List of Stockport County F.C. seasons

Stockport County Football Club, a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, was founded in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they were renamed Stockport County in 1890 after the County Borough of Stockport. They joined The Combination for the 1891–92 season, and after three seasons they joined the Lancashire League in 1894. After six seasons in the Lancashire League, Stockport were elected to play in the Football League in 1900 and were placed in the Second Division. After failing to be re-elected into the Football League in 1904 they joined the Lancashire Combination for one season before re-joining the Football League. During their time in the Football League Stockport were relegated and promoted in various divisions on 14 occasions, with the club achieving their highest league placing after finishing in 8th place of the 1997–98 Football League First Division, when it was the second level of the English football league system. Stockport were relegated to the Conference National after finishing bottom of the League Two in the 2010–11 season, ending 106 years of Football League membership. After 11 seasons in non-League football, Stockport were champions of the 2021–22 National League and were promoted into EFL League Two.

Stockport County's furthest FA Cup run has seen them reach the fifth round on three occasions in 1934–35, 1949–50 and 2000–01. The furthest they have reached in the EFL Cup is the semi-finals in the 1996–97 edition. The club first participated in the EFL Trophy in 1983 when it was named the Associate Members' Cup; they were the runners-up in 1992 and 1993. Stockport entered four editions of the Football League Third Division North Cup between 1933 and 1937, winning the trophy in the 1934–35 season. After their exit from the Football League in 2011 Stockport were eligible to take part in the FA Trophy, their furthest run in this competition is reaching the semi-final on two occasions in 2018–19 and 2021–22.

Key

Key to divisions
Key to rounds
  • PR – Preliminary round
  • QR1 – First qualifying round, etc.
  • Group – Group stage
  • R1 – First round, etc.
  • R1(N) – First round Northern section, etc.
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • QF(N) – Quarter-final Northern section
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • SF(N) – Semi-final Northern section
  • RU – Runners-up
  • RU(N) – Runners-up Northern section
  • W – Winner
Key to positions and symbols
  •  1stii  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  !'↑!!  – Promoted
  •  !'↓!!  – Relegated
  •  !'†!!  – Top or joint-top league scorer in Stockport's division
  •  !—!  – Stockport did not enter the competition

