List of Notts County F.C. seasons

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Meadow Lane has been the home of Notts County since the 1910–11 season.

The following article is a list of all Notts County Football Club seasons from 1877–78 up to 2021–22. The list details the club's achievements in all national and European first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed season.

Seasons[edit]

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Top goalscorer
Division Lvl P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1877–78 R1 CL Cursham 1
1878–79 R1 Owen 1
1879–80 R1 0
1880–81 R3 Harry Cursham 4
1881–82 R3 Harry Cursham 8
1882–83 SF Harry Cursham 8
1883–84 SF Harry Cursham 7
1884–85 QF William Gunn
Harry Jackson 		4
1885–86 R5 Harry Cursham 8
1886–87 QF Harry Cursham 10
1887–88 R3 Harry Daft
Albert Moore 		3
1888–89 FL[a] 1 22 5 2 15 40 73 12 11th R2 Bob Jardine 9
1889–90 FL 22 6 5 11 43 51 17 10th QF Jimmy Oswald 16
1890–91 FL 22 11 4 7 52 35 26 3rd[b] RU Jimmy Oswald 20
1891–92 FL 26 11 4 11 55 51 26 8th R1 Jimmy Oswald 15
1892–93 Div 1[c] ↓ 30 10 4 16 53 61 24 14th R2 Jimmy Oswald 14
1893–94 Div 2 2 28 18 3 7 70 31 39 3rd[d] W James Logan 27
1894–95 Div 2 30 17 5 8 75 45 39 2nd[d] R1 Elijah Allsopp 17
1895–96 Div 2 30 12 2 16 57 54 26 10th R1 Walter Bull 18
1896–97 Div 2 ↑ 30 19 4 7 92 43 42 1st[e] R2 Tom Boucher 24
1897–98 Div 1 1 30 8 8 14 36 46 24 13th R1 Tom Boucher 7
1898–99 Div 1 34 12 13 9 47 51 37 5th R2 Alex Maconnachie 12
1899–1900 Div 1 34 9 11 14 46 60 29 15th R2 Joe McMain 15
1900–01 Div 1 34 18 4 12 54 46 40 3rd[b] R2 Jack Morris 19
1901–02 Div 1 34 14 4 16 51 57 32 13th R1 Percy Humphreys 14
1902–03 Div 1 34 12 7 15 41 49 31 15th QF Arthur Green
Percy Humphreys 		16
1903–04 Div 1 34 12 5 17 37 61 29 13th R1 Arthur Green 20
1904–05 Div 1 34 5 8 21 36 69 18 18th R1 Jerry Dean
Arthur Green 		8
1905–06 Div 1 38 11 12 15 55 71 34 16th R1 Arthur Green
Walter Tarplin 		13
1906–07 Div 1 38 8 15 15 46 50 31 18th QF Percy Humphreys 16
1907–08 Div 1 38 13 8 17 39 51 34 18th R2 Fred Jones 8
1908–09 Div 1 38 14 8 16 51 48 36 15th R1 Jimmy Cantrell 18
1909–10 Div 1 38 15 10 13 67 59 40 9th R1 Jimmy Cantrell 22
1910–11 Div 1 38 14 10 14 37 45 38 11th R1 Jimmy Cantrell 13
1911–12 Div 1 38 14 7 17 46 63 35 16th R2 Sam Richards 14
1912–13 Div 1 ↓ 38 7 9 22 28 56 23 19th R1 Jack Peart 7
1913–14 Div 2 ↑ 2 38 23 7 8 77 36 53 1st R1 Jack Peart 29
1914–15 Div 1 1 38 9 13 16 41 57 31 16th R1 Jack Peart 11
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 Div 1 ↓ 1 42 12 12 18 56 74 36 21st R3 Harold Hill 13
1920–21 Div 2 2 42 18 11 13 55 40 47 6th R2 Harold Hill
Sammy Stevens 		11
1921–22 Div 2 42 12 15 15 47 51 39 13th SF Harold Hill 11
1922–23 Div 2 ↑ 42 23 7 12 46 34 53 1st R1 Donald Cock 13
1923–24 Div 1 1 42 14 14 14 44 49 42 10th R2 Donald Cock 11
1924–25 Div 1 42 16 13 13 42 31 45 9th R3 Arthur Davis 13
1925–26 Div 1 ↓ 42 13 7 22 54 74 33 22nd R5 Arthur Davis 14
1926–27 Div 2 2 42 15 5 22 70 96 35 16th R3 Arthur Davis
Neil Harris 		16
1927–28 Div 2 42 13 12 17 68 74 38 15th R3 Paddy Mills 21
1928–29 Div 2 42 19 9 14 78 65 47 5th R3 Harold Andrews 21
1929–30 Div 2 ↓ 42 9 15 18 54 70 33 22nd R3 Harold Andrews 17
1930–31 Div 3S ↑ 3 42 24 11 7 97 46 59 1st R4 Tom Keetley 41
1931–32 Div 2 2 42 13 12 17 75 75 38 16th R3 Tom Keetley 30
1932–33 Div 2 42 15 10 17 67 78 40 15th R3 Tom Keetley 15
1933–34 Div 2 42 12 11 19 53 62 35 18th R3 Charlie MacCartney 15
