List of Bishop's Stortford F.C. seasons

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Bishop's Stortford Football Club is a football club based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the National League North and play at Woodside Park.

Early history[edit]

The club was established at the Chequers Hotel on 28 January 1874.[1] In 1885 they were founders of the Hertfordshire County Football Association, and subsequently started playing in local leagues in the 1890s.[1] In 1929 they joined the new Division Two East of the Spartan League, which they went on to win in 1931–32, earning promotion to Division One.[2]

Following World War II, the league resumed in 1945, with Bishop's Stortford in the Eastern Division.[3] Despite finishing in last place in 1945–46,[3] they were placed in the Premier Division the following season.[4] However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1948–49,[3] they were relegated to Division One. In 1951 the club were founder members of the Delphian League.

Key[edit]

Seasons[edit]

Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[5]
attendance 		FA Cup[6] FA Trophy Herts
Cup
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec
1951–52 Delphian League 26 10 3 13 55 80 -25 23 10th of 14 – –
1952–53 30 6 5 19 47 94 -47 17 15th of 16
1953–54 28 12 4 12 64 56 8 28 6th of 15
1954–55 28 22 3 3 98 39 59 47 1st of 15 PR 0-0-1 F
1955–56 28 16 5 7 84 43 41 37 4th of 15 PR 0-0-1
1956–57 26 13 3 10 70 56 14 29 5th of 14 QR2 2-0-1
1957–58 28 12 6 10 62 54 8 30 8th of 15 PR 0-0-1
1958–59 28 15 5 8 64 50 14 35 5th of 15 PR 0-0-1 W
1959–60 24 14 3 7 52 35 17 31 4th of 13 QR2 0-0-1 W
1960–61 28 14 2 12 67 63 4 30 5th of 15 QR3 2-0-1
1961–62 26 14 6 6 62 36 26 34 3rd of 14 QR1 0-0-1
1962–63 17 9 5 3 38 29 9 23 2nd of 16 QR2 1-0-1
The season was abandoned due to bad weather
The league disbanded, club joined the Athenian League.
1963–64 Athenian League
Division Two 		28 14 3 11 67 40 27 31 7th of 15 QR1 0-0-1 – W
1964–65 30 20 8 2 71 35 36 48 2nd of 16
Promoted 		QR2 1-0-1
1965–66 Athenian League
Division One 		30 24 3 3 84 33 51 51 1st of 16
Promoted 		QR1 0-1-1
1966–67 Athenian League
Premier Division 		30 19 5 6 56 33 23 43 2nd of 16 QR2 1-0-1
1967–68 30 18 3 9 75 38 37 39 3rd of 16 QR3 2-0-1
1968–69 30 14 6 10 57 44 13 34 6th of 16 QR3 2-0-1
1969–70 30 20 5 5 72 33 39 45 1st of 16 QR1 0-0-1
1970–71 30 11 4 15 45 61 -16 26 12th of 16 R1 4-1-1 W
Club joined the Isthmian League.
1971–72 Isthmian League 5 40 24 5 11 61 37 24 53 5th of 21 QR3 2-2-1 –
1972–73 42 18 12 12 58 51 7 48 10th of 22 R2 5-3-1 W
Athenian League was absorbed into the league as Division Two.
1973–74 Isthmian League
Division One 		5 42 26 9 7 78 26 52 87 3rd of 22 QR4 0-1-1 – W
1974–75 42 17 6 19 56 64 -8 57 11th of 22 R1 0-1-1 R1 1-2-1
1975–76 42 15 12 15 51 47 4 57 12th of 22 R2 2-0-1 R2 2-4-1 W
1976–77 42 11 11 20 51 71 -20 44 20th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 R1 1-0-1 F
The Division renamed.
1977–78 Isthmian League
Premier Division 		5 42 7 8 27 36 83 -47 29 22nd of 22
Relegated 		QR4 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
1978–79 Isthmian League
Division One 		6 42 22 11 9 68 40 28 77 4th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
Alliance Premier League created, The Isthmian League clubs refused to join the new league.
1979–80 Isthmian League
Division One 		7 42 24 8 10 74 47 27 80 4th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
1980–81 42 30 6 6 84 28 56 96 1st of 22
Promoted 		QR1 0-0-1 W 10-3-0
1981–82 Isthmian League
Premier Division 		6 42 15 5 22 50 70 -20 50 15th of 22 R1 0-1-1 QF 3-1-1
1982–83 42 17 9 16 61 58 3 60 13th of 22 R3 3-2-1 R1 0-0-1
1983–84 42 15 13 14 56 57 -1 58 11th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1
1984–85 42 12 12 18 48 67 -19 48 16th of 22 R1 1-0-1 R1 1-2-1
1985–86 42 17 10 15 55 61 -6 61 7th of 22 R1 1-1-1 R3 3-1-1