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer
Season League record FA Cup EFL Cup[a] Other Top scorer[b]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1891–92 Combination 22 7 2 13 29 44 16 11th — — — — G. Perry 7
1892–93 Combination 22 8 6 8 38 35 22 6th QR2 — — — E. Grecock 11
1893–94 Combination 18 7 6 5 33 32 20 4th R1 — — — Hewitt[c] 11
1894–95 Lancashire 26 10 5 11 53 69 25 9th QR2 — — — Robert Mann 10
1895–96 Lancashire 30 13 3 14 56 70 29 12th QR2 — — — G. Smith 12
1896–97 Lancashire 28 15 1 12 52 42 31 9th QR2 — — — Rimmer Brown
G. Smith		 13
1897–98 Lancashire 26 15 4 7 60 27 34 3rd QR5 — — — William Foster 21
1898–99 Lancashire 24 12 2 10 48 42 26 6th QR5 — — — William Foster 21
1899–1900 Lancashire 28 21 3 4 80 23 45 1st QR4 — — — Frank Chesworth 19
1900–01 Division 2[d] 34 11 3 20 38 68 25 17th QR4 — — — William Foster 10
1901–02 Division 2 34 8 7 19 36 72 23 17th QR5 — — — Joe Davies 8
1902–03 Division 2 34 7 6 21 39 74 20 17th QR2 — — — Issac Evenson 7
1903–04 Division 2 34 8 11 15 40 72 27 16th QR4 — — — Joe Raby 9
1904–05 Lanc Comb[e] 34 21 7 6 63 28 49 1st QR6 — — — Tommy Green 16
1905–06 Division 2[f] 38 13 9 16 44 56 35 10th R1 — — — Robert Manson 11
1906–07 Division 2 38 12 11 15 42 52 35 12th R1 — — — Fred Crump
James Pass		 11
1907–08 Division 2 38 12 8 18 48 67 32 13th R1 — — — Fred Crump 11
1908–09 Division 2 38 14 3 21 39 71 31 18th R2 — — — Benjamin Whitehouse 13
1909–10 Division 2 38 13 8 17 50 47 34 13th R2 — — — Francis Kelly
Benjamin Whitehouse		 10
1910–11 Division 2 38 11 8 19 47 79 30 17th QR4 — — — Richard Prout 17
1911–12 Division 2 38 11 11 16 47 54 33 16th R1 — — — Norman Rodgers 11
1912–13 Division 2 38 8 10 20 56 78 26 19th R1 — — — Norman Rodgers 19
1913–14 Division 2 38 13 10 15 55 57 36 12th QR4 — — — Norman Rodgers 12
1914–15 Division 2 38 15 7 16 54 60 37 14th R1 — — — Norman Rodgers 21
1915–19 No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20 Division 2 42 14 9 19 52 61 37 16th R1 — — — Harry Crossthwaite
Arthur Metcalf
Norman Rodgers		 13
1920–21 Division 2 ↓ 42 9 12 21 42 75 30 22nd R1 — — — Albert Waterall 8
1921–22 Division 3N ↑ 38 24 8 6 60 21 56 1st QR5 — — — Joseph O'Kane 12
1922–23 Division 2 42 14 8 20 43 58 36 20th QR5 — — — Tommy Green 16
1923–24 Division 2 42 13 16 13 44 52 42 13th QR6 — — — Wilf Woodcock 8
1924–25 Division 2 42 13 11 18 37 57 37 19th R2 — — — Tommy Meads 10
1925–26 Division 2 ↓ 42 8 9 25 51 97 25 22nd R3 — — — Tommy Mitchell 9
1926–27 Division 3N 42 22 7 13 93 69 49[g] 6th R1 — — — Harry Burgess 28
1927–28 Division 3N 42 23 8 11 89 51 54 3rd R2 — — — Joe Smith[h] 40 †
1928–29 Division 3N 42 28 6 8 111 58 62 2nd R3 — — — Harry Burgess 32
1929–30 Division 3N 42 28 7 7 106 44 63 2nd R3 — — — Frank Newton[i] 38 †
1930–31 Division 3N 42 20 9 13 77 61 49 7th R2 — — — Frank Newton 37
1931–32 Division 3N 40 13 11 16 55 53 37 12th R1 — — — Joe Griffiths 11
1932–33 Division 3N 42 21 12 9 99 58 54 3rd R2 — — — Joe Griffiths 21
1933–34 Division 3N 42 24 11 7 115 52 59 3rd R2 — Football League Third Division North Cup RU Alf Lythgoe[j] 52 †
1934–35 Division 3N 42 22 3 17 90 72 47 7th R5 — Football League Third Division North Cup W Joseph Hill 17
1935–36 Division 3N 42 20 8 14 65 49 48 5th R3 — Football League Third Division North Cup R1 Joseph Hill 19
1936–37 Division 3N ↑ 42 23 14 5 84 39 60 1st R1 — Football League Third Division North Cup R2 Joseph Hill 23
1937–38 Division 2 ↓ 42 11 9 22 43 70 31 22nd R3 — — — Jimmy Smailes 7
1938–39 Division 3N 42 17 9 16 91 77 43 9th R4 — — — Charles Sargeant 23
1939–40 Division 3N 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 22nd[k] — — — — — 0
1939–45 No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46 — R1[l] — — — Eric Hyde
Kenneth Shaw		 1
1946–47 Division 3N 42 24 2 16 78 53 50 4th R3 — — — Kenneth Shaw 17
1947–48 Division 3N 42 13 12 17 63 67 38 17th R4 — — — Tommy Barkas 15
1948–49 Division 3N 42 16 11 15 61 56 43 8th R3 — — — Thomas Swinscoe 16
1949–50 Division 3N 42 19 7 16 55 52 45 10th R5 — — — David Herd 19
1950–51 Division 3N 46 20 8 18 63 63 48 10th R4 — — — Andy Black 18
1951–52 Division 3N 46 23 13 10 74 40 59 3rd R1 — — — Jack Connor
Allen Oliver		 15
1952–53 Division 3N 46 17 13 16 82 69 47 11th R3 — — — Jack Connor 31
1953–54 Division 3N 46 18 11 17 77 67 47 10th R3 — — — Jack Connor 34
1954–55 Division 3N 46 18 12 16 84 70 48 9th R1 — — — Jack Connor[m] 30 †
1955–56 Division 3N 46 21 9 16 90 61 51 7th R1 — — — Jack Connor 30
1956–57 Division 3N 46 23 8 15 91 75 54 5th R1 — — — Ray Drake 19
1957–58 Division 3N 46 18 11 17 74 67 47 9th R4 — — — Bill Holden 20
1958–59 Division 3 ↓ 46 13 10 23 65 78 36 21st R3 — — — Arnold Jackson 12
1959–60 Division 4 46 19 11 16 58 54 49 10th R2 — — — Michael Davock 13
1960–61 Division 4 46 18 9 19 57 66 45 13th R4 R2 — — Tommy Anderson 15
1961–62 Division 4 44 17 9 18 70 69 43 16th R1 R1 — — Charlie McDonnell 16
1962–63 Division 4 46 15 11 20 56 70 41 19th R1 R1 — — Charlie McDonnell 16
1963–64 Division 4 46 15 12 19 50 68 42 17th R1 R1 — — John Evans
Hugh Ryden		 9
1964–65 Division 4 46 10 7 29 44 87 27 24th R4 R1 — — Derek Hodgkinson 11