1934–35 Div 2 ↓ 42 9 7 26 46 97 25 22nd R3 Fred Shaw 12
1935–36 Div 3S 3 42 15 12 15 60 57 42 9th R3 Third Division South Cup R2 Tex Rickards 11
1936–37 Div 3S 42 23 10 9 74 52 56 2nd R1 Third Division South Cup SF Hughie Gallacher 25
1937–38 Div 3S 42 16 9 17 50 50 41 11th R4 Third Division South Cup SF Willie Chalmers 9
1938–39 Div 3S 42 17 9 16 59 54 43 11th R4 Third Division South Cup R1 Boy Martin 16
1939–40[f] Div 3S 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 — — Boy Martin 3
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 n/a[g] R2 Ian McPherson 3
1946–47 Div 3S 3 42 15 10 17 63 63 40 12th R3 Jackie Sewell 22
1947–48 Div 3S 42 19 8 15 68 59 46 6th R4 Tommy Lawton 24
1948–49 Div 3S 42 19 5 18 102 68 43 11th R4 Jackie Sewell 27
1949–50 Div 3S ↑ 42 25 8 9 95 50 51 1st R3 Tommy Lawton 33
1950–51 Div 2 2 42 13 13 16 61 60 39 17th R3 Tom Johnston
Jackie Sewell 		14
1951–52 Div 2 42 16 7 19 71 68 39 15th R4 Frank Broome
Bobby Crookes 		15
1952–53 Div 2 42 14 8 20 60 88 36 19th R4 Ken McPherson 14
1953–54 Div 2 42 13 13 16 54 74 39 14th R3 Tom Johnston 16
1954–55 Div 2 42 21 6 15 74 71 48 7th QF Jimmy Jackson 18
1955–56 Div 2 42 11 9 22 55 82 31 20th R3 Jimmy Jackson 8
1956–57 Div 2 42 9 12 21 58 86 30 20th R3 Gordon Wills 19
1957–58 Div 2 ↓ 42 12 6 24 44 80 30 21st R4 Jackie Lane 11
1958–59 Div 3 ↓ 3 46 8 13 25 55 96 29 23rd R1 Don Roby 13
1959–60 Div 4 ↑ 4 46 26 8 12 107 69 60 2nd R2 Stan Newsham 23
1960–61 Div 3 3 46 21 9 16 82 77 51 5th R1 R2 Tony Hateley 27
1961–62 Div 3 46 17 9 20 67 74 43 13th R3 R1 Tony Hateley 21
1962–63 Div 3 46 19 13 14 73 74 51 7th R1 R4 Tony Hateley 22
1963–64 Div 3 ↓ 46 9 9 28 45 92 27 24th R2 QF Jeff Astle 14
1964–65 Div 4 4 46 15 14 17 61 73 44 13th R2 R3 Jimmy Rayner 14
1965–66 Div 4 46 19 12 15 61 53 50 8th R1 R1 Ron Still 13
1966–67 Div 4 46 13 11 22 53 72 37 20th R1 R1 Stan Marshall 13
1967–68 Div 4 46 15 11 20 53 79 41 17th R1 R1 Les Bradd 10
1968–69 Div 4 46 12 18 16 48 57 42 19th R1 R1 Don Masson 13
1969–70 Div 4 46 22 8 16 73 62 52 7th R1 R1 Don Masson 23
1970–71 Div 4 ↑ 46 30 9 7 89 36 69 1st R3 R1 Tony Hateley 23
1971–72 Div 3 3 46 25 12 9 74 44 62 4th R4 R2 Les Bradd 25
1972–73 Div 3 ↑ 46 23 11 12 67 47 57 2nd R3 QF Watney Cup R1 Kevin Randall 23
1973–74 Div 2 2 42 15 13 14 55 60 43 10th R3 R1 Kevin Randall 14
1974–75 Div 2 42 12 16 14 49 59 40 14th R4 R2 Ian Scanlon 14
1975–76 Div 2 42 19 11 12 60 41 49 5th R3 QF Les Bradd 19
1976–77 Div 2 42 19 10 13 65 60 48 8th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Mick Vinter 13
1977–78 Div 2 42 11 16 15 54 62 38 15th R5 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup SF Mick Vinter 24
1978–79 Div 2 42 14 16 12 48 60 44 6th R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Mick Vinter 14
1979–80 Div 2 42 11 15 16 51 52 37 17th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Ray O'Brien 11
1980–81 Div 2 42 18 17 7 49 38 53 2nd R4 R4 Anglo-Scottish Cup RU Trevor Christie 21
1981–82 Div 1 1 42 13 8 21 61 69 47[h] 15th R3 R2 Football League Group Cup GS Iain McCulloch 16
1982–83 Div 1 42 15 7 20 55 71 52 15th R4 R4 Iain McCulloch 12
1983–84 Div 1 ↓ 42 10 11 21 50 72 41 21st QF R3 Trevor Christie 25
1984–85 Div 2 ↓ 2 42 10 7 25 45 73 37 20th R3 R4 Rachid Harkouk 20
1985–86 Div 3 3 46 19 14 13 71 60 71 8th R4 R2 Associate Members' Cup GS Ian McParland 20
1986–87 Div 3 46 21 13 12 77 56 76 7th R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup GS Ian McParland 27
