List of Wimbledon F.C. seasons

Wimbledon Football Club was an English football club from Wimbledon, south-west London, amateur from 1889 to 1964 and professional thereafter.[1] Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club,^[A] an amateur club playing in local league competitions,[2] the club shortened its name to "Wimbledon" in 1905,[3] entered the FA Amateur Cup for the first time in 1905–06 and joined the Spartan League in 1909.[4][5] After going out of business a year later,[6] Wimbledon immediately reformed and returned to local leagues in 1912,[6] where the team stayed until the 1919–20 season when the club joined the Athenian League.[5][6] Moving to the Isthmian League in 1921,[5] Wimbledon won four league championships in six years during the 1930s and reached the FA Amateur Cup Final in 1935 before losing to Bishop Auckland after a replay.[5][7] The club continued to be successful following the Second World War, again reaching the Amateur Cup Final in 1947 and finishing as runners-up in the Isthmian League in 1950 and 1952.[5][8] After claiming a fourth Isthmian League crown in 1959,[5] Wimbledon then took three successive championships from 1962 to 1964,[5] as well as the 1963 FA Amateur Cup.[9]

This amateur Wimbledon first team, pictured in 1919, was the first from the club to compete in the Athenian League, which it would do for two seasons before joining the Isthmian League in 1921.

These achievements prompted the switch to professional football, which occurred in 1964,[1] concurrently with the extension of membership from the Southern Football League.[5] Wimbledon finished second twice out of the team's first four outings in this competition,[5] before again winning three consecutive titles from 1975 to 1977.[5] The club won election to The Football League after these successes, and thus entered the Fourth Division for the first time in 1977–78.[5] Wimbledon took only ten seasons as a Football League club to reach England's top flight, winning promotion to the First Division for the 1986–87 season;[5] Wimbledon then beat League champions Liverpool 1–0 in the 1988 FA Cup Final to achieve the feat of having won both the FA Cup and its amateur equivalent (as of 2009, only one other club – Old Carthusians – has done this).[5] Wimbledon remained in the top division until 2000, when the side was relegated.[5] The club announced an unpopular relocation to Milton Keynes in 2001,[10] which received permission a year later,[11] causing the foundation of AFC Wimbledon by the majority of Wimbledon fans,[12] who called it "the death of [their] club".[11] The club subsequently relocated to Milton Keynes in September 2003,[13] and rebranded itself as Milton Keynes Dons in 2004.[14]

Key

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or reorganisation
League results shown in italics for abandoned or wartime competitions

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 divisions Prem = FA Premier League Div 1 = Football League First Division Div 2 = Football League Second Division Div 3 = Football League Third Division Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division South P = Southern Football League Premier Division South 1 = Southern Football League First Division Isthmian = Isthmian League Athenian = Athenian League Utd Snr = United Senior League Metro = Metropolitan League Spartan A = Spartan League A Division W Sub'n = Western Suburban League Mid-Surrey = Mid-Surrey League S Sub'n = Southern Suburban League Clapham = Clapham League Herald = Herald League S London = South London League

Key to rounds Grp = Group stage ExtPre = Extra Preliminary round Pre = Preliminary round QR1 = Qualifying round 1 QR2 = Qualifying round 2 QR3 = Qualifying round 3 QR4 = Qualifying round 4 QR5 = Qualifying round 5 QR6 = Qualifying round 6 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 S = Southern sector