1986–87 42 15 15 12 62 57 5 60 10th of 22 R1 1-1-1 R2 1-0-1 W Pat Ferry
1987–88 42 15 10 17 55 58 -3 55 13th of 22 QR4 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 John Radford
1988–89 42 20 6 16 70 56 14 66 7th of 22 QR3 2-0-1 QR3 0-1-1 F
1989–90 42 19 6 17 60 59 1 63 9th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 0-1-1
1990–91 42 14 12 16 54 49 5 54 13th of 22 QR4 3-0-1 QR1 1-0-1
1991–92 42 7 12 23 41 68 -27 33 22nd of 22
Relegated 		QR1 0-1-1 QR1 1-0-1
1992–93 Isthmian League
Division One 		7 40 19 10 11 63 42 21 67 5th of 21 QR1 1-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
1993–94 42 24 13 5 83 31 52 85 1th of 22
Promoted 		QR3 3-0-1 QR2 1-0-1
1994–95 Isthmian League
Premier Division 		6 42 12 11 19 53 76 -23 47 19th of 22 QR1 0-1-1 QR1 0-0-1
1995–96 42 16 9 17 61 62 -1 57 12th of 22 QR1 0-1-1 QR2 1-1-1
1996–97 42 10 13 19 43 64 -21 43 19th of 22 QR2 1-0-1 QR2 1-0-1
1997–98 42 14 5 23 53 69 -16 47 19th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 QR3 1-0-1
1998–99 42 9 10 23 49 90 -41 37 21st of 22
Relegated 		QR2 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1
1999–2000 Isthmian League
Division One 		7 42 16 10 16 57 62 -5 58 11th of 22 QR2 1-3-1 R1 0-0-1
2000–01 42 24 6 12 103 76 27 78 4th of 22 QR3 3-0-1 R1 0-0-1
2001–02 42 26 9 7 104 51 53 87 2nd of 22
Promoted 		358 PR 0-1-1 R2 1-2-1
2002–03 Isthmian League
Premier Division 		6 46 16 11 19 74 72 2 59 13th of 24 389 QR4 2-1-1 R2 2-2-0
2003–04 46 20 9 17 78 61 17 69 11th of 24 358 R1 2-3-1 R3 2-1-1
Conference South, a new sixth tier league created, club qualified to join it.
2004–05 Conference South 6 42 17 8 17 70 66 4 59 10th of 22 352 QR2 0-0-1 SF 6-2-2
2005–06 42 11 15 16 55 63 -8 48 15th of 22 357 QR3 1-0-1 R1 1-1-1 W
2006–07 42 21 10 11 72 61 11 73 5th of 22 500 QR2 1-1-1 R2 2-0-1
2007–08 42 18 10 14 72 60 12 64 10th of 22 456 QR3 1-0-1 R2 2-1-1
2008–09 42 17 8 17 60 60 0 59 9th of 22 454 QR4 2-0-1 QR3 0-1-1
2009–10 42 12 11 19 48 59 -9 47 18th of 22 422 QR2 0-0-1 R1 1-0-1 W
2010–11 42 13 6 23 48 79 -31 45 16th of 22
Transferred 		413 QR2 0-1-1 QR3 0-0-1
2011–12 Conference North 6 42 17 7 18 70 70 -5 58 10th of 22 421 QR4 2-0-1 R1 1-1-1 W Ian Walker
2012–13 42 12 13 17 58 74 -16 49 17th of 22
Transferred 		405 R1 3-1-1 R1 1-0-1
2013–14 Conference South 6 42 13 13 16 63 68 -5 52 15th of 22 388 R1 3-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 F
2014–15 40 12 10 18 55 69 -14 46 16th of 21 389 QR2 0-1-1 R1 1-0-1
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16 National League South 6 42 15 10 17 56 63 -7 55 11th of 22 379 QR2 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
2016–17 42 8 3 31 29 104 -75 27 21st of 22
Relegated 		355 QR2 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1 F
2017–18 Southern Football League
Premier Division 		7 46 14 10 22 74 79 -5 52 18th of 24
Transferred 		298 QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 Kevin Watson
2018–19 Isthmian League
Premier Division 		7 42 20 7 15 70 57 13 67 7th of 22 Jamie Cureton 22 335 QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 Jamie Cureton
2019–20 32 8 4 20 37 63 -26 28 17th of 22 Jamie Cureton 16 253 QR2 1-0-1 QR1 0-1-1
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2020–21 6 4 2 0 13 5 8 14 7th of 22 Thomas Richardson
Peter Merrifield 		5 – [a] R1 3-2-0 R1 1-0-1 – Steve Smith
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 42 25 12 5 89 33 56 87 2nd of 22 Jake Cass
Peter Merrifield 		19 434 QR2 1-0-1 R3 3-1-0
2022–23 42 27 7 8 75 33 42 88 1st of 22
Promoted 		485 QR1 0-0-1 R2 2-0-1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Club history Bishop's Stortford F.C.
  2. ^ Spartan League 1907-1934 Non-League Matters
  3. ^ a b c Spartan League 1934-1955 Non-League Matters
  4. ^ Non League Tables for 1946-1947 Non-League Matters
  5. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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