List of Eastbourne Borough F.C. seasons explained

This is a list of English football seasons played by Langney Sports (1983 until 2001) and Eastbourne Borough Football Club from 2001 to the present day. Their early years (1964–1983) which were spent playing amateur and intermediate football are not included.

Eastbourne Borough Football Club is an English association football club based in Langney, Eastbourne. The club was founded in 1964 as Langney F.C and joined Division Two of the Eastbourne & District Football League. In 1968, the club changed its name to Langney Sports F.C. which is reflected in the club's nickname "The Sports". They spent their early years playing in the Eastbourne & District Football League and the Eastbourne & Hastings League, before becoming a founding member of the Sussex County League Division Three in 1983. The club moved to Priory Lane in the same year and was renamed Eastbourne Borough F.C. in 2001.^[1]

The years 1983–2000 were spent in the County League, before the club climbed the football pyramid under Garry Wilson reaching the Conference National in the space of nine seasons. They were relegated back to the Conference South in 2011. The club has won the Sussex Senior Cup three times, has reached the FA Cup first round on five occasions and the FA Trophy third round on six occasions.

Season	∆	League										FA Cup	FA Trophy	FA Vase	Other competitions	Average home attendance ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]	Top scorer^[5]	References
		Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
1983	Joined Joined Sussex County League as founder members of new Division Three (as Langney Sports F.C.)
1983 - 84	10	SC3	24	10	8	6	43	36	+7	38	5th						n/a
1984 - 85	10	SC3	28	12	6	10	52	41	+11	42	5th						n/a
1985 - 86	10	SC3	28	14	4	10	53	39	+14	46	4th						n/a
1986 - 87	10	SC3	26	21	3	2	101	19	+82	66	bgcolor=Gold	1st						n/a
1987	Promoted to Sussex County League Division Two
1987 - 88	9	SC2	28	20	6	2	65	19	+46	66	bgcolor=Gold	1st						n/a
1988	Promoted to Sussex County League Division One
1988 - 89	8	SC1	34	12	13	9	54	46	+8	49	10th			PR			n/a
1989 - 90	8	SC1	34	12	6	8	63	33	+30	66	3rd			PR			n/a
1990 - 91	8	SC1	34	23	5	6	89	42	+47	74	3rd	1QR		2R			n/a
1991 - 92	8	SC1	34	22	10	2	96	36	+60	76	2nd	PR		2R	bgcolor=Silver	SSC Runners-up		Nigel Hole	?	^[6]
1992 - 93	8	SC1	34	20	5	9	77	42	+35	65	4th	2QR		PR			n/a
1993 - 94	8	SC1	38	22	7	9	84	59	+25	73	3rd	1QR		PR			n/a
1994 - 95	8	SC1	38	13	11	14	61	58	+3	50	11th	PR		1R			n/a
1995 - 96	8	SC1	38	17	9	12	70	52	+18	60	9th	1QR		2QR			n/a
1996 - 97	8	SC1	38	16	10	12	72	56	+16	58	6th	PR		1R			n/a
1997 - 98	8	SC1	38	23	5	10	76	46	+30	74	4th	3QR		2R			n/a
1998 - 99	8	SC1	38	20	6	12	69	43	+26	66	4th	4QR		2QR			n/a
