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 the mid-1860s 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[a] – 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 finishes 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] Two consecutive bottom-of-the-table finishes took them back to non-league football in 2018.[4] After two successive defeats in the play-offs, they came closest to a return to League football in 2023 when losing on penalties to Notts County in the play-off final.[15]

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, 55 in the third, 25 in the fourth and 13 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

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

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer(s)
Season League[4] FA Cup[17] League Cup[4][c] Other[4][19][20] Top league scorer(s)[d]
Div[e] 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[23] QR1 — — — Not known —
1893–94 Sheff CC 26 11 11 4 65 49 26 6th[16][24] QR3 — — — Not known —
1894–95 Sheff CC 28 17 8 3 68 44 37 3rd[25] R1 — — — Not known —
1895–96 Sheff CC 28 16 9 3 71 37 35 5th[26] 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 — — — Herbert Munday 20
1900–01 Div 2 34 9 10 15 46 58 28 14th R1 — — — Herbert Munday 9
1901–02 Div 2 34 11 6 17 47 68 28 16th[f] Inter — — — Tommy Brown 10
1902–03 Div 2 34 14 9 11 67 40 37 6th QR4 — — — Herbert Munday 15
1903–04 Div 2 34 11 8 15 37 45 30 11th QR5 — — — Herbert Munday 12
1904–05 Div 2 34 14 11 9 44 35 39 5th Inter — — — Herbert Munday 13
1905–06 Div 2 38 10 8 20 40 72 28 18th[f] R2 — — — Herbert Munday 12
1906–07 Div 2 38 11 7 20 50 66 29 18th[f] R1 — — — Herbert Munday 12
1907–08 Div 2 38 6 11 21 46 92 23 19th[f] R2 — — — Chippy Simmons 7
1908–09 Div 2 ↓ 38 11 8 19 37 67 30 19th[g] R1 — — — Proctor Hall 7
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[a] — — — 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 — — — Harry Williams 10
1922–23 Div 3N 38 19 7 12 68 52 45 4th QR6 — — — George Beel[30] 23 ♦
1923–24 Div 3N 42 22 10 10 70 39 54 3rd QR6 — — — Harold Crockford 19
1924–25 Div 3N 42 17 11 14 60 44 45 7th QR6 — — — Norman Whitfield 11
1925–26 Div 3N 42 25 5 12 100 54 55 4th R3 — — — Jimmy Cookson[30] 44 ♦
1926–27 Div 3N 42 21 5 16 92 68 47 7th R3 — — — Jimmy Cookson 41
1927–28 Div 3N 42 13 10 19 71 78 36 16th R1 — — — Ralph Williams 15
1928–29 Div 3N 42 18 5 19 71 77 41 11th R3 — — — Sam Taylor 20
1929–30 Div 3N 42 22 6 14 76 56 50 4th R3 — — — Jimmy Bullock 31
1930–31 Div 3N ↑ 42 26 6 10 102 57 58 1st R1 — — — Albert Pynegar 26
1931–32 Div 2 42 13 11 18 64 86 37 17th R4 — — — Sam Abel 20
1932–33 Div 2 ↓ 42 12 10 20 61 84 34 21st R5 — — — Sam Abel 17
1933–34 Div 3N 42 27 7 8 86 43 61 2nd R3 — Third Division North Cup R3 Colin Cook 28
1934–35 Div 3N 42 17 10 15 71 52 44 10th R3 — Third Division North Cup R3 Harry Brown 14
1935–36 Div 3N ↑ 42 24 12 6 92 39 60 1st R2 — Third Division North Cup R3 Maurice Dando 29
1936–37 Div 2 42 16 8 18 84 89 40 15th R3 — — — Wally Ponting 26
1937–38 Div 2 42 16 9 17 63 63 41 11th R5 — — — Harry Clifton 26
1938–39 Div 2 42 20 9 13 69 52 49 6th R3 — — — Tom Lyon 22
1939–40 Div 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 [h] — — — —
1
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 — — — — — — — — — R3[i] — — — — —
1946–47 Div 2 42 18 14 10 58 44 50 4th R4 — — —
12
1947–48 Div 2 42 16 7 19 54 55 39 16th R3 — — — Tommy Capel 16
1948–49 Div 2 42 15 17 10 51 45 47 6th R3 — — — Jackie Hudson 12
1949–50 Div 2 42 15 9 18 43 47 39 14th R5 — — —
9
1950–51 Div 2 ↓ 42 9 12 21 44 69 30 21st R3 — — — Chris Marron 11
1951–52 Div 3N 46 17 11 18 65 66 45 13th R2 — — — Chris Marron 12
1952–53 Div 3N 46 18 11 17 65 63 47 12th[j] R2 — — — Dennis Westcott 21
1953–54 Div 3N 46 19 14 13 76 64 52 6th R4 — — — George Smith 19
1954–55 Div 3N 46 24 6 16 81 70 54 6th R1 — — — George Smith 18
1955–56 Div 3N 46 25 4 17 94 66 54 6th R2 — — — Billy Sowden 32
1956–57 Div 3N 46 22 9 15 96 79 53 6th R3 — — — George Smith 16
1957–58 Div 3N 46 18 15 13 71 69 51 8th R1 — — — Gwyn Lewis 24
1958–59 Div 3 46 17 10 19 67 64 44 16th R3 — — — Brian Frear 19
1959–60 Div 3 46 18 7 21 71 84 43 18th R1 — — — Brian Frear 15
1960–61 Div 3 ↓ 46 10 12 24 67 87 32 24th R3 R3 — — Keith Havenhand 21
1961–62 Div 4 44 14 9 21 70 87 37 19th R2 R1 — — Dave Kerry 16
1962–63 Div 4 46 13 16 17 70 64 42 15th R2 R1 — — Charlie Rackstraw 12
1963–64 Div 4 46 15 12 19 57 71 42 16th R3 R1 — — Charlie Rackstraw 15
1964–65 Div 4 46 20 8 18 58 70 48 12th R3 R4 — —
9
1965–66 Div 4 46 13 13 20 62 78 39 20th R1 R3 — — Ivan Hollett 20
1966–67 Div 4 46 17 8 21 60 63 42 15th R1 R2 — —
15
1967–68 Div 4 46 21 11 14 71 50 53 7th R3 R1 — — Kevin Randall 20
1968–69 Div 4 46 13 15 18 43 50 41 20th R3 R1 — — Kevin Randall 18
1969–70 Div 4 ↑ 46 27 10 9 77 32 64 1st R1 R1 — — Ernie Moss 20
1970–71 Div 3 46 17 17 12 66 38 51 5th R2 R1 — — Kevin Randall 19
