List of Wimbledon F.C. seasons



Wimbledon Football Club was an English football club from Wimbledon, south-west London, amateur from 1889 to 1964 and professional thereafter. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, an amateur club playing in local league competitions, the club shortened its name to "Wimbledon" in 1905, entered the FA Amateur Cup for the first time in 1905–06 and joined the Spartan League in 1909. After going out of business a year later, Wimbledon immediately reformed and returned to local leagues in 1912, where the team stayed until the 1919–20 season when the club joined the Athenian League. Moving to the Isthmian League in 1921, Wimbledon won four league championships in six years during the 1930s and reached the FA Amateur Cup Final in 1935 before losing to Bishop Auckland after a replay. The club continued to be successful following the Second World War, again reaching the Amateur Cup Final in 1947 and finishing as runners-up in the Isthmian League in 1950 and 1952. After claiming a fourth Isthmian League crown in 1959, Wimbledon then took three successive championships from 1962 to 1964, as well as the 1963 FA Amateur Cup.

These achievements prompted the switch to professional football, which occurred in 1964, concurrently with the extension of membership from the Southern Football League. Wimbledon finished second twice out of the team's first four outings in this competition, before again winning three consecutive titles from 1975 to 1977. The club won election to The Football League after these successes, and thus entered the Fourth Division for the first time in 1977–78. Wimbledon took only ten seasons as a Football League club to reach England's top flight, winning promotion to the First Division for the 1986–87 season; Wimbledon then beat League champions Liverpool 1–0 in the 1988 FA Cup Final to achieve the feat of having won both the FA Cup and its amateur equivalent (as of 2009, only two other clubs – Old Carthusians and Royal Engineers AFC – had done this). Wimbledon remained in the top division until 2000, when the side was relegated. The club announced an unpopular relocation to Milton Keynes in 2001, which received permission a year later, causing the foundation of AFC Wimbledon by the majority of Wimbledon fans, who called it "the death of [their] club". The club subsequently relocated to Milton Keynes in September 2003, and rebranded itself as Milton Keynes Dons in 2004.

Key
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or reorganisation

League results shown in italics for abandoned or wartime competitions


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


 * Key to divisions
 * Prem = FA Premier League
 * Div 1 = Football League First Division
 * Div 2 = Football League Second Division
 * Div 3 = Football League Third Division
 * Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division
 * South P = Southern Football League Premier Division
 * South 1 = Southern Football League First Division
 * Isthmian = Isthmian League
 * Athenian = Athenian League
 * Utd Snr = United Senior League
 * Metro = Metropolitan League
 * Spartan A = Spartan League A Division
 * W Sub'n = Western Suburban League
 * Mid-Surrey = Mid-Surrey League
 * S Sub'n = Southern Suburban League
 * Clapham = Clapham League
 * Herald = Herald League
 * S London = South London League


 * Key to rounds
 * Grp = Group stage
 * ExtPre = Extra Preliminary round
 * Pre = Preliminary round
 * QR1 = Qualifying round 1
 * QR2 = Qualifying round 2
 * QR3 = Qualifying round 3
 * QR4 = Qualifying round 4
 * QR5 = Qualifying round 5
 * QR6 = Qualifying round 6
 * R1 = Round 1
 * R2 = Round 2
 * R3 = Round 3
 * R4 = Round 4
 * R5 = Round 5
 * R6 = Round 6
 * QF = Quarter-finals
 * SF = Semi-finals
 * RU = Runners-up
 * W = Winners
 * S = Southern sector


 * Key to goalscorers
 * # = Number of goals scored
 * † Players with this background and symbol in the "Name" column scored a record number of goals for the club during the corresponding season.
 * ‡ Players with this background and symbol in the "Name" equalled the record.