1999 - 00	8	SC1	38	31	6	1	101	25	+76	99	bgcolor=Gold	1st	3QR		1QR			John Snelgrove	33	^[7]
2000	Promoted to Southern Football League Eastern Division
2000 - 01	7	SLE	42	19	8	15	75	55	+20	65	9th	2QR	1R				Matt Allen	17	^[8]
2001	Langney Sports F.C. renamed to Eastbourne Borough F.C.
2001 - 02	7	SLE	42	21	6	15	63	46	+17	69	7th	2QR	3R		bgcolor=Gold	SSC Winners	382	Matt Allen	25	^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
2002 - 03	7	SLE	42	29	6	7	92	33	+59	93	2nd	3QR	3R		bgcolor=Silver	SSC Runners-up	534	Scott Ramsay	38	^[12] ^[13]
2003	Promoted to Southern Football League Premier Division
2003 - 04	6	SLP	42	14	13	15	48	56	-8	55	11th	4QR	1R			597	Scott Ramsay	28	^[14] ^[15]
2004	Joined newly formed Conference South
2004 - 05	6	Conf South	42	18	10	14	65	47	+18	64	bgcolor=Orange	5th	2QR	3R			719	Scott Ramsay	23	^[16]
2005 - 06	6	Conf South	42	10	16	16	51	61	-10	46	17th	1R	3QR			603	Scott Ramsay	14	^[17]
2006 - 07	6	Conf South	42	18	15	9	58	42	+16	69	7th	2QR	3QR			683	Scott Ramsay	16	^[18]
2007 - 08	6	Conf South	42	23	11	8	83	38	+45	80	2nd	1R	3QR			872	Andy Atkin	29	^[19]
2008	Promoted to Conference National
2008 - 09	5	Conf Nat	46	18	6	22	58	70	-12	60	13th	1R	1R		bgcolor=Gold	SSC Winners	1,344	Andy Atkin	15	^[20] ^[21] ^[22]
2009 - 10	5	Conf Nat	44	11	13	20	42	72	-30	46	19th	4QR	2R			1,206	Jamie Taylor	17	^[23] ^[24]
2010 - 11	5	Conf Nat	46	10	9	27	62	104	-42	39	bgcolor=Pink	23rd	4QR	3R		bgcolor=Silver	SSC Runners-up	1,105	Jamie Taylor	19	^[25] ^[26] ^[27]
2011	Relegated to Conference South
2011 - 12	6	Conf South	42	12	9	21	54	69	-15	45	18th	4QR	3QR			695	Ben Watson	14	^[28]
2012 - 13	6	Conf South	42	14	9	19	42	52	-10	51	12th	3QR	3QR			533	Elliott Charles	14	^[29]
2013 - 14	6	Conf South	42	16	10	16	55	59	-4	58	10th	3QR	3QR			545	Simon Johnson	10	^[30]
2014 - 15	6	Conf South	40	14	13	13	51	50	+1	55	11th	4QR	3QR			574	Gavin McCallum	11	^[31]
2015	Football Conference is renamed National League
2015 - 16	6	NLS	42	13	11	18	60	63	-3	50	17th	4QR	2R		bgcolor=Gold	SSC Winners	533	Nathaniel Pinney	26	^[32] ^[33] ^[34]
2016 - 17	6	NLS	42	16	10	16	82	70	+12	58	11th	1R	3QR			541	Nathaniel Pinney	25	^[35]
2017 - 18	6	NLS	42	13	7	22	57	80	-23	46	18th	3QR	1R			517	Jamie Taylor	14
2018 - 19	6	NLS	42	10	12	20	52	65	-13	42	18th	4QR	1R			586	Charlie Walker/ Dean Cox	12
2019 - 20	6	NLS	33	8	14	11	38	54	-16	38	18th	3QR	1R			546	Charlie Walker	12	^[36] ^[37]
2020 - 21	6	NLS	19	9	6	4	36	26	+10	33	3rd	1R	2R			499	Chris Whelpdale	15	^[38]
2021 - 22	6	NLS	40	17	9	14	73	67	+6	60	bgcolor=Orange	6th	3QR	3R			968	Charley Kendall	27
2022 - 23	6	NLS	46	22	5	19	74	66	+8	71	8th	4QR	3R			1,052	Shiloh Remy	15
2023 - 24	6	NLS	46	14	10	22	53	74	-21	52	19th	2QR	2R			1,381	Fletcher Holman	10

