Season Division [ a] P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup League Cup [ b] Competition Result Name Goals Average attendance Ref League Other Top scorer [ c] 1895–96 Somerset 12 3 3 6 16 22 9 5th — — — — — — [ 1] 1896–97 Somerset 14 9 4 1 37 10 22 1st — — FA Amateur Cup Somerset Premier Cup QR3 R1 — — [ 2] 1897–98 Somerset 10 5 2 3 18 20 12 2nd — — FA Amateur Cup Somerset Premier Cup QR2 SF — — [ 3] 1898–99 Somerset Dorset 10 12 4 5 2 3 4 4 21 23 14 18 10 13 3rd 3rd — — Somerset Premier Cup RU — — [ 4] 1899–1900 Somerset Dorset 16 12 12 4 1 1 3 7 69 14 22 25 25 11 2nd
6th QPR — FA Amateur Cup QPR — — [ 5] 1900–01 Somerset Dorset 10 12 4 5 2 1 4 6 21 20 18 26 10 11 5th 4th QPR — FA Amateur Cup QPR — — [ 6] 1901–02 Somerset Wiltshire 6 16 5 7 1 0 0 9 31 31 19 42 11 14 1st
6th QR3 — FA Amateur Cup Somerset Premier Cup QR4 SF Harvey Vassall 27 [ 7] 1902–03 Somerset Wiltshire 8 20 2 8 1 5 5 7 10 44 12 41 5 21 4th 6th QR3 — — — Harvey Vassall 10 [ 8] 1903–04 Somerset Wiltshire 14 20 4 11 3 5 7 4 33 44 43 36 11 27 6th 3rd QR2 — — — CP Ewans 25 [ 9] 1904–05 Somerset Wiltshire 10 20 5 10 2 4 3 6 38 56 15 39 12 24 3rd 3rd QR2 — — — — — [ 10] 1905–06 Wiltshire 22 7 5 10 50 56 19 8th QR1 — — — Peaty 24 [ 11] 1906–07 Wiltshire 22 5 5 12 30 34 15 10th QR1 — — — Peaty 14 [ 12] 1907–08 Somerset Dorset 10 10 7 4 1 1 2 4 35 23 19 41 15 9 2nd
? QR1 — Somerset Premier Cup RU Johnny Hayward 41 [ 13] 1908–09 Somerset Dorset 8 12 4 8 2 3 3 1 16 32 9 14 10 19 2nd
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QPR — Somerset Premier Cup SF Johnny Hayward 33 [ 14] 1909–10 Somerset Dorset S 10 16 3 10 1 4 6 4 15 39 18 18 7 24 5th 2nd
QR4 — Somerset Premier Cup R2 Johnny Hayward 22 [ 15] 1910–11 Somerset Dorset S 8 18 4 10 1 3 3 5 20 38 12 18 9 23 3rd 3rd QR1 — Somerset Premier Cup RU Johnny Hayward 31 [ 16] 1911–12 Somerset Dorset 12 16 9 10 2 2 1 4 28 37 8 17 20 20 1st
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QPR — Somerset Premier Cup SF Johnny Hayward 23 [ 17] 1912–13 Somerset Sec A Dorset 12 16 9 9 2 2 1 5 42 39 12 25 20 20 1st
3rd QR2 — Somerset Premier Cup W Johnny Hayward 36 [ 18] 1913–14 Somerset Dorset 8 18 4 11 1 1 3 6 20 47 18 24 9 23 3rd 3rd QPR — Somerset Premier Cup RU Johnny Hayward 30 [ 19] 1914–19 é Competitive football was suspended until after the First World War.
