List of Shrewsbury Town F.C. seasons

Shrewsbury Town Football Club, a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, was founded in 1886. They first played league football in the inaugural Shropshire & District League for the 1890–91 season; they finished the season as runners-up and also won the Welsh Cup at the first attempt.[1] After five seasons in the Shropshire & District League, they were admitted to the Birmingham & District League in 1895; they won their first league championship in that league in 1923.[2] In 1937 they moved to the Midland Football League where they won the league three times out of the seven seasons they participated in. In 1950 they joined The Football League competing in its Third Division North for one season before being transferred to the South equivalent for the rest of their time in the third division. Shrewbury played in the Third Division South until 1958–59, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on League reorganisation. They gained their first promotion in the same season after finishing fourth. They remained in The Football League, albeit in different divisions, until they were relegated to the Football Conference in 2003.[3] It was in the Conference where Shrewsbury achieved their first play-off success, when they beat Aldershot Town in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw after extra time at the Britannia Stadium to win promotion back into the newly renamed Football League Two.[4] Since then Shrewsbury have remained in the Football League.[5]

Shrewsbury's furthest FA Cup run saw them reach the quarter-finals twice, first in 1978–79 and then in 1981–82. The furthest they have reached in the Football League Cup is the semi-finals in the 1960–61 edition which was the inaugural staging of the competition. Shrewsbury first participated in the Football League Trophy in 1989; they were the runners-up in the 1996 final. Shrewsbury also took part in eighteen editions of the Welsh Cup between 1890 and 1985 reaching the final nine times and winning the cup six times. They took part in two FA Amateur Cups reaching the quarter-finals in 1893–94 and the semi-finals in 1895–96. After their exit from the Football League in 2003 they were eligible to take part in the 2003–04 FA Trophy and they were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Key

Key to divisions

Key to rounds
  • PR – Preliminary Round
  • QR3 – Third Qualifying Round, etc.
  • IntR – Intermediate round
  • R1 – First Round, etc.
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • ARU – Area runner-up
  • RU – Runner-up
  • W – Winner

Key to positions and symbols
  •  1stii  – Champions
  •  2nd  – Runners-up
  •  !'promoted!!  – Promoted
  •  !'relegated!!  – Relegated

