List of Hitchin Town F.C. seasons

Hitchin Town Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They compete in the Southern Football League's Premier Division. Founded in 1928 and known as "The Canaries", Hitchin Town have been based at Top Field since their foundation.

Key

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to league record Lvl = Level of the league in the current league system S = Numbers of seasons Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Overall position = Overall club position in the English league system

Key to cup records Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Premilinary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

• Average home attendance = for league games only

Seasons

Year	League	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Average home attendance
												Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec
1871–72	did not enter													R2	0-1-1	not held
1872–73	did not enter													R1	0-0-1	not held
Did not enter any major competitions in the 1873–74 season
1874–75	did not enter													R1	0-0-1	not held
1875–76	did not enter													scratched		not held
Did not enter any major competitions between 1876 and 1887
1887–88	did not enter													R1	0-0-1	not held
1888–89	did not enter													scratched		not held
Did not enter any major competitions between 1889 and 1898
1898–99	did not enter													QR1	1-0-1	not held
1899–1900	did not enter													QR1	0-0-1	not held
1900–01	did not enter													scratched		not held
1901–02	South Eastern League													did not enter		not held
1902–03														did not enter		not held
1903–04			24	10	5	9	39	57	-18	25	6th of 13			QR3	2-0-1	not held
1904–05			24	8	3	13	33	51	-18	19	8th of 13			QR5	2-0-1	not held
1905–06			24	8	4	12	53	65	–12	20	8th of 13			QR2	1-1-1	not held
1906–07			24	8	3	13	35	79	–44	19	10th of 13			QR3	1-2-1	not held
1907–08			33	4	3	26	34	146	–112	11	18th of 18			PR	0-0-1	not held
1908–09	Spartan League Eastern Division		1	0	0	1	0	6	–6	0	withdrew			did not enter		not held
1909–10	Spartan League Division B		10	3	0	7	12	29	–17	6	5th of 6			did not enter		not held
1910–11	Spartan League		18	1	2	15	17	74	–57	2	10th of 11 2 points deducted			did not enter		not held
Club folded in 1911. Club re-founded in 1928.
1928–29	Spartan League Division Two (East)	6	24							41	2nd of 13 Promoted					not held
1929–30	Spartan League Division One		26							31	4th of 14					not held
1930–31			26							41	2nd of 14 Promoted					not held
1931–32	Spartan League Premier Division		24							29	4th of 13					not held
1932–33			26							27	8th of 14					not held
1933–34			26							28	5th of 14					not held
1934–35	Spartan League															not held
1935–36																not held
1936–37																not held
1937–38																not held
1938–39																not held
1939–40	Athenian League	4	2	2	0	0	14	2	+12	4	Season abandoned					not held
No competitive football played during World War Two
1945–46	Athenian League		26	10	1	15	61	68	–7	21	10th of 14					not held
1946–47			26	11	5	10	64	63	+1	27	6th of 14			QR4	3-1-1	not held
1947–48			26	10	4	12	43	71	–18	24	11th of 14			QR2	2-0-1	not held
1948–49			26	9	7	10	44	46	–2	25	7th of 14			QR3	3-2-1	not held
1949–50			26	12	5	9	44	50	–6	29	6th of 14			QR3	3-0-1	not held
1950–51			30	6	6	18	47	75	–28	18	15th of 16			QR3	3-0-1	not held
1951–52			30	5	1	24	36	111	–75	11	16th of 16			QR1	0-0-1	not held
1952–53			26	8	8	14	37	56	–19	20	11th of 14			QR3	3-0-1	not held
1953–54			26	16	3	7	58	32	+26	35	2nd of 14			QR4	3-2-1	not held
1954–55			26	6	9	11	44	60	–16	21	12th of 14			QR1	1-0-1	not held
1955–56			28	7	4	17	47	74	–27	18	15th of 15			QR4	3-1-1	not held
1956–57			28	10	5	13	67	73	–6	25	10th of 15			QR3	3-1-1	not held
1957–58			30	12	6	12	52	65	–13	30	9th of 16			PR	0-0-1	not held
1958–59			30	8	8	14	37	52	–15	24	14th of 16			R1	4-2-1	not held
1959–60			30	11	6	13	55	57	–5	28	10th of 16			QR1	0-0-1	not held
1960–61			30	15	6	9	81	52	+29	36	5th of 16			R1	4-0-1	not held
1961–62			30	15	4	11	85	71	+14	34	6th of 16			QR4	3-0-1	not held
1962–63			30	16	3	11	74	61	+13	35	5th of 16			QR2	1-1-1	not held
1964–65	Isthmian League	5	38	13	9	16	61	66	–5	35	11th of 20			QR3	2-1-1	not held
1965–66			38	6	8	24	57	118	–61	20	18th of 20			QR2	1-0-1	not held
1966–67			38	8	6	24	39	89	–50	22	19th of 20			QR1	0-0-1	not held