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Dorset Wiltshire Somerset 14 16 20 14 7 9 7 7 2 2 5 2 5 5 8 5 41 48 45 31 34 23 46 18 16 20 19 16 5th 5th 7th 4th QPR — Somerset Premier Cup RU Johnny Hayward 52 [ 20] 1920–21 Western Div 1 Dorset Somerset S 30 18 8 13 7 6 6 2 1 11 9 1 52 36 20 46 36 5 32 16 13 7th 6th 1st
QPR — Somerset Premier Cup R1 Johnny Hayward 38 [ 21] 1921–22 Western Div 1 Dorset Somerset Bristol 14 16 16 4 10 7 6 3 2 3 3 0 2 6 7 1 26 36 29 10 9 25 33 4 22 17 15 7 4th 5th 1st
QPR — Somerset Premier Cup R2 Johnny Hayward 50 [ 22] 1922–23 Southern Eng Western Bristol 38 16 14 10 7 6 6 5 0 22 4 8 56 28 30 104 19 32 26 19 12 17th 3rd 6th QR2 — Somerset Premier Cup R1 Johnny Hayward 30 [ 23] 1923–24 Southern W 34 25 3 6 71 30 53 1st QR3 — Somerset Premier Cup R2 Johnny Hayward 38 [ 24] 1924–25 Southern W 38 15 10 13 49 50 40 11th R1 — — — Johnny Hayward 29 [ 25] 1925–26 Southern W Western Div 1 26 18 9 7 8 7 9 4 43 33 48 27 26 21 7th 4th QR4 — — — Harry Scott 34 [ 26] 1926–27 Southern W Western Div 1 26 22 9 10 5 1 12 11 49 48 66 44 23 21 12th 7th QR4 — — — Tommy Lowes 39 [ 27] 1927–28 Southern W Western Div 1 30 20 11 12 7 2 12 6 64 56 57 44 29 26 9th 3rd QR1 — — — Peter Scott 65 [ 28] 1928–29 Southern W Western Div 1 26 14 11 3 2 4 13 8 49 19 57 42 24 8 10th 8th R1 — — — Maurice White 40 [ 29] 1929–30 Southern W Western Div 1 28 14 12 10 7 2 9 2 65 32 63 13 47 22 5th QR3 — Somerset Premier Cup W William Whitehead 24 [ 30] 1930–31 Western Div 1 London Div 2 12 26 7 16 2 3 3 7 43 79 27 46 16 35 2nd
QR1 — — — Trevor Edmunds 54 [ 31] 1931–32 Southern W Western Div 1 London Div 2 24 14 22 16 8 11 4 3 3 4 3 8 65 42 56 31 26 44 36 19 25 3rd R2 — Cecil Pemberton 65 [ 32] 1932–33 Southern W Western Div 1 London Div 2 20 16 14 11 10 8 2 0 2 7 6 4 59 51 35 44 31 28 24 20 18 5th 3rd 2nd
R2 — — — Wilf Lewis 63 [ 33] 1933–34 Southern W Southern C Western Div 1 20 18 12 10 7 5 1 4 3 9 7 4 35 34 22 39 38 21 21 18 13 5th 4th 4th QR4 — — — Louis Page 23 [ 34] 1934–35 Southern W Southern C Western Div 1 16 20 12 11 8 9 2 1 1 3 11 2 49 45 38 18 51 21 24 17 19 10th R3 — — — Joe Taylor 66 [ 35] 1935–36 Southern W Southern C Western Div 1 16 20 10 5 3 1 3 5 3 8 12 6 31 40 22 35 75 30 13 11 5 7th 11th 6th R1 — Somerset Premier Cup SF Dave Halliday 22 [ 36] 1936–37 Southern Western Div 1 30 8 15 5 3 1 12 2 77 23 69 12 33 11 6th R2 — Somerset Premier Cup RU Dave Halliday 47 [ 37] 1937–38 Southern Western Div 1 34 8 14 5 14 1 6 2 72 20 45 16 42 11 4th R3 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup RU
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J. Kirk 25 [ 38] 1938–39 Southern Western Div 1 44 10 22 6 10 2 12 2 85 32 70 20 54 14 5th R3 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup GSW
Arthur Graham 43 [ 39] 1939–40 Southern W 14 7 2 5 30 24 16 4th — — — — Arthur Graham 15 [ 40] 1940–45 é Competitive football was suspended until after the Second World War.