Key to goalscorers # = Number of goals scored    ^† Players with this background and symbol in the "Name" column scored a record number of goals for the club during the corresponding season.    ^‡ Players with this background and symbol in the "Name" equalled the record.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup^[B]	Other competitions		Top scorer^[C]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos [15]					Name	#
1889–90^[D]	None	2	2	0	0	3	1					—	—
1890–91	None	23	14	6	3	50	13					—	—
1891–92	None											—	—
1892–93	None	8	4	1	3	15	11					Herald Cup	R1
1893–94	None	8	6	2	0	20	4					—	—
1894–95	S London^[E]	15	7	4	4							L-n Junior Cup	R3
	Friendlies	10	6	2	2
1895–96	Clapham^[F]	7	6	1	0							S.W. Cup	R2
	Herald^[G]	12	9	2	1
	Friendlies	9	5	0	4
1896–97	Clapham											—	—
	Herald
1897–98	Clapham											—	—
1898–99	Clapham											—	—
1899–1900	Clapham											—	—
1900–01	Clapham											—	—
1901–02	Clapham											—	—
1902–03	S Sub'n^[H]											—	—
	Clapham
1903–04	S Sub'n											—	—
	Clapham
1904–05	S Suburban											—	—
	Clapham
1905–06^[I]	S Sub'n											FA Amateur Cup	R2
	Mid-Surrey^[J]
1906–07	S Sub'n									FA Amateur Cup		QR2
1907–08	S Sub'n									FA Amateur Cup		QR1
1908–09	W Sub'n^[K]									QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QR1
1909–10	Spartan A^[L]	12	3	2	7	17	31	8	6th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R2
	S Sub'n^[M]
1910–11^[N]	None											—	—
1911–12^[O]	None											—	—
1912–13^[P]	S Sub'n^[Q]									QR2		—	—
1913–14	S Sub'n									Pre		FA Amateur Cup	R1
1914–15	S Sub'n^[R]									ExtPre	FA Amateur Cup	R1
	Metro^[R]
The Football League, FA Cup and FA Amateur Cup were suspended between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1918–19	Utd Snr^[S]	no information available								n/a		—	—
1919–20	Athenian^[T]	22	8	5	9	44	43	21	7th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R5
1920–21	Athenian	42	16	12	14	61	56	44	2nd	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	QF
1921–22	Isthmian^[U]	26	7	4	15	52	56	18	13th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R1
1922–23	Isthmian	26	10	2	14	49	50	22	11th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R5	H. Mann^†	26
1923–24	Isthmian	26	8	4	14	43	62	20	10th			FA Amateur Cup	R1	Stanley Darvill	17
1924–25	Isthmian	26	10	2	14	50	54	22	11th			FA Amateur Cup	R1	Doc Dowden	16
1925–26	Isthmian	26	9	1	16	61	77	19	12th	QR3		FA Amateur Cup	QR2	R. Brown	21
1926–27	Isthmian	26	15	3	8	72	45	33	3rd	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Doc Dowden^†	32
1927–28	Isthmian	26	12	3	11	57	48	27	6th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R3	Doc Dowden^†	34
1928–29	Isthmian	26	9	10	7	66	54	28	4th	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Doc Dowden^†	42
1929–30	Isthmian	26	11	2	13	64	66	24	6th	R1		FA Amateur Cup	SF	Doc Dowden^†	48
1930–31	Isthmian	26	18	6	2	69	37	42	1st	R1		FA Amateur Cup	R3	Doc Dowden	30
1931–32	Isthmian	26	17	2	7	60	35	36	1st	R1		FA Amateur Cup	QF	Doc Dowden	11
1932–33	Isthmian	26	8	5	13	55	67	21	13th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Doc Dowden	19
1933–34	Isthmian	26	13	7	6	63	35	33	3rd	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R3
1934–35	Isthmian	26	14	7	5	63	30	35	1st	R2		FA Amateur Cup	RU^[V]
1935–36	Isthmian	26	19	2	5	82	29	40	1st	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R1
1936–37	Isthmian	26	9	7	10	52	53	25	7th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R1
1937–38	Isthmian	26	10	3	13	62	49	23	9th	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R1
1938–39	Isthmian	26	14	3	9	88	56	31	5th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R1
1939–40^[W]	Isthmian	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	n/a		—	—
The Isthmian League and FA Cup were suspended between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46	Isthmian	26	7	6	13	52	72	20	10th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R3
1946–47	Isthmian	26	10	5	11	68	64	25	8th	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	RU^[X]	Pat Edelston	31
1947–48	Isthmian	26	13	6	7	66	40	32	5th	R1		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Ron Head	19
1948–49	Isthmian	26	15	4	7	64	41	34	3rd	QR4		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Harry Stannard	33
1949–50	Isthmian	26	18	2	6	72	51	38	2nd	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R3	Harry Stannard	25
1950–51	Isthmian	26	13	5	8	58	39	31	4th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QF	Freddie Gauntlett Harry Stannard	29
1951–52	Isthmian	26	16	3	7	65	44	35	2nd	Pre		FA Amateur Cup	QF	Harry Stannard	31
1952–53	Isthmian	28	14	5	9	68	37	33	4th	R1		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Harry Stannard	31
