List of Alfreton Town F.C. seasons explained

Alfreton Town Football Club is an English semi-professional association football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. As of the 2023–24 season they compete in the Conference North, the sixth tier of English football.^[1] The present club was formed in 1959 through the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfreton United,^[2] though a previous incarnation of the team played for two seasons in the Midland Football League and entered the FA Cup five times between 1924 and 1929.^[3] ^[4]

After the clubs re-formation they spent two seasons in Division One North of the Central Alliance before being readmitted to the Midland League.^[2] In 21 seasons Alfreton won the title three times and finished as runners-up on a further three occasions. The league merged with the Yorkshire Football League to form the Northern Counties East Football League in 1982 and it was after five seasons that Alfreton won their first ever promotion, having finished as champions in 1986–87.^[3] ^[5] In 1996 the side won promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division but struggled, lasting only two seasons before suffering back-to-back relegations. After three seasons back in the Northern Counties East League they achieved consecutive promotions, returning to the Northern Premier League Premier Division where they finished fourth, then the club's highest ever league finish. Founding members of the Conference North in 2004, several years of consolidation were followed by consecutive third place finishes and then the league title in 2010–11.^[2] Promotion to the Conference Premier saw the team competing in a national league competition for the first time.

Alfreton first entered the FA Cup in the 1924–25 season and have progressed to the second round proper on two occasions, in 2008–09 and 2012–13. They played in the inaugural edition of the FA Trophy and have appeared in every competition since, barring three seasons in the FA Vase after dropping to Step 5 of the National League System. Since the club's re-formation Alfreton have also taken part in the every staging of the Derbyshire Senior Cup, winning ten times and finishing as runners-up on a further eight occasions.^[6]

Key

Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goals difference
Pts = Points
Position = Position in the final league table
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round
Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
PR = Preliminary round
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners

