List of Walsall F.C. seasons explained

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

Key to league record:

• P = Games played
• W = Won
• D = Drawn
• L = Lost
• F = Goals for
• A = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• Pos = Final position

Key to rounds:

• 1Q = 1st qualifying round
• 2Q = 2nd qualifying round
• 3Q = 3rd qualifying round
• 4Q = 4th qualifying round
• 5Q = 5th qualifying round
• 6Q = 6th qualifying round
• IR = Intermediate round
• PR = Preliminary round

• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• R3 = Round 3
• R4 = Round 4
• R5 = Round 5
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals

• AR1 = Area round 1
• AR2 = Area round 2
• AQF = Area quarter-finals
• ASF = Area semi-finals
• AF = Area final

Seasons

Season	League^[1] ^[2]										FA Cup	League Cup	Other Cup	Average att.^[3]	Top goalscorer
	Tier	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Gls
1888–89	–	Midland Association	14	8	2	4	28	32	18	–	R2	–	R2	1,643	Sammy Holmes	7
1889–90	–	Football Alliance	22	8	3	11	44	59	19	9th	4Q	–	SF	2,100	Sammy Holmes	12
1890–91	–	Football Alliance	22	9	3	10	34	61	21	7th	4Q	–	R1	3,090	Sammy Holmes	11
1891–92	–	Football Alliance	22	6	3	13	33	59	15	11th	2Q	–	R1	2,636	Sammy Holmes	9
1892–93	2	Division 2	22	5	3	14	37	75	13	12th	3Q	–	R1	1,310	Norman Forsyth	7
															Sammy Holmes
															Joe Turner
1893–94	2	Division 2	28	10	3	15	51	61	23	10th	3Q	–	R1	3,100	Walt McWhinnie	11
1894–95	2	Division 2	30	10	0	20	47	92	20	14th	1Q	–	R1	2,200	Will Devey	7
1895–96	–	Midland League	28	17	6	5	92	48	40	3rd	3Q	–	R2	1,736	David Copeland	21
1896–97	2	Division 2	30	11	4	15	53	69	26	12th	4Q	–	bgcolor=Gold	W	3,950	Alf Griffin	12
1897–98	2	Division 2	30	12	5	13	58	58	29	10th	R1	–	W	2,900	Jack Aston	12
													George Johnson
1898–99	2	Division 2	34	15	12	7	79	36	42	6th	3Q	–	R3	3,710	Jack Aston	16
										Tommy Vail
1899–1900	2	Division 2	34	12	8	14	50	55	32	12th	R1	–	R2	3,200	Jim Moffatt	13
1900–01	2	Division 2	34	7	13	14	40	56	27	16th	IR	–	SF	3,015	Alfred Dean	11
1901–02	–	Midland League	28	14	7	7	51	37	35	5th	R2	–	R1	1,750	Alf Green	12
1902–03	–	Midland League	32	12	7	13	52	48	31	9th	2Q	–	SF	1,450	Reg Bastock	8
1903–04	–	B'ham DL	34	11	7	16	45	65	29	13th	5Q	–	DNE	1,306	Laurie Pember	10
1904–05	–	B'ham DL	34	11	6	17	44	77	28	14th	Q2	–	PR	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 SL Div 2	34 22	20 7	6 4	8 11	60 37	44 41	46 18	3rd 9th	1Q	–	–	2,959	Hubert Parsonage	13
1911–12	–	B'ham DL SL Div 2	34 26	17 14	7 1	10 11	56 44	34 41	41 27	4th 6th	R1	–	–	2,640	W. Freeman	18
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	–	bgcolor=Silver	F	5,645	Gilbert Alsop	39
1935–36	3	Division 3 (N)	42	16	9	17	79	59	41	10th	R3	–	R2	6,551	Bill Evans	24
1936–37	3	Division 3 (S)	42	13	10	19	63	85	36	17th	R4	–	R1	5,672	Bill Evans	15
1937–38	3	Division 3 (S)	42	11	7	24	52	88	29	21st	R2	–	R2	4,564	Bill Evans	9
1938–39	3	Division 3 (S)	42	11	11	20	68	69	33	21st	R5	–	R1	7,364	Gilbert Alsop	23
1939–40	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										R1	–	bgcolor=Silver	F	–	–	–
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	10
															Jack Winter
1951–52	3	Division 3 (S)	46	13	5	28	55	94	31	24th	R1	–	–	7,084	Hugh Evans	12
															Billy O'Neill
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	George Dean	10
															Fred Morris
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	bgcolor=LimeGreen	1st	R2	–	–	11,157	Tony Richards	24