1971–72 Div 3 46 18 8 20 57 57 44 13th R3 R2 — —
11
1972–73 Div 3 46 17 9 20 57 61 43 16th R2 R3 — — Ray McHale 10
1973–74 Div 3 46 21 14 11 55 42 56 5th R1 R3 — — Ernie Moss 17
1974–75 Div 3 46 16 12 18 62 66 44 15th R3 R2 — — Ernie Moss 20
1975–76 Div 3 46 17 9 20 69 69 43 14th R1 R1 — — Malcolm Darling 18
1976–77 Div 3 46 14 10 22 56 64 38 18th R2 R1 — — Rodney Fern 18
1977–78 Div 3 46 17 14 15 58 49 48 9th R2 R2 — — Rodney Fern 14
1978–79 Div 3 46 13 14 19 51 65 40 20th R1 R3 — — Rodney Fern 11
1979–80 Div 3 46 23 11 12 71 46 57 4th R1 R3 — — Ernie Moss 14
1980–81 Div 3 46 23 10 13 72 48 56 5th R3 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup W Alan Birch 22
1981–82 Div 3 46 18 10 18 57 58 64[k] 11th R2 R1 Football League Group Cup[l] Group Phil Bonnyman 14
1982–83 Div 3 ↓ 46 8 13 25 43 68 37 24th R1 R1 Football League Group Cup Group Martin Henderson 10
1983–84 Div 4 46 15 15 16 59 61 60 13th R2 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Bob Newton 13
1984–85 Div 4 ↑ 46 26 13 7 64 35 91 1st R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup R2(N) Bob Newton 15
1985–86 Div 3 46 13 14 19 61 64 53 17th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup Prelim(N) Ernie Moss 14
1986–87 Div 3 46 13 15 18 56 69 54 17th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Dave Caldwell 14
1987–88 Div 3 46 15 10 21 41 70 55 18th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Dave Waller 19
1988–89 Div 3 ↓ 46 14 7 25 51 86 49 22nd R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup QF(N) Dave Waller 18
1989–90 Div 4 46 19 14 13 63 50 71 7th[m] R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup Prelim(N) Dave Waller 16
1990–91 Div 4 46 13 14 19 47 62 53 18th R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup Prelim(N) Lee Turnbull 9
1991–92 Div 4 42 14 11 17 49 61 53 13th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(N) Steve Norris 10
1992–93 Div 3[n] 42 15 11 16 59 63 56 12th R1 R2 Football League Trophy SF(N) Steve Norris 11
1993–94 Div 3 42 16 14 12 55 48 62 8th R1 R2 Football League Trophy R1(N) Steve Norris 20
1994–95 Div 3 ↑ 42 23 12 7 62 37 81 3rd[o] R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2(N) Kevin Davies 11
1995–96 Div 2 46 20 12 14 56 51 72 7th R2 R1 Football League Trophy SF(N) Tony Lormor 13
1996–97 Div 2 46 18 14 14 42 39 68 10th SF R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Jonathan Howard 9
1997–98 Div 2 46 16 17 13 46 44 65 10th R2 R2 Football League Trophy R1(N) Roger Willis 8
1998–99 Div 2 46 17 13 16 46 44 64 9th R1 R2 Football League Trophy QF(N) Dave Reeves 10
1999–2000 Div 2 ↓ 46 7 15 24 34 63 36 24th R1 R2 Football League Trophy SF(N) Dave Reeves 14
2000–01 Div 3 ↑ 46 25 14 7 79 42 80[p] 3rd R1 R2 Football League Trophy SF(N) Luke Beckett 16
2001–02 Div 2 46 13 13 20 53 65 52 18th R2 R1 Football League Trophy QF(N) Glynn Hurst 9
2002–03 Div 2 46 14 8 24 43 73 50 20th R1 R2 Football League Trophy R2(N) Dave Reeves 8
2003–04 Div 2 46 12 15 19 49 71 51 20th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Glynn Hurst 13
2004–05 League 1[q] 46 14 15 17 55 62 57 17th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Tcham N'Toya 8
2005–06 League 1 46 14 14 18 63 73 56 16th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Paul Hall 15
2006–07 League 1 ↓ 46 12 11 23 45 53 47 21st R1 R4 Football League Trophy SF(N) Caleb Folan 8
2007–08 League 2 46 19 12 15 76 56 69 8th R1 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Jack Lester 25
2008–09 League 2 46 16 15 15 62 57 63 10th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Jack Lester[33] 20 ♦
2009–10 League 2 46 21 7 18 61 62 70 8th R1 R1 Football League Trophy QF(N) Jack Lester 11
2010–11 League 2 ↑ 46 24 14 8 85 51 86 1st R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Craig Davies 23
2011–12 League 1 ↓ 46 10 12 24 55 81 42 22nd R1 R1 Football League Trophy W Leon Clarke 9
2012–13 League 2 46 18 13 15 60 45 67 8th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Marc Richards 12
2013–14 League 2 ↑ 46 23 15 8 71 40 84 1st R2 R1 Football League Trophy F
11
2014–15 League 1 46 19 12 15 68 55 69 6th[r] R4 R1 Football League Trophy R1(N) Eoin Doyle 21
2015–16 League 1 46 15 8 23 58 70 53 18th R2 R1 Football League Trophy R2(N) Lee Novak 14
2016–17 League 1 ↓ 46 9 10 27 43 78 37 24th R2 R1 EFL Trophy R3 Kristian Dennis 8
2017–18 League 2 ↓ 46 10 8 28 47 83 38 24th R1 R1 EFL Trophy R2(N) Kristian Dennis 19
2018–19 Nat 46 14 17 15 55 53 59 14th R2 — FA Trophy R3 Scott Boden 10
2019–20 Nat 38 11 11 16 55 65 44 20th[s] QR4 — FA Trophy R1
10
2020–21 Nat 42 21 6 15 60 43 69 6th[t] QR4[u] — FA Trophy R5[v] Akwasi Asante 10
2021–22 Nat 44 20 14 10 69 51 74 7th[w] R3 — FA Trophy R3[x] Kabongo Tshimanga 24
2022–23 Nat 46 25 9 12 81 52 84 3rd[y] R3 — FA Trophy R3 Liam Mandeville 9
2023–24 Nat ↑ 46 31 5 10 106 65 98 1st R3 — FA Trophy R4 Will Grigg 24