1965–66 Division 4 46 18 6 22 71 70 42 13th R2 R1 — — Len White 15
1966–67 Division 4 ↑ 46 26 12 8 69 42 64 1st R1 R1 — — Herbert Lister 11
1967–68 Division 3 46 19 9 18 70 75 47 13th R1 R2 — — Bill Atkins
Jim Fryatt		 22
1968–69 Division 3 46 16 14 16 67 68 46 9th R3 R2 — — Bill Atkins 20
1969–70 Division 3 ↓ 46 6 11 29 27 71 23 24th R2 R1 — — John Rowlands 9
1970–71 Division 4 46 16 14 16 49 65 46 11th R1 R1 — — Sammy McMillan 17
1971–72 Division 4 46 9 14 23 55 87 32 23rd R2 R2 — — Sammy McMillan 14
1972–73 Division 4 46 18 12 16 53 53 48 11th R3 R4 — — John Griffiths
Ian Lawther		 13
1973–74 Division 4 46 7 20 19 44 69 34 24th R1 R3 — — Mick Hollis 15
1974–75 Division 4 46 12 14 20 43 70 38 20th R1 R1 — — Mick Hollis 11
1975–76 Division 4 46 13 12 21 43 76 38 21st R1 R1 — — Wyn Davies
Mick Hollis		 7
1976–77 Division 4 46 13 19 14 53 57 45 14th R1 R3 — — Barney Daniels 19
1977–78 Division 4 46 16 10 20 56 56 42 18th R2 R1 — — Eddie Prudham 13
1978–79 Division 4 46 14 12 20 58 60 40 17th R3 R2 — — Stuart Lee 24
1979–80 Division 4 46 14 12 20 48 72 40 16th R1 R2 — — Phil Henson
Eddie Prudham		 9
1980–81 Division 4 46 16 7 23 44 57 39 20th R1 R3 — — Les Bradd 11
1981–82 Division 4 46 12 13 21 48 67 49 18th R2 R1 — — Oshor Williams 11
1982–83 Division 4 46 14 12 20 60 79 54 16th R1 R1 — — Micky Quinn 24
1983–84 Division 4 46 17 11 18 60 64 62 12th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Micky Quinn 17
1984–85 Division 4 46 13 8 25 58 79 47 22nd R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Tommy Sword 12
1985–86 Division 4 46 17 13 16 63 71 64 11th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(N) Mark Leonard 23
1986–87 Division 4 46 13 12 21 40 69 51 19th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup PR(N) Vernon Allatt 10
1987–88 Division 4 46 12 15 19 44 58 51 20th R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(N) Bob Colville 18
1988–89 Division 4 46 10 21 15 54 52 51 20th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(N) Rodger Wylde 14
1989–90 Division 4 46 21 11 14 68 62 74 4th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup QF(N) Brett Angell[n] 28 †
1990–91 Division 4 ↑ 46 23 13 10 84 47 82 2nd R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Paul Williams 16
1991–92 Division 3 46 22 10 14 75 51 76 5th[o] R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup RU Kevin Francis 26
1992–93 Division 2[p] 46 19 15 12 81 57 72 6th[q] R3 R2 Football League Trophy RU Kevin Francis 39
1993–94 Division 2 46 24 13 9 74 44 85 4th[r] R4 R1 Football League Trophy SF(N) Kevin Francis 34
1994–95 Division 2 46 19 8 19 63 60 65 11th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(N)
1995–96 Division 2 46 19 13 14 61 47 70 9th R3 R3 Football League Trophy R1(N)
1996–97 Division 2 ↑ 46 23 13 10 59 41 82 2nd R4 SF Football League Trophy RU(N)
1997–98 Division 1 46 19 8 19 71 69 65 8th R4 R2 — —
1998–99 Division 1 46 12 17 17 49 60 53 16th R4 R1 — — Brett Angell 18
1999–2000 Division 1 46 13 15 18 55 67 54 17th R3 R2 — — Tony Dinning 13
2000–01 Division 1 46 11 18 17 58 65 51 19th R5 R1 — — Aaron Wilbraham 12
2001–02 Division 1 ↓ 46 6 8 32 42 102 26 24th R3 R2 — — Luke Beckett
Scott Taylor		 7
2002–03 Division 2 46 15 10 21 65 70 55 14th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R2(N) Luke Beckett 29
2003–04 Division 2 46 11 19 16 62 70 52 19th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(N) Rickie Lambert 13
2004–05 League 1 ↓ 46 6 8 32 49 98 26 24th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Warren Feeney 17
2005–06 League 2 46 11 19 16 57 78 52 22nd R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Jermaine Easter 11
2006–07 League 2 46 21 8 17 65 54 71 8th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Anthony Elding 11
2007–08 League 2 ↑ 46 24 10 12 72 54 82 4th[s] R1 R2 Football League Trophy SF(N) Liam Dickinson 21
2008–09 League 1 46 16 12 18 59 57 50[t] 18th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Tommy Rowe 7
2009–10 League 1 ↓ 46 5 10 31 35 95 25 24th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Carl Baker 13
2010–11 League 2 ↓ 46 9 14 23 48 96 41 24th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Greg Tansey 11
2011–12 Conference 46 12 15 19 58 74 51 16th QR4 — FA Trophy R1 Tom Elliott
Danny Rowe		 8
2012–13 Conference ↓ 46 13 11 22 57 76 50 21st R1 — FA Trophy R2
2013–14 Conference N 42 12 14 16 58 57 50 14th QR3 — FA Trophy QR3
2014–15 Conference N 42 16 9 17 56 59 57 11th QR4 — FA Trophy R2
2015–16 National N[u] 42 15 14 13 50 49 59 9th QR2 — FA Trophy QR3
2016–17 National N 42 19 16 7 59 41 73 8th R1 — FA Trophy R2
2017–18 National N 42 20 9 13 75 57 69 5th[v] QR3 — FA Trophy QF
2018–19 National N ↑ 42 24 10 8 77 36 82 1st R2 — FA Trophy SF
2019–20 National 39 16 10 13 51 54 58 8th[w] QR4 — FA Trophy R2 Elliot Osborne 9
2020–21 National 42 21 14 7 69 32 77 3rd[x] R3 — FA Trophy R4 John Rooney 21
2021–22 National ↑ 44 30 4 10 87 38 94 1st R2 — FA Trophy SF Paddy Madden 25
2022–23 League 2 46 22 13 11 65 37 79 4th[y] R3 R2 EFL Trophy Group Kyle Wootton 14
2023–24 League 2 ↑ 46 1st R2 R1 EFL Trophy R2

