List of Scarborough F.C. seasons

The Scarborough team of the 1885–86 season

Scarborough Football Club started competing in English football from 1887, when the club first competed in the FA Cup, to 2007, when it was liquidated. This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

The club was formed in 1879 and during the early 1880s the club participated in the Scarborough & East Riding County Cup, but took no part in any league. ^[1] They went on to compete in the Cleveland Amateur League but left after one season, gaining admission to play in the Northern League Second Division for the 1898–99 season. ^{[2] [3]} They played in the Yorkshire Combination from 1910 to 1914, but were made to return to the Northern League after the league collapsed. ^[4] After turning professional, the club competed in the Yorkshire League but after one season there they joined the Midland League, which fielded stronger teams. ^[5]

Scarborough competed in the Midland League for 26 seasons, which were disrupted by a seven-year absence from 1939 to 1946 due to the Second World War. In 1960 they joined the Northern Counties League. ^[3] After two seasons, they joined the re-formed North Eastern League for the 1962–63 season, which Scarborough finished as champions. ^[3] Following this season, Scarborough rejoined the Midland League for five seasons before becoming founder members of the Northern Premier League. ^[3] The 1972–73 season saw Scarborough finish as runners-up in the league and as winners of the FA Trophy, a competition which the club won on a further two occasions, in 1976 and 1977. ^[3]

The club became founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979, and were the division's champions for the 1986–87 season, when it was renamed the Football Conference. ^[3] This ensured the club's entry to the Football League Fourth Division as the first non-league team to gain automatic promotion to The Football League. In their second season in the Fourth Division Scarborough reached the play-offs, where they were beaten by Leyton Orient 2–1 on aggregate. ^[3] The play-offs were again reached in 1998, but a 7–2 aggregate defeat by Torquay United meant elimination in the semi-final. The following season the club finished bottom of the Football League, and endured relegation to the Conference. ^[3] They played there until falling to the Conference North for the 2006–07 season. ^[3] This was Scarborough's final season, as they folded in June 2007. ^[6]

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

All Prem = Alliance Premier League Conf = Football Conference Conf Nat = Conference National Conf Nor = Conference North Div 3 = Football League Third Division Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division Mid = Midland Football League NCL = Northern Counties League NE = North Eastern League North = Northern League North 2 = Northern League Division Two NPL = Northern Premier League Yorks Comb = Yorkshire Combination Yorks Lge = Yorkshire League

PR = Preliminary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 QF = Quarter-finals N = Northern sector Grp = Group stage

