List of Buxton F.C. seasons

Buxton Football Club is a football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the National League North and play at the Silverlands.

Early history

The club was established in autumn 1877 as an offshoot of the local cricket club, playing their first match on 27 October 1877. ^[1] In 1891 they joined the Combination. They finished bottom of the league in 1895–96 and left at the end of the 1898–99 season, ^[2] when they switched to the Manchester League. ^[3] They were runners-up in 1904–05 but spent most of the next seven seasons in lower mid-table, finishing second-from-bottom on three occasions, before the league was disbanded in 1912. ^[3]

Buxton rejoined the Manchester League when it was re-established in 1920, and considered applying to join the new Football League Third Division North when it was formed in 1921, although they did not submit a bid. ^[4] They were Manchester League runners-up in 1928–29 and 1929–30 and League Cup winners in 1925–26 and 1926–27. ^[5] After winning the league in 1931–32, ^[6] they joined the Cheshire County League. ^[7]

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 [8] attendance	FA Cup [9]		FA Trophy		FA Vase
												Name	Goals		Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1932–33	Cheshire County League		42	16	5	21	81	92	-11	37	16th of 22
1933–34			42	14	11	17	81	95	-14	39	15th of 22
1934–35			42	19	5	18	95	95	0	43	9th of 22
1935–36			42	18	7	17	95	90	+5	43	11th of 22
1936–37			42	22	6	14	107	89	+18	50	6th of 22
1937–38			42	14	5	23	87	108	-21	33	18th of 22
1938–39			42	12	11	19	71	93	-22	35	16th of 22
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46	Cheshire County League		38	21	8	9	131	72	+59	50	3rd of 20
1946–47			42	24	8	10	117	79	+38	56	2nd of 22				PR	1–1–0
1947–48			42	13	6	23	89	113	-24	32	19th of 22				QR2	2–0–1
1948–49			42	15	6	21	77	104	-27	36	17th of 22				QR1	1–0–1
1949–50			42	11	16	15	78	88	-10	38	13th of 22				QR2	3–0–1
1950–51			42	14	9	19	55	69	-14	37	15th of 22				PR	0–0–1
1951–52			42	10	11	21	73	84	-11	31	19th of 22				R3	7–2–1
1952–53			42	17	10	15	76	81	-5	44	9th of 22				QR4	0–0–1
1953–54			42	10	7	25	58	98	-40	27	22nd of 22				QR4	0–0–1
1954–55			42	7	10	25	59	124	-65	24	22nd of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1955–56			42	19	6	17	94	78	+16	44	11th of 22				QR2	1–0–1
1956–57			42	19	7	16	94	78	+16	45	9th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1957–58			42	20	9	13	86	66	+20	49	7th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1958–59			38	16	8	14	87	71	+16	40	9th of 20				R2	5–1–1
1959–60			38	21	7	10	85	56	+29	49	4th of 20				QR2	1–0–1
1960–61			42	21	7	14	96	76	+20	49	8th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1961–62			42	21	6	15	98	79	+19	48	7th of 22				QR2	1–1–1
1962–63			42	24	7	11	104	71	+33	55	2nd of 22				R1	4–2–1
1963–64			42	18	11	13	92	77	+15	47	9th of 22				QR1	0–1–1
1964–65			42	15	7	20	77	99	-22	37	15th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1965–66			42	15	8	19	74	82	-8	38	12th of 22				QR2	1–1–1
1966–67			42	13	10	19	69	78	-9	36	16th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1967–68			42	14	8	20	71	86	-15	36	15th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1968–69			38	16	8	14	71	53	+18	40	8th of 20				QR3	2–0–1
1969–70			38	19	8	11	64	59	+5	46	5th of 20				PR	0–0–1	R2	2–2–1
1970–71			42	18	8	16	69	72	-3	44	8th of 22				PR	0–0–1	QF	3–1–1
1971–72			42	21	12	9	81	47	+34	54	4th of 22				QR1	0–1–1	QF	3–2–1
1972–73			42	28	8	6	89	32	+57	66	1st of 22 Promoted				QR1	0–1–1	R3	2–0–1
1973–74	Northern Premier League	5	46	14	10	22	45	71	-26	38	18th of 24				QR4	3-1-1	R3	2-0-1	—
1974–75			46	11	17	18	50	77	-27	39	16th of 24				QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1
1975–76			46	11	13	22	37	62	-25	35	17th of 24				QR1	1-0-1	R1	0-1-1
1976–77			44	11	13	20	48	63	-15	35	18th of 23				QR2	1-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1977–78			46	13	6	27	60	95	-35	32	23rd of 24				QR2	1-0-1	QR2	1-1-1			Peter Swan
1978–79			44	11	9	24	50	84	-34	31	22nd of 23				QR3	2-1-1	QR3	2-2-1			Colin Whitaker
			Level of the league decreased after the Alliance Premier League creation.
1979–80		6	42	21	9	12	61	48	+13	51	6th of 22				QR2	1-3-1	QR1	0-1-1
1980–81			42	21	7	14	64	50	+14	49	4th of 22				PR	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1981–82			38	12	15	11	57	50	+7	39	8th of 20				QR4	4-1-1	R1	3-0-1
1982–83			38	14	8	16	46	47	-1	36	12th of 20				QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1983–84			38	21	5	12	74	51	+23	47	5th of 20				QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-2-1
1984–85			38	21	6	11	85	60	+25	48	6th of 20				QR1	0-1-1	QR2	2-3-0