Seasons

Season League record FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Other
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result
1890–91 SDL 14 9 1 4 42 21 19 2nd — — — Welsh Cup W
1891–92 SDL 16 6 4 6 48 48 16 6th — — — Welsh Cup SF
1892–93 SDL 16 7 6 3 45 37 20 4th — — — — —
1893–94 SDL 17 11 2 4 60 37 24 3rd — — — FA Amateur Cup QF
1894–95 SDL 17 8 4 5 42 28 20 3rd — — — — —
1895–96 BDL 30 8 5 17 46 98 21 12th — — — FA Amateur Cup SF
1896–97 BDL 30 11 3 16 58 67 25 12th — — — — —
1897–98 BDL 30 10 3 17 44 65 23 11th — — — — —
1898–99 BDL 34 10 6 18 65 90 26 13th — — — — —
1899–1900 BDL 30 9 3 18 40 73 21 14th — — — — —
1900–01 BDL 34 7 3 24 29 96 17 18th — — — — —
1901–02 BDL 34 14 4 16 57 80 32 11th — — — — —
1902–03 BDL 34 13 11 10 60 44 37 6th — — — — —
1903–04 BDL 34 14 6 14 51 48 34 10th IntR — — — —
1904–05 BDL 34 10 4 20 42 63 24 16th — — — — —
1905–06 BDL 34 15 3 16 57 84 33 10th — — — — —
1906–07 BDL 34 7 5 22 61 106 19 18th — — — — —
1907–08 BDL 34 16 7 11 67 65 39 5th — — — — —
1908–09 BDL 34 11 13 10 51 48 35 6th — — — — —
1909–10 BDL 34 13 5 16 48 63 31 11th R1 — — — —
1910–11 BDL 34 14 4 16 61 74 32 11th QR5 — — — —
1911–12 BDL 34 9 3 22 44 76 21 17th — — — — —
1912–13 BDL 34 14 5 15 59 50 33 10th QR5 — — — —
1913–14 BDL 34 21 5 8 76 48 47 2nd — — — — —
1914–15 BDL 34 12 6 16 62 69 30 12th QR6 — — — —
1915–19 No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20 BDL 34 14 2 18 59 95 30 14th — — — — —
1920–21 BDL 34 17 4 13 69 55 38 6th — — — — —
1921–22 BDL 34 14 12 8 71 54 40 5th — — — — —
1922–23 BDL 34 23 4 7 82 41 50 1st — — — — —
1923–24 BDL 34 21 3 10 78 43 45 2nd — — — — —
1924–25 BDL 34 16 5 13 75 46 37 9th — — — — —
1925–26 BDL 34 17 4 13 76 59 38 5th QR3 — — — —
1926–27 BDL 34 13 4 17 73 79 30 13th — — — — —
1927–28 BDL 34 20 4 10 119 71 44 4th — — — — —
1928–29 BDL 34 18 3 12 97 69 41 5th — — — — —
1929–30 BDL 34 19 4 11 78 55 42 4th — — — — —
1930–31 BDL 34 14 5 15 76 79 33 9th — — — Welsh Cup RU
1931–32 BDL 34 13 7 14 64 82 33 10th — — — — —
1932–33 BDL 34 15 6 13 70 62 36 8th — — — — —
1933–34 BDL 38 18 6 14 89 77 42 10th — — — — —
1934–35 BDL 36 21 6 9 81 43 48 4th — — — Welsh Cup SF
1935–36 BDL 38 26 1 11 124 70 53 3rd — — — Welsh Cup SF
1936–37 BDL 36 23 4 9 133 64 50 2nd — — — — —
1937–38 Midland 42 25 9 8 111 50 59 1st — — — Welsh Cup W
1938–39 Midland 42 25 5 12 125 65 55 3rd QR4 — — — —
1939–45 No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46 Midland 36 26 6 4 133 43 58 1st R2 — — — —
1946–47 Midland 42 25 4 13 117 77 54 6th QR4 — — — —
1947–48 Midland 42 28 6 8 98 51 62 1st R2 — — Welsh Cup RU
1948–49 Midland 42 19 7 16 82 70 45 8th QR4 — — — —
1949–50 Midland 46 19 11 16 96 86 49 10th QR4 — — — —
1950–51 Div 3N 46 15 7 24 43 74 37 20th PR — — — —
1951–52 Div 3S 46 13 10 23 62 86 36 20th R1 — — — —
1952–53 Div 3S 46 12 12 22 68 91 36 23rd R4 — — — —
1953–54 Div 3S 46 14 12 20 65 76 40 21st R1 — — — —
1954–55 Div 3S 46 16 10 20 70 78 42 16th R1 — — — —
1955–56 Div 3S 46 17 12 17 69 66 46 13th R2 — — — —
1956–57 Div 3S 46 15 18 13 72 79 48 9th R1 — — — —
1957–58 Div 3S 46 15 10 21 49 71 40 17th R1 — — — —
1958–59 Div 4 46 24 10 12 101 63 58 4th promoted R2 — — — —
1959–60 Div 3 46 18 16 12 97 75 52 3rd R1 — — — —
1960–61 Div 3 46 15 16 15 83 75 46 10th R3 SF — — —
1961–62 Div 3 46 13 12 21 73 84 38 19th R4 R2 — — —
1962–63 Div 3 46 16 12 18 83 81 44 15th R3 R2 — — —
1963–64 Div 3 46 18 11 17 73 80 47 11th R1 R1 — — —
1964–65 Div 3 46 15 12 19 76 84 42 16th R5 R2 — — —
1965–66 Div 3 46 19 11 16 73 64 49 10th R5 R3 — — —
1966–67 Div 3 46 20 12 14 77 62 52 6th R3 R2 — — —
1967–68 Div 3 46 20 15 11 61 49 55 3rd R3 R1 — — —