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup [7]	Other competitions		Top scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1887–88	Scarborough did not compete in league football until 1898.									R1
1888–89										QR2
1889–90										QR1
1890–91										QR1
1891–92										QR2
1892–93
1893–94												FA Amateur Cup	QR2
1894–95
1895–96
1896–97
1897–98												FA Amateur Cup	QR3
1898–99	North 2	16	5	1	10	21	37	11	8th			FA Amateur Cup	QR3
1899–1900	North 2	14	4	3	7	27	34	11	6th			FA Amateur Cup	QR3	F Jefferson	11
1900–01	North	20	9	3	8	25	28	21	6th			FA Amateur Cup	R1	Lionel Charlwood	9
1901–02	North	18	5	3	10	20	35	13	9th	PR		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Alf Duke	10
1902–03	North	24	5	4	15	23	69	14	11th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Allan	8
1903–04	North	24	7	2	15	36	70	16	11th	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Billy Todd	21
1904–05	North	24	4	5	15	22	60	13	12th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QR2	Sims	7
1905–06	North	26	7	2	17	24	93	16	13th			FA Amateur Cup	R2	Renwick	11
1906–07	North	22	7	1	14	34	50	15	12th			FA Amateur Cup	QR3	George Blades	14
1907–08	North	22	5	0	17	44	70	10	12th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QR4	Ocky Johnson	31
1908–09	North	22	9	1	12	45	56	19	8th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Ocky Johnson	31
1909–10	North	22	8	4	10	43	49	20	7th	PR		FA Amateur Cup	R3	Ocky Johnson	20
1910–11	Yorks Comb	18	12	1	5	53	36	25	2nd	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Ocky Johnson	24
1911–12	Yorks Comb	28	16	4	6	69	46	36	4th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Ocky Johnson	25
1912–13	Yorks Comb	24	10	4	10	57	51	24	6th	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Ocky Johnson	15
1913–14	Yorks Comb	18	8	1	9	41	42	17	5th	PR		FA Amateur Cup	QR2	Ocky Johnson	20
1914–15	North	16	6	1	9	23	49	13	7th	PR		FA Amateur Cup	R1	W Renwick	7
League football and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20	North	26	5	3	18	30	94	13	14th	PR		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Ocky Johnson	15
1920–21	North	26	4	3	19	28	60	11	14th	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Ocky Johnson	22
1921–22	North	26	4	8	14	39	71	16	12th	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	QR3	Spaven	14
1922–23	North	26	10	1	15	51	52	21	12th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QR3	Ocky Johnson	19
1923–24	North	28	8	9	11	55	55	25	10th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QR2	A Coulson	20
1924–25	North	28	11	2	15	50	45	24	10th	PR		FA Amateur Cup	QR2	A Coulson	14
1925–26	North	26	10	2	14	53	72	22	11th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R3	Wade	18
1926–27	Yorks Lge	30	10	7	13	74	69	27	10th					Ellis	20
1927–28	Mid	44	26	7	11	108	61	59	2nd	QR2				Harry Lovatt	40
1928–29	Mid	50	25	8	17	115	91	58	7th	R2				Billy Clayson	46
1929–30	Mid	50	36	9	5	143	44	81	1st	QR4				Billy Clayson	48
1930–31	Mid	46	16	9	21	93	110	41	16th	R3				Jack Rand	24
1931–32	Mid	46	22	7	17	81	83	51	6th	QR4				Fred Wallbanks	34
1932–33	Mid	44	25	9	10	137	81	59	5th	R2				Billy Clayson	58
1933–34	Mid	32	12	8	12	57	67	32	8th	R1				Walter Camidge John Nock	24
1934–35	Mid	38	2	11	25	32	113	15	20th					Billy Clayson	12
1935–36	Mid	40	15	9	16	61	70	39	13th	R2				Albert Smithson	53
1936–37	Mid	42	10	6	26	55	99	26	21st					William Varty	27
1937–38	Mid	42	23	7	12	70	46	53	3rd	R3				Alf Agar	24
1938–39	Mid	42	18	10	14	79	81	46	9th	R1				Alf Agar	18
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the Second World War.
1945–46	n/a [8]									QR4
1946–47	Mid	42	15	9	18	73	83	39	14th	QR4				Peter Cook	13
1947–48	Mid	42	12	9	21	67	85	33	17th	QR4				Peter Cook	14
1948–49	Mid	42	11	9	22	49	90	31	19th	R2				Peter Cook	22
1949–50	Mid	46	18	8	20	106	96	44	14th	QR4				George Murphy	31
1950–51	Mid	42	14	14	14	70	70	42	11th	R1				Roy Cooling	17
1951–52	Mid	42	19	10	13	92	76	48	6th	QR4				Geoff Redhead	21
1952–53	Mid	46	14	7	25	74	108	35	20th	R1				Geoff Redhead	14
1953–54	Mid	46	14	10	22	80	97	38	19th	R1				Ellis Stafford	23
1954–55	Mid	46	12	8	26	62	122	32	22nd	R1				Geoff Redhead	13
1955–56	Mid	46	13	10	23	90	113	36	18th	R1				Alan Parkinson	38
1956–57	Mid	46	13	7	26	86	128	33	23rd	R1				Alan Parkinson	29
1957–58	Mid	46	20	10	16	80	70	50	7th	R1				Jim Scarborough	19
1958–59	Mid	36	13	9	14	63	79	35	9th	QR4				Ernie Whittle	13
1959–60	Mid	32	9	8	15	48	65	26	13th	R1				Ernie Whittle	14
1960–61	NCL	18	9	1	8	32	30	19	5th	R1				John Powell	15
1961–62	NCL	24	11	5	8	48	31	27	6th	QR4				Eddy Brown	16
1962–63	NE	22	14	4	4	71	34	32	1st	R1				Cliff Jones	24
1963–64	Mid	42	26	11	5	107	45	63	2nd	QR3				Alan Franks John Powell	25
1964–65	Mid	42	22	10	10	116	67	54	5th	R2				Johnny Edgar	26
1965–66	Mid	42	19	7	16	89	80	45	11th	R1				Alan Franks	25
1966–67	Mid	42	22	7	13	89	59	51	6th	QR1				Alan Franks	29
1967–68	Mid	40	21	4	15	67	52	46	7th	QR1				Keith Adamson	24
1968–69	NPL	38	9	10	19	49	68	28	17th	QR2				Alan Wilcockson	15
