List of Wrexham F.C. seasons

The Wrexham side that won the first Welsh Cup in 1878

This is a list of seasons played by Wrexham Football Club from the 1877–78 season, when the club began playing in competitive fixtures following the founding of the Welsh Cup, to the most recent current season.

Wrexham Football Club was founded on 28 September 1872 by members of Wrexham Cricket Club. In 1878, they won the inaugural Welsh Cup, beating Druids 1–0,^[1] and the club went on to win the competition a further 23 times, still the most wins by any team, until they were barred entry during the 1990s, along with other Welsh clubs playing in the English football league system.^[2] Through winning the Welsh Cup, Wrexham also qualified several times for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, reaching the quarter-finals during the 1975–76 campaign.

In 1890, the club were founding members of the second incarnation of The Combination.^[3] Apart from a brief two-year spell in the Welsh Senior League between 1894 and 1896, Wrexham spent the following fifteen seasons in The Combination, winning the competition on four occasions, before moving into the Birmingham & District League in 1905. Two years after the end of the First World War, Wrexham joined The Football League, where they spent eighty consecutive seasons,^[4] before being relegated to the Conference National in 2008.

Wrexham's highest position in the Football League was 15th in the old Second Division (now Football League Championship) in 1978–79. Their lowest position in the League was 24th in the Football League Fourth Division in 1965–66 (at a time where League membership maintenance was by election) and in 1990–91 (when the League decided to suspend relegation due to expansion of the First Division to 22 clubs). The feat was repeated for a third time in Football League Two in 2007–08 and this time they were relegated to Conference National. Their lowest position in the Conference, and thus overall, was 11th in the 2009–10 season.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	League Cup	Welsh Cup[5]	Europe[6]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1877–78	N/A											W
1878–79												RU
1879–80												2R
1880–81												2R
1881–82												3R
1882–83												W
1883–84										2R		4R
1884–85										2R		1R
1885–86										1R		1R
1886–87										1R		3R
1887–88												2R
1888–89										1R		1R
1889–90												RU
1890–91	Combination	16	4	4	8	25	47	10^1	8th			RU
1891–92	Combination	22	9	2	11	45	65	20	6th			SF
1892–93	Combination	22	9	1	12	41	66	19	8th			W
1893–94	Combination	18	5	6	7	36	46	16	8th			SF
1894–95	Welsh Senior League	16	13	2	1	77	20	28	1st			RU
1895–96	Welsh Senior League	12	9	3	1	39	13	19	1st			RU
1896–97	Combination	18	7	2	9	41	40	16	6th			W
1897–98	Combination	24	10	6	8	45	44	26	4th			RU
1898–99	Combination	28	15	3	10	55	48	33	5th			RU
1899–1900	Combination	16	11	1	4	58	25	23	2nd			3R
1900–01	Combination	22	16	3	3	62	20	35	1st
1901–02	Combination	26	17	7	2	80	21	41	1st			RU
1902–03	Combination	26	19	5	2	80	23	43	1st			W
1903–04	Combination	24	12	4	8	53	34	28	5th			3R
1904–05	Combination	26	21	1	4	70	16	43	1st			W
