List of Rochdale A.F.C. seasons

Last updated November 14, 2024

Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester. The club plays in the Football League Two, the fourth tier in the English football league system. The club's colours are black and blue and they play their home games at Spotland Stadium, which has a capacity of 10,249.^[1] Formed in 1907 and nicknamed the Dale, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921. Since then, the club has remained in the bottom two professional divisions of English Football until they were relegated to the National League at the end of the 2022–23 season.

History

Rochdale A.F.C. was formed in 1907. After World War I the Football League was expanded and the club unsuccessfully applied to join. In 1921 Rochdale was recommended to be included in the new Third Division North, and played their first League game at home against Accrington Stanley on 27 August 1921, winning 6–3. However, this first season ended with the club at the bottom of the League, having to reapply for membership.

The club reached the League Cup final in 1962. This was the first time a club from the bottom league division had reached the final of a major competition – where they lost to Norwich City.

The club's first promotion came in 1969, earned by a team largely assembled by manager Bob Stokoe, though it was Stokoe's assistant, Len Richley who steered Rochdale to promotion after Stokoe moved to Carlisle United. In the early stages of the 1969–70 season, Rochdale topped the Division Three table, sparking hopes of a second successive promotion. The team's form significantly declined around Christmas 1969, however, and a failure to halt the team's decline led to the dismissal of Richley. He was succeeded by Dick Conner, who stabilised the club's form and steered them to a 9th-place finish. The following three seasons saw the club finish in the lower reaches of the Division Three table, narrowly avoiding relegation each time. The board viewed merely surviving in Division Three as unacceptable and replaced Conner with Walter Joyce for the 1973–74 season. This move failed to pay off, and Rochdale was relegated after a campaign in which they won only 2 of 46 league games.

The club finished bottom of the league in 1977–78, but was successful in their bid for re-election. Rochdale finished bottom for a second time in 1979–80, but was again re-elected – by one vote over Altrincham. In 1989–90 the club reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time, but lost 1–0 to Crystal Palace.

The club reached the fifth round of the FA Cup again in 2003, but lost 3–1 at Wolverhampton.

Keith Hill, initially appointed as caretaker-manager in December 2006, became arguably the club's most successful manager to date. Hill and his assistant manager David Flitcroft led Rochdale to a 5th-placed finish in 2007–08, securing a play-off place. After beating Darlington 5–4 on penalties in the semi-finals, Rochdale reached Wembley for the first time in their history. Despite taking the lead in the match, they lost the final 3–2 to Stockport County.

In the 2008–09 season, Rochdale reached the League Two play-offs for the second consecutive season but lost 2–1 on aggregate to Gillingham in the playoff semi-finals.

The next season ended a 41-year wait for promotion with a win over Northampton Town as Rochdale secured the third automatic promotion spot. Rochdale continued their progression under Keith Hill, now with the club for 4 years, finishing 9th in the League One with 68 points, equaling their highest league finish since 1969–70.

On 1 June 2011 manager Keith Hill joined Championship side Barnsley. Former Manchester City apprentice and youth coach Steve Eyre was confirmed as Hill's replacement on 12 June 2011. Eyre's spell at Spotland did not last long, as he was sacked after 27 competitive games in charge, the team having recorded just 4 league wins in this time.

On 24 January 2012, Accrington Stanley's John Coleman was confirmed manager as the successor to Steve Eyre and left his club where he had been for more than a decade. John Coleman's first match in charge was a 3–0 win at home over Bury in the local derby. However, on 21 April, Rochdale lost 2–1 to Chesterfield resulting in relegation from League One after two years in the league. John Coleman's and Jimmy Bell's contracts were terminated by Rochdale on 21 January 2013 following a poor run in form.^[2] In January 2013, Keith Hill, previously in charge of Rochdale from 2007 to 2011, was appointed as the new manager.^[3]

Rochdale were promoted to League One on 26 April 2014, after beating Cheltenham Town 2–0.^[4] Playing at the club's highest level the 2014–15 season was the club's most successful yet. Apart from a couple of games, they remained in the top half of the league all season, eventually finishing in eighth place, their highest league placing.