Seasons

Year	League														Cup competitions					Manager
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Leading league scorer		Average^[7] attendance	FA Cup^[8]		FA Trophy		Derbyshire Cup^[9]
	Division	Name	Goals	Res	Rec	Res	Rec				Position			Average^[7] attendance					Derbyshire Cup^[9]
1921–22	Central Alliance		34	13	2	19	68	78	-10	28	13th of 18	—	—	—	—		—		—
1922–23			32	21	4	7	96	40	+56	46	2nd of 17	—	—	—	—		—		—
1923–24			26	18	5	3	95	31	+64	41	1st of 14	—	—	—	—		—		—
1924–25			20	11	4	5	53	26	+27	26	4th of 11	—	—	—	QR6	—	—		—
1925–26	Midland League		40	17	7	16	99	102	-3	41	9th of 21	—	—	—	QR1	—	—		—
1926–27	Midland League		38	8	5	25	59	143	-84	21	18th of 20	—	—	—	QR3	—	—		—
1927–28			—												QR1	—	—		—
1928–29			—												PR	—	—		—
The club was re-formed through the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfreton United in 1959.
1959–60	Central Alliance One North		34	24	3	7	118	52	+66	51	4th of 18	—	—	—	—		—		SF
1960–61	Central Alliance One North		34	18	3	13	94	60	+34	39	10th of 18	—	—	—	QR2	1-0-1	—		W	Jim Bullions
Club was admitted into the newly re-formed Midland Football League.
1961–62	Midland Football League		34	6	4	24	48	100	-52	16	18th of 18	—	—	—	QR2	1-0-1	—		R3	Jim Bullions
1962–63			38	18	14	6	83	50	+33	50	5th of 20	—	—	—	QR2	1-0-1	—		F
1963–64			42	22	10	10	88	56	+32	54	4th of 22	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	—		SF
1964–65			42	21	8	13	91	67	+24	50	7th of 22	—	—	—	QR1	0-1-1	—		F
1965–66			42	19	7	16	100	87	+13	45	10th of 22	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	—		R3
1966–67			42	20	7	15	77	74	+3	47	8th of 22	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	—		R3
1967–68			40	18	6	16	84	71	+13	42	10th of 21	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	—		SF
1968–69			34	13	13	8	62	46	+16	39	7th of 18	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	—		R3
1969–70			34	30	3	1	119	19	+100	63	1st of 18	—	—	—	R1	4-4-1	QR1	0-1-1	W
1970–71			34	18	6	10	83	39	+44	42	5th of 18	—	—	—	QR2	1-0-1	QR3	2-0-1	SF
1971–72			34	22	5	7	85	39	+46	49	2nd of 18	—	—	—	QR3	2-0-1	QR1	0-0-1	SF
1972–73			34	17	10	7	80	44	+36	44	4th of 18	—	—	—	QR4	3-1-1	QR3	2-0-1	W
1973–74			32	22	5	5	77	37	+40	49	1st of 18	—	—	—	R1	4-2-1	QR3	2-0-0	W
1974–75			34	22	6	6	80	40	+40	50	3rd of 18	—	—	—	QR1	1-1-1	QR1	0-0-1	R2
1975–76	Midland Football League Premier Division		34	19	6	9	76	41	+35	44	4th of 18	—	—	—	QR3	2-2-1	QR2	2-3-1	R2
1976–77			34	24	5	5	79	33	+46	53	1st of 18	—	—	—	QR2	1-0-1	PR	0-0-1	SF
1977–78			32	20	2	10	52	37	+15	42	4th of 17	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-0-1	F
1978–79			36	6	13	17	39	61	-22	25	17th of 19	—	—	—	PR	0-0-1	PR	0-0-1	R1
1979–80			34	11	13	10	45	46	-1	35	10th of 18	—	—	—	QR3	3-1-1	QR1	1-1-1	F
1980–81			34	16	10	8	73	40	+33	42	2nd of 18	—	—	—	QR3	2-0-1	QR1	1-1-1	SF
1981–82			34	20	7	7	64	24	+40	47	2nd of 18	—	—	—	QR2	2-0-1	QR2	2-1-1	W
Midland League megred with Yorkshire Football League and formed new Northern Counties East Football League, club qualified to join the top division.
1982–83	Northern Counties East League Premier Division	8	38	16	3	19	47	55	-8	35	13th of 20	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	PR	0-0-1	SF
1983–84			34	18	6	10	56	32	+24	42	4th of 18	—	—	—	PR	0-0-1	QR3	3-1-1	SF
1984–85			36	20	6	10	69	39	+30	66	4th of 19	—	—	—	QR3	3-2-1	QR3	1-3-2	F
1985–86			38	21	2	15	66	47	+19	65	6th of 20	—	—	—	QR3	2-0-1	QR3	2-1-1	R2
1986–87			36	25	6	5	74	29	+45	81	1st of 19 Promoted	—	—	—	QR1	0-1-1	R1	3-0-1	SF
1987–88	Northern Premier League Division One	7	36	13	8	15	53	54	-1	47	11th of 19	—	—	—	QR3	3-1-1	QR3	2-1-1	F
1988–89			42	8	11	23	44	92	-48	35	20th of 22	—	—	—	PR	0-0-1	QR1	0-1-1	R3
1989–90			42	13	8	21	59	85	-26	47	18th of 22	—	—	—	QR2	2-0-1	QR3	2-1-1	R1
1990–91			42	7	12	23	41	84	-43	33	22nd of 22	—	—	—	PR	0-1-1	QR1	0-0-1	R1
1991–92			42	12	2	28	63	98	-35	38	20th of 22	—	—	—	QR2	2-0-1	QR2	1-0-1	R3
1992–93			40	15	9	16	80	80	0	54	9th of 21	—	—	—	QR1	1-1-1	QR1	0-0-1	F