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.[29]
  2. ^ During the period that Chesterfield took part in this competition, it was conducted on a league basis.[16]
  3. ^ The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[18]
  4. ^ Football League seasons up to and including 1995–96 sourced to the English National Football Archive;[21] seasons from 1996–97 onwards sourced to Soccerbase.[22]
  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. ^ a b c d Successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.[27]
  7. ^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League, receiving three votes fewer than Midland League club Lincoln City.[28]
  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][17]
  10. ^ Chesterfield finished joint twelfth, with an 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.[18]
  12. ^ The Football League Group Cup succeeded the Anglo-Scottish Cup after the Scottish clubs decided to abandon the competition.[31]
  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.[18]
  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.[32]
  18. ^ Lost 4–0 on aggregate to Preston North End in the play-off semi-final.[34]
  19. ^ The 2019–20 football 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.[35] 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.[36] Chesterfield placed 20th.[37]
  20. ^ Lost to fifth-placed Notts County in the play-off quarter-finals.[38]
  21. ^ Chesterfield's fourth qualifying round win against Stockport County was ordered to be replayed because they fielded an ineligible player. Stockport won the replay 4–0.[39]
  22. ^ Chesterfield's fifth-round tie against Aldershot was called off at the last minute after a player tested positive for COVID-19. The rules required it to be rescheduled within five days of the original date, but with the first-team staff in self-isolation, the club reluctantly withdrew from the competition rather than field an unprepared youth team.[40]
  23. ^ Lost to third-placed Solihull Moors in the play-off semi-finals.[41]
  24. ^ The third-round tie against Guiseley was called off after Chesterfield players tested positive for COVID-19. As in the previous season, the club opted to withdraw from the competition.[42]
  25. ^ After beating Bromley after extra time in the semi-final,[43] lost on penalties to second-placed Notts County in the play-off final.[15]

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