List of Gateshead F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Gateshead F.C. in English football, from 1930 (when the original Gateshead A.F.C. were founded) to the present day. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.

Season	League									FA Cup	FA Trophy	Other Cups	Top scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
South Shields FC move to Gateshead in 1930 and are renamed Gateshead AFC
1930–31	Div 3N	42	16	13	13	71	73	45	9th	R3		DSP - W	Bill McNaughton	27
1931–32	Div 3N	40	25	7	8	94	48	57	2nd	R2			Bill McNaughton	22
1932–33	Div 3N	42	19	9	14	78	67	47	7th	R3			Jack Ranson	24
1933–34	Div 3N	42	12	9	21	76	110	33	19th	R3		D3NC - R1	Jack Wesley	27
1934–35	Div 3N	42	13	8	21	58	96	34	19th	R1		D3NC - R1	Jim Spedding	11
1935–36	Div 3N	42	13	14	15	56	76	40	14th	R1		D3NC - R2	Jack Allen	12
1936–37	Div 3N	42	11	10	21	63	98	32	21st	R2		D3NC - R1	Joe McDermott	13
1937–38	Div 3N	42	20	11	11	84	59	51	5th	R1		D3NC - R3	John Smith	26
1938–39	Div 3N	42	14	14	14	74	67	42	10th	R1		D3NC - R2	Hughie Gallacher	21
1939–40	Div 3N	3	1	0	2	6	7	2	N/A	N/A			Bob Birtley John Callender Peter Spooner	2
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945–46										R3			Billy Cairns Cec McCormack	5
1946–47	Div 3N	42	16	6	20	62	72	38	14th	R3			Cec McCormack	21
1947–48	Div 3N	42	19	11	12	75	57	49	4th	R1			Len Small	13
1948–49	Div 3N	42	16	13	13	69	58	45	5th	R4		DSP - W	George Wilbert	15
1949–50	Div 3N	42	23	7	12	87	54	53	2nd	R2			George Wilbert	18
1950–51	Div 3N	46	21	8	17	84	62	50	8th	R3		DSP - W	George Wilbert	18
1951–52	Div 3N	46	21	11	14	66	49	53	5th	R4			Ian Winters	19
1952–53	Div 3N	46	17	15	14	76	60	49	8th	QF			George Wilbert	16
1953–54	Div 3N	46	21	13	12	74	55	55	4th	R1			Ken Smith Billy Watkin	12
1954–55	Div 3N	46	20	12	14	65	69	52	7th	R3		DSP - W	John Ingham	17
1955–56	Div 3N	46	17	11	18	77	84	45	13th	R1			John Ingham	14
1956–57	Div 3N	46	17	10	19	72	90	44	17th	R1			John Ingham	14
1957–58	Div 3N	46	15	15	16	68	76	45	14th	R1			Jack Hogg	14
1958–59	Div 4	46	16	8	22	56	85	40	20th	R1		DSP - W	Bob Baldridge	16
1959–60	Div 4	46	12	9	25	58	86	33	22nd	R1			Joe Armstrong	10
1960–61	NCOS	18	8	4	6	35	26	20	4th	R1			Alan Trewick	25
1961–62	NCOS	24	13	3	8	42	34	29	5th	R2			Alan Trewick	15
1962–63	NREG	32	10	9	13	60	55	29	11th	R2			Bennett Steele	22
1963–64	NREG	32	21	3	8	79	47	45	1st	R2			Frank McKenna	22
1964–65	NREG	32	17	7	8	80	43	41	4th	4Q			Frank McKenna	17
1965–66	NREG	32	10	6	16	48	67	26	10th	R2			Bennett Steele	15
1966–67	NREG	20	6	3	11	29	41	15	9th	4Q			Cyril Martin	14
1967–68	NREG	16	5	6	5	26	37	16	6th	1Q			J Cairns	12
1968–69	NPLP	38	14	9	15	42	48	37	11th	1Q			Gerry Coyne	20
1969–70	NPLP	38	5	12	21	37	94	22	20th	2Q	3Q		Arthur Lumsden	11
1970–71	WEAR[1]	38	28	6	4	143	37	62	2nd	3Q	2Q		Len Smith	72
1971–72	MID	34	17	5	12	60	53	39	8th	3Q	1Q		Billy Lynn	17
1972–73	MID	34	14	6	14	72	68	34	9th	3Q	1Q		Billy Beat	19
Gateshead AFC folded in 1973. Gateshead Town replaced Gateshead AFC Reserves in the Northern Combination League
1973–74	NC[2]	26	12	9	5	52	43	35	4th	N/A	N/A		Jim Donaldson	15
South Shields FC move to Gateshead in 1974 and are renamed Gateshead United
1974–75	NPLP	46	22	12	12	74	48	56	7th	R2	R1		Les Mutrie	21
1975–76	NPLP	46	17	7	22	64	63	41	16th	R2	R1		Les Mutrie	14
1976–77	NPLP	46	18	12	14	80	64	48	8th	R1	R1		Dave Smith	35
Gateshead United folded in 1977. Gateshead FC formed and replaced them in the Northern Premier League
1977–78	NPLP	46	16	5	25	65	74	37	17th	N/A	N/A	ULC - R1	Bob Topping	11
1978–79	NPLP	44	11	11	22	42	63	33	21st	4Q	3Q	ULC - R1	Bob Topping	20
1979–80	NPLP	42	11	11	20	50	77	33	16th	1Q	2Q	ULC - R1	Bob Topping	22
1980–81	NPLP	42	12	18	12	65	61	42	11th	R1	R1		Bob Topping	25
1981–82	NPLP	42	19	14	9	65	49	52	4th	1Q	2Q		Steve Holbrook	12
1982–83	NPLP	42	32	4	6	114	43	100	1st	3Q	2Q		Jim Pearson	31