1993–94			40	18	10	12	83	70	+13	64	6th of 21	—	—	—	QR1	1-0-1	R1	2-0-1	SF
1994–95			42	25	7	10	94	49	+45	82	4th of 22	—	—	—	QR1	1-1-1	QR1	0-0-1	W
1995–96			40	23	9	8	79	47	+32	78	2nd of 21 Promoted	—	—	—	PR	0-0-1	QR2	1-1-1	R4
1996–97	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	44	8	13	23	45	83	-38	37	21st of 23	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	QR1	0-1-1	R3
1997–98	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	42	3	13	26	32	86	-54	22	22nd of 22 Relegated	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	QR2	1-0-1	R4
1998–99	Northern Premier League Division One	7	42	9	8	25	53	86	-33	35	22nd of 22 Relegated	—	—	—	QR1	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1	R4
1999–2000	Northern Counties East League Premier Division	8	38	17	11	10	73	49	+24	62	5th of 20	—	—	—	PR	0-0-1	FA Vase R5	0-0-1	SF
2000–01			38	23	4	11	71	44	+27	73	3rd of 20	Caine Cheetham	24^[10]	—	QR2	2-1-1	FA Vase R2	0-0-1	SF
2001–02			38	27	5	6	94	36	+58	86	1st of 20 Promoted	Mick Godber	20^[11]	—	QR2	1-0-1	FA Vase R2	0-0-1	W	Chris Wilder
2002–03	Northern Premier League Division One	7	42	26	9	7	106	59	+47	87	1st of 22 Promoted	Mick Godber	24^[12]	388	QR1	1-0-1	R4	4-1-1	W	David Lloyd
2003–04	Northern Premier League Premier Division	6	44	23	9	12	73	43	+30	78	4th of 23	Mick Godber	18^[13]	402	QR2	0-0-1	R3	2-2-1	R5	David Lloyd
Conference North, a new sixth tier league created, club qualified to join it.
2004–05	Conference North	6	42	15	8	19	53	55	-2	53	14th of 22	Peter Duffield	21^[14]	398	R1	3-2-1	R4	3-1-1	SF	David Lloyd
2005–06			42	10	15	17	46	58	-12	45	17th of 22	Jon Stevenson	11^[15]	334	QR4	2-2-0	R1	1-1-1	SF	Gary Mills
2006–07			42	14	12	16	44	50	-6	54	14th of 22	—	—	295	QR2	0-1-1	QR3	0-0-1	R3	Gary Mills Marcus Ebdon
2007–08			42	12	11	19	49	54	-5	47	16th of 22	Brian Cusworth	9^[16]	363	QR2	0-1-1	R2	2-1-1	F	Nicky Law
2008–09			42	20	17	5	81	48	+33	77	3rd of 22	Liam Hearn	21^[17]	439	R2	4-1-1	R1	1-0-1	R4
2008–09			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*												R2	4-1-1	R1	1-0-1	R4
2009–10			40	21	11	8	77	45	+32	74	3rd of 21	Paul Clayton Liam Hearn	16^[18]	493	QR3	1-1-1	QR3	0-1-1	R3
2009–10			Lost in the play-off* final.*												QR3	1-1-1	QR3	0-1-1	R3
2010–11			40	29	5	6	97	33	+64	92	1st of 21 Promoted	Liam Hearn	29^[19]	760	QR2	0-1-1	R3	3-2-1	R4
2011–12	Conference Premier	5	46	15	9	22	62	86	-24	54	15th of 24	Nathan Jarman	12^[20]	1,063	R1	1-1-1	R3	2-0-1	R3
2012–13			46	16	12	18	69	74	-5	60	13th of 24	Paul Clayton	17^[21]	747	R2	2-0-1	R1	0-0-1	SF
2013–14			46	21	7	18	69	74	-5	67	11th of 24	John Akinde	17^[22]	805	R1	1-0-1	R1	0-0-1	R3
2014–15			46	12	9	25	49	90	-41	45	21st of 24 Relegated	Karl Hawley	10	804	QR4	0-1-1	R2	1-0-1	QF
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed.
2015–16	National League North	6	42	15	13	14	58	54	+4	58	10th of 22	Sam Jones	13	583	QR4	2-0-1	QR3	0-0-1	W	Nicky Law
2016–17			42	11	9	22	62	95	-33	42	18th of 22	Craig Westcarr	13	547	R1	3-2-1	R2	2-1-1	SF	Nicky Law
2017–18			42	14	7	21	67	71	-4	49	17th of 22	Brendon Daniels	13	577	QR3	1-1-1	QR3	0-0-1	F	John McDermott Chris Moyses
2018–19			42	13	12	17	53	67	-14	51	15th of 22	Reece Styche	11	535	R1	3-1-1	QR3	0-1-1	W	Billy Heath
2019–20			32	12	4	16	48	55	-7	40	13th of 22	Amari Morgan-Smith	15	497	QR2	0-1-1	QR3	0-1-1	QF
2019–20			The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game												QR2	0-1-1	QR3	0-1-1	QF
2020–21			15	2	6	7	15	27	-15	12	21st of 22	Elliott Reeves	5	– ^[23]	QR3	1-0-0	R3	0-0-1	not held
2020–21			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19												QR3	1-0-0	R3	0-0-1	not held
2021–22			42	17	10	15	58	59	-1	61	9th of 22	Matt Rhead	12	536	QR2	2-1-0	R4	2-0-1	not held
2022–23			46	17	18	11	54	44	+10	69	5th of 24	Matt Rhead	13	521	QR2	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1
2022–23			Lost in the play-off quarter-final.												QR2	0-0-1	R2	0-0-1
2023–24			46	23	11	12	76	50	+26	80	5th of 24	Jordan Thewlis	17	568	R2	4-1-1	R2	0-0-1
2023–24			Lost in the play-off quarter-final.												R2	4-1-1	R2	0-0-1

