List of Crawley Town F.C. seasons

For details of the current season, see 2015–16 Crawley Town F.C. season.

Crawley Town Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex. Founded in 1896 as Crawley F.C., the team played in junior leagues until 1951 when they were admitted to the Sussex County League as part of its attempted expansion.^[1]^[2] In their second season, they finished bottom of that league's First Division with only 4 points from 26 matches,^[3] but regulations prevented any team being relegated until the division reached its full complement of 16 teams.^[4] After another last-place finish two seasons later, they were relegated, but a runners-up spot in the Second Division in 1955–56 preceded a move into the Metropolitan & District League.^[3]

In 1958, under its new name of Crawley Town,^[3] the club entered the FA Cup for the first time; its team lost in the preliminary round at home to Horsham.^[5] It adopted professional status four years later,^[1] and entered the Southern League in 1963–64. Crawley gained promotion to that league's Premier Division for the 1969–70 season, but dropped straight back to Division One. When the league expanded to create two regional second-tier divisions, Crawley were placed in the southern division. They remained in the southern half when the creation of the Alliance Premier League as the top non-league division forced another restructure of the Southern League, this time with parallel Midland and Southern Divisions. Crawley's lowly finish in 1981–82 meant they failed to benefit from yet another reorganisation, whereby the top ten teams in each regional division formed a new Premier Division, but two years later they were promoted as runners-up.^[3]^[6]

They remained at that level for the next twenty years, until they won their first Southern League title in 2003–04 and consequent promotion to the new Conference National.^[3]^[6] Despite a variety of points deductions – including ten points in 2006–07 for entering administration and six the following season for financial irregularities^[7] – and a transfer embargo, they held on to their Conference status. In 2010–11, they not only progressed to the fifth round of the FA Cup, coming "within inches" of drawing with Manchester United at Old Trafford via Richard Brodie's header against the crossbar,^[8] they were not distracted from the league campaign; a 30-match unbeaten run and a Conference record 105 points earned them the 2010–11 title and promotion to the Football League.^[1] As well as reaching the FA Cup fifth round again, they came third in their first season in League Two, so went up to League One, where they remained for three seasons before returning to the fourth tier.^[3]

The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first season in the Sussex County League in 1951–52 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
	Promoted
	Relegated
♦	Top league scorer in Crawley's division

Key to divisions:

Sussex – Sussex County League
Sussex 1 – Sussex County League First Division
Sussex 2 – Sussex County League Second Division
Met & D – Metropolitan & District League
Met – Metropolitan League
South P – Southern League Premier Division
South S – Southern League Southern Section
South 1 – Southern League First Division
South 1S – Southern League First Division Southern Section
Conf – Conference National
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.
R1 – First round
R2 – Second round, etc.
QF – Quarter-final
F – Final
(S) – Southern section of regionalised stage

