List of Dover Athletic F.C. seasons

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Dover receive the Isthmian League championship trophy in 2009 DoverChamps09.jpg
Dover receive the Isthmian League championship trophy in 2009

This is a list of seasons played by Dover Athletic F.C. in English football, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major and some minor competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.

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Dover Athletic F.C. was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover F.C., whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club. In the 1989–90 season Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, but failed to gain promotion to the Football Conference due to ground grading issues. Three seasons later the team won this title again and this time gained promotion to the Conference, where they spent nine seasons before being relegated.

The club's best performance in the FA Cup was an appearance in the Third Round proper in both the 2010–11 and the 2014–15 season, while the best performance registered in the FA Trophy, the national competition for higher-level non-league clubs, was a run to the semi-finals in the 1997–98 season.

Seasons

SeasonLeague FA Cup FA Trophy Other competitionsTop scorer [1]
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
1983–84 SLS 381291751744513thR1QRPSLC R1
1984–85 SLS38772439782819thR2QRPSLC R? [2]
1985–86 SLS40236118953754thRPR1QEFC R? [3]
1986–87 SLS38206126643665thR4QR2QSLC R2 [4]
1987–88 SLS40281028128941stR1QR1Q
1988–89 SLP 421912116547696thR4QR2SLC R4 [5]
1989–90 SLP42326487271021st [6] R3QR3SLC R2 [7]
1990–91 SLP422111105637744thR4QR2KSC Winners
1991–92 SLP42231546630842ndR4QR1
1992–93 SLP40251146523861stR3QR2
1993–94 Conf 42177184849588thR1QR3KSC Runners-up
1994–95 Conf4211161548554916thR4QR1
1995–96 Conf421172451744020thR1QR2
1996–97 Conf4212141657685017thR3QR1
1997–98 Conf4215101760705513thR3QSF
1998–99 Conf4215131454485811thR4QR3
1999–00 Conf421812126556666thR4QR5CLC R1
KSC SF		Joff Vansittart19
2000–01 Conf4214111754565315thR4QR3FLT R1S
CLC R2
KSC Runners-up		Joff Vansittart14
2001–02 Conf421162541653922ndR4QR3KSC QFKeith Scott14
2002–03 SLP42191494235713rdR1R5SLC R3
KSC R1		Jamie Day
Tommy Tyne		11
2003–04 SLP4212131750594919thR3QR5SLC QF
KSC SF		Craig Wilkins20
2004–05 IsP [8] 421092350663921stR1QR1ILC R3
KSC Runners-up		Craig Cloke9
2005–06 Is1 44211496946775th [9] R2QR1QILC R4
KSC QF		Craig Wilkins19
2006–07 Is1S [10] 42221197741773rdR4QR1QILC Runners-up
KSC QF		Jimmy Dryden17
2007–08 Is1S4230848429981stR2QR3QILC R2
KSC R1		 Francis Collin 21
2008–09 IsP 42335491341041stR3QR2QILC QF
KSC R1		 Francis Collin 24
2009–10 ConfS 42229116647752nd [11] R4QR3KSC tbc Adam Birchall 18
2010–11 ConfS42228128051747thR3R3QKSC tbc Adam Birchall 45
2011–12 ConfS421715106249667thR4QR3QKSC SFBilly Bricknell16
2012–13 ConfS422210106944763rd [12] R3QR3QKSC
2013–14 ConfS42209136338695th [13] R2R3KSC
2014–15 ConfP 461911166958688thR3R4KSC R2 Stefan Payne 20
2015–16 Natl 462311127553805thR1R4
2016–17 Natl 46247158563796thR1R1KSC Winners Ricky Miller 45
2017–18 Natl 462013136244738thR4QR3KSC R2 Ryan Bird 20
2018–19 Natl 4616121858646014thR1R2KSC R2 Inih Effiong 11
2019–20 [14] Natl 381591449495411thR2R1KSC QF Inih Effiong 16
2020–21 [15] Natl 0000000N/AR4QR3N/A
2021–22 [16] Natl 42273537101123rdR4QR3KSC R2 Alfie Pavey 6
2022–23 NatlS 4612122242684820thR2QR2KSC R2Luke Wanadio10
2023–24 NatlS 464152740772724thR4QR2KSC R2 [17] Zidan Sutherland5

Key

WinnersRunners up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Includes all competitive first-team matches.
  2. ↑ Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Southern League Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
  3. ↑ Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Eastern Floodlit Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
  4. ↑ Official Football Association Non-League Club Directory 1988, ISBN   978-1869833077, p. 354
  5. ↑ Official Football Association Non-league Directory 1990, ISBN   978-1869833114, p. 382
  6. ↑ Although Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, they were not promoted to the Conference as their stadium did not meet the required standard.
  7. ↑ Vauxhall Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 1991, ISBN   978-1869833121, p. 397
  8. ↑ Dover Athletic were moved from the Southern League to the Isthmian League due to re-organisation of the English football league system.
  9. ↑ Dover Athletic qualified for a place in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier Division, but lost in the final to Tonbridge Angels.
  10. ↑ At the start of the 2006–07 season the Isthmian League First Division was split into two regionalised sections. Dover Athletic were placed in the southern section.
  11. ↑ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Woking in the semi-final.
  12. ↑ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Salisbury City in the final.
  13. ↑ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier and won.
  14. ↑ Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the season was ended in March with positions being decided on a points-per-game basis.
  15. ↑ Due to refusing to play matches on account of a lack of promised funding, Dover were to play no more part in the season as announced on 26 March 2021 with all results being expunged.
  16. ↑ The club started the seasons with a 12-point deduction after refusing to complete fixtures the previous season.
  17. ↑ The club were dismissed from the competition having fielded an ineligible player in their second round victory

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