List of AFC Fylde seasons

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AFC Fylde, a professional association football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England, was founded in 1988. [1] They were originally named Kirkham & Wesham as a result of a merger between Kirkham Town and Wesham Football Clubs. The club assumed Kirkham Town's place in Division One of the West Lancashire League for the 1988–89 season. The following season they finished bottom of the league table and were relegated to Division Two. In 1993 they were promoted back into Division One but were relegated again after a two-season spell. The club finished as runners-up in 1996 to achieve promotion after one season. Kirkham & Wesham's third spell in Division One, which was renamed Premier Division in 1998, was successful as they spent 11 seasons in the division, winning the title seven times, including the 2007 title where they were allowed to be promoted into the North West Counties Football League (NWC) in their Division Two for the 2007–08 season. [2]

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The club finished as runners-up in the division and achieved promotion to the Premier Division. Also during this season they entered the FA Vase for the first time and won the competition defeating Lowestoft Town 2–1 in the final. [3] At the end of the season the club adopted the new name AFC Fylde. [4] In 2009 Fylde achieved their third successive promotion by winning the North West Counties Premier Division title, they were promoted into the Northern Premier League Division One North. Fylde were unable to successfully defend the FA Vase losing 2–1 in the fourth round to Needham Market. The club were entered into the FA Cup qualifying rounds for the first time in the 2008–09 season, losing to Sheffield in the preliminary round. The 2009–10 season saw the club play in the FA Trophy for the first time and the 2010–11 season they were runners-up in the promotion play-offs. Their third season in Division One North saw them win the championship title and were promoted into the Premier Division.

The club spent two seasons in the Premier Division qualifying for the play-offs in both; in the first season play-offs they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Hednesford Town in a penalty shoot-out; in the second they defeated Worksop Town in the semi-final and Ashton United in the final on penalties to achieve promotion to the Conference North. [5] In their first season in the Conference North they finished as runners-up in the league only two points behind champions Barrow and automatic promotion, in the play-offs they were eliminated by Guiseley in the two-legged semi-final 3–1 on aggregate. The following season the Conference North was renamed National League North. [6] The club's third-place finish meant they qualified for their fourth consecutive play-offs, they reached the final but were runners-up to North Ferriby United. [7] Fylde won the 2016–17 National League North title and were promoted in the National League, the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system. [8]

Fylde finished in seventh-place in their first National League season and qualified for their sixth play-offs tournament, this time losing to Boreham Wood in the quarter-final. [9] In the 2018–19 season they finished in fifth-place and once again qualified for the play-offs, beating Harrogate Town in the quarter-final and Solihull Moors in the semi-final before losing to Salford City in the final. [10] Also during this season the club reached the 2019 FA Trophy Final, their first FA Trophy final, where they played National League champions Leyton Orient and defeated them 1–0 to win the competition. [11] [12] [13]

Key

Seasons

SeasonLeague record FA Cup FA Trophy Other
DivisionTierPWDLFAPtsPosCompetitionResult
1988–89WL Div 110321241651564011th————
1989–90WL Div 1 ↓1034632531752118th————
1990–91WL Div 211381471751704915th————
1991–92WL Div 211341391261674810th————
1992–93WL Div 2 ↑1134161265638603rd————
1993–94WL Div 110341371446604613th————
1994–95WL Div 1 ↓1034762133792716th————
1995–96WL Div 2 ↑113423927522782nd————
1996–97WL Div 11034991640613614th————
1997–98WL Div 110342068654463 [lower-alpha 1] 4th————
1998–99WL Premier [lower-alpha 2] 10302055863362 [lower-alpha 1] 4th————
1999–2000WL Premier103024339822751st————
2000–01WL Premier102822519024711st————
2001–02WL Premier103022629020721st————
2002–03WL Premier103020288743622nd————
2003–04WL Premier103025508726801st————
2004–05WL Premier113025329417781st————
2005–06WL Premier113025509619801st————
2006–07WL Premier ↑113022626219721st————
2007–08NWC Div 2 ↑10342455883177 2nd ——FA Vase W
2008–09NWC Premier ↑942335412235104 1st PRE —FA VaseR4
2009–10NPL Div 1N84215819677953 13th QR2 QR3 ——
2010–11NPL Div 1N84424911915981 5th PRE PRE Play-offsRU [lower-alpha 3]
2011–12NPL Div 1N ↑8423165902999 1st QR2 QR1 ——
2012–13NPL Premier74223613935175 5th R1 QR3 Play-offsSF [lower-alpha 4]
2013–14NPL Premier ↑7462899974193 3rd QR2 QR3 Play-offsW [lower-alpha 5]
2014–15Conference North64225107934385 2nd R1 R3 Play-offsSF [lower-alpha 6]
2015–16National North [lower-alpha 7] 64222911765375 3rd R1 R3 Play-offsRU [lower-alpha 8]
2016–17National North ↑642261061096088 1st QR2 R1 ——
2017–18National League546201313825673 7th R2 R1 Play-offsQF [lower-alpha 9]
2018–19National League54622159724181 5th QR4 W Play-offs RU [lower-alpha 10]
2019–20National League ↓53791216446039 23rd [lower-alpha 11] R3 R4 ——
2020–21National North615933261630 2nd [lower-alpha 12] R1 R3 ——
2021–22National North64224810683780 3rd QR2 R3 Play-offsSF [lower-alpha 13]
2022–23National North ↑6462989804495 1st R1 R3 ——
2023–24National League546151021748255 18th R1 R4 ——

Notes

  1. 1 2 The club were deducted three points.
  2. ↑ Division One was renamed Premier Division after league re-organisation.
  3. ↑ Beat Skelmersdale United 1–0 in the semi-final before losing 2–0 to Chorley in the 2011 Northern Premier League Division One North play-off Final.
  4. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Hednesford Town 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the match ended 3–3.
  5. ↑ Promoted to Conference North via the play-offs, beating Worksop Town 3–1 in the semi-final and Ashton United in a 4–3 penalty shoot-out in the 2014 Northern Premier League Premier Division play-off Final (the match had ended 1–1).
  6. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Guiseley 3–1 on aggregate.
  7. ↑ The Football Conference was renamed the National League; the North and South divisions were also renamed National League North and National League South respectively. [6]
  8. ↑ Beat Harrogate Town 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 2–1 to North Ferriby United in the 2016 National League North play-off Final.
  9. ↑ Lost in the play-off quarter-final to Boreham Wood 2–1. [9]
  10. ↑ Beat Harrogate Town 3–1 in the quarter-final and Solihull Moors in the semi-final, before losing 3–0 to Salford City in the 2019 National League play-off final. [10]
  11. ↑ The 2019–20 National League was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions, promotions and relegations decided on a points-per-game basis.
  12. ↑ The 2020–21 National League North season was abandoned with results declared null and void and results expunged due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  13. ↑ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Boston United 2–0.

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