1985–86			38	18	9	11	52	50	+2	45	8th of 20				QR2	1-1-1	QR2	1-0-1
1986–87			38	4	12	22	35	78	-43	20	19th of 20				QR2	0-1-1	QR1	0-0-1
Northern Premier League added a new Division One.
1987–88	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	42	11	14	17	72	76	-4	47	16th of 22				QR2	1-1-1	R1	3-0-1	—
1988–89			42	12	14	16	61	63	-2	50	15th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	R1	3-0-1
1989–90			42	15	8	19	59	72	-13	53	16th of 22				QR3	2-3-1	QR3	0-1-1
1990–91			40	17	11	12	66	61	+5	59 [a]	8th of 21				QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1991–92			42	21	9	12	65	47	+18	72	5th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1992–93			42	13	10	19	60	75	-15	49	14th of 22				QR1	0-1-1	QR2	0-1-1
1993–94			42	13	10	19	67	73	-6	49	15th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-1-1
1994–95			42	18	9	15	65	62	+3	63	7th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1995–96			42	9	11	22	43	72	-29	38	20th of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1996–97			44	5	12	27	33	86	-53	27	23rd of 23 Relegated				QR1	0-0-1	QR3	2-1-1
1997–98	Northern Premier League Division One	7	42	7	3	32	41	87	-46	24	22nd of 22 Relegated				PR	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1			Wayne Goodison
1998–99	Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division	8	38	14	10	14	54	53	+1	52	10th of 20				QR3	2-1-1	—		R2	0-0-1	Derek Hall
1999–2000			38	11	6	21	35	67	-32	36 [b]	18th of 20				-	-			R1	0-0-1	? Mark Smith
2000–01			38	12	9	17	38	57	-19	45	12th of 20				PR	0-0-1			R1	1-0-1	Mark Smith
2001–02			38	8	13	17	43	61	-18	37	19th of 20				PR	0-0-1			R2	2-0-1
2002–03			38	21	7	10	84	56	+28	70	4th of 20				PR	0-0-1			R1	1-0-1	Kenny Johnson & Ronnie Wright
2003–04			38	17	12	9	69	50	+19	63	7th of 20				QR4	4-2-1			R3	3-2-1
			Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.
2004–05		9	38	14	13	11	59	57	+2	55	9th of 20				PR	0-2-0			R1	1-0-1	Kenny Johnson & Ronnie Wright Nicky Law
2005–06			38	30	5	3	102	27	+75	95	1st of 20 Promoted				PR	0-1-1			R5	6-0-1	Nicky Law
2006–07	Northern Premier League Division One	8	46	30	11	5	94	37	+57	101	1st of 24 Promoted			480	QR2	2-1-1	QR1	0-0-1	—
2007–08	Northern Premier League Premier Division	7	40	20	8	12	60	50	+10	68	5th of 21			461	QR2	1-0-1	QR3	2-0-1			John Reed
			Lost in the play-off final.
2008–09			42	13	10	19	56	58	-2	49	14th of 22			442	QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
2009–10			38	16	12	10	66	43	+23	60	8th of 20			361	QR4	3-1-1	QR2	1-0-1
2010–11			42	20	10	12	71	52	+19	70	6th of 22			409	QR4	2-2-1	QR1	0-0-1
2011–12			42	15	8	19	64	77	-13	53	13th of 22			327	QR2	1-0-1	QR2	1-0-1			John Reed Martin McIntosh
2012–13			42	18	13	11	72	56	+16	67	7th of 22			311	QR4	3-1-1	R1	3-1-1			Martin McIntosh
2013–14			46	16	14	16	63	60	+3	62	13th of 24			347	QR2	1-0-1	QR2	0-2-1
2014–15			46	18	17	11	70	57	+13	71	10th of 24			315	QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
2015–16			46	21	4	21	71	74	-3	67	11th of 24			253	QR3	2-1-1	QR3	2-0-1
2016–17			46	22	12	12	81	54	+27	78	7th of 24			355	QR1	0-0-1	QR3	1-0-1
2017–18			46	17	13	16	71	66	+5	64	9th of 24			305	QR4	3-0-1	QR1	0-0-1			Martin McIntosh Steve Halford & Paul Phillips
2018–19			40	18	10	12	60	45	+15	66	5th of 21			476	QR2	1-1-1	QR2	1-2-1			Steve Halford & Paul Phillips Paul Phillips
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2019–20			32	8	11	13	56	52	+4	35	18th of 22			443	QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-0-1			Paul Phillips Gary Hayward
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19.
2020–21			8	5	2	1	22	11	+11	17	3rd of 22			– [c]	QR2	1-1-0	R1	1-0-1			Gary Hayward
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19.
2021–22			42	23	12	7	80	38	+42	81	1st of 22 Promoted			737	R2	5–2–1	QR3	0–0–1			Gary Hayward Steve Cunningham
2022–23	National League North	6	46	18	13	15	55	54	+1	67	11th of 24	Diego De Girolamo	9	717	R2	4–0–1	R2	0–0–1			Jamie Vermiglio Craig Elliott
2023–24			46	17	11	18	70	63	+7	62	14th of 24	Diego De Girolamo	16	739	QR2	0–0–1	R2	0–0–1			Craig Elliott

1. The club deducted three points.
2. The club deducted three points.
3. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

1. Club History Archived 25 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Buxton F.C.
2. Buxton at the Football Club History Database
3. Manchester League 1893-1912 Non-League Matters
4. "Peak performers" When Saturday Comes, No. 358, December 2016
5. Club Honours Buxton F.C.
6. Manchester League 1920-1960 Non-League Matters
7. Cheshire County League 1919-1940 Non-League Matters
8. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
9. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 4 June 2024.