& & & & & & & é & & é & é & & 1945–46 Southern 18 7 1 10 57 52 18 6th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup GSRU
George Dewis 20 [ 41] 1946–47 Southern 32 19 6 7 100 49 44 4th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup RU
Les Gore 25 [ 42] 1947–48 Southern 34 12 11 11 56 50 35 8th QR4 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup RU
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Reg Swinfen 29 [ 43] 1948–49 Southern 42 19 9 14 71 64 47 8th R5 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup W
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Eric Bryant 55 [ 44] 1949–50 Southern 46 29 7 10 104 45 65 3rd R3 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup QRW
Cliff Mansley 28 [ 45] 1950–51 Southern 44 13 15 16 72 72 41 13th QR4 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1W
Joe Rae 36 [ 46] 1951–52 Southern 42 12 11 19 56 76 35 17th QR4 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 SF Hugh Colvan 15 [ 47] 1952–53 Southern 42 11 10 21 75 99 32 18th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R1 Billy Lunn 25 [ 48] 1953–54 Southern 42 20 8 14 87 76 48 3rd R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1W
Billy Lunn 24 [ 49] 1954–55 Southern 42 23 9 10 105 66 55 1st QR4 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup W
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Jim Fraser 33 [ 50] 1955–56 Southern 42 23 9 10 98 55 55 3rd R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup RU
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Frank Fidler 49 [ 51] 1956–57 Southern 42 14 11 17 83 85 39 16th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup SF Marcel Gaillard 26 [ 52] 1957–58 Southern 42 16 9 17 70 84 41 13th R3 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R2 SF Don Travis 26 [ 53] 1958–59 Southern SE 32 17 8 7 60 41 42 4th R2 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R5 SF Terry McConnon 36 [ 54] 1959–60 Southern Prem 42 17 8 17 81 73 42 11th QR4 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R1 Danny Paton 18 [ 55] 1960–61 Southern Prem 42 23 9 10 109 54 55 3rd R2 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup W
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Dave Taylor 59 [ 56] 1961–62 Southern Prem 42 23 8 11 97 59 54 4th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R5W
Dave Taylor 41 [ 57] 1962–63 Southern Prem 40 15 10 15 64 54 40 11th R2 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1W
Dennis Coughlin 25 [ 58] 1963–64 Southern Prem 42 29 5 8 76 93 36 1st R3 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R5RU
Dave Taylor 48 [ 59] 1964–65 Southern Prem 42 18 14 10 76 55 50 4th QR4 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R4W
Malcolm Hirst 24 [ 60] 1965–66 Southern Prem 42 17 11 14 91 70 45 9th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup W
R2Chris Harding 25 [ 61] 1966–67 Southern Prem 42 14 14 14 66 72 42 14th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R4RU
Dave Taylor 36 [ 62] 1967–68 Southern Prem 42 16 12 14 45 43 44 12th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup SFRU
Chris Weller 16 [ 63] 1968–69 Southern Prem 42 16 13 13 52 50 45 8th R1 — Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R3 Dave Taylor 22 [ 64] 1969–70 Southern Prem 42 25 7 10 78 48 57 2nd R1 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R3 R1 Dave Taylor 22 [ 65] 1970–71 Southern Prem 42 25 7 10 66 31 57 1st R3 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup SF R3RU
Brian Grey 22 [ 66] 1971–72 Southern Prem 42 18 11 13 67 51 47 7th QR4 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Southern League Championship Cup Somerset Premier Cup SF R1W