Seasons

Season	League^[3]									FA Cup^[5]	League Cup^[3]	Other^[3]		Top league scorer(s)^[9]
Season	Division^{[lower-alpha 1]}	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup^[5]	League Cup^[3]	Competition	Result	Name	Goals
1951–52	Sussex	28	7	7	14	57	89	21	13th	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1952–53	Sussex 1	26	1	2	23	30	112	4	14th	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1953–54	Sussex 1	28	11	2	15	55	70	24	11th	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1954–55	Sussex 1	32	10	4	18	47	70	24	17th	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1955–56	Sussex 2	26	20	2	4	96	28	41	2nd	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1956–57	Sr !Met & D	34	9	7	18	61	75	25	14th	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1957–58	Sr !Met & D	34	12	7	15	70	75	31	11th	& —	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1958–59	Sr !Met & D	36	12	7	17	65	86	31	14th	Prelim	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1959–60	Sr !Met	38	9	2	27	52	116	20	20th	QR3	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1960–61	Sr !Met	34	5	4	25	39	123	14	17th	QR1	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1961–62	Sr !Met	32	19	2	11	90	55	40	5th	QR4	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1962–63	Sr !Met	32	19	4	9	82	49	42	6th	QR3	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1963–64	South 1	42	20	2	20	81	71	42	12th	QR4	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1964–65	South 1	42	22	5	15	83	52	49	7th	QR4	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1965–66	South 1	46	17	10	19	72	71	44	12th	QR4	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1966–67	South 1	46	26	8	12	81	48	60	6th	QR3	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1967–68	South 1	42	10	8	24	54	85	28	18th	QR3	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1968–69	South 1	42	21	13	8	65	32	55	4th	QR1	& —	—	& —	zz !Not known	—
1969–70	FL6 !South P	42	6	15	21	53	101	27	21st	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1970–71	South 1	38	15	11	12	84	68	41	10th	R1	& —	FA Trophy	QR1	zz !Not known	—
1971–72	South 1S	30	15	5	10	67	55	35	4th	R1	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1972–73	South 1S	42	14	11	17	59	76	39	14th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1973–74	South 1S	38	6	9	23	35	79	21	20th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1974–75	South 1S	38	3	5	30	31	102	11	20th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	Prelim	zz !Not known	—
1975–76	South 1S	38	9	10	19	46	66	28	18th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	QR1	zz !Not known	—
1976–77	South 1S	34	14	9	11	53	42	37	9th	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	Prelim	zz !Not known	—
1977–78	South 1S	38	14	9	15	61	60	37	12th	QR3	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1978–79	South 1S	40	9	9	22	44	75	27	20th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	QR1	zz !Not known	—
1979–80	South S	46	13	11	22	55	72	37	20th	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	Prelim	zz !Not known	—
1980–81	South S	46	18	4	24	64	78	40	15th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1981–82	South S	46	9	12	25	46	81	30	21st	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	QR1	zz !Not known	—
1982–83	South S	34	14	9	11	51	43	51^{[lower-alpha 2]}	7th	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1983–84	South S	38	22	9	7	68	28	75	2nd	Prelim	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1984–85	FL6 !South P	38	22	8	8	76	52	74	3rd	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	QR1	zz !Not known	—
1985–86	FL6 !South P	38	18	5	15	76	59	59	6th	QR3	& —	FA Trophy	R2	zz !Not known	—
1986–87	FL6 !South P	42	14	11	17	59	60	53	13th	QR3	& —	FA Trophy	R1	zz !Not known	—
1987–88	FL6 !South P	42	17	14	11	73	63	65	6th	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	R2	zz !Not known	—
1988–89	FL6 !South P	42	14	16	12	61	56	58	12th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1989–90	FL6 !South P	42	13	12	17	53	57	51	15th	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1990–91	FL6 !South P	42	12	12	18	45	67	48	19th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1991–92	FL6 !South P	42	12	12	18	62	67	48	17th	R3	& —	FA Trophy	QR1	zz !Not known	—
1992–93	FL6 !South P	40	16	12	12	68	59	60	6th=	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1993–94	FL6 !South P	42	21	10	11	56	42	73	5th	R2	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1994–95	FL6 !South P	42	15	10	17	64	71	55	11th	R1	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1995–96	FL6 !South P	42	15	13	14	57	56	58	9th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1996–97	FL6 !South P	42	13	8	21	49	67	47	7th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	QR3	zz !Not known	—
1997–98	FL6 !South P	42	17	8	17	63	60	59	10th	QR1	& —	FA Trophy	QR2	zz !Not known	—
1998–99	FL6 !South P	42	17	10	15	57	58	61	11th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	R3	zz !Not known	—
1999–2000	FL6 !South P	42	15	8	19	68	82	53	12th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	R2	zz !Not known	—
2000–01	FL6 !South P	42	17	10	15	61	54	61	11th	QR2	& —	FA Trophy	R3	zz !Not known	—
2001–02	FL6 !South P	42	21	10	11	67	48	73	4th	QR3	& —	FA Trophy	R1	zz !Not known	—
2002–03	FL6 !South P	42	17	13	12	64	51	64	7th	R2	& —	FA Trophy	R3	zz !Not known	—
2003–04	FL6 !South P	42	25	9	8	77	43	84	1st	R1	& —	FA Trophy	R3	zz !Not known	—
2004–05	FL5 !Conf	42	16	9	17	50	50	57	12th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	R4	Tait, AllanAllan Tait	10
2005–06	FL5 !Conf	42	12	11	19	48	55	44^{[lower-alpha 3]}	17th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy Football League Trophy	R3 R1(S)	Clare, DarylDaryl Clare	11
2006–07	FL5 !Conf	46	17	12	17	52	52	53^{[lower-alpha 4]}	18th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	R1	Rendell, ScottScott Rendell	11
2007–08	FL5 !Conf	46	19	9	18	73	67	60^{[lower-alpha 5]}	15th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	R6 !QF	Cook, JamieJamie Cook	16
2008–09	FL5 !Conf	46	19	14	13	77	55	70^{[lower-alpha 6]}	9th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	R3	Cook, JamieJamie Cook	13
2009–10	FL5 !Conf	44	19	9	16	50	57	66	7th	QR4	& —	FA Trophy	R2	Ademeno, CharlesCharles Ademeno	11
2010–11	FL5 !Conf	46	31	12	3	93	30	105	1st	R5	& —	FA Trophy	R1	Tubbs, MattMatt Tubbs^[13]	37 ♦
2011–12	FL4 !League 2	46	23	15	8	76	54	84	3rd	R5	R1	Football League Trophy	R0+ !R1(S)	Barnett, TyroneTyrone Barnett	14
2012–13	FL3 !League 1	46	18	14	14	59	58	68	10th	R3	R3	Football League Trophy	R1+ !R2(S)	Clarke, BillyBilly Clarke	10
2013–14	FL3 !League 1	46	14	15	17	48	54	57	14th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R1+ !R2(S)	Tubbs, MattMatt Tubbs	8
2014–15	FL3 !League 1	46	13	11	22	53	79	50	22nd	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R5+ !QF(S)	McLeod, IzaleIzale McLeod	19
2015–16	FL4 !League 2	46	13	8	25	45	78	47	20th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1+ !R2(S)	Murphy, RhysRhys Murphy	9