1960–61	3	Division 3	46	28	6	12	98	60	62	bgcolor=PaleGreen	2nd	R1	R2	–	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	bgcolor=Pink	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	Alan Baker	13
															Colin Taylor
1967–68	3	Division 3	46	19	12	15	74	61	50	7th	R4	R2	–	9,119	Jimmy Murray	11
															Colin Taylor
1968–69	3	Division 3	46	14	16	16	50	49	44	13th	R3	R2	–	5,867	Geoff Morris	9
															Dave Wilson
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	bgcolor=Pink	22nd	R1	R2	–	4,047	Terry Austin	13
1979–80	4	Division 4	46	23	18	5	75	47	64	bgcolor=PaleGreen	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	5,017	Alistair 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	bgcolor=PaleGreen	3rd	R2	R2	AR1	5,598	David Kelly	20
1988–89	2	Division 2	46	5	16	25	41	80	31	bgcolor=Pink	24th	R3	R2	–	6,108	Stuart Rimmer	8
1989–90	3	Division 3	46	9	14	23	40	72	41	bgcolor=Pink	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	bgcolor=PaleGreen	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	15
															Kevin Wilson
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	bgcolor=PaleGreen	2nd	R2	R1	AF	5,457	Andy Rammell	18
1999–2000	2	Division 1	46	11	13	22	52	77	46	bgcolor=Pink	22nd	R3	R2	–	6,779	Michael Ricketts	11
2000–01	3	Division 2	46	23	12	11	79	50	81	bgcolor=PaleGreen	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	bgcolor=Pink	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	bgcolor=Pink	24th	R4	R1	ASF	5,392	Matty Fryatt	11
2006–07	4	League 2	46	25	14	7	66	34	89	bgcolor=LimeGreen	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	7
															Alex Nicholls
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	bgcolor=Silver	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
2016–17	3	League 1	46	14	16	16	51	58	58	14th	R1	R1	R2	5,072	Erhun Öztumer	15
2017–18	3	League 1	46	13	13	20	53	66	52	19th	R1	R1	R2	4,760	Erhun Öztumer	15
2018–19	3	League 1	46	12	11	23	49	71	47	bgcolor=Pink	22nd	R3	R2	R2	4,927	Andy Cook	13
2019–20	4	League 2	36	13	8	15	40	49	47	12th	R2	R1	R3	4,664	Josh Gordon	9
2020–21	4	League 2	46	11	20	15	45	53	53	19th	R1	R1	Grp	0	Elijah Adebayo	10
2021–22	4	League 2	46	14	12	20	47	60	54	16th	R2	R1	R2	4,979	George Miller	12
2022–23	4	League 2	46	12	19	15	46	49	55	16th	R4	R2	Grp	5,540	Danny Johnson	12
2023–24	4	League 2	46	18	11	17	69	73	65	11th	R3	R1	Grp	5,618	Isaac Hutchinson	12

Overall

• Seasons spent in First Division / Premier League (1st tier): 0
• Seasons spent in Second Division / Championship (2nd tier): 15 (1892–95, 1896–01, 1961–63, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2001–04)
• Seasons spent in Third Division / League One (3rd tier): 75 (1921–58, 1960–61, 1963–79, 1980–88, 1989–90, 1995–99, 2000–01, 2004–06, 2007–19)
• Seasons spent in Fourth Division / League Two (4th tier): 14 (1958–60, 1979–80, 1990–95, 2006–07, 2019–)

Correct up to end of 2023–24 season.

External links

• Web site: Walsall Town Swifts. Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle.
• Web site: Walsall. Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle.
• Web site: Walsall FC. European Football Statistics.
• Web site: Walsall. Soccerbase.

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews, Tony. The Complete Record of Walsall Football Club. Breedon Books. 1999. 978-1859831564.
2. Web site: Walsall Results. soccerbase.com.
3. Web site: Walsall FC. european-football-statistics.co.uk.