1953–54	Isthmian	28	7	8	13	43	59	22	14th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Freddie Gauntlett Harry Stannard	12
1954–55	Isthmian	28	10	2	16	48	62	22	12th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	QF	Jeff Darey	18
1955–56	Isthmian	28	12	2	14	51	62	26	11th	QR1		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Joe Wallis	23
1956–57	Isthmian	30	10	5	15	47	66	25	13th	Pre		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Joe Wallis	26
1957–58	Isthmian	30	15	2	13	64	66	32	7th	Pre		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Brian Martin	19
1958–59	Isthmian	30	22	3	5	91	38	47	1st	Pre		FA Amateur Cup	R1	Eddie Reynolds	37
1959–60	Isthmian	30	18	3	9	66	36	39	3rd	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	R2	Eddie Reynolds	39
1960–61	Isthmian	30	18	6	6	72	43	42	3rd	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	QF	Eddie Reynolds	47
1961–62	Isthmian	30	19	6	5	68	24	44	1st	QR2		FA Amateur Cup	QF	Eddie Reynolds^†	50
1962–63	Isthmian	30	19	8	3	84	33	46	1st	R2		FA Amateur Cup	W^[Y]	Eddie Reynolds^†	53
1963–64	Isthmian	38	27	6	5	87	44	60	1st	R2		FA Amateur Cup	R3	Eddie Reynolds	35
1964–65^[Z]	South 1^[AA]	42	24	13	5	108	52	61	2nd	QR4		—	—	Eddie Reynolds^‡	53
1965–66	South P	42	20	10	12	80	47	50	5th	R2		—	—	Ian Cooke	29
1966–67	South P	42	19	11	12	88	60	49	4th	R1		—	—	Ian Cooke	37
1967–68	South P	42	24	7	11	85	47	55	2nd	R2		—	—	Ian Cooke	32
1968–69	South P	42	21	12	9	66	48	54	3rd	QR4		—	—	Eddie Bailham	24
1969–70	South P	42	19	12	11	64	52	50	5th	R1		FA Trophy	R1	Ian Cooke	29
1970–71	South P	42	20	8	14	72	54	48	8th	R1		FA Trophy	R3	Ian Cooke	37
1971–72	South P	42	19	7	16	75	64	45	10th	QR4		FA Trophy	R1	Ian Cooke	21
1972–73	South P	42	14	14	14	50	50	42	12th	QR3		FA Trophy	R3	Ian Cooke	20
1973–74	South P	42	15	11	16	50	56	41	12th	R1		FA Trophy	R1	Ian Cooke	24
1974–75	South P	42	25	7	10	63	33	57	1st	R4		FA Trophy	QF	Roger Connell	31
1975–76	South P	42	26	10	6	74	29	62	1st	R2		FA Trophy	R2	Roger Connell	20
1976–77	South P	42	28	7	7	64	22	63	1st	R3		FA Trophy	R3	Roger Connell Billy Holmes	21
1977–78	Div 4^[AB]	46	14	16	16	66	67	44	13th	R1	R2	—	—	Roger Connell	15
1978–79	Div 4	46	25	11	10	78	46	61	3rd	R3	R2	—	—	Alan Cork	25
1979–80	Div 3	46	10	14	22	52	81	34	24th	R2	R4	—	—	John Leslie	17
1980–81	Div 4	46	23	9	14	64	46	55	4th	R4	R2	—	—	Alan Cork	26
1981–82	Div 3	46	14	11	21	61	75	53	21st	R2	R1	—	—	Francis Joseph	13
1982–83	Div 4	46	29	11	6	96	45	98	1st	R1	R1	—	—	John Leslie	25
1983–84	Div 3	46	26	9	11	97	76	87	2nd	R2	R4	Associate Members' Cup	R1S	Alan Cork	33
1984–85	Div 2	42	16	10	16	71	75	58	12th	R5	R1	—	—	Stewart Evans	16
1985–86	Div 2	42	21	13	8	58	37	76	3rd	R3	R3	—	—	Alan Cork	15
1986–87	Div 1	42	19	9	14	57	50	66	6th	QF	R2	Full Members Cup	R2	John Fashanu	14
1987–88	Div 1	40	14	15	11	58	47	57	7th	W^[AC]	R4	Full Members Cup	R3	John Fashanu	20
1988–89	Div 1	38	14	9	15	50	46	51	12th	QF	R4	FA Charity Shield	RU^[AD]	John Fashanu	16
												Full Members Cup	QF
												Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy	QF
1989–90	Div 1	38	13	16	9	47	40	55	8th	R3	R4	Full Members Cup	R3S	John Fashanu	13
1990–91	Div 1	38	14	14	10	53	46	56	7th	R4	R2	Full Members Cup	R2S	John Fashanu	20
1991–92	Div 1	42	13	14	15	53	53	53	13th	R3	R2	Full Members Cup	R2S	John Fashanu	20
1992–93	Prem^[AE]	42	14	12	16	56	55	54	12th	R5	R3	—	—	Dean Holdsworth	19
1993–94	Prem	42	18	11	13	56	53	65	6th	R5	QF	—	—	Dean Holdsworth	24
1994–95	Prem	42	15	11	16	48	65	56	9th	R5	R3	—	—	Efan Ekoku	9
1995–96	Prem	38	10	11	17	55	70	41	14th	QF	R2	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Grp	Efan Ekoku Dean Holdsworth	16
1996–97	Prem	38	15	11	12	49	64	56	8th	SF	SF	—	—	Marcus Gayle	13
1997–98	Prem	38	10	14	14	34	46	44	15th	R5	R3	—	—	Jason Euell	8
1998–99	Prem	38	10	12	16	40	63	42	16th	R4	SF	—	—	Marcus Gayle	11
1999–2000	Prem	38	7	12	19	46	74	33	18th	R4	QF	—	—	Carl Cort	15
2000–01	Div 1	46	17	18	11	71	50	69	8th	R5	R4	—	—	Jason Euell	20
2001–02	Div 1	46	18	13	15	63	57	67	9th	R3	R1	—	—	David Connolly	18
At the end of the 2001–02 season, the club was granted permission to relocate to Milton Keynes.[11] Soon after, most supporters split from the side to form AFC Wimbledon.[12] For a statistical history of this club, see List of AFC Wimbledon seasons.
2002–03	Div 1	46	18	11	17	76	73	65	10th	R4	R3	—	—	David Connolly Neil Shipperley	24
2003–04^[AF]	Div 1	46	8	5	33	41	89	29	24th	R4	R1	—	—	Patrick Agyemang	7
Wimbledon Football Club was rebranded as "Milton Keynes Dons" before the start of the 2004–05 season.[14] Milton Keynes Dons renounced its claim to the history of Wimbledon F.C. in 2007.[16] For a statistical history of this club, see List of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. seasons.