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Notes and References

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Web site: The Club . Alfreton Town F.C . 17 October 2013.
Web site: Alfreton Town . Football Club History Database . 21 October 2013.
Web site: The FA Cup – Past results . The Football Association . 21 October 2013. Previous seasons accessed using the dropdown menu.
Web site: England – Northern Counties (East) League . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 21 October 2013.
Web site: All time – playing records . Alfreton Town F.C . 21 October 2013.
Web site: English attendances archive . EFS . 21 June 2016.
Web site: FA Cup past results . The FA . 24 June 2016.
Web site: All time – playing records . Alfreton Town F.C . 21 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2000–01 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20010701075703/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/appsgoals.htm . 1 July 2001 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2001–02 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20020806085207/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/apps-goals.htm . 6 August 2002 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2002–03 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20030603180349/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/apps-goals.htm . 3 June 2003 . Alfreton Town F.C. . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2003–04 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20070811045822/http://alfretontownfc.com/apps-goals0304.htm . 11 August 2007 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2004–05 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20060115173826/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/appearancesgoals0405a.htm . 15 January 2006 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2005–06 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20070811045822/http://alfretontownfc.com/appearancesgoals0506.htm . 11 August 2007 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2007–08 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509150139/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/appearancesgoals0405.htm . 9 May 2008 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2008–09 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20090730033854/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/appearancesgoals0405.htm . 30 July 2009 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: Appearances & goalscorers for 2009–10 season . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528024706/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/appearancesgoals0405.htm . 28 May 2010 . Alfreton Town F.C . 13 October 2013.
Web site: 2010–11 final appearances and goalscorers . Alfreton Town F.C . 11 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928224554/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/content/2010--11-final-appearances-and-goalscorers-105.htm . 28 September 2013 . dmy-all .
Web site: 2011–12 final appearances and goalscorers . Alfreton Town F.C . 11 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928224653/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/content/2011--12-final-appearances-and-goalscorers-142.htm . 28 September 2013 . dmy-all .
Web site: 2012–13 final appearances and goalscorers . Alfreton Town F.C . 11 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928224657/http://www.alfretontownfc.com/content/2012--13-final-appearances-and-goalscorers-184.htm . 28 September 2013 .
Web site: 2013–14 final appearances and goalscorers . Alfreton Town F.C . 27 April 2014.
COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games