R2 Terry Cotton 30 [ 67] 1972–73 Southern Prem 42 21 14 7 67 31 56 2nd R2 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R2W
John Brown 26 [ 68] 1973–74 Southern Prem 42 13 20 9 45 39 46 9th QR4 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R1 SF John Clancy 11 [ 69] 1974–75 Southern Prem 42 21 9 12 64 34 51 3rd QR4 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R4 SF Dick Plumb 28 [ 70] 1975–76 Southern Prem 42 21 12 9 68 35 54 2nd R1 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 RU
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Dick Plumb 33 [ 71] 1976–77 Southern Prem 42 15 16 11 54 42 46 7th QR3 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Southern League Championship Cup Anglo-Italian Cup Somerset Premier Cup R2 RU
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Ken Brown 20 [ 72] 1977–78 Southern Prem 42 14 14 14 57 49 42 12th QR1 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R2 SF Dick Plumb 14 [ 73] 1978–79 Southern Prem 42 15 16 11 59 49 46 9th R1 — FA Trophy Southern League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R4 RU
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Terry Cotton Dave Platt 26 1,179 [ 74] 1979–80 Alliance 38 13 10 15 46 49 36 12th R3 — FA Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R3 SF Clive Green 19 1,588 [ 75] 1980–81 Alliance 38 14 6 18 60 64 34 14th R2 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R2 R1RU
Clive Green 23 1,385 [ 76] 1981–82 Alliance 42 14 11 17 56 68 53 11th R1 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 R1 R3 Dave Platt 19 1,162 [ 77] 1982–83 Alliance 42 11 7 24 63 99 35 20th R2 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 R1 R3 Andy Bell 27 1,140 [ 78] 1983–84 Alliance 42 12 8 22 55 77 35 20th R1 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R2 SF SF Mike Doherty 25 1,115 [ 79] 1984–85 Alliance ↓ 42 6 11 25 41 87 25 22nd R1 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup QR3 R3RU
Phil James 13 1,296 [ 80] 1985–86 Isthmian 42 28 7 7 92 48 91 2nd R1 — FA Trophy Isthmian League Cup Somerset Premier Cup QR3 R1RU
John McGinlay 26 1,761 [ 81] 1986–87 Isthmian 42 28 8 6 71 27 92 2nd QR4 — FA Trophy Isthmian League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R2 SF SF Paul Randall 19 1,887 [ 82] 1987–88 Isthmian ↑ 42 24 9 9 66 34 81 1st R3 — FA Trophy Isthmian League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R2 W
R2 Paul Randall 24 2,282 [ 83] 1988–89 Conference 40 [ g] 15 11 14 68 67 56 9th R2 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Isthmian Championship Shield Somerset Premier Cup R2 R1W
R3 Guy Whittingham 18 2,396 [ 84] 1989–90 Conference 42 17 12 13 62 54 63 7th R1 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 W
R1 Robbie Carroll Mickey Spencer 16 2,244 [ 85] 1990–91 Conference 42 13 11 18 58 58 50 14th R1 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R3 R1 R3 Robbie Carroll Paul Wilson 13 2,649 [ 86] 1991–92 Conference 42 11 14 17 40 49 47 15th R2 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R4 RU
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Mickey Spencer 30 2,103 [ 87] 1992–93 Conference 42 18 12 12 59 49 66 4th R3 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 R3 R2 Mickey Spencer 20 2,615 [ 88] 1993–94 Conference 42 14 9 19 49 62 51 19th R2 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 RU
