List of Chesterfield F.C. seasons

Chesterfield Football Club is an English association football club based in the Derbyshire town of Chesterfield. The current club dates from 1919, but the histories of earlier Chesterfield-based clubs are generally discussed alongside that of the current club. The first Chesterfield F.C. was founded in 1867 and survived until 1881, long before league football existed. The second incarnation, which became known as Chesterfield Town F.C., was formed in 1884.^[1] Its first team joined and won the Sheffield & District League in 1891–92,^[2] and first entered the FA Cup the following season. Drawn away to Gainsborough Trinity in the first qualifying round, the score stood at 2–2 at full time; Trinity scored twice during extra time, but darkness fell before the agreed half hour was complete, so the match was ordered to be replayed. Chesterfield lost the replay 4–0.^[3] They continued in the Sheffield leagues until joining the Midland Football League in 1896. After three top-four finishes, Chesterfield were elected to the Second Division of the Football League for the 1899–1900 season. The team generally struggled in the Football League: they placed fifth in 1904–05, but followed up with four consecutive bottom-three positions. Three times they successfully applied for re-election to the League, but the fourth application failed, and Chesterfield returned to the Midland League in 1909. Despite winning the title that season, they were not accepted back into the Football League, and continued in the Midland League until competitive football was suspended for the duration of the First World War.^[1][4]

Chesterfield Town went into voluntary liquidation in 1915. A third club, formed to participate in the wartime competitions, failed because of financial irregularities, and when competitive football resumed, Chesterfield Council founded its own club, Chesterfield Municipal. They won the first post-war Midland League title^[1] – and were expelled from that season's FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player^{[lower-alpha 1]} – but when the football authorities made clear their opposition to municipal ownership of clubs, the council's involvement ceased and the club was renamed Chesterfield F.C.^[1] It was a founder member of the Football League Third Division North, spent much of the 1920s in the top half of that division, and won the title in 1930–31. They retained their Second Division status for just two seasons, won a further Third Division North championship in 1936, and remained in the second tier until the interruption for war and for five seasons thereafter. Consistent top-half finihes meant Chesterfield were allocated to the Third Division when the regional sections were amalgamated into Third and Fourth Divisions in 1958, but they lasted only three seasons before making their debut at the lower level.^[4]

Chesterfield were promoted as 1969–70 Fourth Division champions. In 1980–81, they entered and won the last edition of the Anglo-Scottish Cup, defeating Scottish giants Rangers 3–0 in the quarter-finals before beating Notts County in the final.^[5] Two years later, they were relegated, and came close to folding, with debts of £400,000 and only seven contracted professionals,^[6] before bouncing back to win their second Fourth Division title in 1985. Over the next 30 years, they experienced four relegations and four promotions between third and fourth tiers. Promoted via the play-offs in 1995, they came within a point of the play-offs the following season,^[4] and reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1996–97, in which they faced Middlesbrough of the Premier League. With 21 minutes left and Chesterfield leading 2–1, Jonathan Howard shot against the underside of the bar; the ball bounced down and then out, and referee David Elleray ruled, incorrectly, that it had not crossed the line. A minute later, he awarded a penalty to Middlesbrough for a foul that took place outside the penalty area. Middlesbrough scored, and took a 3–2 lead in extra time, but Jamie Hewitt equalised with seconds left. Chesterfield lost the replay 3–0.^[7][8]

In 2000–01, a nine-point deduction for financial irregularities, initially deemed too lenient by the Football League, failed to prevent Chesterfield's automatic promotion in third place,^[9] and the following year the club was taken out of administration into the ownership and control of the Chesterfield Football Supporters' Society.^[10] In the second round of the 2008–09 FA Cup, Chesterfield lost to non-league club Droylsden, but were awarded the tie when their opponents were found to have fielded an ineligible player; when Chesterfield did the same in 2014–15, they were only required to replay the tie, and won.^[11] They again won the fourth-tier title in 2010–11 and the following season won the Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to teams from the two lower divisions of the Football League, beating Swindon Town 2–0 in the final.^[12] Chesterfield won the fourth-tier championship for a league record fourth time in 2013–14,^[4][13] and again reached the Football League Trophy final; this time they lost 3–1 to Peterborough United.^[14]

Since their first admission to the Football League in 1899, Chesterfield have spent 20 seasons in the second tier of the English football league system, 54 in the third, 24 in the fourth and 8 in non-league football. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first season in the Sheffield & District League in 1891–92 to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

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 colours and symbols: Symbol Meaning 1st or W Winners 2nd or F Runners-up Promoted Relegated ♦ Top league scorer in Chesterfield's division

