List of Walsall F.C. seasons

Walsall Football Club was formed in 1888 when Walsall Town and Walsall Swifts amalgamated. They joined the Football League in 1892, as founder members of the new Second Division. The table details the club's achievements in all national first team competitions, and records their top goalscorer, for each completed season.

Contents

Seasons

Season League FA Cup League
Cup		 Other Top goalscorer
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals
1886–87 n/a R3
1887–88 n/a ?
1888–89 n/a R2
1889–90 All 22 8 3 11 44 59 19 9th 4Q
1890–91 All 22 9 3 10 34 61 21 7th 4Q
1891–92 All 22 6 3 13 33 59 15 11th ?
1892–93 Div 2 22 5 3 14 37 75 13 12th ?
1893–94 Div 2 28 10 3 15 51 61 23 10th ?
1894–95 Div 2 30 10 0 20 47 92 20 14th ?
1895–96 ML 28 17 6 5 91 47 40 3rd 3Q
1896–97 Div 2 30 11 4 15 53 69 26 12th 4Q
1897–98 Div 2 30 12 5 13 58 58 29 10th R1
1898–99 Div 2 34 15 12 7 79 36 42 6th ?
1899–1900 Div 2 34 12 8 14 50 55 32 12th R1
1900–01 Div 2 34 7 13 14 40 56 27 16th Int
1901–02 ML 28 14 7 7 51 37 35 5th R2
1902–03 ML 32 12 7 13 52 48 31 9th ?
1903–04 BDL 34 11 7 16 45 65 29 13th 5Q
1904–05 BDL 34 11 6 17 44 77 28 14th ?
1905–06 BDL 34 7 6 21 42 89 20 16th 4Q
1906–07 BDL 34 14 4 16 58 79 32 13th ?
1907–08 BDL 34 15 3 16 67 72 33 10th ?
1908–09 BDL 34 10 8 16 47 56 28 15th ?
1909–10 BDL 34 18 7 9 66 44 43 5th ?
1910–11 BDL 34 20 6 8 60 44 46 3rd ?
SL2 22 7 4 11 37 41 18 9th
1911–12 BDL 34 17 7 10 56 34 41 4th R1
SL2 25 13 1 11 44 41 27 7th
1912–13 BDL 34 15 5 14 60 54 35 7th 5Q
1913–14 BDL 34 13 8 13 48 61 34 10th ?
1914–15 BDL 34 21 5 8 66 44 47 3rd 5Q
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 BDL 34 11 6 17 53 62 28 16th 5Q
1920–21 BDL 34 18 6 10 68 47 42 5th ?
1921–22 Div 3N 38 18 3 17 66 65 39 8th R1
1922–23 Div 3N 38 19 8 11 51 44 46 3rd 6Q
1923–24 Div 3N 42 14 8 20 44 59 36 17th 6Q
1924–25 Div 3N 42 13 11 18 44 53 37 19th 5Q
1925–26 Div 3N 42 10 6 26 58 107 26 21st R1
1926–27 Div 3N 42 14 10 18 68 81 38 14th R3
1927–28 Div 3S 42 12 9 21 75 101 33 18th R1
1928–29 Div 3S 42 13 12 17 73 79 38 14th R3
1929–30 Div 3S 42 13 8 21 71 78 34 17th R4
1930–31 Div 3S 42 14 9 19 78 95 37 17th R3
1931–32 Div 3N 40 16 3 21 57 85 35 16th R1
1932–33 Div 3N 42 19 10 13 75 58 48 5th R4
1933–34 Div 3N 42 23 7 12 97 60 53 4th R2
1934–35 Div 3N 42 13 10 19 81 72 36 14th R3
1935–36 Div 3N 42 16 9 17 79 59 41 10th R3
1936–37 Div 3S 42 13 10 19 63 85 36 17th R4
1937–38 Div 3S 42 11 7 24 52 88 29 21st R2
1938–39 Div 3S 42 11 11 20 68 69 33 21st R5
1939–40[A] Div 3S 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 -
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 n/a[B] R1
1946–47 Div 3S 42 17 12 13 74 59 46 5th R3 Dennis Wilshaw 18
1947–48 Div 3S 42 21 9 12 70 40 51 3rd R3 Dave Massart 23
1948–49 Div 3S 42 15 8 19 56 64 38 14th R4
1949–50 Div 3S 42 9 16 17 61 62 34 19th R1
1950–51 Div 3S 46 15 10 21 52 62 40 15th R1
1951–52 Div 3S 46 13 5 28 55 94 31 24th R1
1952–53 Div 3S 46 7 10 29 56 118 24 24th R1
1953–54 Div 3S 46 9 8 29 40 87 26 24th R3
1954–55 Div 3S 46 10 14 22 75 86 34 23rd R3
1955–56 Div 3S 46 15 8 23 68 84 38 20th R3
1956–57 Div 3S 46 16 12 18 80 74 44 15th R1 Don Dorman 18
1957–58 Div 3S 46 14 9 23 61 75 37 20th R1 Tony Richards 20
1958–59 Div 4 46 21 10 15 95 64 52 6th R1 Tony Richards 28
1959–60 Div 4 46 28 9 9 102 60 65 1st R2 Tony Richards 26
1960–61 Div 3 46 28 6 12 98 60 62 2nd R1 R2 Tony Richards 36
1961–62 Div 2 42 14 11 17 70 75 39 14th R4 R2 Tony Richards 20
1962–63 Div 2 42 11 9 22 53 89 31 21st R3 R2 Colin Taylor 11
