Ray Gill (8 December 1924 – 17 September 2001) was an English footballer. He holds the
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...
appearance record for
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
.
The full-back played in 406 league games for Chester from 1951 to 1962, putting him seven ahead of
Ron Hughes (whose Chester career ran almost parallel to Gill's) and 10 ahead of
Trevor Storton.
Gill had earlier played for hometown club
Manchester City
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, where he made eight appearances. However, he was to enjoy a regular place at Chester for most of his time with the club. This was despite the fact he was part-time in his later years at the club as he worked as a
salesman
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.
Gill was awarded testimonial matches by Chester in 1956 and 1962 against representative teams. He later played for
Hyde United,
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...
and
Winsford United before moving into management with
Radcliffe Borough between 1969 and 1973.
External links
Chester City Obituary
References
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Chester City F.C. players
Manchester City F.C. players
Altrincham F.C. players
Hyde United F.C. players
Winsford United F.C. players
1924 births
2001 deaths
English men's footballers
Footballers from Manchester
English Football League players
Men's association football fullbacks
20th-century English sportsmen