List of Walsall F.C. seasons

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The Walsall team of 1893

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 below details the club's achievements in all national competitions, and records their average attendance and top goalscorer, for each completed league season.

Key

Seasons

Season Tier Division P W D L F A Pts Pos FA
Cup		 League
Cup		 FL
Trophy		 Average
Attendance[1]		 Name Goals
League Top Goalscorer[2]
1888–89 – Midland Association 14 8 2 4 28 32 18 3rd R2[3] – – 1,643 Sammy Holmes 7
1889–90 – Football Alliance 22 8 3 11 44 59 19 9th 4Q – – 2,100 Sammy Holmes 12
1890–91 – Football Alliance 22 9 3 10 34 61 21 7th 4Q – – 3,090 Sammy Holmes 11
1891–92 – Football Alliance 22 6 3 13 33 59 15 11th 2Q – – 2,636 Sammy Holmes 9
1892–93 2 Division 2 22 5 3 14 37 75 13 12th 3Q – – 1,310 Sammy Holmes,
Norman Forsyth,
Joe Turner		 7
1893–94 2 Division 2 28 10 3 15 51 61 23 10th 3Q – – 3,100 Walt McWhinnie 11
1894–95 2 Division 2 30 10 0 20 47 92 20 14th 1Q – – 2,200 Will Devey 7
1895–96 – Midland League 28 17 6 5 91 47 40 3rd 3Q – – 1,736 David Copeland 21
1896–97 2 Division 2 30 11 4 15 53 69 26 12th 4Q – – 3,950 Alf Griffin 12
1897–98 2 Division 2 30 12 5 13 58 58 29 10th R1 – – 2,900 George Johnson,
Jack Aston		 12
1898–99 2 Division 2 34 15 12 7 79 36 42 6th 3Q – – 3,710 Jack Aston,
Tommy Vail		 16
1899–1900 2 Division 2 34 12 8 14 50 55 32 12th R1 – – 3,200 Jim Moffatt 13
1900–01 2 Division 2 34 7 13 14 40 56 27 16th IR – – 3,015 Alfred Dean 11
1901–02 – Midland League 28 14 7 7 51 37 35 5th R2 – – 1,750 Alf Green 12
1902–03 – Midland League 32 12 7 13 52 48 31 9th 2Q – – 1,450 Reg Bastock,
Hargreaves		 8
1903–04 – B'ham DL 34 11 7 16 45 65 29 13th 5Q – – 1,306 Laurie Pember 10
1904–05 – B'ham DL 34 11 6 17 44 77 28 14th Q2 – – 1,318 Jimmy Ellard 9
1905–06 – B'ham DL 34 7 6 21 42 89 20 16th 4Q – – 1,741 Tommy Holt 13
1906–07 – B'ham DL 34 14 4 16 58 79 32 13th 1Q – – 1,820 Alfred Hunt 14
1907–08 – B'ham DL 34 15 3 16 67 72 33 10th 1Q – – 2,550 Gilbert Bytheway 16
1908–09 – B'ham DL 34 10 8 16 47 56 28 15th 1Q – – 2,835 Sid Francis 12
1909–10 – B'ham DL 34 18 7 9 66 44 43 5th PR – – 3,294 Billy Caddick 18
1910–11 – B'ham DL 34 20 6 8 60 44 46 3rd 1Q – – 2,959 Hubert Parsonage 13
– SL Division 2 22 7 4 11 37 41 18 9th Houlston 7
1911–12 – B'ham DL 34 17 7 10 56 34 41 4th R1 – – 2,640 W. Robinson 15
– SL Division 2 25 13 1 11 44 41 27 6th W. Freeman 10
1912–13 – B'ham DL 34 15 5 14 60 54 35 7th 5Q – – 2,356 Amos Baddeley 16
1913–14 – B'ham DL 34 13 8 13 48 61 34 10th 1Q – – 2,582 C. Crossley 16
1914–15 – B'ham DL 34 21 5 8 66 44 47 3rd 5Q – – 2,494 Arthur Campey 20