1983–84	CONFP	42	12	13	17	59	73	42	16th	2Q	R3	CLC - R2	Bob Topping	16
1984–85	CONFP	42	9	12	21	51	82	33	21st	3Q	R2	CLC - R1	Ian Donaldson	20
1985–86	NPLP	42	24	10	8	85	51	82	1st	3Q	3Q	ULS - W	Keith McNall	27
1986–87	CONFP	42	6	13	23	48	95	31	22nd	1Q	R2	CLC - R2	Keith McNall	17
1987–88	NPLP	42	11	7	24	52	71	40	18th	1Q	R2	ULC - R1	Keith McNall	8
1988–89	NPLP	42	7	13	22	36	70	34	21st	2Q	3Q		Ian Donaldson	7
1989–90	NPLP	42	22	10	10	78	58	76	2nd	3Q	2Q	ULC - RU	Keith McNall	30
1990–91	CONFP	42	14	6	22	52	92	48	17th	1Q	R2	CLC - R1	Charlie Butler Richie Allen	12
1991–92	CONFP	42	12	12	18	49	57	48	14th	4Q	R3	CLC - R1	Alan Lamb	14
1992–93	CONFP	42	14	10	18	53	56	52	14th	R1	QF	CLC - R1	Alan Lamb	22
1993–94	CONFP	42	15	12	15	45	53	57	11th	3Q	QF	CLC - R2	Paul Dobson	34
1994–95	CONFP	42	19	10	13	61	53	67	7th	2Q	R3	CLC - R1	Paul Dobson	32
1995–96	CONFP	42	18	13	11	58	46	67	5th	2Q	QF	SCC - R3	Steve Harkus	20
1996–97	CONFP	42	15	11	16	59	63	56	10th	4Q	R1	SCC - R2	Paul Thompson	23
1997–98	CONFP	42	8	11	23	51	87	35	21st	2Q	R2	SCC - R3	Steve Bowey	14
1998–99	NPLP	42	17	12	13	68	58	63	7th	4Q	R1	ULC - R3	Keith Fletcher	17
1999–2000	NPLP	44	23	13	8	79	41	82	3rd	R1	R2	ULC - GR2 CC - QF	Steve Preen	21
2000–01	NPLP	44	16	12	16	68	61	60	11th	R2	R2	ULC - GR1	Wayne Edgcumbe	22
2001–02	NPLP	44	14	14	16	58	71	56	14th	2Q	R2	ULC - GR DCC - SF PC - QF	Steve Preen	23
2002–03	NPLP	44	10	11	23	60	81	41	21st	2Q	R1	ULC - RU DCC - QF	Rob Jones Dave Colvin	12
2003–04	NPL1	42	21	4	17	65	68	63	6th	PRE	R1	ULC - R1 DCC - QF CC - R1	Paul Thompson	23
2004–05	NPLP	42	11	12	19	61	84	45	17th	4Q	R1	ULC - R2 DCC - SF PC - R1	Paul Taylor	20
2005–06	NPLP	42	12	10	20	52	77	46	17th	2Q	2Q	ULC - R2 DCC - R1 PC - R1	Adam Johnston	18
2006–07	NPLP	42	17	14	11	75	57	65	9th	2Q	R1	ULC - R1 DCC - R1	David Southern	31
2007–08	NPLP	40	26	7	7	93	42	85	3rd	2Q	R1	ULC - SF DCC - RU	David Southern	22
2008–09	CONFN	42	24	8	10	81	48	80	2nd	3Q	3Q	CLC - R3	Lee Novak	28
2009–10	CONFP	44	13	7	24	46	69	45	20th	R1	R3		Daryl Clare	15
2010–11	CONFP	46	14	15	17	65	68	57	14th	R1	SF		Jon Shaw	21
2011–12	CONFP	46	21	11	14	69	62	74	8th	R2	QF		Jon Shaw	35
2012–13	CONFP	46	13	16	17	58	61	55	17th	4Q	R3		Josh Gillies	15
2013–14	CONFP	46	22	13	11	72	50	79	3rd	R1	R2		James Marwood	15
2014–15	CONFP	46	17	15	14	66	62	66	10th	R3	R3		Alex Rodman	11
2015–16	CONFP	46	19	10	17	59	70	67	9th	4Q	QF		Ryan Bowman	20
2016–17	CONFP

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Div 3N = Football League Third Division North Div 4 = Football League Fourth Division CONFP = Conference Premier CONFN = Conference North NPLP = Northern Premier League Premier Division NPL1 = Northern Premier League First Division NCOS = Northern Counties League NREG = North Regional League MID = Midland League NC = Northern Combination League WEAR = Wearside Football League

D3NC = Football League Third Division North Cup CLC = Conference League Cup ULC = Unibond League Challenge Cup ULS = Unibond League Challenge Shield CC = Unibond League Chairman's Cup PC = Unibond League President's Cup DCC = Durham Challenge Cup SCC = Senior County Cup DSP = Durham Senior Professional Cup

GR1 = First Group Stage GR2 = Second Group Stage PRE = Preliminary Round 1Q = First Qualifying Round 2Q = Second Qualifying Round 3Q = Third Qualifying Round 4Q = Fourth Qualifying Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

References

1. "Wearside League 1960-1988". Non League Matters. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
2. Turnbull, Albert (2015). Gateshead Football History 1890-2015.

Sources

• Gateshead A.F.C. at the Football Club History Database
• Gateshead United at the Football Club History Database
• Gateshead F.C. at the Football Club History Database
• Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database
• Since 1888... The Searchable Premiership and Football League Player Database