Notes

↑ Divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system at the time.
↑ The 1982–83 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two in the Southern League.^[10]
↑ Three-point deduction for exceeding their annual playing budget as agreed with the Football Conference.^[1]^[11]
↑ Ten-point deduction for entering administration.^[7]
↑ Six-point deduction for financial irregularities.^[7]
↑ One-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player.^[12]

References

1 2 3 4 "Crawley Town FC history". Crawley Town F.C. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ County Rover (24 August 1951). "Biggest County League ever starts tomorrow". Sussex Express & County Herald. Lewes. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Crawley" and "Crawley Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ County Rover (13 March 1953). "Farncombe: what will be the next move?". Sussex Express & County Herald. Lewes. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)). Funny, but in all probability the club who finish at the bottom of the Sussex County League (Division I) this season will not welcome the safeguard against relegation which the rule amendments, approved by the County F.A. Council on Wednesday, will give. It is more than likely that the bottom team will be Crawley, and under the new rule which says there will be no relegation until Division I has 16 teams, Crawley will be doomed to struggle on in Division I. They would, I should think, be far happier in Division II, and their small gate would probably increase if there were a few wins to stimulate interest.
1 2 "Past Results". The Football Association (The FA). Retrieved 3 June 2016. Individual seasons accessed via dropdown menu.
1 2 "Southern League". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
1 2 3 Page, Rex (8 August 2007). "Crawley deducted six points". Burton Mail. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ "United edge past brave Crawley". Sky Sports. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ For seasons from 2004–05 onwards: "Crawley: player appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 May 2016. Access season required via dropdown menu.
↑ Abbink, Dinant (24 July 2005). "England – Southern League Final Tables". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Nationwide Conference 2005/06". Footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
"Crawley penalised by Conference". BBC Sport. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ Talbot, Bruce (28 February 2009). "Evans: Justice was done". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
↑ "Blue Sq Premier Table – April 30 2011". Bluesq Premier. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011.

External links

Crawley Town F.C. official website

Crawley Town Football Club

History Seasons

Grounds	Broadfield Stadium

Seasons	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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