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	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Top goalscorer^[5]		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy		Average home attendance^[6]^[a]
Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Average home attendance^[6]^[a]
1908–09	LC 2		38	16	6	16	58	60	-2	38	10th of 20	Patrick Galvin	10	PR	0-0-1
1909–10	LC 2		38	23	8	7	92	33	+59	54	4th of 20 Promoted	Albert Worth	20	QR1	0-0-1
1910–11	LC 1		38	25	6	7	87	45	+32	56	1st of 20	Tom Fleetwood	21	QR5	5-3-1
1911–12	LC 1		32	23	4	5	81	24	+57	50	1st of 17	Alf Gregson	21	QR4	0-0-1
1912–13	C Lge		38	17	10	11	67	51	+16	44	7th of 20	Tom Page	20	R1	5-1-1
1913–14			38	15	9	14	60	51	+9	39	10th of 20	Jack Allan	17	QR4	0-0-1
1914–15			38	12	13	13	63	50	+13	37	9th of 20	William Brown	22	R2	4-0-1
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20	C Lge		42	12	10	20	59	88	-29	34	19th of 22	Tom Hesmondhalgh	12	R1	3-0-1
1920–21	C Lge		42	19	5	18	63	73	-10	43	10th of 22	Harry Dennison	23	R1	3-1-1
Football League Third Division North created. The club were invited to join.
1921–22	Div 3 N	3	38	11	4	23	52	77	-25	26	20th of 20	Harry Dennison	18	QR5	0-0-1					4,550
1922–23			38	13	10	15	42	53	-11	36	12th of 20	William Sandham George Guy	7	QR4	0-0-1					5,460
1923–24			42	25	12	5	60	26	+34	62	2nd of 22	Albert Whitehurst	15	QR5	0-1-1					6,255
1924–25			42	21	7	14	75	53	+22	49	6th of 22	Harry Anstiss	23	QR6	1-0-1					5,055
1925–26			42	27	5	10	104	58	+46	59	3rd of 22	Billy Fergusson	21	R2	1-1-1					6,030
1926–27			42	26	6	10	105	65	+40	58	2nd of 22	Albert Whitehurst	46	R1	0-0-1					6,181
1927–28			42	17	7	18	74	77	-3	41	13th of 22	Albert Whitehurst	36	R2	1-0-1					4,222
1928–29			42	13	10	19	79	96	-17	36	17th of 22	Jack Milsom	26	R1	0-0-1					5,355
1929–30			42	18	7	17	89	91	-2	43	10th of 22	Tom Tippett	29	R1	0-0-1					3,440
1930–31			42	12	6	24	62	107	-45	30	21st of 22	Tom Tippett	18	R1	0-0-1					3,162
1931–32			40	4	3	33	48	135	-87	11	21st of 21	Reg Watson	8	R1	0-0-1					3,070
1932–33			42	13	7	22	58	80	-22	33	18th of 22	George Snow Bill Watson	12	R1	0-0-1					4,669
1933–34			42	9	6	27	53	103	-50	24	22nd of 22	Jack Robson	10	R1	0-0-1					3,823
1934–35			42	11	11	20	53	71	-18	33	20th of 22	Len Clarke	13	R1	0-0-1					4,593
1935–36			42	10	13	19	58	88	-30	33	20th of 22	Joe Wiggins	14	R1	0-0-1					4,827
1936–37			42	13	9	20	69	86	-17	35	18th of 22	Wally Hunt	24	R1	0-0-1					4,669
1937–38			42	13	11	18	67	78	-11	37	17th of 22	Jimmy Wynn	20	R1	0-1-1					5,374
1938–39			42	15	9	18	92	82	+10	39	15th of 22	Jimmy Wynn	29	R1	0-0-1					6,110
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46														R3	2-2-2
1946–47	Div 3 N	3	42	19	10	13	80	64	+16	48	6th of 22	Joe Hargreaves	25	R3	2-0-1					7,577
1947–48			42	15	11	16	48	72	+24	41	12th of 22	Hugh O'Donnell	10	R2	1-1-1					8,124
1948–49			42	18	9	15	55	53	+2	45	7th of 22	Jack Connor	10	R1	0-1-1					8,616
1949–50			42	21	9	12	68	41	+27	51	3rd of 22	Jack Connor	18	R2	1-0-1					8,372
1950–51			46	17	11	18	69	62	+7	45	11th of 24	Jack Connor	17	R3	2-0-1					6,519
1951–52			46	11	13	22	47	79	-32	35	21st of 24	Alan Middlebrough Bert Foulds	10	R3	2-0-1					4,992
1952–53			46	14	5	27	62	83	-21	33	22nd of 24	Bert Foulds	13	R1	0-0-1					6,200
1953–54			46	15	10	21	59	77	-18	40	19th of 24	Jack Haines	11	R1	0-0-1					6,121
1954–55			46	17	14	15	69	66	+3	48	12th of 22	Eric Gemmell	21	R3	2-1-1					6,202
1955–56			46	17	13	16	66	84	-18	47	12th of 24	Eric Gemmell	13	R1	0-0-1					4,833
1956–57			46	18	12	16	65	65	0	48	13th of 24	Frank Lord	15	R1	0-0-1					6,280
1957–58			46	19	8	19	79	67	+12	46	10th of 24	Jimmy Dailey	19	R1	0-0-1					6,352
Regional Third divisions merged creating nationwide Third Division and Fourth Division. Club qualified to join Third Division.
1958–59	Div 3	3	46	8	12	26	37	79	-42	28	24th of 24 Relegated	Eddie Wainwright	11	R1	0-2-1					4,810
1959–60	Div 4	4	46	18	10	18	65	60	+5	46	12th of 24	Stanley Milburn	15	R2	1-2-1					4,599
1960–61			46	17	8	21	60	66	-6	42	17th of 24	Ronnie Cairns	22	R1	0-1-1	R3	2-1-1			3,930
