List of Chorley F.C. seasons

Chorley Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Chorley, Lancashire, England. The club was founded as a rugby union club in 1875 but switched to football in 1883.

Early history

Chorley joined the Lancashire Junior League in 1889, and the following year became a member of the Lancashire Alliance, a league which they were crowned champions of in 1892–93 and runners-up in 1893–94. The Lancashire Junior Cup came to Chorley in 1894, nine years after the trophy's institution, and their win was the first of a record number of successes for the Magpies. They beat Clitheroe 3–2 in a replayed final at Ewood Park, Blackburn after a 2–2 draw. Chorley bid farewell to the Lancashire Alliance at the end of the 1893–94 season and joined the Lancashire League, winning the championship in 1896–97. Chorley won another championship in 1898–99, but was clouded by a notice to quit their Dole Lane Ground, and the loss of captain Johnny Parker, who had broken his leg. In May 1899 Chorley applied to join the Football League's Second Division, coming sixth in voting, with the top two being elected. September 1901 saw Chorley move to the Rangletts Ground, taking even the grandstand and hoardings, and 1903 saw the Lancashire League restructured as the Lancashire Combination, which was extended in size to encompass two divisions, A and B, with Chorley playing in the Combination B Division. Chorley suffered their worst season in 1914–15, finishing bottom of the league, but the outbreak of the First World War saved them from relegation, for the Combination, like the Football League, suspended its competitions in 1915. During the war Chorley joined the Northern Division but due to difficulties in raising a team they were disbanded early in 1916. Chorley did not have a team for the next two seasons, but in August 1918 formed a side for friendly matches. Chorley took their place in the reassembled Combination (there was only one division by now) with what proved to be one of their finest-ever teams.