Footnotes

A. ^ The club itself was called "Wimbledon Old Central Football Club", while the team was collectively referred to as "Wimbledon Old Centrals". B. ^ The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season. Wimbledon could not enter the League Cup until the club was elected to The Football League, something which occurred before the 1977–78 season. C. ^ Includes goals scored in the Spartan League, Athenian League, Isthmian League, Southern League, The Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Full Members Cup, Associate Members' Cup, FA Trophy, FA Amateur Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup D. ^ Wimbledon Old Central Football Club was founded in 1889.[2] E. ^ Wimbledon Old Centrals competed in the South London League during the 1894–95 season.[2] F. ^ Wimbledon Old Centrals entered the Clapham League for the 1895–96 season, and remained in the competition until 1905.[2] G. ^ Wimbledon Old Centrals entered a team into the Herald League for two seasons, starting in the 1895–96 season.[2] H. ^ Wimbledon Old Centrals moved to the Southern Suburban League before the 1902–03 campaign, while continuing to enter a team into the Clapham League.[3] I. ^ The club shortened its name to "Wimbledon" in 1905.[3] J. ^ The club entered a team into the Mid-Surrey League for one season – 1905–06.[3] K. ^ Wimbledon spent the 1908–09 season competing in the Western Suburban League.[3] L. ^ Wimbledon competed in the Spartan League during the 1909–10 season.[5] M. ^ Wimbledon returned to the Southern Suburban League for the 1909–10 season.[3] N. ^ The club disbanded and immediately reformed in 1910, retaining the name "Wimbledon".[6]

