List of Darlington F.C. seasons
Seasons

List of Darlington F.C. seasons

Section Title: Seasons
Table Section Text: None

Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Top league scorer(s)

Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Competition	Result	Name	Goals

1885–86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R2	&—	—	&—	—	—

1886–87	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R1	&—	—	&—	—	—

1887–88	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R3	&—	—	&—	—	—

1888–89	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QR1	&—	—	&—	—	—

1889–90	Northern	18	7	6	5	46	20	20	5th	QR1	&—	—	&—	Not known	—

1890–91	Northern	14	7	0	7	25	29	14	5th	QR4	&—	—	&—	Not known	—

1891–92	Northern	16	2	3	11	17	49	7	9th	QR4	&—	—	&—	Not known	—

1892–93	Northern	10	2	1	7	11	37	5	6th	QR4	&—	—	&—	Not known	—

1893–94	Northern	14	7	1	6	25	20	15	4th	QR1	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R1	Not known	—

1894–95	Northern	18	11	0	7	56	30	22	4th	QR3	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R2	Not known	—

1895–96	Northern	16	10	4	2	53	24	24	1st	Prelim	&—	FA Amateur Cup	SF	Not known	—

1896–97	Northern	16	10	2	4	54	35	22	2nd	QR4	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R2	Not known	—

1897–98	Northern 1	16	8	2	6	41	31	18	3rd	QR3	&—	FA Amateur Cup	QF	Not known	—

1898–99	Northern 1	16	10	3	3	50	29	23	2nd	QR3	&—	FA Amateur Cup	QF	Not known	—

1899–1900	Northern 1	16	12	3	1	42	16	27	1st	QR1	&—	FA Amateur Cup	SF	Not known	—

1900–01	Northern	20	11	2	7	55	37	24	3rd	QR2	&—	FA Amateur Cup	QF	Not known	—

1901–02	Northern	18	9	4	5	37	22	22	3rd	Prelim	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R1	Not known	—

1902–03	Northern	24	10	3	11	34	50	23	6th	QR1	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R1	Not known	—

1903–04	Northern	24	11	3	10	48	49	25	6th	QR3	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R2	Not known	—

1904–05	Northern	24	9	6	9	38	38	24	4th	QR4	&—	FA Amateur Cup	QF	Not known	—

1905–06	Northern	26	12	7	7	47	47	31	4th	QR4	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R1	Not known	—

1906–07	Northern	22	9	2	11	30	37	20	7th	QR1	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R1	Not known	—

1907–08	Northern	22	9	2	11	39	41	20	9th	QR4	&—	FA Amateur Cup	R1	Not known	—

1908–09	North East	34	15	8	11	76	73	38	8th	QR3	&—	—	&—	Tommy Charlton	16

1909–10	North East	32	16	5	11	59	54	37	5th	QR3	&—	—	&—	Alec Fraser	17

1910–11	North East	34	19	5	10	79	40	43	4th	R3	&—	—	&—	Alec Fraser	17

1911–12	North East	36	23	8	5	84	34	54	3rd	R2	&—	—	&—	Ginger Owers	19

1912–13	North East	38	31	4	3	116	23	66	1st	QR5	&—	—	&—	Dick Healey	41

1913–14	North East	38	20	10	8	72	43	50	4th	QR5	&—	—	&—	Aaron Travis	21

1914–15	North East	38	25	4	9	109	38	54	4th	R1	&—	—	&—	Aaron Travis	40

1915–19	The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.

