List of Fleetwood Town F.C. seasons

Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional football club, based in the town of Fleetwood in Lancashire. The club participates in League One, the third tier of English football.

History

The current club was officially established in 1997 but, in two previous incarnations, the club's history dates back to 1908. The original club, Fleetwood F.C., were champions of the Lancashire Combination in 1923–24. After almost sixty years as a Lancashire Combination club, they were made founder members of the Northern Premier League in 1968. After winning the Northern Premier League Cup in 1971, the club languished in the lower half of the table, finishing bottom for two successive seasons and folded in 1976 because of financial difficulties.

The club was re-established in 1977 as Fleetwood Town F.C.. Initially placed in Division One of the Cheshire League, they were moved in 1982 to the North West Counties League Division Two in its inaugural year, and promoted to Division One in 1984. They reached the final of the FA Vase in 1985, losing 3–1 to Halesowen Town in front of a 16,000 crowd at Wembley. The club was placed in Division One (second tier) of the Northern Premier League when the league established a second tier in 1987, becoming the inaugural Division One Champions in 1988. However, by 1996, this second club had also folded.

Re-formed in 1997 as Fleetwood Wanderers, the club was placed back in Division One of the North West Counties Football League (now the tenth tier of the English League system) and a sponsorship deal saw the club's name immediately changed to Fleetwood Freeport F.C.. The club was promoted to the Premier Division of the North West Counties League in 1999 and renamed Fleetwood Town F.C. in 2002. Successive promotions as North West Counties League champions in 2005 and Northern Premier League First Division runners-up in 2006 saw the club reach the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The 2007–08 season Fleetwood won the Northern Premier League, gaining promotion to the Conference North.

Fleetwood contested the play-offs in the second season in the Conference North, and after beating Droylsden on penalties in the semi-final Fleetwood won promotion to the Football Conference by beating Alfreton Town 2–1 in the final. For the next season the club made all of its players full-time professionals. The club spent most of the season in or near the play-off positions, eventually qualifying by finishing in fifth place. In the play-off semi-finals, against AFC Wimbledon, a new attendance record of 4,112 was set in the home leg, but Fleetwood lost both games with an 8–1 aggregate scoreline. Fleetwood's 2011–12 season was very successful. In the FA Cup they reached the Third Round for the first time. After beating Mansfield Town, Wycombe Wanderers, and Yeovil Town, they were drawn at home to local rivals Blackpool, but lost 5–1 to the Championship club, with Jamie Vardy scoring Fleetwood's only goal. In the league Fleetwood went on a 29-game unbeaten run and were declared champions with two games remaining, giving them promotion to the Football League for the first time.

The 2013–14 season was another successful one. Having been in and around the automatic promotion places all season and getting to the League Trophy area final, the club narrowly missed out on automatic promotion finishing in 4th place. After beating York City in the play-off semi-final, Fleetwood beat Burton Albion 1–0 from an Antoni Sarcevic free-kick in the play-off final at Wembley on 26 May to win promotion to League One for the first time.

Playing at the clubs highest level the 2014–15 season was the club's most successful yet. After three games the club was top of the league for two games and apart from a couple of games remained in the top half of the league all season eventually finishing a very credible 10th place.

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. Number of goals includes goals scored in play-offs.