1968–69 Div 3 46 16 11 19 51 67 43 17th R1 R1 — — —
1969–70 Div 3 46 13 18 15 62 63 44 15th R2 R2 — — —
1970–71 Div 3 46 16 13 17 58 62 45 13th R2 R1 — — —
1971–72 Div 3 46 17 10 19 73 65 44 12th R3 R2 — — —
1972–73 Div 3 46 15 14 17 46 54 44 15th R2 R1 — — —
1973–74 Div 3 46 10 11 25 41 62 31 22nd relegated R1 R1 — Welsh Cup SF
1974–75 Div 4 46 26 10 10 80 43 62 2nd promoted R1 R1 — Welsh Cup SF
1975–76 Div 3 46 19 10 17 61 59 48 9th R3 R2 — Welsh Cup SF
1976–77 Div 3 46 18 11 17 65 59 47 10th R3 R1 — Welsh Cup W
1977–78 Div 3 46 16 15 15 63 57 47 11th R3 R1 — Welsh Cup SF
1978–79 Div 3 46 21 19 6 61 41 61 1st promoted QF R1 — Welsh Cup W
1979–80 Div 2 42 18 5 19 60 53 41 13th R3 R2 — Welsh Cup RU
1980–81 Div 2 42 11 17 14 46 47 39 14th R4 R2 — Welsh Cup QF
1981–82 Div 2 42 11 13 18 37 57 46 18th QF R2 — Welsh Cup QF
1982–83 Div 2 42 15 14 13 48 48 59 9th R4 R2 — — —
1983–84 Div 2 42 17 10 15 49 53 61 8th R5 R3 — Welsh Cup W
1984–85 Div 2 42 18 11 13 66 53 65 8th R3 R2 — Welsh Cup W
1985–86 Div 2 42 13 10 19 50 64 49 19th R3 R3 — — —
1986–87 Div 2 42 15 6 21 41 53 51 18th R3 QF — — —
1987–88 Div 2 44 11 16 17 42 54 49 18th R4 R2 — — —
1988–89 Div 2 46 8 18 20 40 67 42 22nd relegated R3 R1 — — —
1989–90 Div 3 46 16 15 15 59 54 63 11th R1 R2 R1 — —
1990–91 Div 3 46 14 10 22 61 68 52 18th R5 R2 PR — —
1991–92 Div 3 46 12 11 23 53 68 47 22nd relegated R1 R2 R1 — —
1992–93 [A]Div 3[upper-alpha 1] 42 17 11 14 57 52 62 9th R2 R1 R1 — —
1993–94 Div 3 42 22 13 7 63 39 79 1st promoted R2 R3 R1 — —
1994–95 Div 2 46 13 14 19 54 62 53 18th R1 R1 SF — —
1995–96 Div 2 46 13 14 19 58 70 53 18th R4 R2 RU — —
1996–97 Div 2 46 11 13 22 49 74 46 22nd relegated R1 R1 SF — —
1997–98 Div 3 46 16 13 17 61 62 61 13th R1 R1 R1 — —
1998–99 Div 3 46 14 14 18 53 63 56 15th R1 R1 R1 — —
1999–2000 Div 3 46 9 13 24 40 67 40 22nd R2 R1 R1 — —
2000–01 Div 3 46 15 10 21 49 65 55 15th R1 R1 R2 — —
2001–02 Div 3 46 20 10 16 64 53 70 9th R1 R1 R1 — —
2002–03 Div 3 46 9 14 23 62 92 41 24th relegated R4 R1 ARU — —
2003–04 Conf 42 20 14 8 67 42 74 3rd promoted R1 — R1 FA Trophy
Play-offs
QF
2004–05 Lge 2 46 11 16 19 48 53 49 21st R1 R1 R2 — —
2005–06 Lge 2 46 16 13 17 55 55 61 10th R2 R2 R1 — —
2006–07 Lge 2 46 18 17 11 68 46 71 7th R1 R1 SF Play-offs RU
2007–08 Lge 2 46 12 14 20 56 65 50 18th R1 R2 R1 — —
2008–09 Lge 2 46 17 18 11 61 44 69 7th R1 R1 SF Play-offs RU
2009–10 Lge 2 46 17 12 17 55 54 63 12th R1 R1 R2 — —
2010–11 Lge 2 46 22 13 11 72 49 79 4th R1 R2 R2 Play-offs SF
2011–12 Lge 2 46 26 10 10 66 41 88 2nd promoted R3 R3 R1 — —
2012–13 Lge 1 46 13 16 17 54 60 55 16th R1 R1 R2 — —
2013–14 Lge 1 46 9 15 22 44 65 42 23rd relegated R1 R1 R1 — —
2014–15 Lge 2 46 27 8 11 67 31 89 2nd promoted R2 R4 R1 — —
2015–16 Lge 1 46 13 11 22 58 79 50 20th R5 R2 R2 — —

Notes

  1. ↑ The Fourth Division was renamed Division Three after the teams in the First Division broke away from The Football League to form the FA Premier League.[6]

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "SHREWSBURY TOWN". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "First-Team Honours Throughout History". shrewsburytown.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Shrewsbury 2-3 Carlisle". BBC Online. 29 April 2003. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Shrews secure promotion". BBC Online. 16 May 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Dathan, Matt (26 April 2013). "What happened to the sides that fell out of the Football League?". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "History of the Football League". The Football League. 22 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013.
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