- List of Notts County F.C. seasons
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Notts County Football Club were formed in 1862 and were one of the founder members of The Football League in 1888. Their victory in the 1894 FA Cup Final represents their only major honour to date. Their highest league finish in the top division is third place, which they achieved in 1890–91 and 1900–01, while in the League Cup the club has never progressed beyond the quarter-final stage. The table details the club's achievements in all national and European first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed season.
Contents
Seasons
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Season League FA Cup League
CupOther Top goalscorer Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals 1862–63 DNE DNE DNE 1863–64 DNE DNE DNE 1864–65 DNE DNE DNE 1865–66 DNE DNE DNE 1866–67 DNE DNE DNE 1867–68 DNE ? DNE 1868–69 DNE ? DNE 1869–70 DNE ? DNE 1870–71 DNE ? DNE 1871–72 DNE ? DNE 1872–73 DNE ? DNE 1873–74 DNE ? DNE 1874–75 DNE ? DNE 1875–76 DNE ? DNE 1876–77 DNE ? DNE 1877–78 DNE R1 DNE Harry Cursham 1 1878–79 DNE R1 DNE 1879–80 DNE R1 DNE 1880–81 DNE R3 DNE 1881–82 DNE R3 DNE 1882–83 DNE SF DNE 1883–84 DNE SF DNE 1884–85 DNE QF DNE 1885–86 DNE R5 DNE 1886–87 DNE QF DNE 1887–88 DNE R3 DNE 1888–89 FL[A] 22 5 2 15 40 73 12 11th R2 DNE Bob Jardine 9 1889–90 FL 22 6 5 11 43 51 17 10th QF DNE Jimmy Oswald 16 1890–91 FL 22 11 4 7 52 35 26 3rd RU DNE Jimmy Oswald 20 1891–92 FL 26 11 4 11 55 51 26 8th R1 DNE Jimmy Oswald 15 1892–93 Div 1[B] 30 10 4 16 53 61 24 14th R2 DNE Jimmy Oswald 14 1893–94 Div 2 28 18 3 7 70 31 39 3rd W DNE Failed to gain promotion after test matches James Logan 27 1894–95 Div 2 30 17 5 8 75 45 39 2nd R1 DNE Failed to gain promotion after test matches Elijah Allsopp 17 1895–96 Div 2 30 12 2 16 57 54 26 10th R1 DNE Walter Bull 18 1896–97 Div 2 30 19 4 7 92 43 42 1st R2 DNE Promoted after test matches Tom Boucher 24 1897–98 Div 1 30 8 8 14 36 46 24 13th R1 DNE Tom Boucher 7 1898–99 Div 1 34 12 13 9 47 51 37 5th R2 DNE Alex Maconnachie 12 1899–1900 Div 1 34 9 11 14 46 60 29 15th R2 DNE Joe McMain 15 1900–01 Div 1 34 18 4 12 54 46 40 3rd R2 DNE Jack Morris 19 1901–02 Div 1 34 14 4 16 51 57 32 13th R1 DNE Percy Humphreys 14 1902–03 Div 1 34 12 7 15 41 49 31 15th QF DNE Arthur Green
Percy Humphreys16 1903–04 Div 1 34 12 5 17 37 61 29 13th R1 DNE Arthur Green 20 1904–05 Div 1 34 5 8 21 36 69 18 18th R1 DNE Jerry Dean
Arthur Green8 1905–06 Div 1 38 11 12 15 55 71 34 16th R1 DNE Arthur Green
Walter Tarplin13 1906–07 Div 1 38 8 15 15 46 50 31 18th QF DNE Percy Humphreys 16 1907–08 Div 1 38 13 8 17 39 51 34 18th R2 DNE Fred Jones 8 1908–09 Div 1 38 14 8 16 51 48 36 15th R1 DNE Jimmy Cantrell 18 1909–10 Div 1 38 15 10 13 67 59 40 9th R1 DNE Jimmy Cantrell 22 1910–11 Div 1 38 14 10 14 37 45 38 11th R1 DNE Jimmy Cantrell 13 1911–12 Div 1 38 14 7 17 46 63 35 16th R2 DNE Sam Richards 14 1912–13 Div 1 38 7 9 22 28 56 23 19th R1 DNE Jack Peart 7 1913–14 Div 2 38 23 7 8 77 36 53 1st R1 DNE Jack Peart 29 1914–15 Div 1 38 9 13 16 41 57 31 16th R1 DNE Jack Peart 11 The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War. 1919–20 Div 1 42 12 12 18 56 74 36 21st R3 DNE Harold Hill 13 1920–21 Div 2 42 18 11 13 55 40 47 6th R2 DNE Harold Hill
