List of Rushden & Diamonds F.C. seasons

Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. The club was formed by a merger of Southern Football League side Rushden Town and United Counties league side Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992. Rushden & Diamonds played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of the 2000s. The club were expelled from the Conference National on 11 June 2011. Their unstable financial position meant they could not guarantee to complete all their fixtures in the 2011–12 season, and resulted in their dissolution.^[1]

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 R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		League Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance[2][lower-alpha 1]
												Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1992–93	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	25	10	7	85	41	44	85	3rd of 22			QR2	2-0-1	-	-	-	-
1993–94	Southern Football League Midland Division	7	42	29	11	2	109	37	72	98	1st of 22 Promoted			QR4	4-1-1	-	-	QR2	0-0-1
1994–95	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	19	11	12	99	65	34	68	5th of 22			QR1	0-0-1	-	-	SF	8-2-1
1995–96	Southern Football League Premier Division	6	42	29	7	6	99	41	58	94	1st of 22 Promoted			R1	4-1-1	-	-	R1	0-0-1
1996–97	Football Conference	5	42	14	11	17	61	63	-2	53	12th of 22	David Leworthy	16	R1	4-1-1	-	-	R1	0-0-1	2,514
1997–98	Football Conference	5	42	23	5	14	79	57	22	74	4th of 22	Darren Collins	29	QR4	0-1-1	-	-	R2	1-0-1	2,552
1998–99	Football Conference	5	42	20	12	10	71	42	29	72	4th of 22	Darren Collins	17	R3	4-3-1	-	-	R4	2-1-1	2,996
1999–2000	Football Conference	5	42	21	13	8	71	42	29	76	2nd of 22	Darren Collins Michael McElhatton	11	R3	3-3-0	-	-	QF	4-2-1	3,299
2000–01	Football Conference	5	42	25	11	6	78	36	42	86	1st of 22 Promoted	Duane Darby	24	R1	1-0-1	-	-	R5	2-0-1	3,876
2001–02	Football League Third Division	4	46	20	13	13	69	53	16	73	6th of 24 Lost in playoff final			R2	1-0-1	R2	1-0-1	-	-	4,404
2002–03	Football League Third Division	4	46	24	15	7	73	47	26	87	1st of 24 Promoted			R2	1-1-1	R2	0-1-1	-	-	4,330
2003–04	Football League Second Division	3	46	13	9	24	60	74	−14	48	22nd of 24 Relegated	Onandi Lowe	15	R1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1	-	-	4,457
2004–05	Football League Two[lower-alpha 2]	4	46	10	14	22	42	63	−21	44	22nd of 24			R2	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	-	-	3,321
2005–06	Football League Two	4	46	11	12	23	44	76	-32	45	24th of 24 Relegated			R2	0-2-1	R1	0-0-1	-	-	3,162
2006–07	Conference Premier	5	46	17	11	18	58	54	4	62	12th of 24	Simeon Jackson	19	R2	2-0-1	-	-	R3	2-0-1	2,045
2007–08	Conference Premier	5	46	15	14	17	55	55	0	59	16th of 24			R2	2-0-1	-	-	QF	3-0-1	1,586
2008–09	Conference Premier	5	46	16	15	15	61	50	+11	63	11th of 24			QR4	0-0-1	-	-	R2	0-2-1	1,509
2009–10	Conference Premier	5	44	22	13	9	77	39	+38	79	4th of 23 Lost playoff semifinal	Lee Tomlin	14	R2	2-0-1	-	-	R2	1-0-1	1,678
2010–11	Conference Premier	5	46	16	14	16	65	62	+3	57[lower-alpha 3]	13th of 24			R1	1-0-1	-	-	R1	0-1-1	1,255

1. Average home attendance = for league games only
2. At the end of the previous season Football League Third Division was renamed as Football League Two.
3. Deducted 5 points for submitting misleading financial information and subsequently expelled from the Football Conference on 11 June 2011.

References

1. "Rushden expelled from Conference". BBC News. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
2. "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.