1905–06	Birmingham & District League	34	17	5	12	72	55	39	6th			SF
1906–07	Birmingham & District League	34	14	6	14	68	76	34	10th	4QR		SF
1907–08	Birmingham & District League	34	14	9	11	51	56	37	6th			4R
1908–09	Birmingham & District League	34	14	3	17	60	76	31	11th	1R		W
1909–10	Birmingham & District League	34	13	7	14	61	62	33	10th			W
1910–11	Birmingham & District League	34	17	7	10	74	52	41	4th			W
1911–12	Birmingham & District League	34	15	10	9	62	52	40	6th			4R
1912–13	Birmingham & District League	34	16	4	14	58	48	36	6th			3R
1913–14	Birmingham & District League	34	15	8	11	46	47	38	7th			W
1914–15	Birmingham & District League	34	16	8	10	63	49	40	6th			W
No competitive football was played between 1915 to 1919 due to the First World War.
1919–20	Birmingham & District League	34	17	5	12	73	45	39	3rd			RU
1920–21	Birmingham & District League	34	22	5	7	77	32	49	3rd			W
1921–22	Division Three North	38	14	9	15	51	56	37	12th	6QR		SF
1922–23	Division Three North	38	14	10	14	38	48	38	10th	1R		7R
1923–24	Division Three North	42	10	18	14	37	44	38	16th	6QR		W
1924–25	Division Three North	42	15	8	19	53	61	38	13th	5QR		W
1925–26	Division Three North	42	11	10	21	63	92	32	19th	1R		6R
1926–27	Division Three North	42	14	10	18	65	73	38	13th	2R		SF
1927–28	Division Three North	42	18	6	18	64	67	42	11th	4R		6R
1928–29	Division Three North	42	21	10	11	91	69	52	3rd	1R		5R
1929–30	Division Three North	42	13	8	21	67	88	34	17th	4R		SF
1930–31	Division Three North	42	21	12	9	94	62	54	3rd	3R		W
1931–32	Division Three North	40	18	7	15	64	69	43	10th	1R		RU
1932–33	Division Three North	42	24	9	9	106	51	57	2nd	2R		RU
1933–34	Division Three North	42	23	5	14	102	73	51	6th	1R		6R
1934–35	Division Three North	42	16	11	15	76	69	43	11th	2R		7R
1935–36	Division Three North	42	15	7	20	66	75	37	18th	1R		6R
1936–37	Division Three North	42	16	12	14	71	57	44	8th	3R		6R
1937–38	Division Three North	42	16	11	15	58	63	43	10th	2R		6R
1938–39	Division Three North	42	17	7	18	66	79	41	14th	1R		6R
1939–40	N/A^2											4R
No competitive football was played between 1940 to 1945 due to the Second World War.
1945–46	N/A^3									3R
1946–47	Division Three North	42	17	12	13	65	51	46	7th	2R		SF
1947–48	Division Three North	42	21	8	13	74	54	50	3rd	2R		7R
1948–49	Division Three North	42	17	9	16	56	62	43	9th	1R		7R
1949–50	Division Three North	42	10	12	20	39	54	32	20th	2R		RU
1950–51	Division Three North	46	15	12	19	55	71	42	14th	2R		SF
1951–52	Division Three North	46	15	9	22	63	73	39	18th	2R		SF
1952–53	Division Three North	46	24	8	14	86	66	56	3rd	3R		5R
1953–54	Division Three North	46	21	9	16	81	68	51	8th	3R		7R
1954–55	Division Three North	46	13	12	21	65	77	38	18th	2R		SF
1955–56	Division Three North	46	16	10	20	66	73	42	14th	1R		6R
1956–57	Division Three North	46	19	10	17	97	74	48	12th	4R		W
1957–58	Division Three North	46	17	12	17	61	63	46	12th	1R		W
1958–59	Division Three	46	14	14	18	63	77	42	18th	1R		SF
1959–60	Division Three	46	14	8	24	68	101	36	23rd	3R		W
1960–61	Division Four	46	17	8	21	62	56	42	16th	1R	QF	SF
1961–62	Division Four	44	22	9	13	96	56	53	3rd	3R	1R	RU
1962–63	Division Three	46	20	9	17	84	83	49	9th	3R	1R	6R
1963–64	Division Three	46	13	6	27	75	107	32	23rd	2R	3R	SF