Sammy Stevens11 1921–22 Div 2 42 12 15 15 47 51 39 13th SF DNE Harold Hill 11 1922–23 Div 2 42 23 7 12 46 34 53 1st R1 DNE Donald Cock 13 1923–24 Div 1 42 14 14 14 44 49 42 10th R2 DNE Donald Cock 11 1924–25 Div 1 42 16 13 13 42 31 45 9th R3 DNE Arthur Davis 13 1925–26 Div 1 42 13 7 22 54 74 33 22nd R5 DNE Arthur Davis 14 1926–27 Div 2 42 15 5 22 70 96 35 16th R3 DNE Arthur Davis
Neil Harris16 1927–28 Div 2 42 13 12 17 68 74 38 15th R3 DNE Paddy Mills 21 1928–29 Div 2 42 19 9 14 78 65 47 5th R3 DNE Harold Andrews 21 1929–30 Div 2 42 9 15 18 54 70 33 22nd R3 DNE Harold Andrews 17 1930–31 Div 3S 42 24 11 7 97 46 59 1st R4 DNE Tom Keetley 41 1931–32 Div 2 42 13 12 17 75 75 38 16th R3 DNE Tom Keetley 30 1932–33 Div 2 42 15 10 17 67 78 40 15th R3 DNE Tom Keetley 15 1933–34 Div 2 42 12 11 19 53 62 35 18th R3 DNE Charlie MacCartney 15 1934–35 Div 2 42 9 7 26 46 97 25 22nd R3 DNE Fred Shaw 12 1935–36 Div 3S 42 15 12 15 60 57 42 9th R3 DNE Third Division (South) Cup R2 Tom 'Tex' Rickards 11 1936–37 Div 3S 42 23 10 9 74 52 56 2nd R1 DNE Third Division (South) Cup SF Hughie Gallacher 25 1937–38 Div 3S 42 16 9 17 50 50 41 11th R4 DNE Third Division (South) Cup SF Willie Chalmers 9 1938–39 Div 3S 42 17 9 16 59 54 43 11th R4 DNE Third Division (South) Cup R1 Davy 'Boy' Martin 16 1939–40[C] Div 3S 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 — — DNE Davy 'Boy' Martin 3 The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War. 1945–46 n/a[D] R2 DNE Ian McPherson 3 1946–47 Div 3S 42 15 10 17 63 63 40 12th R3 DNE Jackie Sewell 22 1947–48 Div 3S 42 19 8 15 68 59 46 6th R4 DNE Tommy Lawton 24 1948–49 Div 3S 42 19 5 18 102 68 43 11th R4 DNE Jackie Sewell 27 1949–50 Div 3S 42 25 8 9 95 50 51 1st R3 DNE Tommy Lawton 33 1950–51 Div 2 42 13 13 16 61 60 39 17th R3 DNE Tom Johnston
Jackie Sewell14 1951–52 Div 2 42 16 7 19 71 68 39 15th R4 DNE Frank Broome
Bobby Crookes15 1952–53 Div 2 42 14 8 20 60 88 36 19th R4 DNE Ken McPherson 14 1953–54 Div 2 42 13 13 16 54 74 39 14th R3 DNE Tom Johnston 16 1954–55 Div 2 42 21 6 15 74 71 48 7th QF DNE Jimmy Jackson 18 1955–56 Div 2 42 11 9 22 55 82 31 20th R3 DNE Jimmy Jackson 8 1956–57 Div 2 42 9 12 21 58 86 30 20th R3 DNE Gordon Wills 19 1957–58 Div 2 42 12 6 24 44 80 30 21st R4 DNE Jackie Lane 11 1958–59 Div 3 46 8 13 25 55 96 29 23rd R1 DNE Don Roby 13 1959–60 Div 4 46 26 8 12 107 69 60 2nd R2 DNE Stan Newsham 23 1960–61 Div 3 46 21 9 16 82 77 51 5th R1 R2 Tony Hateley 27 1961–62 Div 3 46 17 9 20 67 74 43 13th R3 R1 Tony Hateley 21 1962–63 Div 3 46 19 13 14 73 74 51 7th R1 R4 Tony Hateley 22 1963–64 Div 3 46 9 9 28 45 92 27 24th R2 QF Jeff Astle 14 1964–65 Div 4 46 15 14 17 61 73 44 13th R2 R3 Jimmy Rayner 14 1965–66 Div 4 46 19 12 15 61 53 50 8th R1 R1 Ron Still 13 1966–67 Div 4 46 13 11 22 53 72 37 20th R1 R1 Stan Marshall 13 1967–68 Div 4 46 15 11 20 53 79 41 17th R1 R1 Les Bradd 10 1968–69 Div 4 46 12 18 16 48 57 42 19th