Notes

  1. ^ The EFL Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Includes goals scored in league games (including play-offs), FA Cup, Football League Third Division North Cup, Football League Cup/EFL Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy and FA Trophy.
  3. ^ This is the top scorer's surname, their first name is to be confirmed.
  4. ^ Stockport County were elected to the Football League Second Division for the 1900–01 season.
  5. ^ Stockport County were not re-elected into the Football League Second Division and joined the Lancashire Combination for the 1904–05 season.
  6. ^ Stockport County were elected back into the Football League Second Division for the 1905–06 season.
  7. ^ Stockport County deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player.
  8. ^ Scored 38 goals in the Third Division North.
  9. ^ Scored 36 goals in the Third Division North.
  10. ^ Scored 46 goals in the Third Division North.
  11. ^ When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned with three matches played.
  12. ^ From the first round proper to the sixth round of the 1945–46 FA Cup, matches were played over two legs.
  13. ^ Scored 30 goals in the Third Division North.
  14. ^ Scored 23 goals in the Fourth Division.
  15. ^ Beat Stoke City 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 2–1 to Peterborough United in the 1992 Football League Third Division play-off final.
  16. ^ The Third Division was renamed Division Two after the Premier League broke away from the Football League.
  17. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Port Vale 2–1 on aggregate.
  18. ^ Beat York City 1–0 on aggregate in the semi-final before losing 2–1 to Burnley in the 1994 Football League Second Division play-off final.
  19. ^ Promoted to Football League One via the play-offs, beating Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-final and Rochdale 3–2 in the 2008 Football League Two play-off final.
  20. ^ Stockport County deducted 10 points for entering administration.
  21. ^ The Football Conference was renamed the National League; the North and South divisions were also renamed National League North and National League South.
  22. ^ Lost in the play-off qualifying round to Chorley 1–0.
  23. ^ The 2019–20 season was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National League was suspended in mid-March 2020 and the clubs voted six weeks later to end the regular season programme.[1] Teams had not all played the same number of matches, so it was agreed to construct final league tables on an unweighted points per game basis.[2]
  24. ^ Lost in the play-off semi-final to Hartlepool United 1–0.
  25. ^ Beat Salford City in the semi-final before losing to Carlisle United 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out in the 2023 EFL League Two play-off final after the match had ended 1–1 after extra time.

References

General
  • "Stockport County". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  • Freeman, Peter; Harnwell, Richard (1994). Stockport County: A Complete Record. Derby: The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 1-873626-72-X.
Specific
  1. ^ "National League clubs vote to end regular season immediately". BBC Sport. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ Osborn, Oliver (17 June 2020). "National League Statement: Ordinary Resolution supported by clubs". National League. Retrieved 21 February 2023 – via Pitch Hero.
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