1987–88 Div 3 46 23 12 11 82 49 81 4th R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup RU Ian McParland 22
1988–89 Div 3 46 18 13 15 64 54 67 9th R2 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1S Ian McParland 9
1989–90 Div 3 ↑ 46 25 12 9 73 53 87 3rd R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup RU Tommy Johnson 18
1990–91 Div 2 ↑ 2 46 23 11 12 76 55 80 4th QF R2 Full Members' Cup R2N Tommy Johnson 19
1991–92 Div 1 ↓ 1 42 10 10 22 40 62 40 21st R5 R2 Full Members' Cup NSF Tommy Johnson 12
1992–93 Div 1[i] 2 46 12 16 18 55 70 52 17th R3 R3 Anglo-Italian Cup GS Mark Draper 12
1993–94 Div 1 46 20 8 18 65 69 68 7th R4 R2 Anglo-Italian Cup RU Gary McSwegan 16
1994–95 Div 1 ↓ 46 9 13 24 45 66 40 24th R3 R4 Anglo-Italian Cup W Paul Devlin 10
1995–96 Div 2 3 46 21 15 10 63 39 78 4th R3 R2 Associate Members' Cup QFN Devon White 14
1996–97 Div 2 ↓ 46 7 14 25 33 59 35 24th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup R2N Gary Martindale 7
1997–98 Div 3 ↑ 4 46 29 12 5 82 43 99 1st R2 R2 Associate Members' Cup R2N Gary Jones 28
1998–99 Div 2 3 46 14 12 20 52 61 54 16th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1N Gary Jones 8
1999–2000 Div 2 46 18 11 17 61 55 65 8th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1N Mark Stallard 14
2000–01 Div 2 46 19 12 15 62 66 69 8th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R1N Mark Stallard 24
2001–02 Div 2 46 13 11 22 59 71 50 19th R2 R2 Football League Trophy QFN Daniel Allsopp 28
2002–03 Div 2 46 13 16 17 62 70 55 15th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1N Mark Stallard 25
2003–04 Div 2 ↓ 46 10 12 24 50 78 42 23rd R3 R3 Football League Trophy R1N Paul Heffernan 21
2004–05 Lge 2[j] 4 46 13 13 20 46 62 52 19th R3 R2 Football League Trophy R1N Glynn Hurst 15
2005–06 Lge 2 46 12 16 18 48 63 52 21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1S Glynn Hurst 9
2006–07 Lge 2 46 16 14 16 55 53 62 13th R1 R4 Football League Trophy R1S Jason Lee 16
2007–08 Lge 2 46 10 18 18 37 53 48 21st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R1S Richard Butcher 12
2008–09 Lge 2 46 11 14 21 49 69 47 19th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R1N Delroy Facey 9
2009–10 Lge 2 ↑ 46 27 12 7 96 31 93 1st R5 R1 Football League Trophy R2N Lee Hughes 30
2010–11 Lge 1 3 46 14 8 24 46 60 50 19th R4 R3 Football League Trophy R1N Lee Hughes 13
2011–12 Lge 1 46 21 10 15 75 63 73 7th R4 R1 Football League Trophy R2N Jeff Hughes 13
2012–13 Lge 1 46 16 17 13 61 49 65 12th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2N Jamal Campbell-Ryce 8
2013–14 Lge 1 46 15 5 26 64 77 50 20th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QFN Callum McGregor 12
2014–15 Lge 1 ↓ 46 12 14 20 45 62 50 21st R1 R1 Football League Trophy SFN Garry Thompson 12
2015–16 Lge 2 4 46 14 9 23 54 83 51 17th R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2N Jon Stead 14
2016–17 Lge 2 46 16 8 22 54 76 56 16th R2 R1 EFL Trophy GS Jon Stead 14
2017–18 Lge 2 46 21 14 11 71 48 77 5th R4 R1 EFL Trophy GS Jorge Grant 18
2018–19 Lge 2 ↓ 46 9 14 23 48 84 41 23rd R1 R1 EFL Trophy R2N Kane Hemmings 13
2019–20 NL 5 38[k] 17 12 9 61 38 63 3rd R2 —[l] FA Trophy SF Kyle Wootton 13
2020–21 NL 42 20 10 12 62 41 70 5th[m] QR4 — FA Trophy SF Kyle Wootton 15
2021–22 NL 44 24 10 10 81 52 82 5th[m] R1 — FA Trophy QF Rúben Rodrigues 20
2022–23 NL ↑ 46 32 11 3 117 42 107 2nd QR4 — FA Trophy R4 Macaulay Langstaff 42

