshead AFC Gateshead 47 18 9 20 -0.37
53 Blackpool Blackpool 34 10 7 17 -0.45
54 Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra 91 36 20 35 -0.45
55 Gillingham Gillingham 44 13 12 19 -0.50
56 Rochdale Rochdale 94 37 21 36 -0.52
57 Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA) 50 20 9 21 -0.54
58 Darlington Darlington 122 46 29 47 -0.54
59 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 45 14 9 22 -0.55
60 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton 22 6 6 10 -0.57
61 Luton Town Luton Town 13 1 8 4 -0.68
62 Leamington Leamington 11 4 5 2 -0.73
63 Workington Workington 45 14 15 16 -0.78
64 Notts County Notts County 36 11 10 15 -0.83
65 Walsall Walsall 39 11 13 15 -0.85
66 Carlisle United Carlisle United 78 24 18 36 -1.06
67 Fulham Fulham 23 6 5 12 -1.10
68 Dagenham and Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge 16 4 4 8 -1.14
69 Exeter City Exeter City 65 20 17 28 -1.19
70 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 87 20 32 35 -1.29
71 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 26 7 7 12 -1.32
72 Barrow Barrow 71 28 12 31 -1.39
73 Reading Reading 31 8 7 16 -1.50
74 Rotherham United Rotherham United 69 23 13 33 -1.60
75 Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic 23 8 4 11 -1.64
76 Macclesfield Macclesfield 26 8 6 12 -1.68
77 Oxford United Oxford United 26 10 2 14 -1.74
78 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 16 2 5 9 -1.81
79 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 45 12 12 21 -2.04
80 Brentford Brentford 46 9 15 22 -2.10
81 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 14 10 22 -2.11
82 Cardiff City Cardiff City 17 3 7 7 -2.15
83 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 99 25 25 49 -2.17
84 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 20 3 8 9 -2.22
85 Millwall Millwall 20 5 3 12 -2.29
86 Gateshead Gateshead 16 4 2 10 -2.79
87 Curzon Ashton Curzon 13 5 3 5 -3.00
88 Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers 14 2 2 10 -3.66
89 Cambridge United Cambridge United 30 3 16 11 -3.86
90 Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town 10 1 3 6 -4.31
91 Altrincham Altrincham 14 3 4 7 -4.46
92 Northwich Victoria Northwich Victoria 12 2 6 4 -4.67
93 Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town 12 2 3 7 -5.64
94 Forest Green Rovers Forest Green 17 3 1 13 -6.34
95 Woking Woking 18 3 2 13 -7.25