1961–62			44	19	7	18	71	71	0	45	12th of 23	Ronnie Cairns	18	R2	1-0-1	F	5-1-3			4,024
1962–63			46	20	11	15	67	59	+8	51	7th of 24	Ronnie Cairns George Morton	14	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1			3,306
1963–64			46	12	15	19	56	59	-3	39	20th of 24	Joe Richardson George Morton	14	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-1-1			3,020
1964–65			46	22	14	10	74	53	+21	58	6th of 24	Reg Jenkins	25	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			4,686
1965–66			46	16	5	25	71	87	-16	37	21st of 24	Reg Jenkins	19	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-1			2,974
1966–67			46	13	11	22	53	75	-22	37	21st of 24	Reg Jenkins	14	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			2,443
1967–68			46	12	14	20	51	72	-21	38	19th of 24	Joe Fletcher	16	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			2,292
1968–69			46	18	20	8	68	35	+33	56	3rd of 24 Promoted	Dennis Butler	16	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1			5,399
1969–70	Div 3	3	46	18	10	18	69	60	+9	46	9th of 24	Reg Jenkins	21	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1			6,109
1970–71			46	14	15	17	61	68	-7	43	16th of 24	Reg Jenkins	15	R4	3-1-1	R2	1-1-1			4,866
1971–72			46	12	13	21	57	83	-26	37	18th of 24	David Cross	10	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-2-1			4,387
1972–73			46	14	17	15	48	54	-6	45	13th of 24	Reg Jenkins Malcolm Darling	9	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1			3,186
1973–74			46	2	17	27	38	94	-56	21	24th of 24 Relegated	Leo Skeete	10	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-0-1			1,890
1974–75	Div 4	4	46	13	13	20	59	75	-16	39	19th of 24	Tony Whelan Bob Mountford	10	R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-1			1,507
1975–76			46	12	18	16	40	54	-14	42	15th of 24	Bob Mountford	17	R3	2-4-1	R1	0-0-2			1,594
1976–77			46	13	12	21	50	59	-9	38	18th of 24	Bob Mountford	11	R1	0-2-1	R1	0-0-2			1,745
1977–78			46	8	8	30	43	85	-42	24	24th of 24	Terry Owen	11	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-1			1,275
1978–79			46	15	9	22	47	64	-17	39	20th of 24	Terry Owen	11	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2			1,767
1979–80			46	7	13	26	33	79	-46	27	24th of 24	Chris Jones	11	R3	2-2-1	R1	0-1-1			1,926
1980–81			46	14	15	17	60	70	-10	43	15th of 24	Barry Wellings	14	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1			2,460
1981–82			46	10	16	20	50	62	-12	46	21st of 24	Mark Hilditch	15	R1	0-2-1	R1	0-1-1			1,837
1982–83			46	11	16	19	55	73	-16	49	20th of 24	Micky French	11	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-3			1,688
1983–84			46	11	13	22	52	80	-28	46	22nd of 24	Steve Johnson	10	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	1,491
1984–85			46	13	14	19	55	69	-14	53	17th of 24	Barry Diamond	16	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	R2	1-1-1	1,434
1985–86			46	14	13	19	57	77	-20	55	18th of 24	Steve Taylor	26	R3	2-1-1	R1	1-0-1	G	1-0-1	1,790
1986–87			46	11	17	18	54	73	-19	50	21st of 24	Lyndon Simmonds John Bramhall	10	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-1	AQF	1-3-0	2,151
1987–88			46	11	15	20	47	76	-29	48	21st of 24	Lyndon Simmonds	15	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-1-2	R1	0-1-2	1,939
1988–89			46	13	14	19	56	82	-26	53	18th of 24	David Frain	13	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-1-1	G	0-0-2	1,968
1989–90			46	20	6	20	52	55	-3	66	12th of 22	Steve O'Shaughnessy	10	R5	4-0-1	R1	1-0-1	G	0-1-2	2,027
1990–91			46	15	17	14	50	53	-3	62	12th of 22	Peter Costello	13	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-1-2	R1	1-0-2	2,238
1991–92			42	18	13	11	57	53	+4	67	8th of 22	Andy Flounders	18	R2	1-1-1	R2	2-1-1	G	0-1-1	2,657
Football League divisions renamed after the Premier League creation.
1992–93	Div 3	4	42	16	10	16	70	70	0	58	11th of 22	Steve Whitehall	15	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-2	R2	1-1-1	2,312
1993–94			42	16	12	14	63	51	+12	60	9th of 22	Dave Lancaster Mark Stuart Steve Whitehall	15	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-1-2	R2	0-0-1	2,657
