List of Sutton United F.C. seasons explained

Sutton United Football Club, an association football club based in Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton, England, was founded in 1898 as a merger between Sutton Guild Rovers and Sutton Association Football Clubs. They were elected to play in the Athenian League for the 1921–22 season.[1] They won the Athenian League title on three occasions and were runners-up once. After thirty-seven seasons in the Athenian League, they joined the Isthmian League (given the subtitle First Division in 1973 and then Premier Division in 1977).[2] The club spent twenty-three seasons in the league, during that spell they won the title twice, reached the fourth round of the 1969–70 FA Cup,[3] [4] and reached the 1981 FA Trophy Final losing 1–0 to Bishop's Stortford.[5] In 1986 they won the first promotion in their history as champions of the Isthmian League, moving up to the Football Conference.

United's third season in the Conference saw them reach the fourth round of the FA Cup for the second time in their history during the 1988–89 edition; their third round tie was a 2–1 victory over First Division side Coventry City, one of the biggest shocks in the competition.[6] In 1991 United's spell in the conference was ended with relegation back to the Isthmian League Premier Division. The club finished the 1998–99 Isthmian League season as champions returning to the Conference after an eight-year absence. United's second spell in the Conference lasted a single season finishing the 1999–2000 Football Conference in last place. Up to 2004 the Conference was one division, but restructuring of the National League System saw two new divisions added, Conference North and Conference South, with many Isthmian League members transferred to these new divisions; for the 2004–05 season Sutton United were transferred to the South division.[7]

After four seasons United experienced the third relegation of their history, rejoining the Isthmian Premier League. Their first season back saw them qualify for their first play-offs losing 3–0 in the semi-final to Staines Town.[8] United reached the play-offs in the following season losing in the semi-finals again, this time 4–2 to Kingstonian.[9] United's ended their third season as champions of the Isthmian Premier League and were promoted to the Conference South. Their five-season spell in the Conference South included two more failed play-off attempts. For the 2015–16 season the division was renamed National League South (with Conference Premier and Conference North also renamed) and United finished as champions with promotion to the National League.[10] [11] The 2016–17 season saw Sutton reach the fifth round of the FA Cup which is their furthest run in the competition and they became the ninth non-league team to reach this stage;[12] [13] they were drawn at home to Premier League side Arsenal and were defeated 2–0.[14] The club finished the 2020–21 National League season as champions and were promoted into the English Football League for the first time in their history and they currently play in EFL League Two.[15] [16] As members of the English Football League Sutton have been eligible to enter the EFL Cup, their furthest run so far in the competition saw them reach the third round in the 2023–24 season.