1963–64 Div 3 46 13 14 19 59 76 40 19th R1 R3
1964–65 Div 3 46 15 7 24 55 80 37 19th R1 R1 Allan Clarke 23
1965–66 Div 3 46 20 10 16 77 64 50 9th R4 R2 Allan Clarke 23
1966–67 Div 3 46 18 10 18 65 72 46 12th R3 R4 Colin Taylor 19
1967–68 Div 3 46 19 12 15 74 61 50 7th R4 R2 Colin Taylor, Tommy Watson 14
1968–69 Div 3 46 14 16 16 50 49 44 13th R3 R2 Dave Wilson 10
1969–70 Div 3 46 17 12 17 54 67 46 12th R3 R1 Colin Taylor 13
1970–71 Div 3 46 14 11 21 51 57 39 20th R2 R2 Colin Taylor 13
1971–72 Div 3 46 15 18 13 62 57 48 9th R4 R1
1972–73 Div 3 46 18 7 21 56 66 43 17th R2 R1
1973–74 Div 3 46 16 13 17 57 48 45 15th R2 R2
1974–75 Div 3 46 18 13 15 67 52 49 8th R5 R1
1975–76 Div 3 46 18 14 14 74 61 50 7th R1 R1
1976–77 Div 3 46 13 15 18 57 65 41 15th R3 R2
1977–78 Div 3 46 18 17 11 61 50 53 6th R5 R3 Alan Buckley 28
1978–79 Div 3 46 10 12 24 56 71 32 22nd R1 R2 Terry Austin 13
1979–80 Div 4 46 23 18 5 75 47 64 2nd R2 R1 Don Penn 26
1980–81 Div 3 46 13 15 18 59 74 41 20th R2 R1 Alan Buckley 13
1981–82 Div 3 46 13 14 19 51 55 53 20th R2 R1 Don Penn 15
1982–83 Div 3 46 17 13 16 64 63 64 10th R3 R1 Alan Buckley 14
1983–84 Div 3 46 22 9 15 68 61 75 6th R1 SF Ally Brown 15
1984–85 Div 3 46 18 13 15 58 52 67 11th R3 R3 Richard O'Kelly 18
1985–86 Div 3 46 22 9 15 90 64 75 6th R3 R2 Nicky Cross 24
1986–87 Div 3 46 22 9 15 80 67 75 8th R5 R2 David Kelly 26
1987–88 Div 3 46 23 13 10 68 50 82 3rd R2 R2 David Kelly 21
1988–89 Div 2 46 5 16 25 41 80 31 24th R3 R2 Stuart Rimmer 8
1989–90 Div 3 46 9 14 23 40 72 41 24th R3 R1 Stuart Rimmer 12
1990–91 Div 4 46 12 17 17 48 51 53 16th R2 R2 Stuart Rimmer 17
1991–92 Div 4 42 12 13 17 48 58 49 15th R1 R1 Rod McDonald 18
1992–93 Div 3 42 22 7 13 76 61 73 5th R1 R2 Wayne Clarke 22
1993–94 Div 3 42 17 9 16 48 53 60 10th R2 R1 Kyle Lightbourne 9
1994–95 Div 3 42 24 11 7 75 40 83 2nd R3 R2 Kyle Lightbourne 27
1995–96 Div 2 46 19 12 15 60 45 69 11th R4 R1 Kyle Lightbourne 18
1996–97 Div 2 46 19 10 17 54 53 67 12th R2 R1
1997–98 Div 2 46 14 12 20 43 52 54 19th R4 R4
1998–99 Div 2 46 26 9 11 63 47 87 2nd R2 R1
1999–2000 Div 1 46 11 13 22 52 77 46 22nd R3 R2
2000–01 Div 2 46 23 12 11 79 50 81 4th R3 R2
2001–02 Div 1 46 13 12 21 51 71 51 18th R5 R2
2002–03 Div 1 46 15 9 22 57 69 54 17th R5 R3 José Júnior 16
2003–04 Div 1 46 13 12 21 45 65 51 22nd R3 R2 Jorge Leitão 9
2004–05 L1 46 16 12 18 65 69 60 14th R1 R1 Matty Fryatt 15
2005–06 L1 46 11 14 21 47 70 47 24th R4 R1 Matty Fryatt 14
2006–07 L2 46 25 14 7 66 34 89 1st R1 R2 Dean Keates 13
2007–08 L1 46 16 16 14 52 46 64 12th R3 R1 Tommy Mooney 12
2008–09 L1 46 17 10 19 61 66 61 13th R1 R1 Football League Trophy QF(S) Michael Ricketts 12

Key

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:

Key to rounds:

  • DNE = Did not enter
  • Grp = Group stage
  • 3Q = 3rd qualifying round
  • 4Q = 4th qualifying round
  • 5Q = 5th qualifying round
  • 6Q = 6th qualifying round
  • Int = Intermediate round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • ASF = Area semi-finals
  • AF = Area final
  • RU = Runners-up
  • WS = Shared
  • W = Winners
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Divisions in bold indicate a change in division.
Players in bold indicate the top scorer in the division that season.

Footnotes

A. ^ Walsall's record is shown as of early September 1939, when the 1939–40 season was abandoned due to the Second World War and all results were annulled.
B. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.

References

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