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	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FL Cup		FL Trophy FA Trophy		Average home attendance[1][lower-alpha 1]
												Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1908–09														PR	0-0-1
1909–10
1910–11	Lancashire Combination Division Two		38	14	6	18	72	83	-11	34	14th of 20			EPR	0-0-1
1911–12			30	16	4	10	64	31	+33	36	4th of 16 Promoted
1912–13	Lancashire Combination Division One		34	14	7	13	71	69	+2	35	9th of 18
1913–14			34	10	9	15	54	57	-3	29	11th of 18
1914–15			32	9	5	18	65	94	-29	23	14th of 17
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I. Lancashire Combination switched to the single division.
1919–20	Lancashire Combination		34	15	3	16	67	63	+4	33	12th of 18			PR	0-0-1
1920–21			34	21	2	11	86	51	+35	44	3rd of 18			QR4	4-1-1
1921–22			34	19	5	10	76	43	+33	43	5th of 18			QR3	3-0-1
1922–23			34	16	7	11	66	51	+15	39	6th of 18			QR4	3-2-1
1923–24			38	29	5	4	100	40	+60	62	1st of 20			QR4	4-0-1
1924–25			36	14	11	11	74	59	+15	39	7th of 19			QR2	2-0-1
1925–26			38	19	7	12	87	69	+18	45	4th of 20			QR1	1-0-1
1926–27			38	14	5	19	63	82	-19	33	12th of 20			PR	0-0-1
1927–28			The club resigned from the league after 22 matches. Record was transferred to Prescot Cables.											QR1	1-0-1
The club returned to the league after three seasons of absence.
1931–32	Lancashire Combination		36	17	7	12	98	78	+20	41	7th of 19
1932–33			38	21	7	10	97	58	+39	49	5th of 20
1933–34			38	27	4	7	109	60	+49	58	2nd of 20
1934–35			38	25	5	8	99	44	+55	55	2nd of 20
1935–36			40	23	6	11	117	64	+53	52	3rd of 21
1936–37			40	22	5	13	99	82	+17	49	7th of 21
1937–38			42	13	8	21	91	94	-3	34	17th of 21
1938–39			42	18	8	16	85	92	-7	44	10th of 22
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the World War II. The club missed the first post-war Lancashire Combination season.
1946–47	Lancashire Combination		42	18	7	17	78	72	+6	43	12th of 22
The Lancashire Combination expanded up to two divisions. The club remained in the top division.
1947–48	Lancashire Combination Division One		42	23	7	12	73	52	+21	53	5th of 22			QR3	3-1-1
1948–49			42	17	8	17	81	66	+15	42	11th of 22			QR3	3-0-1
1949–50			42	18	9	15	76	67	+9	45	8th of 22			R1	5-0-1
1950–51			42	21	10	11	100	70	+30	52	4th of 22			QR1	1-1-1
1951–52			42	20	5	17	94	87	+7	45	9th of 22			QR4	3-0-1
1952–53			42	16	7	19	76	105	-29	39	15th of 22			QR1	0-1-1
1953–54			40	14	7	19	78	88	-10	35	17th of 21			QR2	1-0-1
1954–55			42	19	11	12	73	69	+4	49	7th of 22			QR2	1-1-1
1955–56			38	12	8	18	65	79	-14	32	14th of 20			QR3	1-2-1
1956–57			38	13	7	18	56	70	-14	33	16th of 20			QR3	2-1-1
1957–58			42	11	10	21	57	82	-25	32	21st of 22			QR1	0-0-1
1958–59			42	20	4	18	72	87	-15	44	10th of 22			QR2	1-0-1
1959–60			42	16	5	21	63	71	-8	37	14th of 22			QR1	0-1-1
1960–61			42	12	5	25	82	110	-28	29	20th of 22			QR2	1-0-1
1961–62			42	11	11	20	84	89	-5	33	16th of 22			QR2	1-1-1
1962–63			42	23	1	18	97	71	+26	47	9th of 22			QR2	1-0-1
1963–64			42	10	13	19	54	88	-34	33	17th of 22			QR2	0-0-1
1964–65			42	14	12	16	68	93	-25	40	12th of 22			QR2	1-0-1
1965–66			42	18	5	19	95	101	-6	41	13th of 22			R1	4-2-1
1966–67			42	22	10	10	103	62	+41	54	5th of 22			QR2	1-1-1
1967–68			42	22	10	10	72	43	+29	54	4th of 22			QR1	0-0-1
Northern Premier League created. Club transferred to the newly created league.
1968–69	Northern Premier League	5	38	16	6	16	58	58	0	38	10th of 20			QR3	3-1-1
1969–70			38	13	10	15	53	60	-7	36	13th of 20			QR4	3-0-1			QR3	0-0-1
1970–71			42	10	11	21	56	90	-34	31	18th of 22			QR1	0-0-1			QR2	1-2-1
1971–72			46	11	15	20	43	67	-24	37	20th of 24			QR2	1-1-1			QR3	2-1-1
1972–73			46	5	15	26	31	77	-46	25	24th of 24			QR1	0-0-1			QR1	0-0-1
1973–74			46	14	15	17	48	68	-20	43	14th of 24			QR2	1-2-1			PR	0-0-1
1974–75			46	5	10	31	26	97	-71	20	24th of 24			QR1	0-0-1			PR	0-0-1
1975–76			46	3	9	34	36	131	-95	15	24th of 24			QR2	1-1-1			QR2	1-2-1
The club folded. Two years later new club named Fleetwood established.
1978–79	Cheshire County League Division One		42	17	10	15	70	68	+2	44	12th of 22			QR3	2-3-1