Key to divisions: Sheff &D – Sheffield & District League Sheff CC – Sheffield Challenge Cup[lower-alpha 2] Midland – Midland League Div 2 – Football League Second Division Div 3 – Football League Third Division Div 3N – Football League Third Division North Div 4 – Football League Fourth Division League 1 – Football League One League 2 – Football League Two

Key to rounds: Prelim – Preliminary round QR1 – First qualifying round QR2 – Second qualifying round, etc. Inter – Intermediate round (between qualifying rounds and rounds proper) R1 – First round R2 – Second round, etc. QF – Quarter-final SF – Semi-final F – Final W – Winners (N) – Northern section of regionalised stage

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

Season	League[4]									FA Cup[16]	League Cup[4][lower-alpha 3]	Other[4][18]		Top league scorer(s)[lower-alpha 4]
	Div[lower-alpha 5]	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Competition	Result	Name	Goals
1891–92	Sheff &D	18	14	2	2	63	34	30	1st[2]	& —	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1892–93	Sheff &D	26	14	8	4	59	34	32	5th[20]	QR1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1893–94	Sheff CC	26	11	11	4	65	49	26	6th[15][21]	QR3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1894–95	Sheff CC	28	17	8	3	68	44	37	3rd[22]	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1895–96	Sheff CC	28	16	9	3	71	37	35	5th[23]	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1896–97	Midland	28	13	6	9	74	53	32	4th	QR4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1897–98	Midland	22	11	7	4	54	23	29	3rd	QR3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1898–99	Midland	26	14	3	9	59	42	31	4th	QR4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1899–1900	Div 2	34	16	6	12	65	60	38	7th	QR5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1900–01	Div 2	34	9	10	15	46	58	28	14th	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1901–02	Div 2	34	11	6	17	47	68	28	16th[lower-alpha 6]	Inter	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1902–03	Div 2	34	14	9	11	67	40	37	6th	QR4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1903–04	Div 2	34	11	8	15	37	45	30	11th	QR5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1904–05	Div 2	34	14	11	9	44	35	39	5th	Inter	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1905–06	Div 2	38	10	8	20	40	72	28	18th[lower-alpha 6]	R2	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1906–07	Div 2	38	11	7	20	50	66	29	18th[lower-alpha 6]	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1907–08	Div 2	38	6	11	21	46	92	23	19th[lower-alpha 6]	R2	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1908–09	Div 2	38	11	8	19	37	67	30	19th[lower-alpha 7]	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1909–10	Midland	42	27	7	8	102	44	61	1st	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1910–11	Midland	38	20	5	13	80	61	45	5th	R2	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1911–12	Midland	36	14	8	14	63	62	36	12th	QR4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1912–13	Midland	38	20	11	7	78	41	51	2nd	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1913–14	Midland	34	19	4	11	80	43	42	3rd	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1914–15	Midland	38	20	10	8	76	41	50	3rd	QR5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1915–19	The Midland League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20	Midland	34	24	5	5	78	35	53	1st	Disq[lower-alpha 1]	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1920–21	Midland	38	18	11	9	70	46	47	3rd	QR3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1921–22	Div 3N	38	16	3	19	48	67	35	13th	QR5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1922–23	Div 3N	38	19	7	12	68	52	45	4th	QR6	& —	—	& —	Beel, GeorgeGeorge Beel[27]	23 ♦
1923–24	Div 3N	42	22	10	10	70	39	54	3rd	QR6	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1924–25	Div 3N	42	17	11	14	60	44	45	7th	QR6	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1925–26	Div 3N	42	25	5	12	100	54	55	4th	R3	& —	—	& —	Cookson, JimmyJimmy Cookson[27]	44 ♦
1926–27	Div 3N	42	21	5	16	92	68	47	7th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1927–28	Div 3N	42	13	10	19	71	78	36	16th	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1928–29	Div 3N	42	18	5	19	71	77	41	11th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1929–30	Div 3N	42	22	6	14	76	56	50	4th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1930–31	Div 3N	42	26	6	10	102	57	58	1st	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1931–32	Div 2	42	13	11	18	64	86	37	17th	R4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1932–33	Div 2	42	12	10	20	61	84	34	21st	R5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1933–34	Div 3N	42	27	7	8	86	43	61	2nd	R3	& —	Third Division North Cup	R3	Not known	—
1934–35	Div 3N	42	17	10	15	71	52	44	10th	R3	& —	Third Division North Cup	R3	Not known	—
1935–36	Div 3N	42	24	12	6	92	39	60	1st	R2	& —	Third Division North Cup	R3	Not known	—
1936–37	Div 2	42	16	8	18	84	89	40	15th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1937–38	Div 2	42	16	9	17	63	63	41	11th	R5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1938–39	Div 2	42	20	9	13	69	52	49	6th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1939–40	Div 2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	[lower-alpha 8]	& —	& —	—	& —	Lyon, TomTom Lyon Dudley Milligan[28]	1
1939–45	The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R3[lower-alpha 9]	& —	—	& —	—	—
1946–47	Div 2	42	18	14	10	58	44	50	4th	R4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1947–48	Div 2	42	16	7	19	54	55	39	16th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1948–49	Div 2	42	15	17	10	51	45	47	6th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1949–50	Div 2	42	15	9	18	43	47	39	14th	R5	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1950–51	Div 2	42	9	12	21	44	69	30	21st	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1951–52	Div 3N	46	17	11	18	65	66	45	13th	R2	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1952–53	Div 3N	46	18	11	17	65	63	47	12th[lower-alpha 10]	R2	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1953–54	Div 3N	46	19	14	13	76	64	52	6th	R4	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1954–55	Div 3N	46	24	6	16	81	70	54	6th	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1955–56	Div 3N	46	25	4	17	94	66	54	6th	R2	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1956–57	Div 3N	46	22	9	15	96	79	53	6th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1957–58	Div 3N	46	18	15	13	71	69	51	8th	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1958–59	Div 3	46	17	10	19	67	64	44	16th	R3	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1959–60	Div 3	46	18	7	21	71	84	43	18th	R1	& —	—	& —	Not known	—