1994–95			42	12	14	16	44	67	-23	50	15th of 22	Steve Whitehall	17	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-2	AF	5-1-1	2,184
1995–96			46	41	13	19	57	61	-4	55	15th of 24	Steve Whitehall	24	R3	2-1-1	R1	1-0-1	R2	1-0-2	2,214
1996–97			46	14	16	16	58	58	0	58	14th of 24	Steve Whitehall	10	R2	1-0-1	R1	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	1,829
1997–98			46	17	7	22	56	55	+1	58	18th of 24	Robbie Painter	17	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	1,847
1998–99			46	13	15	18	42	55	-13	54	19th of 24	Michael Holt Andy Morris	8	R2	1-2-1	R1	0-0-2	ASF	2-0-1	2,125
1999–2000			46	18	14	14	57	54	+3	68	10th of 24	Tony Ellis	11	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-2	AF	2-1-2	2,774
2000–01			46	18	17	11	59	48	+11	71	8th of 24	Paul Connor Clive Platt	10	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	3,249
2001–02			46	21	15	10	65	52	+13	78	5th of 24	Kevin Townson	17	R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-0	R2	1-0-1	3,431
2001–02			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*											R2	1-1-1	R2	1-1-0	R2	1-0-1	3,431
2002–03			46	12	16	18	63	70	-7	52	19th of 24	Lee McEvilly Paul Connor	15	R5	4-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	2,740
2003–04			46	12	14	20	49	58	-9	50	21st of 24	Kevin Townson	12	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,277
Football League divisions renamed.
2004–05	Lge 2	4	46	16	18	12	54	48	+6	66	9th of 24	Grant Holt	24	R3	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	2,690
2005–06			46	14	14	18	66	69	-3	56	14th of 24	Rickie Lambert	22	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	2,808
2006–07			46	18	12	16	70	50	+20	66	9th of 24	Chris Dagnall	18	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	2,898
2007–08			46	23	11	12	77	54	+23	80	5th of 24	Adam Le Fondre	17	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	R2	0-0-1	3,057
2007–08			Lost in the play-off* final.*											R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	R2	0-0-1	3,057
2008–09			46	19	13	14	70	59	+11	70	6th of 24	Adam Le Fondre	21	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-0	AQF	0-1-1	3,222
2008–09			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*											R2	1-1-1	R1	0-1-0	AQF	0-1-1	3,222
2009–10			46	25	7	14	82	48	+34	82	3rd of 24 Promoted	Chris O'Grady	22	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,443
2010–11	Lge 1	3	46	18	14	14	63	55	+8	68	9th of 24	Gary Jones	19	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,537
2011–12	Lge 1	3	46	8	14	24	47	81	-34	38	24th of 24 Relegated	Ashley Grimes	11	R1	0-0-1	R3	2-0-1	AQF	0-2-0	3,109
2012–13	Lge 2	4	46	16	13	17	68	70	-2	61	12th of 24	Bobby Grant	16	R1	0-1-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	0-2-0	2,439
2013–14	Lge 2	4	46	24	9	13	69	48	+21	81	3rd of 24 Promoted	Scott Hogan	19	R4	3-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AQF	1-0-1	2,900
2014–15	Lge 1	3	46	19	6	21	72	66	+6	63	8th of 24	Ian Henderson	22	R4	3-2-1	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	3,309
2015–16			46	19	12	15	68	61	+7	69	10th of 24	Ian Henderson	13	R2	1-0-1	R2	0-1-1	AQF	1-0-1	3,098
2016–17			46	19	12	15	71	62	+9	69	9th of 24	Ian Henderson	19	R4	3-1-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	2-1-1	3,556
2017–18			46	11	18	17	49	57	-8	51	20th of 24	Ian Henderson	20	R5	4-2-1	R2	1-0-1	R3	1-3-1	3,471
2018–19			46	15	9	22	54	87	-33	54	16th of 24	Ian Henderson	21	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R3	3-1-1	3,574
2019–20			34	10	6	18	39	57	-18	36	18th of 24	Ian Henderson	16	R3	2-3-1	R3	2-0-1	R1	2-0-1	3,632
2020–21			46	11	14	21	61	78	-17	47	21st of 24 Relegated	Matty Lund	12	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R1	1-0-2	– ^[b]
2021–22	Lge 2	4	46	12	17	17	51	59	-8	53	18th of 24	Jake Beesley	12	R2	1-1-1	R3	1-0-1	R1	1-0-2	2,882
2022–23	Lge 2	4	46	9	11	26	46	70	-24	38	24th of 24 Relegated	Devante Rodney	12	R1	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1	R2	1-2-0	3,029
2023–24	NL	5	46	16	14	16	69	64	+5	62	11th of 24	Kairo Mitchell	14	QR4	0-0-1	-	-	FA Trophy R3	0-0-1	2,737