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 – B'ham DL 34 11 6 17 53 62 28 16th 5Q – – 3,673 Jack Radford 12
1920–21 – B'ham DL 34 18 6 10 68 47 42 5th 1Q – – 7,512 Ernie Edwards 21
1921–22 3 Division 3 (N) 38 18 3 17 66 65 39 8th R1 – – 7,400 Paddy Reid 21
1922–23 3 Division 3 (N) 38 19 8 11 51 44 46 3rd 6Q – – 6,440 Teddy Groves 13
1923–24 3 Division 3 (N) 42 14 8 20 44 59 36 17th 6Q – – 5,075 Teddy Groves 11
1924–25 3 Division 3 (N) 42 13 11 18 44 53 37 19th 5Q – – 4,810 Fred Burrill 14
1925–26 3 Division 3 (N) 42 10 6 26 58 107 26 21st R1 – – 3,368 Harry Crockford 17
1926–27 3 Division 3 (N) 42 14 10 18 68 81 38 14th R3 – – 4,728 Bert White 24
1927–28 3 Division 3 (S) 42 12 9 21 75 101 33 18th R1 – – 6,580 Moses Lane 36
1928–29 3 Division 3 (S) 42 13 12 17 73 79 38 14th R3 – – 6,527 Moses Lane 15
1929–30 3 Division 3 (S) 42 13 8 21 71 78 34 17th R4 – – 5,607 Albert Walters 25
1930–31 3 Division 3 (S) 42 14 9 19 78 95 37 17th R3 – – 5,091 Johnny Eyres 16
1931–32 3 Division 3 (N) 40 16 3 21 57 85 35 16th R1 – – 3,490 Gilbert Alsop 15
1932–33 3 Division 3 (N) 42 19 10 13 75 58 48 5th R4 – – 5,279 Gilbert Alsop 28
1933–34 3 Division 3 (N) 42 23 7 12 97 60 53 4th R2 – – 6,228 Gilbert Alsop 39
1934–35 3 Division 3 (N) 42 13 10 19 81 72 36 14th R3 – – 5,645 Gilbert Alsop 39
1935–36 3 Division 3 (N) 42 16 9 17 79 59 41 10th R3 – – 6,551 Bill Evans 24
1936–37 3 Division 3 (S) 42 13 10 19 63 85 36 17th R4 – – 5,672 Bill Evans 15
1937–38 3 Division 3 (S) 42 11 7 24 52 88 29 21st R2 – – 4,564 Bill Evans 9
1938–39 3 Division 3 (S) 42 11 11 20 68 69 33 21st R5 – – 7,364 Gilbert Alsop 23
1939–40[4] 3 Division 3 (S) 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[5] R1 – – – – –
1946–47 3 Division 3 (S) 42 17 12 13 74 59 46 5th R3 – – 11,173 Dennis Wilshaw 18
1947–48 3 Division 3 (S) 42 21 9 12 70 40 51 3rd R3 – – 15,711 Dave Massart 23
1948–49 3 Division 3 (S) 42 15 8 19 56 64 38 14th R4 – – 10,772 Phil Chapman 25
1949–50 3 Division 3 (S) 42 9 16 17 61 62 34 19th R1 – – 10,099 Johnny Devlin 22
1950–51 3 Division 3 (S) 46 15 10 21 52 62 40 15th R1 – – 8,788 Don Dearson,
Jack Winter		 10
1951–52 3 Division 3 (S) 46 13 5 28 55 94 31 24th R1 – – 7,084 Billy O'Neill,
Hugh Evans		 12
1952–53 3 Division 3 (S) 46 7 10 29 56 118 24 24th R1 – – 5,992 Jack Bridgett 10
1953–54 3 Division 3 (S) 46 9 8 29 40 87 26 24th R3 – – 9,278 Fred Morris,
George Dean		 10
1954–55 3 Division 3 (S) 46 10 14 22 75 86 34 23rd R3 – – 11,201 Tony Richards 22
1955–56 3 Division 3 (S) 46 15 8 23 68 84 38 20th R3 – – 12,644 Tony Richards 15
1956–57 3 Division 3 (S) 46 16 12 18 80 74 44 15th R1 – – 11,347 Don Dorman 18
1957–58 3 Division 3 (S) 46 14 9 23 61 75 37 20th R1 – – 8,802 Tony Richards 21