1964–65	Division Four	46	17	9	20	84	92	43	14th	2R	1R	RU
1965–66	Division Four	46	13	9	24	72	104	35	24th	2R	2R	5R
1966–67	Division Four	46	16	20	10	76	62	52	7th	2R	1R	RU
1967–68	Division Four	46	20	13	13	72	53	53	8th	1R	1R	6R
1968–69	Division Four	46	18	14	14	61	52	450	9th	2R	2R	6R
1969–70	Division Four	46	26	9	11	84	49	61	2nd	4R	3R	6R
1970–71	Division Three	46	18	13	15	72	65	49	9th	1R	1R	RU
1971–72	Division Three	46	16	8	22	59	63	40	16th	3R	1R	W
1972–73	Division Three	46	14	17	15	55	54	45	12th	2R	2R	4R	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1973–74	Division Three	46	22	12	12	63	43	56	4th	QF	2R	SF
1974–75	Division Three	46	15	15	16	65	55	45	13th	1R	1R	W
1975–76	Division Three	46	20	12	14	66	55	52	6th	1R	2R	5R	Cup Winners' Cup	QF
1976–77	Division Three	46	24	10	12	80	54	58	5th	4R	4R	SF
1977–78	Division Three	46	23	15	8	78	45	61	1st	QF	QF	W
1978–79	Division Two	42	12	14	16	45	42	38	15th	4R	2R	RU	Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1979–80	Division Two	42	16	6	20	40	49	38	16th	5R	2R	5R	Cup Winners' Cup	1R
1980–81	Division Two	42	12	14	16	43	45	38	16th	5R	1R	SF
1981–82	Division Two	42	11	11	20	40	56	44	21st	4R	3R	5R
1982–83	Division Three	46	12	15	19	56	76	51	22nd	2R	1R	RU
1983–84	Division Four	46	11	15	20	59	74	48	20th	1R	1R	RU
1984–85	Division Four	46	15	9	22	67	70	54	15th	1R	1R	5R	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1985–86	Division Four	46	17	9	20	68	80	60	13th	2R	2R	W
1986–87	Division Four	46	15	20	11	70	51	65	9th	3R	2R	SF	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1987–88	Division Four	46	20	6	20	69	58	66	11th	2R	1R	RU
1988–89	Division Four	46	19	14	13	77	63	71	7th	1R	1R	5R
1989–90	Division Four	46	13	12	21	51	67	51	21st	1R	1R	RU
1990–91	Division Four	46	10	10	26	48	74	40	24th	1R	2R	RU	Cup Winners' Cup	2R
1991–92	Division Four	42	14	9	19	52	73	51	14th	4R	1R	5R
1992–93	Division Three	42	23	11	8	75	52	80	2nd	1R	1R	SF
1993–94	Division Two	46	17	11	18	66	77	62	12th	1R	2R	4R
1994–95	Division Two	46	16	15	15	65	64	63	13th	4R	2R	W
1995–96	Division Two	46	18	16	12	76	55	70	8th	3R	1R
1996–97	Division Two	46	17	18	11	54	50	69	8th	QF	1R
1997–98	Division Two	46	18	16	12	55	51	70	7th	3R	1R
1998–99	Division Two	46	13	14	19	43	62	53	17th	4R	1R
1999–2000	Division Two	46	17	11	18	52	61	62	11th	4R	1R
2000–01	Division Two	46	17	12	17	65	71	63	10th	1R	1R
2001–02	Division Two	46	11	10	25	56	89	43	23rd	1R	1R
2002–03	Division Three	46	23	15	8	84	50	84	3rd	1R	2R
2003–04	Division Two	46	17	9	20	50	60	60	13th	1R	1R
2004–05	League One	46	13	14	19	62	80	43^4	22nd	2R	2R
2005–06	League Two	46	15	14	17	61	54	59	13th	1R	1R
2006–07	League Two	46	13	12	21	43	65	51	19th	3R	2R
2007–08	League Two	46	10	10	26	38	70	40	24th	1R	2R
2008–09	Conference National	46	18	12	16	64	48	64	10th	4QR
2009–10	Conference National	44	15	13	16	45	39	58	11th	2R
2010–11	Conference National	46	22	15	9	66	49	81	4th	4QR
2011–12	Conference National	46	30	8	8	85	33	98	2nd	3R		3R
2012–13	Conference National	46	22	14	10	74	45	80	5th	1R
2013–14	Conference National	46	16	11	19	61	61	59	17th	2R
2014–15	Conference National	46	17	15	14	56	52	66	11th	3R
2015–16	Conference National	46	20	9	17	71	56	69	8th	4QR