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 [1] attendance	FA Cup [2]		FA Trophy
												Name	Goals		Res	Rec	Res	Rec
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I. Lancashire Combination switched to a single division.
1919–20	Lancashire Combination		34	25	2	7	101	30	+71	52	1st of 18
1920–21			34	15	7	12	47	44	+3	37	8th of 18
1921–22			34	22	4	8	79	43	+36	48	2nd of 18
1922–23			34	19	9	6	78	38	+40	47	1st of 18
1923–24			38	17	7	14	77	66	+11	41	10th of 20
1924–25			36	10	8	18	49	77	-28	28	16th of 19
1925–26			38	16	7	15	103	101	+2	39	11th of 20
1926–27			38	25	9	4	111	45	+66	59	2nd of 20
1927–28			38	28	3	7	128	49	+79	59	1st of 20
1928–29			38	29	3	6	125	52	+73	61	1st of 20
1929–30			38	19	9	10	89	53	+36	47	5th of 20
1930–31			38	15	9	14	86	68	+18	39	10th of 20
1931–32			36	17	5	14	85	71	+14	39	9th of 19
1932–33			38	28	6	4	113	44	+69	62	1st of 20
1933–34			38	29	3	6	133	53	+80	61	1st of 20
1934–35			38	25	2	11	94	54	+40	52	3rd of 20
1935–36			40	22	4	14	100	82	+18	48	5th of 21
1936–37			40	22	5	13	120	74	+46	49	5th of 21
1937–38			42	18	4	20	93	104	-11	40	13th of 22
1938–39			42	23	3	12	118	62	+56	53	5th of 22				R1	1–1–1
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the World War II.
1945–46	Lancashire Combination		22	14	4	4	78	42	+36	32	1st of 12				R1	4–0–1
1946–47			42	13	9	20	84	92	-8	35	17th of 22				QR2	1–2–1
			The league expanded to two divisions.
1947–48	Lancashire Combination Division One		42	19	7	16	89	74	+15	45	11th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1948–49			42	23	12	7	72	55	+17	58	2nd of 22				PR	0–0–1
1949–50			42	20	9	13	71	67	+4	49	4th of 22				QR2	2–0–1
1950–51			42	17	10	15	91	93	-2	44	8th of 22				PR	0–0–1
1951–52			42	16	10	16	66	72	-6	42	11th of 22				PR	0–0–1
1952–53			42	16	5	21	81	87	-6	37	16th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1953–54			40	12	10	18	51	60	-9	34	18th of 21				QR1	0–1–1
1954–55			42	17	7	18	78	91	-13	41	13th of 22				QR4	4–1–1
1955–56			38	17	5	16	78	68	+10	39	9th of 20				QR2	2–0–1
1956–57			38	15	8	15	74	74	0	38	8th of 20				QR2	1–0–1
1957–58			42	20	7	15	123	85	+38	47	9th of 22				QR4	3–0–1
1958–59			42	22	7	13	109	82	+27	51	6th of 22				QR4	4–2–1
1959–60			42	31	5	6	133	48	+85	67	1st of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1960–61			42	31	7	4	125	33	+92	69	1st of 22				QR3	2–1–1
1961–62			42	24	9	9	107	71	+36	57	5th of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1962–63			42	31	6	5	137	59	+78	68	2nd of 22				QR2	1–1–1
1963–64			42	27	7	8	114	51	+63	61	1st of 22				R1	4–0–1
1964–65			42	27	9	6	130	55	+75	63	2nd of 22				QR1	0–0–1
1965–66			42	24	12	6	121	56	+65	60	2nd of 22				QR4	3–2–1
1966–67			42	23	9	10	97	59	+38	55	4th of 22				QR4	3–1–1
1967–68			42	17	9	16	72	65	+7	43	11th of 22				QR2	1–2–1
			Joined the newly created Northern Premier League.
1968–69	Northern Premier League	5	38	8	9	21	46	75	-29	25	19th of 20				QR1	0–1–1
1969–70	Lancashire Combination		38	27	6	5	112	35	+77	60	3rd of 20				QR1	0–1–1	QR2	1-1-1
1970–71	Northern Premier League	5	42	14	14	14	58	61	-3	42	10th of 22				QR1	1–0–1	R3	5-2-1
1971–72			46	17	12	17	66	59	+7	46	13th of 24				QR2	1–0–1	R3	3-1-1
1972–73	Cheshire County League		42	18	9	15	69	50	+19	45	9th of 22				QR2	2–2–1	R1	0-0-1
1973–74			42	23	11	8	68	39	+29	57	3rd of 22				QR3	2-2-1	R1	0-0-1
1974–75			42	19	11	12	86	68	+18	49	6th of 22				QR1	1-1-1	QR3	0-1-1
1975–76			42	29	5	8	88	33	+55	63	2nd of 22				R2	2-0-1	QR3	0-1-1
1976–77			42	28	6	8	80	35	+45	62	2nd of 22				QR1	0-0-1	QF	6-4-1
1977–78			42	19	11	12	69	48	+21	49	9th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	R2	2-0-1
			The league expanded to two divisions.
1978–79	Cheshire County League Division One		42	21	8	13	66	43	+23	50	7th of 22				R1	4-0-1	R2	2-2-1
1979–80			38	20	11	7	60	35	+25	51	3rd of 22				QR1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-1
1980–81			38	17	11	10	65	48	+17	45	6th of 20				QR3	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1
1981–82			38	23	9	6	70	34	+36	55	2nd of 20				QR2	1-2-1	R2	2-0-1
1982–83	Northern Premier League	6	42	23	11	8	77	49	+28	80	4th of 22				QR3	3-2-1	R2	2-2-1
1983–84			42	14	11	17	68	65	+3	53	14th of 22				QR2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-1
1984–85			42	12	10	20	47	63	-16	46	19th of 22				QR3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1
1985–86			42	9	15	18	56	64	-8	42	20th of 22				R1	4-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1986–87			42	16	12	14	58	59	-1	60	9th of 22				R2	5-3-1	QR1	0-0-1
			The league expanded to two divisions.