1979–80			38	10	11	17	51	63	-12	31	17th of 20			QR1	0-0-1			QR2	1-1-1
1980–81			38	9	13	16	33	53	-20	31	14th of 20			R1	5-1-1			QR1	0-1-1
1981–82			38	12	13	13	42	55	-13	37	11th of 20			QR1	0-1-1			QR1	0-0-1
League merged with the Lancashire Combination to create the North West Counties Football League.
1982–83	North West Counties League Division Two	8	38	12	8	18	54	80	-26	32	12th of 20			QR1	0-0-1			PR	0-0-1
1983–84			34	24	8	2	73	24	-49	56	1st of 18 Promoted			QR1	1-0-1
1984–85	North West Counties League Division One	7	38	18	8	12	84	57	+27	44	8th of 20			QR1	0-0-1
1985–86			38	21	10	7	70	34	+36	50	5th of 20			QR1	1-1-1
1986–87			38	16	13	9	61	49	+12	45	8th of 20			QR2	2-0-1
Northern Premier League Division One created. The club joined the new division.
1987–88	Northern Premier League Division One	7	36	22	7	7	85	45	+40	73	1st of 19 Promoted			QR3	2-1-1
1988–89	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	42	19	16	7	58	44	+14	73	7th of 22			QR4	3-3-1			R1	3-3-1
1989–90			42	17	12	13	76	66	+7	63	8th of 22			QR1	0-2-1			QR1	0-0-1
1990–91			40	20	9	11	69	44	+25	69	4th of 21			R1	4-0-1			R1	3-0-1
1991–92			42	17	8	17	67	64	+3	59	10th of 22			QR2	1-0-1			R1	1-1-1
1992–93			42	10	7	25	50	77	-27	37	19th of 22			QR2	1-0-1			QR3	0-0-1
Club changed name to Fleetwood.
1993–94	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	42	7	7	28	55	114	-59	28	22nd of 22 Relegated			QR1	0-0-1			QR1	0-0-1
1994–95	Northern Premier League Division One	7	42	12	11	19	1	-74	-23	44	18th of 22			PR	0-0-1			QR3	2-1-1
1995–96			40	7	10	23	41	81	-40	31	20th of 21			PR	0-0-1			QR2	1-0-1
The club folded and reestablished one year later under the name Fleetwood Freeport.
1997–98	North West Counties League Division Two	9	40	15	11	14	73	55	+18	56	12th of 21
1998–99			36	21	8	7	102	34	+68	71	1st of 19 Promoted
1999–2000	North West Counties League Division One	8	42	21	10	11	75	45	+30	73	7th of 22			QR2	2-0-0
2000–01			42	26	4	12	90	50	+40	82	5th of 22			QR2	2-2-1
2001–02			44	13	13	18	70	86	-16	52	14th of 23			QR1	1-0-1
Club changed name to Fleetwood Town.
2002–03	North West Counties League Division One	8	42	17	9	16	73	70	+3	60	10th of 22			PR	0-1-1
2003–04			42	26	8	8	84	51	+33	86	3rd of 22			QR2	3-1-1
			Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.
2004–05		9	42	31	6	5	107	42	+65	99	1st of 22 Promoted			QR2	3-1-1
2005–06	Northern Premier League Division One	8	42	22	10	10	72	48	+24	76	2nd of 22 Promoted			PR	0-0-1			QR3	2-0-1	466
2006–07	Northern Premier League Premier Division	7	42	19	10	13	71	60	+11	67	8th of 22			R1	4-0-1			QR1	0-0-1	537
2007–08			40	28	7	5	81	39	+42	91	1st of 21 Promoted			QR3	2-0-1			QR2	1-1-1	721
2008–09	Conference North	6	42	17	11	14	70	66	+4	62	8th of 22			R2	4-1-1			QR3	0-0-1	920
2009–10			40	26	7	7	86	44	+42	85	2nd of 21			R1	3-1-1			R2	2-0-1	1,319
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2010–11	Conference Premier	5	46	22	12	12	68	42	+26	78	5th of 24	Magno Vieira	22	R1	1-1-1			R1	0-0-1	1,748
			Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2011–12			46	31	10	5	102	48	+54	103	1st of 24 Promoted	Jamie Vardy	31	R3	3-2-1			R1	0-0-1	2,265
2012–13	Football League Two	4	46	15	15	16	55	57	-2	60	13th of 24	Junior Brown Jon Parkin	10	R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-1-0	2,856
2013–14			46	22	10	14	66	52	+14	76	4th of 24	Antoni Sarcevic	14	R2	1-1-1	R1	0-0-1	AF	5-0-1	2,819
			Promoted after winning the play-offs.
2014–15	Football League One	3	46	17	12	17	49	52	-3	63	10th of 24	David Ball Josh Morris Jamie Proctor	8	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	3,522
2015–16			46	12	15	19	52	56	-4	51	19th of 24	Bobby Grant	10	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	AF	2-3-0	3,308

1. Average home attendance = for league games only

External links

• Fleetwood at the Football Club History Database (1910–76 and 1993–96)
• Fleetwood Freeport at the Football Club History Database (1997-2002)
• Fleetwood Town at the Football Club History Database(1978–93 and 2002-current)

References

1. "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.