List of Preston North End F.C. seasons
Seasons
Seasons spent at Level 1 of football league system: 47 Seasons spent at Level 2 of football league system: 44 Seasons spent at Level 3 of football league system: 23 Seasons spent at Level 4 of football league system: 5

List of Preston North End F.C. seasons

Section Title: Seasons
Table Section Text: Seasons spent at Level 1 of football league system: 47 Seasons spent at Level 2 of football league system: 44 Seasons spent at Level 3 of football league system: 23 Seasons spent at Level 4 of football league system: 5

Season	League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Other	Top scorer

Div	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Name	Goals

1883–84	There was no League football until 1888.	R4

1884–85	N/A

1885–86	R3

1886–87	SF

1887–88	R/U

1888–89	FL	22	18	4	0	74	15	40	1st	W	John Goodall	22

1889–90	22	15	3	4	71	30	33	1st	QF	Nick Ross	24

1890–91	22	12	3	7	44	23	27	2nd	R1	Hugh Gallacher	6

1891–92	26	18	1	7	61	31	37	2nd	QF	Jimmy Ross	18

1892–93	Div 1	30	17	3	10	57	39	37	2nd	SF	Frank Becton	23

1893–94	30	10	3	17	44	56	23	14th	R2	Jimmy Ross	24

1894–95	30	15	5	10	62	46	35	4th	R2	David Smith Adam Henderson	12

1895–96	30	11	6	13	44	48	28	9th	R1	Jackie Pierce	8

1896–97	30	11	12	7	55	40	34	4th	QF	David Boyd	14

1897–98	30	8	8	14	35	43	24	12th	R1	Alexander Brown	11

1898–99	34	10	9	15	44	47	29	15th	R2	Tom Pratt	17

1899–00	34	12	4	18	38	48	28	16th	QF	Adam Henderson	13

1900–01	34	9	7	18	49	75	25	17th	R1	Adam Gara	11

1901–02	Div 2	34	18	6	10	71	32	42	3rd	R1	Harry Wilcox	14

1902–03	34	13	10	11	56	40	36	7th	R2	Frank Pearson	18

1903–04	34	20	10	4	62	24	50	1st	R2	Percy Smith	26

1904–05	Div 1	34	13	10	11	42	37	36	8th	QF	14

1905–06	38	17	13	8	54	39	47	2nd	R1	Dicky Bond	17

1906–07	38	14	7	17	44	57	35	14th	R1	Charlie Dawson	11

1907–08	38	12	12	14	47	53	36	12th	R1	Percy Smith	12

1908–09	38	13	11	14	48	44	37	10th	R2	James Wilson	11

1909–10	38	15	5	18	52	58	35	12th	R1	David McLean	19

1910–11	38	12	11	15	40	49	35	14th	R2	David McLean Jimmy Bannister	7

1911–12	38	13	7	18	40	57	33	19th	R1	William Kirby	14

1912–13	Div 2	38	19	15	4	56	33	53	1st	R1	Ben Green	13

1913–14	Div 1	38	12	6	20	52	69	30	19th	R3	Fred Osborn	26

1914–15	Div 2	38	20	10	8	61	42	50	2nd	R1	17

No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I

1919–20	Div 1	42	14	10	18	57	73	38	19th	R3	Tommy Roberts	29

1920–21	42	15	9	18	61	65	39	16th	SF	25

1921–22	42	13	12	17	42	65	38	16th	R/U	25

1922–23	42	13	11	18	60	64	37	16th	R2	29

1923–24	42	12	10	20	52	67	34	18th	R1	26

1924–25	42	10	6	26	37	74	26	21st	R2	Rowland Woodhouse	9

1925–26	Div 2	42	18	7	17	71	84	43	12th	R3	Alex James	14

1926–27	42	20	9	13	74	72	49	6th	R4	Tommy Roberts	30

1927–28	42	22	9	11	100	66	53	4th	R3	Norman Robson	19

1928–29	42	15	9	18	78	79	39	13th	R3	Alex Hair	19