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Seasons

scope=col rowspan=2Seasonscope=col colspan=9League recordscope=col rowspan=2FA Cupscope=col rowspan=2EFL Cupscope=col rowspan=2EFL Trophyscope=col rowspan=2FA Trophyscope=col colspan=2Other
scope=colDivisionscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colscope=colCompetitionscope=colResult
scope=row1921–22Athenian League 26 11 3 12 57 56 25 8th ——— — —
scope=row1922–23Athenian League 24 10 6 8 46 39 26 7th ——— — —
scope=row1923–24Athenian League24 9 3 12 32 48 21 10th ——— — —
scope=row1924–25Athenian League26 5 8 13 37 64 18 13th — ——— — —
scope=row1925–26Athenian League26 3 2 21 37 116 8 14th ——— — —
scope=row1926–27Athenian League26 10 4 12 54 65 24 11th ——— — —
scope=row1927–28Athenian League26 20 3 3 83 35 43 1st ——— — —
scope=row1928–29Athenian League26 13 7 6 73 50 33 3rd ———
scope=row1929–30Athenian League26 9 6 11 49 51 24 8th ——— — —
scope=row1930–31Athenian League26 9 4 13 45 57 22 11th ——— — —
scope=row1931–32Athenian League26 9 7 10 65 56 25 9th ——— — —
scope=row1932–33Athenian League26 10 5 11 54 66 25 6th ——— — —
scope=row1933–34Athenian League26 12 2 12 58 56 26 6th ——— R3
scope=row1934–35Athenian League26 10 3 13 69 63 23 9th ——— — —
scope=row1935–36Athenian League26 9 5 12 40 61 23 10th ———
scope=row1936–37Athenian League26 11 5 10 47 45 27 4th ———
scope=row1937–38Athenian League26 10 6 10 56 63 26 6th ——— — —
scope=row1938–39Athenian League26 9 4 13 45 57 22 10th ———
scope=row1945–46Athenian League26 17 6 3 100 44 40 1st ——— — —
scope=row1946–47Athenian League26 15 4 7 59 37 34 2nd ——— — —
scope=row1947–48Athenian League26 9 7 10 32 38 25 8th ——— — —
scope=row1948–49Athenian League26 9 8 9 32 33 26 5th ——— R3
scope=row1949–50Athenian League26 9 2 15 37 48 20 12th ——— — —
scope=row1950–51Athenian League30 15 5 10 63 51 35 5th ——— — —
scope=row1951–52Athenian League30 15 8 7 70 53 38 4th ——— — —
scope=row1952–53Athenian League26 7 4 15 44 60 18 13th ——— — —
scope=row1953–54Athenian League26 8 7 11 35 42 23 8th ——— — —
scope=row1954–55Athenian League26 11 8 7 57 45 30 4th ——— — —
scope=row1955–56Athenian League28 9 4 15 56 64 22 12th ——— — —
scope=row1956–57Athenian League28 10 5 13 40 51 25 11th ——— R3
scope=row1957–58Athenian League30 18 7 5 64 37 43 1st ——— — —
scope=row1958–59Athenian League30 10 6 14 49 60 26 10th ——— — —
scope=row1959–60Athenian League30 16 1 13 66 60 33 6th ——— — —
scope=row1960–61Athenian League30 17 3 10 71 55 37 4th ———
scope=row1961–62Athenian League30 13 2 15 70 69 28 9th ——— — —
scope=row1962–6330 16 4 10 75 47 36 ——— FA Amateur CupRU
scope=row1963–64Isthmian League38 23 5 10 99 64 51 ——— R3
scope=row1964–65Isthmian League38 17 11 10 74 57 45 ——— — —
scope=row1965–66Isthmian League38 17 7 14 83 72 41 ———
scope=row1966–67Isthmian League38 26 7 5 89 33 59 ——— — —
scope=row1967–68Isthmian League38 22 11 5 89 27 55 ———
scope=row1968–69Isthmian League38 22 9 7 83 29 53 ——— RU
scope=row1969–70Isthmian League38 24 9 5 75 35 57 ——— R2
scope=row1970–71Isthmian League38 29 3 6 76 35 61 ——— — —
scope=row1971–72Isthmian League40 21 10 9 77 43 52 ——— R3
scope=row1972–73Isthmian League42 21 9 12 69 48 51 ——— — —
scope=row1973–74Isthmian First Division42 13 16 13 51 52 55 ———
scope=row1974–75Isthmian First Division42 17 6 19 68 63 57 ——— —
scope=row1975–76Isthmian First Division42 17 11 14 71 60 62 ——— —
scope=row1976–77Isthmian First Division42 14 7 21 40 55 49 ——— —
scope=row1977–78Isthmian Prem42 18 12 12 66 57 66 ——— —
scope=row1978–79Isthmian Prem42 17 9 16 62 51 60 ——W
scope=row1979–80Isthmian Prem42 20 13 9 67 40 73 ——RU
scope=row1980–81Isthmian Prem42 19 12 11 82 65 69 QR4——— —
scope=row1981–82Isthmian Prem42 22 9 11 72 49 75 ——RU
scope=row1982–83Isthmian Prem42 20 8 14 96 71 68 ——— —
scope=row1983–84Isthmian Prem42 18 12 12 67 45 66 ——— —
scope=row1984–85Isthmian Prem42 23 15 4 115 55 84 ——— —
scope=row1985–8642 29 8 5 109 39 95 ——— —
scope=row1986–87Conference42 19 11 12 81 51 68 ——— —
scope=row1987–88Conference42 16 18 8 77 54 66 ——— —
scope=row1988–89Conference40 12 15 13 64 54 51 ——— —
scope=row1989–90Conference42 19 6 17 68 64 63 ——— —
scope=row1990–9142 10 9 23 62 82 39 ——— —
scope=row1991–92Isthmian Prem42 19 13 10 88 51 70 ——— —
scope=row1992–93Isthmian Prem42 18 14 10 74 57 68 ——— —
scope=row1993–94Isthmian Prem42 23 10 9 77 31 79 ——— —
scope=row1994–95Isthmian Prem42 13 12 17 74 69 51 ——— —
scope=row1995–96Isthmian Prem42 17 14 11 71 56 65 ——— —
scope=row1996–97Isthmian Prem42 18 13 11 87 70 67 ——— —
scope=row1997–98Isthmian Prem42 22 12 8 83 56 78 ——— —
scope=row1998–9942 27 7 8 89 39 88 1st——— —
scope=row42 8 10 24 39 75 34 22nd——— —
scope=row2000–01Isthmian Prem41 14 11 16 74 70 53 ——— —
scope=row2001–02Isthmian Prem42 13 15 14 62 63 54 ——— —
scope=row2002–03Isthmian Prem46 22 9 15 77 62 75 ——— —
scope=row2003–0446 25 10 11 94 56 85 2nd——— —
scope=row2004–05Conference South42 14 11 17 60 71 53 ——R3
scope=row2005–06Conference South42 13 10 19 48 61 49 ——— —
scope=row2006–07Conference South42 14 9 19 58 63 51 ——— —
scope=row2007–0842 5 9 28 32 86 24 22nd——R1
scope=row2008–09Isthmian Prem42 18 13 11 57 53 67 5th— —— —
scope=row2009–10Isthmian Prem42 22 9 11 65 45 75 2nd— — — —
scope=row2010–1142 26 9 7 76 33 87 ——— —
scope=row2011–12Conference South42 20 14 8 68 53 74 4th— — — —
scope=row2012–13Conference South42 20 10 12 66 49 70 ——— —
scope=row2013–14Conference South42 23 12 7 77 39 81 2nd— — — —
scope=row2014–15Conference South40 13 11 16 50 54 50——— —
scope=row2015–16National South 42 26 12 4 83 32 901st——— —
scope=row2016–17National League46 15 13 18 61 63 58——— —
scope=row2017–18National League46 23 10 13 67 53 793rd— — — —
scope=row2018–19National League46 17 14 15 55 60 65——R3
scope=row2019–20National League38 12 14 12 47 42 50——— —
scope=row2020–2142 25 9 8 72 36 84——— —
scope=row2021–22EFL League Two462210146953768thR2R1RU———
scope=row2022–23EFL League Two4615131846585814thR1R1R2———
scope=row2023–24469152259844223rdR3R3Group———