O. ^ The club retitled itself "Wimbledon Borough" in 1911.[6] P. ^ After only a year, "Borough" was dropped from the name in 1912.[6] Q. ^ The club returned to the Southern Suburban League before the 1912–13 season.[6] R. ^ The club contested the Metropolitan League during 1914–15, after the Southern Suburban League was abandoned after one match.[6] S. ^ During the First World War's final year, Wimbledon entered the United Senior League.[6] T. ^ Wimbledon entered the Athenian League before the 1919–20 season.[5] U. ^ The club moved to the Isthmian League for the 1921–22 season.[5] V. ^ Drew 0–0 with Bishop Auckland; lost replay 2–1[7] W. ^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned in September and all results annulled, after one match had been played. X. ^ Lost 2–1 to Leytonstone[8] Y. ^ Defeated Sutton United 4–2[9] Z. ^ The club turned professional in 1964.[1] AA. ^ Newly-professional Wimbledon joined the Southern Football League before the 1964–65 season.[5] AB. ^ The team was elected to The Football League for the 1977–78 season.[5] AC. ^ Wimbledon defeated Liverpool 1–0.[5] This would normally have resulted in Wimbledon's qualification for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, but UEFA's 1985–1991 ban on the participation of English clubs prevented this. AD. ^ Lost 2–1 to Liverpool[17] AE. ^ Upon its formation for the 1992–93 season, the FA Premier League became the top tier of English football; the First, Second and Third Divisions then became the second, third and fourth tiers, respectively. AF. ^ The side played its first match at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes on 27 September 2003, after playing the season's first four league home matches at Selhurst Park.[13]

References

General

• Background sourced to: Hambly, Dave. "History of Wimbledon FC". Historical Dons. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
• Spartan League, Athenian League, Isthmian League, Southern Football League, The Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Full Members Cup, Associate Members' Cup, FA Trophy and UEFA Intertoto Cup statistics sourced to: Rundle, Richard. "Football Club History Database - Wimbledon". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
• FA Amateur Cup statistics sourced to: Samuel, Richard (2003). The Complete F.A. Amateur Cup Results Book. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-066-8.
• Top goalscorers (1922–1933 and 1946–1977) sourced to: Jones, Marc. "AFCW Statistics". FOTO. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
• Top goalscorers (1977–1996) sourced to: Joyce, Michael. "Welcome to the new since1888.co.uk!". Michael Joyce. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
• Top goalscorers (1996–2004) sourced to: "Soccerbase". Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 November 2009.

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1. Hambly, Dave. "1960 to 1969". Historical Dons. Archived from the original on 11 March 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
2. Hambly, Dave. "1889 to 1899". Historical Dons. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
3. Hambly, Dave. "1900 to 1909". Historical Dons. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
4. Samuel (2003). p. 15. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Rundle. "Football Club History Database - Wimbledon".
6. Hambly, Dave. "1910 to 1919". Historical Dons. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
7. Samuel (2003). p. 42. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. Samuel (2003). p. 48. Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. Samuel (2003). p. 68. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. "League warns Dons over move". BBC. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
11. "Dons get Milton Keynes green light". BBC. 28 May 2002. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
12. Heller, Ivor (1 September 2002). "Wombles are on their way". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
13. Pryce, Robert (29 September 2003). "Wimbledon's happy ending is pure Hollywood". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
14. "Wimbledon become MK Dons FC". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 21 June 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
15. Memories of the Dons, Historical Dons. Retrieved Nov 2012.
16. "History and Honours of Wimbledon FC returned to Merton". Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
17. Ross, James. "England - List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2009.