List of Buxton F.C. seasons

Buxton Football Club is a football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. They are currently members of the National League North and play at the Silverlands.

Early history

The club was established in autumn 1877 as an offshoot of the local cricket club, playing their first match on 27 October 1877.[1] In 1891 they joined the Combination. They finished bottom of the league in 1895–96 and left at the end of the 1898–99 season,[2] when they switched to the Manchester League.[3] They were runners-up in 1904–05 but spent most of the next seven seasons in lower mid-table, finishing second-from-bottom on three occasions, before the league was disbanded in 1912.[3]

Buxton rejoined the Manchester League when it was re-established in 1920, and considered applying to join the new Football League Third Division North when it was formed in 1921, although they did not submit a bid.[4] They were Manchester League runners-up in 1928–29 and 1929–30 and League Cup winners in 1925–26 and 1926–27.[5] After winning the league in 1931–32,[6] they joined the Cheshire County League.[7]

Key

Seasons

Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[8]
attendance
FA Cup[9] FA Trophy FA Vase
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
1932–33 Cheshire County League 42 16 5 21 81 92 -11 37 16th of 22
1933–34 42 14 11 17 81 95 -14 39 15th of 22
1934–35 42 19 5 18 95 95 0 43 9th of 22
1935–36 42 18 7 17 95 90 +5 43 11th of 22
1936–37 42 22 6 14 107 89 +18 50 6th of 22
1937–38 42 14 5 23 87 108 -21 33 18th of 22
1938–39 42 12 11 19 71 93 -22 35 16th of 22
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1945–46 Cheshire County League 38 21 8 9 131 72 +59 50 3rd of 20
1946–47 42 24 8 10 117 79 +38 56 2nd of 22 PR 1–1–0
1947–48 42 13 6 23 89 113 -24 32 19th of 22 QR2 2–0–1
1948–49 42 15 6 21 77 104 -27 36 17th of 22 QR1 1–0–1
1949–50 42 11 16 15 78 88 -10 38 13th of 22 QR2 3–0–1
1950–51 42 14 9 19 55 69 -14 37 15th of 22 PR 0–0–1
1951–52 42 10 11 21 73 84 -11 31 19th of 22 R3 7–2–1
1952–53 42 17 10 15 76 81 -5 44 9th of 22 QR4 0–0–1
1953–54 42 10 7 25 58 98 -40 27 22nd of 22 QR4 0–0–1
1954–55 42 7 10 25 59 124 -65 24 22nd of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1955–56 42 19 6 17 94 78 +16 44 11th of 22 QR2 1–0–1
1956–57 42 19 7 16 94 78 +16 45 9th of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1957–58 42 20 9 13 86 66 +20 49 7th of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1958–59 38 16 8 14 87 71 +16 40 9th of 20 R2 5–1–1
1959–60 38 21 7 10 85 56 +29 49 4th of 20 QR2 1–0–1
1960–61 42 21 7 14 96 76 +20 49 8th of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1961–62 42 21 6 15 98 79 +19 48 7th of 22 QR2 1–1–1
1962–63 42 24 7 11 104 71 +33 55 2nd of 22 R1 4–2–1
1963–64 42 18 11 13 92 77 +15 47 9th of 22 QR1 0–1–1
1964–65 42 15 7 20 77 99 -22 37 15th of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1965–66 42 15 8 19 74 82 -8 38 12th of 22 QR2 1–1–1
1966–67 42 13 10 19 69 78 -9 36 16th of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1967–68 42 14 8 20 71 86 -15 36 15th of 22 QR1 0–0–1
1968–69 38 16 8 14 71 53 +18 40 8th of 20 QR3 2–0–1
1969–70 38 19 8 11 64 59 +5 46 5th of 20 PR 0–0–1 R2 2–2–1
1970–71 42 18 8 16 69 72 -3 44 8th of 22 PR 0–0–1 QF 3–1–1
1971–72 42 21 12 9 81 47 +34 54 4th of 22 QR1 0–1–1 QF 3–2–1
1972–73 42 28 8 6 89 32 +57 66 1st of 22 QR1 0–1–1 R3 2–0–1
1973–74 Northern Premier League 5 46 14 10 22 45 71 -26 38 18th of 24 QR43-1-1 R32-0-1 —
1974–75 46 11 17 18 50 77 -27 39 16th of 24 QR10-0-1 R10-1-1
1975–76 46 11 13 22 37 62 -25 35 17th of 24 QR11-0-1 R10-1-1
1976–77 44 11 13 20 48 63 -15 35 18th of 23 QR21-0-1 QR30-0-1
1977–78 46 13 6 27 60 95 -35 32 23rd of 24 QR21-0-1 QR21-1-1 Peter Swan
1978–79 44 11 9 24 50 84 -34 31 22nd of 23 QR32-1-1 QR32-2-1 Colin Whitaker
Level of the league decreased after the Alliance Premier League creation.
1979–80 6 42 21 9 12 61 48 +13 51 6th of 22 QR21-3-1 QR10-1-1
1980–81 42217146450+14494th of 22 PR0-0-1 QR21-0-1
1981–82 381215115750+7398th of 20 QR44-1-1 R13-0-1
1982–83 38148164647-13612th of 20 QR10-0-1 QR10-0-1
1983–84 38 21 5 12 74 51 +23 47 5th of 20 QR21-0-1 QR10-2-1
1984–85 38216118560+25486th of 20 QR10-1-1 QR22-3-0