1969–70	NPL	38	20	10	8	74	39	50	4th	QR4		FA Trophy	R2	Alan Franks	36
1970–71	NPL	42	23	12	7	83	40	58	3rd	R1		FA Trophy	R2	Jeff Barmby	29
1971–72	NPL	46	21	15	10	75	46	57	4th	R1		FA Trophy	R2	Malcolm Thompson	31
1972–73	NPL	46	26	9	11	72	39	61	2nd	R2		FA Trophy	W	Malcolm Leask	25
1973–74	NPL	46	22	14	10	62	43	58	5th	R2		FA Trophy	R2	Jeff Barmby Malcolm Leask	15
1974–75	NPL	46	24	12	10	75	45	60	5th	QR4		FA Trophy	RU	Jeff Barmby	31
1975–76	NPL	46	26	10	10	84	43	62	3rd	R3		FA Trophy	W	John Woodall	30
1976–77	NPL	44	21	12	11	77	66	54	5th	R1		Anglo-Italian Cup	R4	John Woodall	24
												FA Trophy	W
1977–78	NPL	46	26	10	10	80	39	62	4th	R3		Anglo-Italian Cup	R4	Dave Smith	28
												FA Trophy	R1
1978–79	NPL	44	19	14	11	61	44	52	4th	R2		FA Trophy	R2	Derek Abbey	15
1979–80	All Prem	38	12	15	11	47	38	39	11th	R1		FA Trophy	R1	Bob Gauden	17
1980–81	All Prem	38	17	13	8	49	29	47	3rd	R1		FA Trophy	R1	Bob Gauden	16
1981–82	All Prem	42	19	11	12	65	52	68	7th	QR4		FA Trophy	QF	Colin Williams	33
1982–83	All Prem	42	17	12	13	71	58	63	9th	R1		FA Trophy	R3	John Hanson	21
1983–84	All Prem	42	14	16	12	52	55	48	13th	QR4		FA Trophy	R1	John Hanson	17
1984–85	All Prem	42	17	13	12	69	62	54	6th	QR4		FA Trophy	R2	Marshall Burke	14
1985–86	All Prem	42	13	11	18	54	66	40	15th	R1		FA Trophy	R2	David Bowman	10
1986–87	Conf [9]	42	27	10	5	64	33	91	1st	QR1		FA Trophy	R3	Stewart Mell	18
1987–88	Div 4	46	17	14	15	56	48	65	12th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	Grp	Stewart Mell	10
1988–89	Div 4	46	21	14	11	67	52	77	5th [10]	R2	R3	Associate Members Cup	SFN	Gary Brook	18
1989–90	Div 4	46	15	10	21	60	73	55	18th	R1	R3	Associate Members Cup	Grp	Paul Dobson	16
1990–91	Div 4	46	19	12	15	59	56	69	9th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	Grp	George Oghani	16
1991–92	Div 4	42	15	12	15	64	68	57	12th	R1	R2	Associate Members Cup	R1N	Tommy Mooney	11
1992–93	Div 3 [11]	42	15	9	18	66	71	54	13th	R1	R4	Associate Members Cup	R2N	Darren Foreman	31
1993–94	Div 3	42	15	8	19	55	61	53	14th	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup	R2N	Craig Whitington Stuart Young	10
1994–95	Div 3	42	8	10	24	49	70	34	21st	R3	R2	Associate Members Cup	R2N	Jason White	12
1995–96	Div 3	46	8	16	22	39	69	40	23rd	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	Grp	Andy Ritchie	8
1996–97	Div 3	46	16	15	15	65	68	63	12th	R2	R2	Associate Members Cup	R1N	Andy Ritchie	14
1997–98	Div 3	46	19	15	12	67	58	72	6th [12]	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	R1N	Gareth Williams	16
1998–99	Div 3	46	14	6	26	50	77	48	24th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	R2N	Steve Brodie	13
1999–2000	Conf	42	19	12	11	60	35	69	4th	QR4		FA Trophy	R5	Steve Brodie	16
2000–01	Conf	42	14	16	12	56	54	58	10th	QR4		Football League Trophy	R1N	David Pounder	12
												FA Trophy	R4
2001–02	Conf	42	14	14	14	55	63	55 [13]	12th	QR4		Football League Trophy	R1N	Darryn Stamp	14
												FA Trophy	R5
2002–03	Conf	42	18	10	14	63	54	64	7th	R1		Football League Trophy	R1N	Keith Scott	12
												FA Trophy	R4
2003–04	Conf	42	12	15	15	51	54	51	15th	R4		Football League Trophy	R2N	Mark Quayle	16
												FA Trophy	R3
2004–05	Conf Nat [14]	42	14	14	14	60	46	56	13th	QR4		Football League Trophy	R1N	Neil Redfearn	14
												FA Trophy	R3
2005–06	Conf Nat	42	9	10	23	40	66	37	21st	QR4		FA Trophy	R1	Michael Coulson	7
2006–07	Conf Nor	42	13	16	13	50	45	45 [15]	20th	QR4		FA Trophy	R1	Chris Thompson	15

Notes

1. Adamson, Steve (1998). Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879–1998. Yore. p. 8. ISBN   1-874427-92-5.
2. Adamson. Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879–1998. p. 15.
3. "SCARBOROUGH". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 25 May 2008.
4. Adamson. Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879–1998. p. 28.
5. Adamson. Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879–1998. p. 36.
6. "Scarborough FC go out of business". BBC Sport. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
7. The League Cup commenced in 1961.
8. The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46, but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
9. The Alliance Premier League was renamed the Football Conference in 1986.
10. Lost in play-off semi-finals to Leyton Orient.
11. Division Four re-designated Division Three on formation of the FA Premier League.
12. Lost in play-off semi-finals to Torquay United.
13. Scarborough were deducted one point.
14. The Football Conference became the Conference National in 2004, upon the formation of Conference North and South.
15. Scarborough were deducted ten points for entering administration.

References

• "SCARBOROUGH". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
• Adamson, Steve (1998). Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879–1998. Yore. ISBN   1-874427-92-5.
• "Top Scorer(s)". Scarborough FC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
• "The Introduction Page of the RSSSF – The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2008.