1929–30	42	13	11	18	65	80	37	16th	R3	James McCelland George Smithies	10

1930–31	42	17	11	14	83	64	45	7th	R3	George Bargh Tom Scott	14

1931–32	42	16	10	16	75	77	42	13th	R5	Ted Harper	27

1932–33	42	16	10	16	74	70	42	9th	R3	37

1933–34	42	23	6	13	71	52	52	2nd	QF	George Stephenson	16

1934–35	Div 1	42	15	12	15	62	67	42	11th	QF	Bud Maxwell	26

1935–36	42	18	8	16	67	64	44	7th	R4	19

1936–37	42	14	13	15	56	67	41	14th	R/U	Frank O'Donnell	27

1937–38	42	16	17	9	64	44	49	3rd	W	George Mutch	18

1938–39	42	16	12	14	63	59	44	9th	QF	Charity Shield	R/U	Jimmy Dougal	19

1939–40	3	0	2	1	0	2	2

No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II

1945–46	R5

1946–47	Div 1	42	18	11	13	76	74	47	7th	QF	Jimmy McIntosh	32

1947–48	42	20	7	15	67	68	47	7th	QF	Andy McLaren	18

1948–49	42	11	11	20	62	75	33	21st	R4	Bobby Langton	12

1949–50	Div 2	42	18	9	15	60	49	45	6th	R3	Eddy Brown	13

1950–51	42	26	5	11	91	49	57	1st	R4	Charlie Wayman	29

1951–52	Div 1	42	17	12	13	74	54	46	7th	R3	24

1952–53	42	21	12	9	85	60	54	2nd	R4	26

1953–54	42	19	5	18	87	58	43	11th	R/U	32

1954–55	42	16	8	18	83	64	40	14th	R4	Jimmy Baxter	17

1955–56	42	14	8	20	73	72	36	19th	R3	Tommy Thompson	24

1956–57	42	23	10	9	84	56	56	3rd	R5	29

1957–58	42	26	7	9	100	51	56	2nd	R3	34

1958–59	42	17	7	18	70	77	41	12th	R5	24

1959–60	42	16	12	14	79	76	44	9th	QF	Tom Finney	21

1960–61	42	10	10	22	43	7	30	22nd	R4	R3	Peter Thompson	12

1961–62	Div 2	42	15	10	17	55	57	40	10th	QF	R3	Alfie Biggs	22

1962–63	42	13	11	18	59	74	37	17th	R3	R4	Alex Dawson	27

1963–64	42	23	10	9	79	54	56	3rd	R/U	R2	36

1964–65	42	14	13	15	76	81	41	12th	R4	R2	27

1965–66	42	11	15	16	62	70	37	17th	QF	R4	Brian Godfrey	20

1966–67	42	16	7	19	65	67	39	13th	R3	R3	Alex Dawson	13

1967–68	42	12	11	19	43	65	35	20th	R4	R2	Derek Temple	8

1968–69	42	12	15	15	38	44	39	14th	R4	R2	Willie Irvine	20

1969–70	42	8	12	22	43	63	28	22nd	R3	R1	Archie Gemmill	6

1970–71	Div 3	46	22	17	7	63	39	61	1st	R1	R3	Gerry Ingram	24

1971–72	Div 2	42	12	12	18	52	58	36	18th	R4	R4	Hughie McIlmoyle	13

1972–73	42	11	12	19	37	64	34	19th	R3	R1	Alex Bruce	13

1973–74	42	9	14	19	40	62	31	21st	R3	R1	9

1974–75	Div 3	46	19	11	16	63	56	49	9th	R3	R3	Mel Holden	22

1975–76	46	19	10	17	62	57	48	8th	R2	R2	Mike Elwiss	16

1976–77	46	21	12	13	64	43	54	6th	R2	R1	Alex Bruce	26

1977–78	46	20	16	10	63	38	56	3rd	R2	R2	30

1978–79	Div 2	42	12	18	12	59	57	42	7th	R4	R2	26

1979–80	42	12	19	11	56	52	43	10th	R3	R2	Steve Elliott	23

1980–81	42	11	14	17	41	62	36	20th	R3	R4	Alex Bruce	15

1981–82	Div 3	46	16	13	17	50	56	61	14th	R1	R2	19

1982–83	46	15	13	18	60	69	58	16th	R3	R2	Steve Elliott	23

1983–84	46	15	11	20	66	66	56	16th	R1	R3	League Trophy	R2	20

1984–85	46	13	7	26	51	100	46	23rd	R2	R2	League Trophy	R1	Peter Houghton	9

1985–86	Div 4	46	11	10	25	54	89	43	23rd	R1	R2	League Trophy	GS	John Thomas Gary Brazil	18