1987–88	Northern Premier League Premier Division		42	26	10	6	78	35	+43	88	1st of 22				R1	1-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1988–89	Football Conference	5	40	13	6	21	57	71	-14	45	17th of 21				QR4	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1
1989–90			42	13	6	23	42	67	-25	45	20th of 22				QR4	0-2-1	QR3	0-0-1
1990–91	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	40	12	10	18	55	55	0	46	14th of 21				R2	5-0-1	R1	1-1-1
1991–92			42	11	9	22	61	82	-21	42	21st of 22				QR4	0-2-1	QR3	0-0-1
1992–93			42	10	10	22	52	93	-41	40	18th of 22				QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-1-1
1993–94			42	17	10	15	70	67	+3	61	10th of 22				QR4	3-1-1	QR2	1-1-1
1994–95			42	11	7	24	64	87	-23	40	18th of 22				QR2	1-1-1	QR2	1-0-1
1995–96			42	14	9	19	67	74	-7	51	14th of 22				QR2	1-1-1	SF	7-3-1
1996–97			44	16	9	19	69	66	+3	57	13th of 23				QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1
1997–98			42	14	7	21	51	70	-19	49	15th of 22				QR3	2-1-1	R1	0-1-1
1998–99			42	8	15	19	45	68	-23	39	21st of 22				QR3	1-2-1	R3	1-1-1
1999–2000	Northern Premier League Division One	7	42	13	15	14	53	64	-11	54	13th of 22				QR3	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1
2000–01			42	15	14	13	71	70	+1	59	10th of 22				QR2	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1
2001–02			42	16	9	17	59	57	+2	57	13th of 22			202	QR1	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1
2002–03			42	21	10	11	80	51	+29	73	5th of 22			280	QR1	1-0-1	QR1	0-1-1
			Lost in the play-off final
2003–04			42	13	10	19	54	70	-16	49	18th of 22			240	QR3	3-2-1	PR	0-0-1	Mark Patterson
			Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.
2004–05		8	42	13	9	20	62	69	-7	48	16th of 22			207	QR2	2-1-1	PR	0-0-1	Shaun Teale
2005–06			42	14	8	20	58	59	-1	50	18th of 22			195	QR1	1-2-1	QR1	0-0-1
2006–07			46	10	6	30	52	99	-47	36	23rd of 24			230	QR1	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1	Shaun Teale Paul Lodge Gerry Luczka
2007–08	Northern Premier League Division One North		42	10	12	20	56	80	-24	42	14th of 18			343	QR1	1-2-0	QR1	0-0-1	Gerry Luczka Tony Hesketh
2008–09			40	13	8	19	56	66	-10	47	14th of 21			264	PR	0-0-1	PR	0-1-1	Tony Hesketh
2009–10			42	13	10	19	56	76	-20	49	16th of 22			271	QR3	3-0-1	QR1	1-0-1	Steve Waywell
2010–11			44	25	11	8	87	43	+44	86	3rd of 23			757	PR	0-0-1	QR3	2-0-1	Garry Flitcroft
			Promoted after winning the play-off
2011–12	Northern Premier League Premier Division	7	42	24	7	11	76	48	+28	79	3rd of 22			957	QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-0-1
			Lost in the play-off semifinal
2012–13			42	20	7	15	63	52	+11	67	8th of 22			638	QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
2013–14			46	29	10	7	107	39	+68	97	1st of 24			949	QR2	1-0-1	R3	4-4-0
2014–15	Conference North	6	42	20	11	11	76	55	+21	49	4th of 22	James Dean	20	1,163	QR4	2-1-1	R2	2-2-1
			Lost in the play-off final
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed
2015–16	National League North	6	42	18	9	15	64	55	+9	63	8th of 22	Darren Stephenson	18	1,003	QR4	2-1-1	QR3	0-1-1	Matt Jansen
2016–17			42	20	14	8	60	41	+19	74	6th of 22	Jason Walker	14	1,405	QR3	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1
			Lost in the play-off final
2017–18			42	18	14	10	52	39	+13	68	6th of 22	Marcus Carver	12	1,098	R1	3-1-1	R1	1-0-1
			Lost in the play-off semifinal
2018–19			42	24	9	29	83	41	+42	81	2nd of 22	Marcus Carver	14	1,473	R1	3-1-1	QR3	0-0-1	Jamie Vermiglio
			Promoted after winning the play-off
2019–20	National League	5	38	4	14	20	31	65	-34	26	24th of 24	Alex Newby Chris Holroyd	6	1,271	R1	1-0-1	R1	0-2-0
			The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game
2020–21	National League North	6	18	6	5	7	21	25	-4	23	7th of 22	Connor Hall	5	– [a]	R4	5-0-1	R1	0-0-1
			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19.
2021–22			42	17	14	11	62	49	+13	65	6th of 22	Connor Hall	10	1,172	QR2	0–1–1	R2	0–1–0
			Lost in the play-off quarterfinal
2022–23			46	17	15	14	62	50	+12	66	12th of 24	Connor Hall	20	1,053	QR3	1–1–1	R3	1–0–1	Andy Preece
2023–24			46	23	7	10	87	44	+43	76	4th of 24	Carlton Ubaezuonu	15	1,363	QR3	1–1–1	R5	3–0–1
			Lost in the play-off semifinal
2024–25			46	22	13	11	76	49	+27	79	5th of 24	Mark Ellis	14	1,358	QR3	1–0–1	R4	2–0–1
			Lost in the play-off semifinal

1. COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

Notes

• Chorley at the Football Club History Database

References

1. "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
2. "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 4 June 2024.