1960–61	Div 3	46	10	12	24	67	87	32	24th	R3	R3^[A]	—	& —	Not known	—
1961–62	Div 4	44	14	9	21	70	87	37	19th	R2	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1962–63	Div 4	46	13	16	17	70	64	42	15th	R2	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1963–64	Div 4	46	15	12	19	57	71	42	16th	R3	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1964–65	Div 4	46	20	8	18	58	70	48	12th	R3	R4	—	& —	Not known	—
1965–66	Div 4	46	13	13	20	62	78	39	20th	R1	R3	—	& —	Not known	—
1966–67	Div 4	46	17	8	21	60	63	42	15th	R1	R2	—	& —	Not known	—
1967–68	Div 4	46	21	11	14	71	50	53	7th	R3	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1968–69	Div 4	46	13	15	18	43	50	41	20th	R3	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1969–70	Div 4	46	27	10	9	77	32	64	1st	R1	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1970–71	Div 3	46	17	17	12	66	38	51	5th	R2	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1971–72	Div 3	46	18	8	20	57	57	44	13th	R3	R2	—	& —	Not known	—
1972–73	Div 3	46	17	9	20	57	61	43	16th	R2	R3	—	& —	Not known	—
1973–74	Div 3	46	21	14	11	55	42	56	5th	R1	R3	—	& —	Not known	—
1974–75	Div 3	46	16	12	18	62	66	44	15th	R3	R2	—	& —	Not known	—
1975–76	Div 3	46	17	9	20	69	69	43	14th	R1	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1976–77	Div 3	46	14	10	22	56	64	38	18th	R2	R1	—	& —	Not known	—
1977–78	Div 3	46	17	14	15	58	49	48	9th	R2	R2	—	& —	Not known	—
1978–79	Div 3	46	13	14	19	51	65	40	20th	R1	R3	—	& —	Not known	—
1979–80	Div 3	46	23	11	12	71	46	57	4th	R1	R3	—	& —	Not known	—
1980–81	Div 3	46	23	10	13	72	48	56	5th	R3	R2	Anglo-Scottish Cup	W	Not known	—
1981–82	Div 3	46	18	10	18	57	58	64[lower-alpha 11]	11th	R2	R1	Football League Group Cup[lower-alpha 12]	Group	Not known	—
1982–83	Div 3	46	8	13	25	43	68	37	24th	R1	R1	Football League Group Cup	Group	Not known	—
1983–84	Div 4	46	15	15	16	59	61	60	13th	R2	R2	Associate Members Cup	R1(N)	Not known	—
1984–85	Div 4	46	26	13	7	64	35	91	1st	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup	R2(N)	Not known	—
1985–86	Div 3	46	13	14	19	61	64	53	17th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	Prelim(N)	Not known	—
1986–87	Div 3	46	13	15	18	56	69	54	17th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	R1(N)	Not known	—
1987–88	Div 3	46	15	10	21	41	70	55	18th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	R1(N)	Not known	—
1988–89	Div 3	46	14	7	25	51	86	49	22nd	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	QF(N)	Not known	—
1989–90	Div 4	46	19	14	13	63	50	71	7th[lower-alpha 13]	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup	Prelim(N)	Waller, DaveDave Waller[30]	16
1990–91	Div 4	46	13	14	19	47	62	53	18th	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup	Prelim(N)	Not known	—
1991–92	Div 4	42	14	11	17	49	61	53	13th	R1	R1	Associate Members Cup	R1(N)	Not known	—
1992–93	Div 3[lower-alpha 14]	42	15	11	16	59	63	56	12th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Not known	—
1993–94	Div 3	42	16	14	12	55	48	62	8th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Norris, SteveSteve Norris[31]	19
1994–95	Div 3	42	23	12	7	62	37	81	3rd[lower-alpha 15]	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Lormor, TonyTony Lormor[31]	12
1995–96	Div 2	46	20	12	14	56	51	72	7th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Lormor, TonyTony Lormor[32]	13
1996–97	Div 2	46	18	14	14	42	39	68	10th	SF	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Howard, JonathanJonathan Howard	9
1997–98	Div 2	46	16	17	13	46	44	65	10th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Willis, RogerRoger Willis	8
1998–99	Div 2	46	17	13	16	46	44	64	9th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	QF(N)	Reeves, DaveDave Reeves	10
1999–2000	Div 2	46	7	15	24	34	63	36	24th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Reeves, DaveDave Reeves	14
2000–01	Div 3	46	25	14	7	79	42	80[lower-alpha 16]	3rd	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Beckett, LukeLuke Beckett	16
2001–02	Div 2	46	13	13	20	53	65	52	18th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	QF(N)	Hurst, GlynnGlynn Hurst	9
2002–03	Div 2	46	14	8	24	43	73	50	20th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Reeves, DaveDave Reeves	8
2003–04	Div 2	46	12	15	19	49	71	51	20th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Hurst, GlynnGlynn Hurst	13
2004–05	League 2[lower-alpha 17]	46	14	15	17	55	62	57	17th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Ntoya, TchamTcham N'Toya	8
2005–06	League 1	46	14	14	18	63	73	56	16th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Hall, PaulPaul Hall	15
2006–07	League 1	46	12	11	23	45	53	47	21st	R1	R4	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Folan, CalebCaleb Folan	8
2007–08	League 2	46	19	12	15	76	56	69	8th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Lester, JackJack Lester	25
2008–09	League 2	46	16	15	15	62	57	63	10th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Lester, JackJack Lester[31]	20 ♦
2009–10	League 2	46	21	7	18	61	62	70	8th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	QF(N)	Lester, JackJack Lester	11
2010–11	League 2	46	24	14	8	85	51	86	1st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Davies, CraigCraig Davies	23
2011–12	League 1	46	10	12	24	55	81	42	22nd	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	W	Clarke, LeonLeon Clarke	9
2012–13	League 2	46	18	13	15	60	45	67	8th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Richards, MarcMarc Richards	12
2013–14	League 2	46	23	15	8	71	40	84	1st	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	F	Doyle, EoinEoin Doyle Gary Roberts	11
2014–15	League 1	46	19	12	15	68	55	69	6th[lower-alpha 18]	R4	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Doyle, EoinEoin Doyle	21
2015–16	League 1	46	15	8	23	58	70	53	18th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Novak, LeeLee Novak	14