1919–20	North East	34	24	1	9	93	44	49	2nd	R2	&—	—	&—	Dick Healey	21

1920–21	North East	38	28	4	6	76	29	60	1st	R1	&—	—	&—	Bill Hooper	17

1921–22	Division 3N	38	22	6	10	81	37	50	2nd	R1	&—	—	&—	Bill Hooper	18

1922–23	Division 3N	38	15	10	13	59	46	40	9th	QR6	&—	—	&—	Bill Hooper	16

1923–24	Division 3N	42	20	8	14	70	53	48	6th	R1	&—	—	&—	David Brown	27 ♦

1924–25	Division 3N	42	24	10	8	78	33	58	1st	R1	&—	—	&—	David Brown	39 ♦

1925–26	Division 2	42	14	10	18	72	77	38	15th	R2	&—	—	&—	Mark Hooper	18

1926–27	Division 2	42	12	6	24	79	98	30	21st	R4	&—	—	&—	Tom Ruddy	25

1927–28	Division 3N	42	21	5	16	89	74	47	7th	R3	&—	—	&—	Bob Gregg	21

1928–29	Division 3N	42	13	7	22	64	88	33	19th	R3	&—	—	&—	Billy Eden	11

1929–30	Division 3N	42	22	6	14	108	73	50	3rd	R1	&—	—	&—	Maurice Wellock	34

1930–31	Division 3N	42	16	10	16	71	59	42	11th	R1	&—	—	&—	Maurice Wellock	23

1931–32	Division 3N	40	17	4	19	66	69	38	11th	R3	&—	—	&—	Maurice Wellock	14

1932–33	Division 3N	42	10	8	24	66	109	28	22nd	R4	&—	—	&—	Bob Johnson	15

1933–34	Division 3N	42	13	9	20	70	101	35	16th	R1	&—	Football League Third Division North Cup	W	Tom Alderson	16

1934–35	Division 3N	42	21	9	12	80	59	51	5th	R2	&—	Football League Third Division North Cup	R1	Jerry Best	31

1935–36	Division 3N	42	17	6	19	74	79	40	12th	R3	&—	Football League Third Division North Cup	F	Jerry Best	19

1936–37	Division 3N	42	8	14	20	66	96	30	22nd	R4	&—	Football League Third Division North Cup	SF	Albert Brallisford	26

1937–38	Division 3N	42	11	10	21	54	79	32	19th	R1	&—	Football League Third Division North Cup	R1	Reg Chester	10

1938–39	Division 3N	42	13	7	22	62	92	33	18th	R2	&—	Football League Third Division North Cup	R1	Wilf Feeney	13

1939–40	Division 3N	3	2	1	0	5	2	5	—	&—	&—	—	&—	Wally Odell	2

1939–45	The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.

1945–46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R2	&—	—	&—	—	—

1946–47	Division 3N	42	15	6	21	68	80	36	17th	R2	&—	—	&—	Harry Clarke	17

1947–48	Division 3N	42	13	13	16	54	70	39	16th	R1	&—	—	&—	Harry Clarke	14

1948–49	Division 3N	42	20	6	16	83	74	46	4th	R3	&—	—	&—	Albert Quinn	23

1949–50	Division 3N	42	11	13	18	56	69	35	17th	R1	&—	—	&—	Albert Quinn	17

1950–51	Division 3N	46	13	13	20	59	77	39	18th	R1	&—	—	&—	Harry Yates	14

1951–52	Division 3N	46	11	9	26	64	103	31	23rd	R1	&—	—	&—	Harry Yates	15

1952–53	Division 3N	46	14	6	26	58	96	34	21st	R1	&—	—	&—	Ken Murray	8

1953–54	Division 3N	46	12	14	20	50	71	38	21st	R1	&—	—	&—	Les Robson	14

1954–55	Division 3N	46	14	14	18	62	73	42	15th	R3	&—	—	&—	Dickie Davis	16

1955–56	Division 3N	46	16	9	21	60	73	41	15th	R2	&—	—	&—	Dickie DavisKen Morton	14