SF Mickey Spencer 19 2,491 [ 89] 1994–95 Conference ↓ 42 8 14 20 50 71 37 22nd QR4 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R2 R2 R2 Paul Wilson 15 1,746 [ 90] 1995–96 Isthmian 42 23 11 8 83 51 80 4th QR4 — FA Trophy Isthmian League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R2 R2 Warren Patmore 27 2,032 [ 91] 1996–97 Isthmian ↑ 42 31 8 3 83 34 101 1st QR4 — FA Trophy Isthmian League Cup Somerset Premier Cup R1 R2W
Warren Patmore 29 2,779 [ 92] 1997–98 Conference 42 17 8 17 73 63 59 11th QR4 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 R3W
Owen Pickard 25 2,457 [ 93] 1998–99 Conference 42 20 11 11 88 44 71 5th R3 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R5 R1 R1 Warren Patmore 26 2,408 [ 94] 1999–2000 Conference 42 18 10 14 60 63 64 7th R1 — FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R5 R1 R2 Warren Patmore 17 2,294 [ 95] 2000–01 Conference 42 24 8 10 73 50 80 2nd R3 — Football League Trophy FA Trophy Bob Lord Challenge Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 (S) R5 R3 R2 Warren Patmore 22 3,416 [ 96] 2001–02 Conference 42 19 13 10 66 53 70 3rd QR4 — Football League Trophy FA Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R2 (S) R2 Adam Stansfield 16 2,872 [ 98] 2002–03 Conference ↑ 42 28 11 3 100 36 95 1st R1 — Football League Trophy FA Trophy Somerset Premier Cup R1 (S) R6 Kirk Jackson 20 4,741 [ 100] 2003–04 Division 3 46 23 5 18 70 57 74 8th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R2 (S) Gavin Williams 13 6,197 [ 101] 2004–05 League 2 [ j] ↑ 46 25 8 13 90 65 83 1st R4 R2 Football League Trophy R1 (S) Phil Jevons [ k] 29 ♦ 6,320 [ 103] 2005–06 League 1 46 15 11 20 54 62 56 15th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R1 (S) Phil Jevons 16 6,668 2006–07 League 1 46 23 10 13 55 39 79 5th [ l] R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2 (S) Wayne Gray 12 5,765 2007–08 League 1 46 14 10 22 38 59 52 18th R1 R1 Football League Trophy QF (S) Lloyd Owusu 11 5,468 2008–09 League 1 46 12 15 19 41 66 51 17th R1 R2 Football League Trophy R1 (S) Gavin Tomlin 9 4,223 2009–10 League 1 46 13 14 19 55 59 53 15th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1 (S) Dean Bowditch 10 4,664 2010–11 League 1 46 17 11 19 56 66 59 14th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1 (S) Dean Bowditch 15 4,291 2011–12 League 1 46 14 12 20 59 80 54 17th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2 (S) Andy Williams 17 3,984 2012–13 League 1 ↑ 46 23 8 15 71 56 77 4th [ m] R1 R2 Football League Trophy SF (S) Paddy Madden [ n] 23 ♦ 4,240 2013–14 Championship ↓ 46 8 13 25 44 75 37 24th R4 R2 — — Ishmael Miller 10 6,616 2014–15 League 1 ↓ 46 10 10 26 36 75 40 24th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1 (S) James Hayter Gozie Ugwu 5 4,346 2015–16 League 2 46 11 15 20 43 59 48 19th R3 R1 Football League Trophy SF (S) Ryan Bird Harry Cornick François Zoko 8 3,936 2016–17 League 2 46 11 17 18 49 64 50 20th R1 R2 EFL Trophy QF François Zoko 13 3,567 2017–18 League 2 46 12 12 22 59 75 48 19th R4 R1 EFL Trophy SF François Zoko 15 2,941 2018–19 League 2 ↓ 46 9 13 24 41 66 40 24th R1 R1 EFL Trophy GS Alex Fisher 8 2,953 2019–20 National 37 17 9 11 61 44 60 4th [ o] R1 —
Rhys Murphy 20 2,907 2020–21 National 42 [ p] 15 7 20 58 68 52 16th R2 — FA Trophy R3 Rhys Murphy 14 n/a 2021–22 National 44 15 14 15 43 46 59 12th R3 —
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Tom Knowles 11 2,422 2022–23 National ↓ 46 7 19 20 35 60 40 22nd QR4 —
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Alex Fisher Malachi Linton Matt Worthington 5 2,730 2023–24 National S ↑ 46 29 8 9 81 49 95 1st R2 —
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Jordan Young 16 3,916 2024–25 National 46 15 11 20 51 60 56 18th QR4 —
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Aaron Jarvis 8 3,200