1958–59 4 Division 4 46 21 10 15 95 64 52 6th R1 – – 9,050 Tony Richards 28
1959–60 4 Division 4 46 28 9 9 102 60 65 1st ↑ R2 – – 11,157 Tony Richards 24
1960–61 3 Division 3 46 28 6 12 98 60 62 2nd ↑ R1 R2[6] – 10,827 Tony Richards 36
1961–62 2 Division 2 42 14 11 17 70 75 39 14th R4 R2 – 12,703 Colin Taylor 17
1962–63 2 Division 2 42 11 9 22 53 89 31 21st ↓ R3 R2 – 9,824 Colin Taylor 10
1963–64 3 Division 3 46 13 14 19 59 76 40 19th R1 R3 – 7,308 Graham Matthews 15
1964–65 3 Division 3 46 15 7 24 55 80 37 19th R1 R1 – 6,754 Allan Clarke 23
1965–66 3 Division 3 46 20 10 16 77 64 50 9th R4 R2 – 9,297 Allan Clarke 18
1966–67 3 Division 3 46 18 10 18 65 72 46 12th R3 R4 – 8,594 Colin Taylor,
Alan Baker		 13
1967–68 3 Division 3 46 19 12 15 74 61 50 7th R4 R2 – 9,119 Colin Taylor,
Jimmy Murray		 11
1968–69 3 Division 3 46 14 16 16 50 49 44 13th R3 R2 – 5,867 Dave Wilson,
Geoff Morris		 9
1969–70 3 Division 3 46 17 12 17 54 67 46 12th R3 R1 – 5,428 Colin Taylor 9
1970–71 3 Division 3 46 14 11 21 51 57 39 20th R2 R2 – 5,212 Colin Taylor 13
1971–72 3 Division 3 46 15 18 13 62 57 48 9th R4 R1 – 5,445 Geoff Morris 11
1972–73 3 Division 3 46 18 7 21 56 66 43 17th R2 R1 – 4,803 Chris Jones 11
1973–74 3 Division 3 46 16 13 17 57 48 45 15th R2 R2 – 4,789 Alan Buckley 21
1974–75 3 Division 3 46 18 13 15 67 52 49 8th R5 R1 – 6,268 Alan Buckley 21
1975–76 3 Division 3 46 18 14 14 74 61 50 7th R1 R1 – 5,618 Alan Buckley 34
1976–77 3 Division 3 46 13 15 18 57 65 41 15th R3 R2 – 5,498 Alan Buckley 20
1977–78 3 Division 3 46 18 17 11 61 50 53 6th R5 R3 – 5,317 Alan Buckley 24
1978–79 3 Division 3 46 10 12 24 56 71 32 22nd ↓ R1 R2 – 4,047 Terry Austin 13
1979–80 4 Division 4 46 23 18 5 75 47 64 2nd ↑ R2 R1 – 5,549 Don Penn 25
1980–81 3 Division 3 46 13 15 18 59 74 41 20th R2 R1 – 4,265 Alan Buckley 11
1981–82 3 Division 3 46 13 14 19 51 55 53 20th R2 R1 – 3,744 Don Penn 14
1982–83 3 Division 3 46 17 13 16 64 63 64 10th R3 R1 – 3,243 Alan Buckley 13
1983–84 3 Division 3 46 22 9 15 68 61 75 6th R1 SF AR2[7] 5,017 Ally Brown 13
1984–85 3 Division 3 46 18 13 15 58 52 67 11th R3 R3 AQF 4,812 Richard O'Kelly 16
1985–86 3 Division 3 46 22 9 15 90 64 75 6th R3 R2 PR 4,891 Nicky Cross 21
1986–87 3 Division 3 46 22 9 15 80 67 75 8th R5 R2 AR1 5,313 David Kelly 23
1987–88 3 Division 3 46 23 13 10 68 50 82 3rd ↑ R2 R2 AR1 5,598 David Kelly 20
1988–89 2 Division 2 46 5 16 25 41 80 31 24th ↓ R3 R2 – 6,108 Stuart Rimmer 8
1989–90 3 Division 3 46 9 14 23 40 72 41 24th ↓ R3 R1 ASF 4,077 Stuart Rimmer 10
1990–91 4 Division 4 46 12 17 17 48 51 53 16th R2 R2 AR1 4,149 Stuart Rimmer 13
1991–92 4 Division 4 42 12 13 17 48 58 49 15th R1 R1 AQF 3,367 Rod McDonald 17
1992–93 4 Division 3 42 22 7 13 76 61 73 5th R1 R2 AR2 3,628 Wayne Clarke 21