1956–57	Division 3N	46	17	8	21	82	95	42	18th	R2	&—	—	&—	Bill Tulip	32

1957–58	Division 3N	46	17	7	22	78	89	41	20th	R5	&—	—	&—	Ron Harbertson	15

1958–59	Division 4	46	13	16	17	66	68	42	16th	R3	&—	—	&—	Dave Carr	15

1959–60	Division 4	46	17	9	20	63	73	43	15th	R2	&—	—	&—	Bobby Baxter	14

1960–61	Division 4	46	18	13	15	78	70	49	7th	R2	R3	—	&—	Bobby Baxter	16

1961–62	Division 4	44	18	9	17	61	73	45	13th	R1	R1	—	&—	Lance Robson	17

1962–63	Division 4	46	19	6	21	72	87	44	12th	R1	R2	—	&—	Lance Robson	18

1963–64	Division 4	46	14	12	20	66	93	40	19th	R1	R1	—	&—	Ken Allison	15

1964–65	Division 4	46	18	6	22	84	87	42	17th	R3	R2	—	&—	Jimmy Lawton	25

1965–66	Division 4	46	25	9	12	72	53	59	2nd	R2	R4	—	&—	Bobby Cummings	23

1966–67	Division 3	46	13	11	22	47	81	37	22nd	R2	R2	—	&—	Bryan Conlon	13

1967–68	Division 4	46	12	17	17	47	53	41	16th	R1	QF	—	&—	Bobby Cummings	12

1968–69	Division 4	46	17	18	11	62	45	52	5th	R2	R2	—	&—	Allan Gauden	15

1969–70	Division 4	46	13	10	23	53	73	36	22nd	R1	R2	—	&—	Ken Hale	8

1970–71	Division 4	46	17	11	18	58	57	45	12th	R2	R2	—	&—	Alan Harding	17

1971–72	Division 4	46	14	11	21	64	82	39	19th	R2	R1	—	&—	Peter Graham	20

1972–73	Division 4	46	7	15	24	42	85	29	24th	R1	R1	—	&—	Peter Graham	11

1973–74	Division 4	46	13	13	20	40	62	39	20th	R1	R2	—	&—	Colin Sinclair	9

1974–75	Division 4	46	13	10	23	54	67	36	21st	R2	R1	—	&—	Stan Webb	16

1975–76	Division 4	46	14	10	22	48	57	38	20th	R1	R3	—	&—	Colin Sinclair	21

1976–77	Division 4	46	18	13	15	59	64	49	11th	R3	R2	—	&—	Eddie Rowles	13

1977–78	Division 4	46	14	13	19	52	59	41	19th	R1	R1	—	&—	Eddie RowlesDennis Wann	7

1978–79	Division 4	46	11	15	20	49	66	37	21st	R3	R3	—	&—	John StoneAlan Walsh	9

1979–80	Division 4	46	9	17	20	50	74	35	22nd	R2	R1	—	&—	Alan Walsh	15

1980–81	Division 4	46	19	11	16	65	59	49	8th	R1	R1	—	&—	Alan Walsh	22

1981–82	Division 4	46	15	13	18	61	62	58	13th	R1	R1	—	&—	David Speedie	17

1982–83	Division 4	46	13	13	20	61	71	52	17th	R1	R1	—	&—	Alan Walsh	18

1983–84	Division 4	46	17	8	21	49	50	59	14th	R4	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R2(N)	Alan Walsh	10

1984–85	Division 4	46	24	13	9	66	49	85	3rd	R4	R1	Associate Members' Cup	QF(N)	Carl Airey	16

1985–86	Division 3	46	15	13	18	61	78	58	13th	R1	R2	Associate Members' Cup	QF(N)	Garry MacDonald	16

1986–87	Division 3	46	7	16	23	45	77	37	23rd	R2	R1	Associate Members' Cup	Group	David Currie	12

1987–88	Division 4	46	18	11	17	71	69	65	13th	R1	R2	Associate Members' Cup	QF(N)	David Currie	21

1988–89	Division 4	46	8	18	20	53	76	42	24th	R1	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	Gary Worthington	12