Key

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Winners

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Runners up

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Play-offs

Promoted

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Relegated

Key to league record
P - games played
W - games won
D - games drawn
L - games lost
F - goals for
A - goals against
Pts - points
Pos - final position

Key to rounds
1QR - first qualifying round
2QR - second qualifying round, etc.
PR - preliminary round
1R - first round
2R - second round, etc.
QF - quarter-final
SF - semi-final
Key to divisions
Conf Nat - Conference
Conf South - Conference South
NLS - National League South
SC1 - Sussex County League Division One
SC2 - Sussex County League Division Two
SC3 - Sussex County League Division Three
SLP - Southern League Premier Division
SLE - Southern League Eastern Division

Key to cups
SSC - Sussex Senior Cup

^[39]

Sources for League, FA Cup and FA Trophy statistics:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Club History. Eastbourne Borough F.C.. 8 January 2017. 9 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113213/http://www.ebfc.co.uk/a/club-history-18480.html. dead.
2. News: Tony Kempster. Tony Kempster. 3 August 2011.
3. News: Non League Matters. Steve Walker. Non League Matters. 25 April 2015.
4. News: European Football Statistics. Thomas Mapfumo. European Football Statistics. 3 August 2011.
5. Includes all competitive first-team matches: League, FA Cup, FA Trophy, FA Vase, Conference League Cup and Sussex Senior Cup.
6. News: SSC Final . Langney Sports . David Bauckham . 26 April 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050225021513/http://langneysports.co.uk/html/ssc_final.html . 25 February 2005 .
7. News: Sussex hot-shots eye title . The Argus . 28 April 2000 . 16 March 2016.
8. Web site: Langney Sports: All matches this season . Football News . 17 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010516041314/http://www.footballnews.co.uk/clubs/15/1565/matches/home.page?All . 16 May 2001.
9. News: Sub wins cup for Borough. The Argus. 7 May 2002. 26 April 2016.
10. News: Cup: Borough must break Lewes spirit. The Argus. 3 May 2002. 15 March 2016.
11. Web site: Player's Statistics 2002-03 Season . Eastbourne Borough F.C. . 16 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030104095240/http://www.eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk/html/body_stats.html . 4 January 2003.
    N.B. Matt Allen started the 2001-02 season with 69 career goals, he therefore scored 25 goals in the 2001-02 season (69+25+4 = 98).
12. News: Reds win shoot-out . The Argus . 6 May 2003 . 26 April 2016.
13. News: Player Statistics 2002-03 . Eastbourne Borough F.C. . 17 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030623124156/http://eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk/html/body_stats.html . 23 June 2003.
14. News: Dr Martens (Premier): Worcester 2 Eastbourne B 1. The Argus. 19 April 2004. 15 March 2016.
15. News: Eastbourne target striker. The Argus. 13 August 2004. 15 March 2016.
16. News: Altrincham F.C. Archived News: The Opposition. Altrincham F.C.. 13 May 2005. 2 March 2016.
17. Web site: 1st team squad and statistics . Eastbourne Borough F.C. . 31 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060902123139/http://eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk/html/1st_team_squad.html . 2 September 2006.
    N.B. Scott Ramsay started the 2005-06 season with 89 career goals, he therefore scored 14 goals in the 2005-06 season (89+14+3 = 106).
18. News: Hopes of a season shattered in one crazy week. Eastbourne Herald. 17 May 2007. 16 March 2016.
19. Web site: Another hat-trick for top scorer Atkin. https://web.archive.org/web/20160504154419/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-179435693.html. dead. 4 May 2016. Eastbourne Herald. 26 May 2008. 2 March 2016.
20. News: Boro lift Sussex Senior Cup. Eastbourne Herald. 4 May 2009. 26 April 2016.
21. Web site: Squad 2008/09 . Eastbourne Borough F.C. . 31 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090525060700/http://www.eastbourneboroughfc.co.uk/Squad/Squad.htm . 25 May 2009.
22. Paul Armstrong was the top scorer in the league with 9 goals. Atkin scored 8 in the league.
23. News: Eastbourne hand deals to Ben Austin and Jamie Taylor. BBC Sport. 20 May 2010. 2 March 2016.
24. Jamie Taylor scored 10 league goals.
25. News: Hart so pleased to score Amex opener. Andy. Naylor. The Argus. 16 July 2011. 26 April 2016.
26. News: New striker Jamie Taylor wants Imps glory. Lincolnshire Echo. 2 July 2011. 2 March 2016.
27. Jamie Taylor scored 15 league goals.
28. News: Striker Watson hailed as Simkin seals deal. Ky Capel. Dorset Echo. 21 June 2012. 2 March 2016.
29. News: Keeping Elliott is top priority. Eastbourne Herald. 4 May 2013. 2 March 2016.
30. News: Johnson: It was easy decision to stay. Howard Griggs. Telegraph & Argus. 28 May 2014. 2 March 2016.
31. News: Eastbourne Borough Review 2015. Eastbourne Herald. 30 December 2015. 2 March 2016.
32. News: Borough lift Senior Cup with victory over Worthing. Eastbourne Herald. 20 May 2016. 20 May 2016.
33. News: Pinney hero and villain as Borough win Senior Cup. Howard. Griggs. The Argus. 20 May 2016. 20 May 2016.
34. Web site: Don't judge a book by its cover - An appreciation of Nathaniel Pinney . Howard . Griggs . The Argus. 23 May 2016. 24 May 2016.
35. Elliott Romain was the top scorer in the league with 20 goals. Pinney scored 13 in the league.
36. [Greg Luer]
37. Season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Borough’s placement of 18th is based upon points per game.
38. Season was declared null and void due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Borough’s placement of 3rd is based upon their position at the point the season curtailed.
39. Web site: City Quick Out Of the Blocks Sees The Sports Suffer Home Defeat . Lee . Peskett . Eastbourne Borough F.C. . 29 August 2011 . 9 January 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170109152405/http://www.ebfc.co.uk/teams/21890/match-centre/1-309234 . 9 January 2017.