Key

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

Key to divisions: Division 1 = Football League First Division Division 2 = Football League Second Division Division 3 = Football League Third Division Division Three North = Football League Third Division North Division 4 = Football League Fourth Division League One = Football League One League Two = Football League Two

Key to rounds: QR = Qualifying round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Notes

^1 Deducted two points
^2 The 1939–40 season was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War
^3 Following the end of the Second World War, competitive league football did not resume until the 1946–47 season
^4 Deducted 10 points for entering administration

Honours

Domestic

League

• Third Division (1960-1992) / Division 2 (1992-2006) / League One (2006-)

Winners (1): 1977-78

• Fourth Division (1960-1992) / Division 3 (1992-2006) / League Two (2006-)

Runners-up (1): 1992-93

Promoted (3): 1961-62,1969-70, 2002-03

Play-offs (1): 1988-89

• Conference Premier

Runners-up (1): 2011-12

Play-offs (3): 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13

• The Combination

Winners (4): 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1904-05

Runners-up (1): 1899-1900

Cups

• FA Cup

Quarter Finals (3): 1973-74, 1977-78, 1996-97

• Football League Cup

Quarter Finals (1): 1977-78

• Football League Trophy

Winners (1): 2004-05

• FA Trophy

Winners (1): 2012-13

Runners-up (1): 2014-15

• Debenhams Cup

Runners-up (1): 1977-78

• Welsh Cup

Winners (23): 1877-78, 1882-83, 1892–93, 1896–97, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1908–09, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1920–21, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1930–31, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1994–95

Runners-up (22): 1878-79, 1889–90, 1890–91, 1894–95, 1985-96, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1901–02, 1919–20, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1949–50, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91

• FAW Premier Cup

Winners (5): 1997-98, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04

Runners-up (3): 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06

European

• European Cup Winners' Cup

Quarter Finals (1): 1974-75

Player records

• Most league goals in a season – 44.^[7] Tommy Bamford (1933–34)
• Most league goals in total – 174.^[7] Tommy Bamford (1928–34)
• Most Hat Tricks – 16. Tommy Bamford
• Most goals scored in a single game by one player – 7.^[8] Andy Morrell v Merthyr Tydfil, FAW Premier Cup (16 February 2000)
• Most league appearances – 592 Arfon Griffiths (1959–61, 1962–79)
• Most capped player – Dennis Lawrence, 89 for Trinidad & Tobago
• Most caps while at Wrexham – Dennis Lawrence – 49 for Trinidad & Tobago
• Oldest player – Billy Lot Jones – aged 46 v Tranmere Rovers
• Youngest player – Ken Roberts – aged 15 years and 158 days v Bradford Park Avenue

Team records

• Attendance – 34,445 v Manchester United, FA Cup R4, 26 January 1957.
• League Attendance – 29,261 v Chester City, Division 3, 26 December 1936.
• Average attendance – 11,651, 1977–78 season.
• Highest league win – 10–1 v Hartlepools United, 3 March 1962 (Notable for the first occasion of 3 hat tricks in a single football league game).
• Worst league defeat – 0–9 v Brentford, Division 3 , 15 October 1963.
• Biggest cup win – 6–0 v Charlton Athletic, FA Cup R3, 5 January 1980.
• Most games won in a row – 10, 5 April 2003 - 8 May, 2002-03 season.
• Longest Unbeaten Run – 20, 25 January 1902 – 11 November 1902.
• Most Consecutive League Clean Sheets – 7, 9 October - 26 November, 2011–12 season.
• Most Clean Sheets in a Season – 26, 1973–74 season.
• Highest transfer received – £800,000 for Bryan Hughes, Birmingham City 1997.
• Highest transfer fee paid – £212,000 for Joey Jones, Liverpool 1978.

References

• "Wrexham F.C.". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
• "FA Cup seasons". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
• "Football League Cup seasons". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2010-09-09.

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