Notes

1. After beating South Normanton Colliery in the second qualifying round, Chesterfield were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. Although the FA commission accepted the directors' claim that they genuinely believed the player not to be cup-tied, because they suspended him for a month for "wilfully misleading the Chesterfield club", they still expelled the club from the competition despite it being within the rules and their discretion for them to impose a lesser sanction.^[26]
2. During the period that Chesterfield took part in this competition, it was conducted on a league basis.^[15]
3. The Football League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.^[17]
4. Sourced to Soccerbase from 1996–97 onwards.^[19]
5. From the 1899–1900 Football League season onwards, divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system, and separately from the non-League divisions.
6. Successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.^[24]
7. Failed to be re-elected to the Football League, receiving three votes fewer than Midland League club Lincoln City.^[25]
8. The 1939–40 season was abandoned with three matches played when the Second World War began.^[4]
9. Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, the FA Cup was contested in 1945–46. From the first round proper to the sixth round (quarter-final), results were determined on aggregate score over two legs.^[4][16]
10. Chesterfield finished joint twelfth, with a identical record to that of Tranmere Rovers.^[1]
11. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.^[17]
12. The Football League Group Cup succeeded the Anglo-Scottish Cup after the Scottish clubs decided to abandon the competition.^[29]
13. Beat Stockport County 6–0 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final before losing 1–0 to Cambridge United in the final.^[4]
14. When the newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards.^[17]
15. Beat Mansfield Town 6–3 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final before beating Bury 2–0 in the final to gain promotion to the Second Division.^[4]
16. Nine points deducted for financial irregularities.^[9]
17. From the 2004–05 season, the Football League divisions were rebranded: Division One was renamed the Football League Championship, and Divisions Two and Three became Football League One and Football League Two respectively.^[33]
18. Lost 4–0 on aggregate to Preston North End in the play-off semi-final.^[34]

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External links

• Chesterfield F.C. official website