R1 R1 Don Masson 13 1969–70 Div 4 46 22 8 16 73 62 52 7th R1 R1 Don Masson 23 1970–71 Div 4 46 30 9 7 89 36 69 1st R3 R1 Tony Hateley 23 1971–72 Div 3 46 25 12 9 74 44 62 4th R4 R2 Les Bradd 25 1972–73 Div 3 46 23 11 12 67 47 57 2nd R3 QF Watney Cup R1 Kevin Randall 23 1973–74 Div 2 42 15 13 14 55 60 43 10th R3 R1 Kevin Randall 14 1974–75 Div 2 42 12 16 14 49 59 40 14th R4 R2 Ian Scanlon 14 1975–76 Div 2 42 19 11 12 60 41 49 5th R3 QF Les Bradd 19 1976–77 Div 2 42 19 10 13 65 60 48 8th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Phase Mick Vinter 13 1977–78 Div 2 42 11 16 15 54 62 38 15th R5 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup SF Mick Vinter 24 1978–79 Div 2 42 14 16 12 48 60 44 6th R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Phase Mick Vinter 14 1979–80 Div 2 42 11 15 16 51 52 37 17th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup Group Phase Ray O'Brien 11 1980–81 Div 2 42 18 17 7 49 38 53 2nd R4 R4 Anglo-Scottish Cup RU Trevor Christie 21 1981–82 Div 1 42 13 8 21 61 69 47[E] 15th R3 R2 Football League Group Cup Group Phase Iain McCulloch 16 1982–83 Div 1 42 15 7 20 55 71 52 15th R4 R4 Iain McCulloch 12 1983–84 Div 1 42 10 11 21 50 72 41 21st QF R3 Trevor Christie 25 1984–85 Div 2 42 10 7 25 45 73 37 20th R3 R4 Rachid Harkouk 20 1985–86 Div 3 46 19 14 13 71 60 71 8th R4 R2 Associate Members Cup Group Phase Play-off Ian McParland 20 1986–87 Div 3 46 21 13 12 77 56 76 7th R2 R1 Associate Members Cup Group Phase Ian McParland 27 1987–88 Div 3 46 23 12 11 82 49 81 4th R2 R1 Associate Members Cup RU Ian McParland 22 1988–89 Div 3 46 18 13 15 64 54 67 9th R2 R2 Associate Members Cup R1S Ian McParland 9 1989–90 Div 3 46 25 12 9 73 53 87 3rd R1 R1 Associate Members Cup RU Tommy Johnson 18 1990–91 Div 2 46 23 11 12 76 55 80 4th QF R2 Tommy Johnson 19 1991–92 Div 1 42 10 10 22 40 62 40 21st R5 R2 Tommy Johnson 12 1992–93 Div 1[F] 46 12 16 18 55 70 52 17th R3 R3 Anglo-Italian Cup Group Phase Mark Draper 12 1993–94 Div 1 46 20 8 18 65 69 68 7th R4 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup RU Gary McSwegan 16 1994–95 Div 1 46 9 13 24 45 66 40 24th R3 R4 Anglo-Italian Cup W Paul Devlin 10 1995–96 Div 2 46 21 15 10 63 39 78 4th R3 R2 Associate Members Cup QFN Devon White 14 1996–97 Div 2 46 7 14 25 33 59 35 24th R3 R1 Associate Members Cup R2N Gary Martindale 7 1997–98 Div 3 46 29 12 5 82 43 99 1st R2 R2 Associate Members Cup R2N Gary Jones 28 1998–99 Div 2 46 14 12 20 52 61 54 16th R3 R1 Associate Members Cup R1N Gary Jones 8 1999–2000 Div 2 46 18 11 17 61 55 65 8th R1 R2 Associate Members Cup R1N Mark Stallard 14 2000–01 Div 2 46 19 12 15 62 66 69 8th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R1N Mark Stallard 24 2001–02 Div 2 46 13 11 22 59 71 50 19th R2 R2 Football League Trophy QFN Daniel Allsopp 28 2002–03 Div 2 46 13 16 17 62 70 55 15th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1N Mark Stallard 25 2003–04 Div 2 46 10 12 24 50 78 42 23rd R3 R3 Football League Trophy R1N Paul Heffernan 21 2004–05 L2[G] 46 13 13 20 46 62 52 19th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R1N