List of Bishop's Stortford F.C. seasons

Bishop's Stortford Football Club is a football club based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Woodside Park.

Early history

The club was established at the Chequers Hotel on 28 January 1874. ^[1] In 1885 they were founders of the Hertfordshire County Football Association, and subsequently started playing in local leagues in the 1890s. ^[1] In 1929 they joined the new Division Two East of the Spartan League, which they went on to win in 1931–32, earning promotion to Division One. ^[2]

Following World War II, the league resumed in 1945, with Bishop's Stortford in the Eastern Division. ^[3] Despite finishing in last place in 1945–46, ^[3] they were placed in the Premier Division the following season. ^[4] However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1948–49, ^[3] they were relegated to Division One. In 1951 the club were founder members of the Delphian League.

Key

Key to league record Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League														Cup competitions				Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average [5] attendance	FA Cup [6]		FA Trophy
												Name	Goals		Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1951–52	Delphian League		26	10	3	13	55	80	-25	23	10th of 14				–		–
1952–53			30	6	5	19	47	94	-47	17	15th of 16
1953–54			28	12	4	12	64	56	8	28	6th of 15
1954–55			28	22	3	3	98	39	59	47	1st of 15				PR	0-0-1
1955–56			28	16	5	7	84	43	41	37	4th of 15				PR	0-0-1
1956–57			26	13	3	10	70	56	14	29	5th of 14				QR2	2-0-1
1957–58			28	12	6	10	62	54	8	30	8th of 15				PR	0-0-1
1958–59			28	15	5	8	64	50	14	35	5th of 15				PR	0-0-1
1959–60			24	14	3	7	52	35	17	31	4th of 13				QR2	0-0-1
1960–61			28	14	2	12	67	63	4	30	5th of 15				QR3	2-0-1
1961–62			26	14	6	6	62	36	26	34	3rd of 14				QR1	0-0-1
1962–63			17	9	5	3	38	29	9	23	2nd of 16				QR2	1-0-1
			The season was abandoned due to bad weather
The league disbanded, club joined the Athenian League
1963–64	Athenian League Division Two		28	14	3	11	67	40	27	31	7th of 15				QR1	0-0-1	–
1964–65			30	20	8	2	71	35	36	48	2nd of 16 Promoted				QR2	1-0-1
1965–66	Athenian League Division One		30	24	3	3	84	33	51	51	1st of 16 Promoted				QR1	0-1-1
1966–67	Athenian League Premier Division		30	19	5	6	56	33	23	43	2nd of 16				QR2	1-0-1
1967–68			30	18	3	9	75	38	37	39	3rd of 16				QR3	2-0-1
1968–69			30	14	6	10	57	44	13	34	6th of 16				QR3	2-0-1
1969–70			30	20	5	5	72	33	39	45	1st of 16				QR1	0-0-1
1970–71			30	11	4	15	45	61	-16	26	12th of 16				R1	4-1-1
Club joined the Isthmian League
1971–72	Isthmian League	5	40	24	5	11	61	37	24	53	5th of 21				QR3	2-2-1	–
1972–73			42	18	12	12	58	51	7	48	10th of 22				R2	5-3-1
Athenian League was absorbed into the league as Division Two
1973–74	Isthmian League Division One	5	42	26	9	7	78	26	52	87	3rd of 22				QR4	0-1-1	–
1974–75			42	17	6	19	56	64	-8	57	11th of 22				R1	0-1-1	R1	1-2-1
1975–76			42	15	12	15	51	47	4	57	12th of 22				R2	2-0-1	R2	2-4-1
1976–77			42	11	11	20	51	71	-20	44	20th of 22				QR4	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1
The Division renamed
1977–78	Isthmian League Premier Division	5	42	7	8	27	36	83	-47	29	22nd of 22 Relegated				QR4	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1978–79	Isthmian League Division One	6	42	22	11	9	68	40	28	77	4th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
Alliance Premier League created, The Isthmian League clubs refused to join the new league
1979–80	Isthmian League Division One	7	42	24	8	10	74	47	27	80	4th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1980–81			42	30	6	6	84	28	56	96	1st of 22 Promoted				QR1	0-0-1	W	10-3-0
1981–82	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	42	15	5	22	50	70	-20	50	15th of 22				R1	0-1-1	QF	3-1-1
1982–83			42	17	9	16	61	58	3	60	13th of 22				R3	3-2-1	R1	0-0-1
1983–84			42	15	13	14	56	57	-1	58	11th of 22				QR4	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1
1984–85			42	12	12	18	48	67	-19	48	16th of 22				R1	1-0-1	R1	1-2-1
1985–86			42	17	10	15	55	61	-6	61	7th of 22				R1	1-1-1	R3	3-1-1
1986–87			42	15	15	12	62	57	5	60	10th of 22				R1	1-1-1	R2	1-0-1	Pat Ferry
1987–88			42	15	10	17	55	58	-3	55	13th of 22				QR4	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	John Radford
1988–89			42	20	6	16	70	56	14	66	7th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	QR3	0-1-1