↑ Average home attendance = for league games only
↑ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

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References

↑ "Spotland, Rochdale FC". Football Ground Guide. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
↑ "Club Statement". Rochdale AFC. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
↑ "Keith Hill: Rochdale return for former Barnsley manager". BBC Sport. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
↑ "Rochdale secured promotion to League One with victory over Cheltenham". BBC. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
↑ "Rochdale FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
↑ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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[8] COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

[1] "Spotland, Rochdale FC". Football Ground Guide. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.

[Rochdale_Club_Statement-2] "Club Statement". Rochdale AFC. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[3] "Keith Hill: Rochdale return for former Barnsley manager". BBC Sport. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

[Rochdale_promoted-4] "Rochdale secured promotion to League One with victory over Cheltenham". BBC. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.

[5] "Rochdale FC club details". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[6] "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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v t e Rochdale Association Football Club
Club	Spotland Stadium Players 100+ appearances 25–99 appearances 1–24 appearances Managers Seasons
Matches	1962 League Cup final 2008 Football League Two play-off final

v t e Rochdale A.F.C. seasons
1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Lists of English men's football seasons by club
Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2024–25 season
Premier League	AFC Bournemouth Arsenal Aston Villa Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship	Blackburn Rovers Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Derby County Hull City Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Bromwich Albion
League One	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers
League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall
Non-League	AFC Fylde Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Town Ashford United Banbury United Barnet Bath City Bishop's Stortford Blyth Spartans Brackley Town Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Bury Cambridge City Chesham United Chester Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Corby Town Curzon Ashton Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough Eastbourne Town Ebbsfleet United FC Halifax Town F.C. United of Manchester Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Glossop North End Gloucester City Harrow Borough Hartlepool United Havant & Waterlooville Hayes & Yeading United Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers King's Lynn Town Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Town Oldham Athletic Redditch United Rochdale Scarborough Athletic Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Spennymoor Town Sutton United Swindon Supermarine Tamworth Torquay United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Welling United Weymouth Whitby Town Wingate & Finchley Woking Yeovil Town York City
Defunct clubs	Aldershot Chester City Gateshead Hereford United Hinckley United Macclesfield Town Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury City Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough
Category Includes clubs based in Wales that compete in English leagues.

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