1989–90	Conference	42	26	9	7	76	25	87	1st	R3	&—	FA TrophyConf. League Cup	QFR3	John Borthwick	19

1990–91	Division 4	46	22	17	7	68	38	83	1st	R1	R2	Associate Members' Cup	R1(N)	John Borthwick	10

1991–92	Division 3	46	10	7	29	56	90	37	24th	R2	R1	Associate Members' Cup	Group	Lee Ellison	10

1992–93	Division 3	42	12	14	16	48	53	50	15th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Steve Mardenborough	11

1993–94	Division 3	42	10	11	21	42	64	41	21st	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Robbie Painter	11

1994–95	Division 3	42	11	8	23	43	57	41	20th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Robbie Painter	9

1995–96	Division 3	46	20	18	8	60	42	78	5th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	Group	Robbie Blake	11

1996–97	Division 3	46	14	10	22	64	78	52	18th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Darren Roberts	16

1997–98	Division 3	46	14	12	20	56	72	54	19th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Darren Roberts	12

1998–99	Division 3	46	18	11	17	69	58	65	11th	R2	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Marco Gabbiadini	23 ♦

1999–2000	Division 3	46	21	16	9	66	36	79	4th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Marco Gabbiadini	24 ♦

2000–01	Division 3	46	12	13	21	44	56	49	20th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	QF(N)	Glenn Naylor	11

2001–02	Division 3	46	15	11	20	60	71	56	15th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Ian Clark	13

2002–03	Division 3	46	12	18	16	58	59	54	14th	R3	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Barry Conlon	15

2003–04	Division 3	46	14	11	21	53	61	53	18th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Barry Conlon	14

2004–05	League 2	46	20	12	14	57	49	72	8th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Clyde Wijnhard	14

2005–06	League 2	46	16	15	15	58	52	63	8th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R1(N)	Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu	10

2006–07	League 2	46	17	14	15	52	56	65	11th	R2	R2	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Julian Joachim	7

2007–08	League 2	46	22	12	12	67	40	78	6th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(NE)	Tommy Wright	13

2008–09	League 2	46	20	12	14	61	44	62	12th	R1	R2	Football League Trophy	SF(N)	Liam Hatch	9

2009–10	League 2	46	8	6	32	36	87	30	24th	R1	R1	Football League Trophy	R2(N)	Tadhg Purcell	9

2010–11	Conference	46	18	17	11	61	42	71	7th	R1	&—	FA Trophy	W	Liam Hatch	11

2011–12	Conference	46	11	13	22	47	73	36	22nd	QR4	&—	FA Trophy	R1	Ryan Bowman	10

2012–13	Northern 1	46	40	2	4	145	34	122	1st	&—	&—	—	&—	Amar Purewal	24

2013–14	NPL 1N	42	28	6	8	101	37	90	2nd	&—	&—	FA Trophy	QR1	Stephen Thompson	24

2014–15	NPL 1N	42	28	7	7	99	37	91	2nd	QR1	&—	FA TrophyNPL Challenge Cup	QR2R1	Graeme Armstrong	22

2015–16	NPL	46	33	5	8	106	42	104	1st	QR1	&—	FA TrophyNPL Challenge Cup	QR2R3	Nathan Cartman	19

2016–17	National N	42	22	10	10	89	67	76	5th	QR2	&—	FA Trophy	QR3	Mark Beck	18

2017–18	National N	42	14	13	15	58	58	55	12th	QR2	&—	FA Trophy	QR3	Reece StycheStephen Thompson	11

2018–19	National N	42	12	14	16	56	62	50	16th	QR2	&—	FA Trophy	QR3	Jordan Nicholson	11

Sentence(s)

Tadhg Purcell became Darlington`s top scorer with nine goals in the 2009–10 season.

final_sentence: Tadhg Purcell became Darlington`s top scorer with nine goals in the 2009–10 season.