1985–86 38 18 9 11 52 50 +2 45 8th of 20 QR21-1-1 QR21-0-1
1986–87 38 4 12 22 35 78 -43 20 19th of 20 QR20-1-1 QR10-0-1
Northern Premier League added a new Division One.
1987–88 Northern Premier League
Premier Division
6 421114177276-44716th of 22 QR21-1-1 R13-0-1 —
1988–89 421214166163-25015th of 22 QR21-0-1 R13-0-1
1989–90 42 15 8 19 59 72 -13 53 16th of 22 QR32-3-1 QR30-1-1
1990–91 40 17 11 12 66 61 +5 59[a] 8th of 21 QR21-0-1 QR10-0-1
1991–92 42219126547+18725th of 22 QR21-0-1 QR21-0-1
1992–93 421310196075-154914th of 22 QR10-1-1 QR20-1-1
1993–94 421310196773-64915th of 22 QR32-0-1 QR21-1-1
1994–95 42189156562+3637th of 22 QR10-0-1 QR10-0-1
1995–96 42 9 11 22 43 72 -29 38 20th of 22 QR10-0-1 QR30-0-1
1996–97 44 5 12 27 33 86 -53 27 23rd of 23 QR10-0-1 QR32-1-1
1997–98 Northern Premier League
Division One
7 42 7 3 32 41 87 -46 24 22nd of 22 PR0-0-1 QR10-0-1 Wayne Goodison
1998–99 Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
8 38 14 10 14 54 53 +1 52 10th of 20 QR32-1-1 — R20-0-1 Derek Hall
1999–2000 38 11 6 21 35 67 -32 36[b] 18th of 20 - - R10-0-1 ?
Mark Smith
2000–01 38129173857-194512th of 20 PR0-0-1 R11-0-1 Mark Smith
2001–02 38 8 13 17 43 61 -18 37 19th of 20 PR0-0-1 R22-0-1
2002–03 38 21 7 10 84 56 +28 70 4th of 20 PR0-0-1 R11-0-1 Kenny Johnson & Ronnie Wright
2003–04 38 17 12 9 69 50 +19 63 7th of 20 QR44-2-1 R33-2-1
Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.
2004–05 9 38 14 13 11 59 57 +2 55 9th of 20 PR0-2-0 R11-0-1 Kenny Johnson & Ronnie Wright
Nicky Law
2005–06 38 30 5 3 102 27 +75 95 1st of 20 PR0-1-1 R56-0-1 Nicky Law
2006–07 Northern Premier League
Division One
8 46 30 11 5 94 37 +57 101 1st of 24 480 QR22-1-1 QR10-0-1 —
2007–08 Northern Premier League
Premier Division
7 40208126050+10685th of 21 461 QR21-0-1 QR32-0-1 John Reed
Lost in the play-off final.
2008–09 421310195658-24914th of 22 442 QR32-0-1 QR21-0-1
2009–10 381612106643+23608th of 20 361 QR4 3-1-1 QR2 1-0-1
2010–11 42 20 10 12 71 52 +19 70 6th of 22 409 QR42-2-1 QR10-0-1
2011–12 42 15 8 19 64 77 -13 53 13th of 22 327 QR21-0-1 QR21-0-1 John Reed
Martin McIntosh
2012–13 421813117256+16677th of 22 311 QR43-1-1 R13-1-1 Martin McIntosh
2013–14 46 16 14 16 63 60 +3 62 13th of 24 347 QR21-0-1 QR20-2-1
2014–15 46 18 17 11 70 57 +13 71 10th of 24 315 QR32-0-1 QR21-0-1
2015–16 46214217174-36711th of 24 253 QR32-1-1 QR32-0-1
2016–17 462212128154+27787th of 24 355 QR10-0-1 QR31-0-1
2017–18 461713167166+5649th of 24 Liam Hardy 34 305 QR4 3-0-1 QR1 0-0-1 Martin McIntosh
Steve Halford & Paul Phillips
2018–19 401810126045+15665th of 21 Liam Hardy 16 476 QR2 1-1-1 QR2 1-2-1 Steve Halford & Paul Phillips
Paul Phillips
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2019–20 32811135652+43518th of 22 Diego De Girolamo 18 443 QR3 2-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 Paul Phillips
Gary Hayward
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19.
2020–21 85212211+11173rd of 22 Diego De Girolamo 8 – [c] QR2 1-1-0 R1 1-0-1 Gary Hayward
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19.
2021–22 42 23 12 7 80 38 +42 81 1st of 22 Diego De Girolamo 20 737 R2 5–2–1 QR3 0–0–1 Gary Hayward
Steve Cunningham
2022–23 National League North 6 46 18 13 15 55 54 +1 67 11th of 24 Diego De Girolamo 9 717 R2 4–0–1 R2 0–0–1 Jamie Vermiglio
Craig Elliott
2023–24 46 17 11 18 70 63 +7 62 14th of 24 Diego De Girolamo 16 739 QR2 0–0–1 R2 0–0–1 Craig Elliott
2024–25 46 24 5 17 76 52 +24 77 7th of 24 Luke Brennan 11 783 QR3 1–2–1 R2 0–0–1 John McGrath
Lost in the play-off quarterfinal.
  1. ↑ The club was deducted three points.
  2. ↑ The club was deducted three points.
  3. ↑ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games.

References

  1. ↑ Club History Archived 25 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Buxton F.C.
  2. ↑ Buxton at the Football Club History Database
  3. 1 2 Manchester League 1893-1912 Non-League Matters
  4. ↑ "Peak performers" When Saturday Comes, No. 358, December 2016
  5. ↑ Club Honours Buxton F.C.
  6. ↑ Manchester League 1920-1960 Non-League Matters
  7. ↑ Cheshire County League 1919-1940 Non-League Matters
  8. ↑ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 4 June 2024.