1989–90			42	19	6	17	60	59	1	63	9th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-1-1
1990–91			42	14	12	16	54	49	5	54	13th of 22				QR4	3-0-1	QR1	1-0-1
1991–92			42	7	12	23	41	68	-27	33	22nd of 22 Relegated				QR1	0-1-1	QR1	1-0-1
1992–93	Isthmian League Division One	7	40	19	10	11	63	42	21	67	5th of 21				QR1	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1993–94			42	24	13	5	83	31	52	85	1th of 22 Promoted				QR3	3-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1994–95	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	42	12	11	19	53	76	-23	47	19th of 22				QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-0-1
1995–96			42	16	9	17	61	62	-1	57	12th of 22				QR1	0-1-1	QR2	1-1-1
1996–97			42	10	13	19	43	64	-21	43	19th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1997–98			42	14	5	23	53	69	-16	47	19th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QR3	1-0-1
1998–99			42	9	10	23	49	90	-41	37	21st of 22 Relegated				QR2	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1
1999–2000	Isthmian League Division One	7	42	16	10	16	57	62	-5	58	11th of 22				QR2	1-3-1	R1	0-0-1
2000–01			42	24	6	12	103	76	27	78	4th of 22				QR3	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1
2001–02			42	26	9	7	104	51	53	87	2nd of 22 Promoted			358	PR	0-1-1	R2	1-2-1
2002–03	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	46	16	11	19	74	72	2	59	13th of 24			389	QR4	2-1-1	R2	2-2-0
2003–04			46	20	9	17	78	61	17	69	11th of 24			358	R1	2-3-1	R3	2-1-1
Conference South, a new sixth tier league created, club qualified to join it
2004–05	Conference South	6	42	17	8	17	70	66	4	59	10th of 22			352	QR2	0-0-1	SF	6-2-2
2005–06			42	11	15	16	55	63	-8	48	15th of 22			357	QR3	1-0-1	R1	1-1-1
2006–07			42	21	10	11	72	61	11	73	5th of 22			500	QR2	1-1-1	R2	2-0-1
2007–08			42	18	10	14	72	60	12	64	10th of 22			456	QR3	1-0-1	R2	2-1-1
2008–09			42	17	8	17	60	60	0	59	9th of 22			454	QR4	2-0-1	QR3	0-1-1
2009–10			42	12	11	19	48	59	-9	47	18th of 22			422	QR2	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1
2010–11			42	13	6	23	48	79	-31	45	16th of 22 Transferred			413	QR2	0-1-1	QR3	0-0-1
2011–12	Conference North	6	42	17	7	18	70	70	-5	58	10th of 22			421	QR4	2-0-1	R1	1-1-1	Ian Walker
2012–13			42	12	13	17	58	74	-16	49	17th of 22 Transferred			405	R1	3-1-1	R1	1-0-1
2013–14	Conference South	6	42	13	13	16	63	68	-5	52	15th of 22			388	R1	3-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
2014–15			40	12	10	18	55	69	-14	46	16th of 21			389	QR2	0-1-1	R1	1-0-1
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed
2015–16	National League South	6	42	15	10	17	56	63	-7	55	11th of 22			379	QR2	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
2016–17			42	8	3	31	29	104	-75	27	21st of 22 Relegated			355	QR2	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
2017–18	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	46	14	10	22	74	79	-5	52	18th of 24 Transferred			298	QR1	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1	Kevin Watson
2018–19	Isthmian League Premier Division	7	42	20	7	15	70	57	13	67	7th of 22	Jamie Cureton	22	335	QR1	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1	Jamie Cureton
2019–20			32	8	4	20	37	63	-26	28	17th of 22	Jamie Cureton	16	253	QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-1-1
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2020–21			6	4	2	0	13	5	8	14	7th of 22	Thomas Richardson Peter Merrifield	5	– [a]	R1	3-2-0	R1	1-0-1	Steve Smith
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22			42	25	12	5	89	33	56	87	2nd of 22	Jake Cass Peter Merrifield	19	434	QR2	1-0-1	R3	3-1-0
			Lost in the play-off semi-final.
2022–23			42	27	7	8	75	33	42	88	1st of 22 Promoted			485	QR1	0-0-1	R2	2-0-1
2023–24	National League North	6	46	6	3	37	35	112	-77	21	24th of 24 Relegated	Tosin Olufemi Ryan Charles	5	491	QR2	0-1-1	R5	2-1-1	Steve Smith Steve Castle
2024–25	Southern Football League Premier Division Central	7	42	14	9	19	52	62	-10	51	15th of 22	Bradley Russell	9	433	QR4	3-0-1	R1	0-1-1	Steve Castle

Notes

• Source: Bishop's Stortford at the Football Club History Database

1. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

1. Club history Bishop's Stortford F.C.
2. Spartan League 1907-1934 Non-League Matters
3. Spartan League 1934-1955 Non-League Matters
4. Non League Tables for 1946-1947 Non-League Matters
5. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
6. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.