1993–94 4 Division 3 42 17 9 16 48 53 60 10th R2 R1 AR1 4,237 Kyle Lightbourne 7
1994–95 4 Division 3 42 24 11 7 75 40 83 2nd ↑ R3 R2 AR1 4,071 Kyle Lightbourne 23
1995–96 3 Division 2 46 19 12 15 60 45 69 11th R4 R1 AR2 3,982 Kyle Lightbourne,
Kevin Wilson		 15
1996–97 3 Division 2 46 19 10 17 54 53 67 12th R2 R1 AR2 3,892 Kyle Lightbourne 20
1997–98 3 Division 2 46 14 12 20 43 52 54 19th R4 R4 AF 4,062 Roger Boli 12
1998–99 3 Division 2 46 26 9 11 63 47 87 2nd ↑ R2 R1 AF 5,457 Andy Rammell 18
1999–2000 2 Division 1 46 11 13 22 52 77 46 22nd ↓ R3 R2 – 6,779 Michael Ricketts 11
2000–01 3 Division 2 46 23 12 11 79 50 81 4th ↑ R3 R2 AQF 5,632 Jorge Leitão 18
2001–02 2 Division 1 46 13 12 21 51 71 51 18th R5 R2 – 6,832 Jorge Leitão 8
2002–03 2 Division 1 46 15 9 22 57 69 54 17th R5 R3 – 6,978 José Júnior 15
2003–04 2 Division 1 46 13 12 21 45 65 51 22nd ↓ R3 R2 – 7,853 Jorge Leitão 7
2004–05 3 League 1 46 16 12 18 65 69 60 14th R1 R1 AQF 6,108 Matty Fryatt 15
2005–06 3 League 1 46 11 14 21 47 70 47 24th ↓ R4 R1 ASF 5,392 Matty Fryatt 11
2006–07 4 League 2 46 25 14 7 66 34 89 1st ↑ R1 R2 AR1 5,716 Dean Keates 13
2007–08 3 League 1 46 16 16 14 52 46 64 12th R3 R1 AR1 5,620 Tommy Mooney 11
2008–09 3 League 1 46 17 10 19 61 66 61 13th R1 R1 AQF 4,572 Michael Ricketts 12
2009–10 3 League 1 46 16 14 16 60 63 62 10th R2 R1 AR1 4,029 Troy Deeney 14
2010–11 3 League 1 46 12 12 22 56 75 48 20th R2 R1 AR1 3,846 Julian Gray 10
2011–12 3 League 1 46 10 20 16 51 57 50 19th R2 R1 AR2 4,274 Jon Macken,
Alex Nicholls		 7
2012–13 3 League 1 46 17 17 12 65 58 68 9th R1 R2 AR2 4,234 Will Grigg 19
2013–14 3 League 1 46 14 16 16 49 49 58 13th R2 R2 AR1 4,807 Craig Westcarr 14
2014–15 3 League 1 46 14 17 15 50 54 59 14th R1 R2 F 4,392 Tom Bradshaw 17
2015–16 3 League 1 46 24 12 10 71 49 84 3rd R4 R3 AR1 5,382 Tom Bradshaw 17

Overall

  • Seasons spent at Tier 1 of the football league system: 0
  • Seasons spent at Tier 2 of the football league system: 15
  • Seasons spent at Tier 3 of the football league system: 72
  • Seasons spent at Tier 4 of the football league system: 9


Footnotes

  1. ↑ Average Attendance taken from league matches only.
  2. ↑ Top Goalscorer statistics include goals scored in league matches only.
  3. ↑ Walsall have competed in the FA Cup every season since their formation in 1888.
  4. ↑ 1939–40 season was abandoned after 3 league matches due to the Second World War and all results were annulled.
  5. ↑ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
  6. ↑ Football League Cup introduced in 1960.
  7. ↑ Football League Trophy introduced for third and fourth tier teams in 1983.

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