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club Info . Sutton United Football Club . 13 January 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100924084113/http://www.suttonunited.net/info_history.html . 24 September 2010 .
  2. Web site: 1963-64 Isthmian League . Football Club History Database . 13 January 2017.
  3. Web site: 'I Queued for Four Hours' - Barber Recalls Cup Classic . 22 January 2015 . . 14 January 2017.
  4. Throwback Thursday: Sutton United vs Leeds United (January 24th, 1970) . James Bridget . Gordon . 5 January 2017 . . 14 January 2017.
  5. News: Bishop's Stortford FC . . 18 September 2007 . 14 January 2017.
  6. News: From the Vault: Sutton United knock Coventry City out of the FA Cup in 1989 . Paul . Campbell . . 3 January 2014 . 15 January 2017.
  7. Web site: 2003-04 Isthmian League . Football Club History Database . 15 January 2017.
  8. Web site: Isthmian League - Play-Off Semi-Final (2009) . 28 April 2009 . . 16 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Isthmian League - Play-Off Semi-Final (2010) . 27 April 2010 . . 16 January 2017.
  10. News: Football Conference to be renamed as National League . 6 April 2015 . . 16 January 2017.
  11. News: Sutton United clinch promotion to the National League . 23 April 2016 . . 16 January 2017.
  12. Web site: Sutton United's former Arsenal youngster Craig Eastmond sets sights on FA Cup upset . 20 February 2017 . . 2 May 2017.
  13. Web site: What can Arsenal's stars expect at Sutton United? Goalkeeper Wayne Shaw takes us on a tour of Gander Green Lane... . . 20 February 2017 . 2 May 2017.
  14. News: Sutton United 0 2 Arsenal . Phil . McNulty . . 20 February 2017 . 2 May 2017.
  15. Web site: Sutton United promoted to League Two for first time in their history. Sky Sports. 23 May 2021. Matthew. Treadwell. 24 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Sutton United 3–0 Hartlepool United. 23 May 2021. BBC Sport. Owen. Phillips. 24 May 2021.

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