Glynn Hurst 15 2005–06 L2 46 12 16 18 48 63 52 21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1S Glynn Hurst 9 2006–07 L2 46 16 14 16 55 53 62 13th R1 R4 Football League Trophy R1S Jason Lee 16 2007–08 L2 46 10 18 18 37 53 48 21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1S Richard Butcher 12 2008–09 L2 46 11 14 21 49 69 47 19th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R1N Delroy Facey 9 2009–10 L2 46 27 12 7 96 31 93 1st R5 R1 Football League Trophy R2N Lee Hughes 30 Key
Key to league record:
- P = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- Pts = Points
- Pos = Final position
- DNE = League did not exist
Key to divisions:
- FL = Football League
- Div 1 = Football League First Division
- Div 2 = Football League Second Division
- Div 3S = Football League Third Division South
- Div 3 = Football League Third Division
- Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division
- L2 = Football League Two
- n/a = Not applicable
Key to rounds:
- DNE = Cup did not exist
- QR = Qualifying round
- Grp = Group stage
- R1 = Round 1
- R2 = Round 2
- R3 = Round 3
- R4 = Round 4
- R5 = Round 5
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- ASF = Area semi-finals
- AF = Area final
- RU = Runners-up
- WS = Shared
- W = Winners
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated Play-offs (not promoted) Divisions in bold indicate a change in division.
Footnotes
- A. ^ Notts County were one of the 12 founding members of The Football League.
- B. ^ The Football League expanded to two divisions in 1892, absorbing most of the teams from the Football Alliance. The league previously known simply as The Football League became the Football League First Division.
- C. ^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled. Notts County's record is shown as of the time of the annulment.
- D. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
- E. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
- F. ^ With the advent of the Premier League, the second tier of English football became known as the First Division.
- G. ^ In 2004–05 the fourth tier of English football was renamed from the Football League Third Division to Football League Two as part of a re-branding exercise by The Football League.
Ups and downs
With a total of thirteen promotions and fifteen relegations,[1] no club has moved between the divisions of the Football League on more occasions than Notts County.
Promotion year 1897 1914 1923 1931 1950 1960 1971 1973 1981 1990 1991 1998 2010
Relegation year 1893 1913 1920 1926 1930 1935 1958 1959 1964 1984 1985 1992 1995 1997 2004
References
- "Notts County". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. http://fchd.info/NOTTSCO.HTM. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- "Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database". http://www.allfootballers.com/. Retrieved 29-30 November 2009.
- The Official History Notts County. Tony Brown 1996 ISBN 1874427615
- The Magpies. Tony Warsop 1984 ISBN 086023214X
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