Key[edit]

Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated Play-offs (not promoted)

Divisions in bold indicate a change in division.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Notts County were one of the 12 founding members of The Football League.
  2. ^ a b Highest League finish.
  3. ^ The Football League expanded to two divisions in 1892, absorbing most of the teams from the Football Alliance. The league previously known simply as The Football League became the Football League First Division.
  4. ^ a b Failed to gain promotion after test matches.
  5. ^ Promoted after test matches.
  6. ^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled. Notts County's record is shown as of the time of the annulment.
  7. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  8. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  9. ^ With the advent of the Premier League, the second tier of English football became known as the First Division.
  10. ^ In 2004–05 the fourth tier of English football was renamed from the Football League Third Division to Football League Two as part of a re-branding exercise by The Football League.
  11. ^ The 2019–20 National League was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions, promotions and relegations decided on a points-per-game basis.
  12. ^ Ineligible to compete after relegation from the EFL.
  13. ^ a b Lowest League finish.

Ups and downs[edit]

With a total of 15 promotions and 17 relegations, no club has moved between the divisions of the Football League and National League on more occasions than Notts County,[1]

Promotion year – 1897 1914 1923 1931 1950 1960 1971 1973 1981 1990 1991 1998 2010 2023

Relegation year – 1893 1913 1920 1926 1930 1935 1958 1959 1964 1984 1985 1992 1995 1997 2004 2015 2019

References[edit]

  1. ^ Club Stats.
Sources
  • "Notts County". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  • "Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database". Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  • The Official History Notts County. Tony Brown 1996 ISBN 1-874427-61-5
  • The Magpies. Tony Warsop 1984 ISBN 0-86023-214-X
  • Notts County FC And The Birth Of Modern Football Darrin Foss 2013 ISBN 1484816838
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