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List of Aldershot F.C. seasons

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Aldershot Football Club, a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, was founded in 1926 and dissolved in 1992. They were elected to play in the Southern Football League for the 1927–28 season. After five seasons in the Southern League, Aldershot were elected to play in the Football League in 1932 and were placed in the Third Division South. In their first season in the Football League the team reached the fifth round of the 1932–33 FA Cup, which is the joint-furthest the club have reached in the competition along with the 1978–79 edition. Aldershot played in the Third Division South until the 1958–59 season, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on league reorganisation. They won the first promotion in their history in the 1972–73 season, after finishing fourth in the Fourth Division. They were relegated from the Third Division after three seasons in 1976. Their final promotion came in 1987 when they won the Football League Fourth Division play-off final, but were relegated two years later finishing bottom of the 1988–89 Football League Third Division. In 1992 the club were dissolved after bankruptcy and their record for the 1991–92 season was expunged, in response to the bankruptcy a group of supporters set up a new club, Aldershot Town.

Key

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Seasons

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Season League FA Cup League
Cup
[a]
Other Top league scorer(s)
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Player(s) Goals
1927–28[1] Southern League 34 17 5 12 85 66 39 7th R2 N/A
1928–29[2] Southern League 36 18 5 13 68 52 41 6th QR2
1929–30[3] Southern League 32 21 6 5 84 39 48 1st R1
1930–31[4] Southern League 16 10 3 3 50 28 23 2nd R3 London Combination W
1931–32[5] Southern League 18 3 5 10 17 30 11 9th R2 London Combination 6th
1932–33[6] Division 3S[b] 42 13 10 19 61 72 36 17th R5 Fred Gamble 15
1933–34[7] Division 3S 42 13 12 17 52 71 38 14th R3 Third Division South Cup R3 John Nicol 11
1934–35[8] Division 3S 42 13 10 19 50 75 36 18th R3 Third Division South Cup R2 Jack Oakes 16
1935–36[9] Division 3S 42 14 12 16 53 61 38 11th R1 Third Division South Cup R2 Bert Lutterloch
Len Williams
13
1936–37[10] Division 3S 42 7 9 26 50 89 23 22nd R1 Third Division South Cup R2 Cecil Ray 13
1937–38[11] Division 3S 42 15 5 22 39 59 35 18th R3 Third Division South Cup R1 Harry Egan 13
1938–39[12] Division 3S 42 16 12 14 53 66 44 10th R2 Third Division South Cup R2 Cecil Ray 22
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46 N/A[c] R4[d] N/A N/A
1946–47[13] Division 3S 42 10 12 20 48 78 32 20th R2 H Brooks 14
1947–48[14] Division 3S 42 10 15 17 45 67 35 19th R2 RG Hood
J White
8
1948–49[15] Division 3S 42 11 11 20 48 59 33 21st R3 F Rawcliffe 14
1949–50[16] Division 3S 42 13 8 21 48 60 34 20th R1 CT Mortimore 15
1950–51[17] Division 3S 46 15 10 21 56 88 40 18th R3 K Flint 11
1951–52[18] Division 3S 46 18 8 20 78 89 44 12th R2 RR Raine 13
1952–53[19] Division 3S 46 12 15 19 61 77 39 19th R1 N Menzies 14
1953–54[20] Division 3S 46 17 9 20 74 86 39 17th R2 ABR McCulloch 19
1954–55 Division 3S 46 16 13 17 75 71 45 14th R2
1955–56 Division 3S 46 12 16 18 70 90 40 15th R3
1956–57 Division 3S 46 15 12 19 79 92 42 19th R1
1957–58 Division 3S 46 12 16 18 59 89 40 18th R3
1958–59 Division 4[e] 46 14 7 25 63 97 35 22nd R1
1959–60 Division 4 46 18 9 19 77 74 45 13th R1
1960–61 Division 4 46 18 9 19 79 69 45 10th R4 R2
1961–62 Division 4 44 22 5 17 81 60 49 7th R2 R1
1962–63 Division 4 46 15 17 14 73 69 47 11th R2 R2
1963–64 Division 4 46 19 10 17 83 78 48 9th R4 R2
1964–65 Division 4 46 15 7 24 64 84 37 18th R2 R1
1965–66 Division 4 46 15 10 21 75 84 40 17th R2 R2
1966–67 Division 4 46 18 12 16 72 57 48 10th R3 R2
1967–68 Division 4 46 18 17 11 70 55 53 9th R1 R1
1968–69 Division 4 46 19 7 20 66 66 45 15th R1 R1
1969–70 Division 4 46 20 13 13 78 65 53 6th R4 R1
1970–71 Division 4 46 14 17 15 66 71 45 13th R3 R2 Watney Cup R1
1971–72 Division 4 46 9 22 15 48 54 40 17th R2 R2
1972–73 Division 4 ↑ 46 22 12 12 60 38 56 4th R2 R1
1973–74 Division 3 46 19 11 16 65 52 49 8th R2 R1
1974–75 Division 3 46 14 11 21 53 63 38[f] 20th R1 R1
1975–76 Division 3 ↓ 46 13 13 20 59 75 39 21st R3 R1
1976–77 Division 4 46 16 11 19 49 59 43 17th R1 R1
1977–78 Division 4 46 19 16 11 67 47 55 5th R1 R1
1978–79 Division 4 46 20 17 9 63 47 57 5th R5 R1 John Dungworth 26
1979–80 Division 4 46 16 13 17 62 53 45 10th R3 R1
1980–81 Division 4 46 18 14 14 43 41 50 6th R1 R1
1981–82 Division 4 46 13 15 18 57 68 54 16th R2 R2 Football League Group Cup R1
1982–83 Division 4 46 12 15 19 61 82 51 18th R3 R1 Football League Trophy R1
1983–84 Division 4 46 22 9 15 76 69 75 5th R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1984–85 Division 4 46 17 8 21 56 63 59 13th R2 R3 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1985–86 Division 4 46 17 7 22 66 74 58 16th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)
1986–87 Division 4 ↑ 46 20 10 16 64 57 70 6th[g] R4 R1 Associate Members' Cup F(S)
1987–88 Division 3 46 15 8 23 64 74 53 20th R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup QF(S)
1988–89 Division 3 ↓ 46 8 13 25 48 78 37 24th R2 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)
1989–90 Division 4 46 12 14 20 49 69 50 22nd R1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1990–91 Division 4 46 10 11 25 61 101 41 23rd R3 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(S)
1991–92 Division 4 N/A[h] R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Football League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ Aldershot were elected to the Football League Third Division South for the 1932–33 season.
  3. ^ The FA Cup returned this season but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  4. ^ From the first round to the sixth round of the 1945–46 FA Cup, matches were played over two legs.
  5. ^ Aldershot were placed in the Football League Fourth Division on League reorganisation.
  6. ^ Aldershot were deducted one point for fielding an illegible player.
  7. ^ Promoted to the Football League Third Division via the play-offs, beating Bolton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-final and Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 on aggregate in the final.
  8. ^ Aldershot were expelled from the Football League but were re-founded as Aldershot Town.

References

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  1. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 76. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
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  3. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 78. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
  4. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 79. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
  5. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 80. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
  6. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 11. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
  7. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 12. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
  8. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 13. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
  9. ^ Elliott, Mark (1997). The Definitive Aldershot F.C. unknown. p. 14. ISBN 1-899468-08-0.
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