1986–87	46	26	12	8	72	47	90	2nd	R4	R2	League Trophy	QF	John Thomas	28

1987–88	Div 3	46	15	13	18	48	59	58	16th	R1	R1	League Trophy	AF	Gary Brazil	20

1988–89	46	19	15	12	79	60	72	6th	R1	R2	League Trophy	R1	Tony Ellis	20

Play-off	SF

1989–90	46	14	10	22	65	79	52	19th	R2	R1	League Trophy	R1	Warren Joyce	13

1990–91	46	15	11	20	54	67	56	17th	R1	R1	League Trophy	AF	Graham Shaw	15

1991–92	46	15	12	19	61	72	57	17th	R3	R1	League Trophy	R1	17

1992–93	Div 2	46	13	8	25	65	94	47	21st	R1	R1	League Trophy	GS	Tony Ellis	25

1993–94	Div 3	42	18	13	11	79	60	67	5th	R4	R1	League Trophy	R2	31

Play-off	R/U

1994–95	42	19	10	13	58	41	67	5th	R2	R1	League Trophy	GS	Mike Conroy	11

Play-off	SF

1995–96	46	23	17	6	78	38	86	1st	R2	R1	League Trophy	R2	Andy Saville	30

1996–97	Div 2	46	18	7	21	49	55	61	15th	R2	R2	League Trophy	R2	Dave Reeves	14

1997–98	46	15	14	17	56	56	59	15th	R3	R2	League Trophy	ASF	Lee Ashcroft	16

1998–99	46	22	13	11	78	50	79	5th	R3	R1	League Trophy	R2	Kurt Nogan	21

Play-off	SF

1999–2000	46	28	11	7	74	37	95	1st	R5	R3	League Trophy	R2	Jon Macken	25

2000–01	Div 1	46	23	9	14	64	52	78	4th	R3	R2	Play-off	R/U	22

2001–02	46	20	12	14	71	59	72	8th	R5	R2	Richard Cresswell	16

2002–03	46	16	13	17	68	70	61	12th	R3	R4	16

2003–04	46	15	14	17	69	71	59	15th	R4	R1	Ricardo Fuller	19

2004–05	Champ	46	21	12	13	67	58	75	5th	R3	R3	Play-off	R/U	Richard Cresswell	20

2005–06	46	20	20	6	59	30	80	4th	R5	R1	Play-off	SF	David Nugent	10

2006–07	46	22	8	16	64	53	74	7th	R5	R1	17

2007–08	46	15	11	20	50	56	56	15th	R5	R1	Neil Mellor	10

2008–09	46	21	11	14	66	54	74	6th	R3	R2	Play-off	SF	12

2009–10	46	13	15	18	58	73	54	17th	R4	R3	Jon Parkin	13

2010–11	46	10	12	24	54	79	42	22nd	R3	R3	Iain Hume	12

2011–12	L1	46	13	15	18	54	68	54	15th	R1	R3	League Trophy	ASF	10

2012–13	46	14	17	15	54	49	59	14th	R3	R3	League Trophy	ASF	Nicky Wroe	11

2013–14	46	23	16	7	72	46	85	5th	R4	R2	League Trophy	R2	Joe Garner	24

Play-off	SF

2014–15	46	25	14	7	79	40	89	3rd	R5	R2	League Trophy	AF	Joe Garner	26

Play-off	W

2015–16	Champ	46	15	17	14	45	45	62	11th	R3	R3	Daniel Johnson	8

2016–17	46	16	14	16	64	63	62	11th	R3	R4	Jordan Hugill	13

2017–18	46	19	16	11	58	45	73	7th	R4	R1	Seán Maguire	10

Sentence(s)

Lee Ashcroft finished with 16 goals in 46 games in 1997–98.

final_sentence: Lee Ashcroft finished with 16 goals in 46 games in 1997–98.