1967–68			38	14	9	15	61	73	–12	37	12th of 20			QR3	2-1-1	not held
1968–69			38	23	10	5	67	41	+26	56	2nd of 20			QR3	2-0-1	not held
1969–70			38	19	10	9	71	40	+31	48	7th of 20			QR3	2-0-1	did not enter
1970–71			40	12	9	17	46	60	–14	33	12th of 21			QR2	1-2-1	did not enter
1971–72			42	17	10	13	68	66	+2	44	10th of 22			QR1	0-1-1	did not enter
1972–73			42	15	9	18	52	64	–12	39	16th of 22			QR2	2-0-1	did not enter
1973–74	Isthmian League Division One	5	42	15	10	17	68	73	–5	55	13th of 22			R2	5-4-1	did not enter
1974–75			42	15	10	17	57	71	–14	55	12th of 22			R1	4-3-1	R1	4-2-1
1975–76			42	13	11	18	45	57	–12	50	16th of 22			QR4	0-0-1	QR1	0-1-1
1976–77			42	19	6	17	60	66	–6	63	9th of 22			R2	2-5-1	R3	5-2-1
1977–78	Isthmian League Premier Division	5	42	20	9	13	69	53	+16	69	5th of 22			QR4	0-1-1	R1	1-1-1
1978–79			42	12	11	19	59	71	–12	47	16th of 22			R1	1-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1979–80		6	42	13	15	14	54	68	–14	54	12th of 22			QR4	0-0-1	QR2	1-1-1
1980–81			42	14	10	18	64	52	+12	52	13th of 22			QR4	3-0-1	R3	5-0-1
1981–82			42	12	11	19	56	77	–21	47	18th of 22			QR1	0-0-1	R1	1-0-1
1982–83			42	11	9	22	49	77	–28	42	20th of 22			QR1	0-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1983–84			42	16	15	11	58	57	+1	63	6th of 22			QR4	3-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1984–85			42	10	15	17	55	70	–15	45	20th of 22			QR2	1-1-1	QR1	0-0-1
1985–86			42	11	14	17	53	69	–16	47	17th of 22			QR2	1-3-1	QR1	0-0-1
1986–87			42	13	5	24	56	69	–13	44	20th of 22			QR1	0-0-1	R2	4-2-1
1987–88			42	10	8	24	46	79	–33	38	21st of 22 Relegated			QR1	0-0-1	QR3	2-1-1
1988–89	Isthmian League Division One	7	40	21	11	8	60	32	+28	74	4th of 21			QR1	1-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1989–90			42	22	13	7	60	30	+30	79	4th of 22			QR3	3-0-1	QR3	1-1-1
1990–91			42	21	9	12	78	50	+28	72	5th of 22			QR1	0-1-1	QR2	0-1-1
1991–92			40	17	10	13	55	45	+10	61	8th of 21			PR	0-1-1	QR2	1-0-1
1992–93			40	25	7	8	67	29	+38	80	1st of 21 Promoted			QR2	2-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
1993–94	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	42	21	7	14	81	56	+25	70	8th of 22			QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1994–95			42	18	12	12	68	59	+11	66	5th of 22			R2	5-3-1	QR3	0-0-1
1995–96			42	10	10	22	41	74	−33	40	18th of 22			R2	2-0-1	QR3	0-0-1
1996–97			42	15	7	20	67	73	−6	52	14th of 22			QR4	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1
1997–98			42	8	15	19	45	62	−17	39	21st of 22 Relegated			QR1	0-0-1	QR3	2-0-1
1998–99	Isthmian League Division One	7	42	25	10	7	75	38	+37	85	2nd of 22 Promoted			QR1	0-0-1	R5	3-2-1
1999–2000	Isthmian League Premier Division	6	42	13	11	18	59	72	−13	50	16th of 22			QR4	2-0-1	R1	0-1-1
2000–01			42	18	5	19	72	69	+3	59	10th of 22			QR2	0-2-0	R2	1-1-1
2001–02			42	15	10	17	73	81	−8	55	11th of 22			QR4	2-2-1	R1	0-0-1
2002–03			46	15	13	18	69	67	+2	58	14th of 24			QR2	0-0-1	R2	1-0-1
2003–04			46	13	8	25	55	89	−34	47	20th of 24 Transferred to SFL			QR2	0-1-1	R2	1-1-1
2004–05	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	13	9	20	55	77	−22	48	18th of 22			QR1	0-0-1	R1	0-0-1
2005–06			42	13	12	17	59	76	−17	51	14th of 22			QR3	2-0-1	QR2	1-0-1
2006–07			42	16	9	17	55	68	−13	57	11th of 22			QR3	1-5-0	QR1	0-0-1	294
2007–08			42	12	11	19	46	61	−15	47	18th of 22			QR4	3-2-1	QR3	2-1-1	316
2008–09			42	10	10	22	57	79	−22	40	20th of 22 Relegated			QR3	2-1-1	QR2	1-0-1	338
2009–10	Southern Football League Division One Midlands	8	42	31	7	4	91	36	+55	100	2nd of 22 Lost in playoff semifinal			QR1	1-1-1	QR3	3-1-1
2010–11	Southern Football League Division One Central	8	42	26	9	7	107	44	+63	87	2nd of 22 Promoted through playoffs			QR2	2-1-1	PR	0-0-1
2011–12	Southern Football League Premier Division	7	42	13	12	17	54	57	−3	51	14th of 22	John Frendo	23	QR1	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1	388
2012–13			42	15	7	20	62	68	−6	52	13th of 22	John Frendo	31	QR3	2-2-1	QR3	2-1-1	338
2013–14			44	16	11	17	63	52	+11	59	13th of 23	Callum Donnelly Simon Martin	10	QR1	0-1-1	QR1	0-1-1	342
2014–15			44	20	10	14	78	63	+15	70	9th of 23	Jonny McNamara	9	QR2	1-0-1	QR1	0-1-1	391
2015–16			46	24	12	10	78	50	+28	84	3rd of 24 Lost in playoff semifinal	Jonny McNamara	17	QR3	2-2-1	QR3	2-1-1	423
2016–17			46	24	14	8	79	45	+34	86	4th of 24 Lost in playoff final	Robbie Burns	16	QR2	1-1-1	R1	3-1-1	478

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