List of Scunthorpe United F.C. seasons

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cup competition, the FA Cup, in 1909–10; they beat Withernsea 8–0 in the preliminary round before losing 4–0 to York City in the first qualifying round.[2] In 1910, after amalgamating with North Lindsey United, the club took the name Scunthorpe & Lindsey United,[1] and two years later, it became a member of the Midland League.[3] The first team finished that initial season in the lower reaches of the table, but when competitive football resumed after the First World War, they enjoyed consecutive top-seven finishes, culminating in their first Midland League title in 1926–27, a success fuelled by 52 goals from former England international Ernie Simms.[3][4] They again won the title in 1938–39,[3] and it seemed for much of the season as if Harry Johnson was sure to overtake Simms' total, but he missed several matches in the later part of the season and had to settle for 49.[4][5]

Scunthorpe made their first application to join

Newcastle United and holding Liverpool for 75 minutes before conceding the only goal of the match.[9]

Ahead of their

Football League Trophy, a cup competition open to teams from the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system,[13] and the following season, they reached the last 16 of the League Cup for the first time.[10] Two relegations in three years returned them to the fourth tier, from which they bounced straight back as 2013–14 runners-up. After twice reaching the play-offs, they were relegated to League Two in 2019 before, in a chaotic 2021–22 season, finishing bottom of that division to put an end to their 72-year spell in the Football League.[14] A further relegation followed before Scunthorpe finished second in the 2023–24 National League North but failed in the play-offs.[15]

As of the end of the 2021–22 season, the team have spent 38 seasons in the fourth tier of the

first-team
competitions and the top league goalscorer, where known, from their debut season in the FA Cup in 1909–10 to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

Details of the abandoned 1939–40 season are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results, and top league scorer(s)
Season League[3][10][16] FA Cup[2] League Cup[10][17][a] Other[3][10][17][18] Top league scorer(s)[b]
Division[c] P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1909–10 — — — — — — — — — QR1 — — — Not known —
1910–11 — — — — — — — — — Prelim — — — Not known —
1911–12 — — — — — — — — — QR1 — — — Not known —
1912–13 Mid 38 13 8 17 55 78 34 15th QR2 — — — Not known —
1913–14 Mid 34 16 4 14 55 55 36 7th QR1 — — — Not known —
1914–15 Mid 38 13 9 16 70 79 35 13th QR3 — — — Not known —
1915–19
The Midland League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 Mid 34 18 7 9 71 39 43 3rd QR2 — — — Not known —
1920–21 Mid 38 18 9 11 64 43 45 4th QR4 — — — Not known —
1921–22 Mid 42 22 8 12 87 60 52 4th QR3 — — — Not known —
1922–23 Mid 42 18 13 11 65 58 49 6th QR4 — — — Not known —
1923–24 Mid 42 21 7 14 55 49 49 6th QR5 — — — Not known —
1924–25 Mid 28 12 5 11 45 41 29 7th QR1 — — — Not known —
1925–26 Mid 40 19 9 12 86 78 47 7th QR2 — — — Not known —
1926–27 Mid 38 28 4 6 121 44 60 1st QR4 — — — Ernie Simms[4] 52
1927–28 Mid 44 23 4 17 118 85 50 9th QR1 — — — Not known —
1928–29 Mid 50 20 14 16 98 96 54 11th QR4 — — — Not known —
1929–30 Mid 50 26 6 18 124 98 58 7th R2 — — — Not known —
1930–31 Mid 46 19 11 16 98 101 49 11th R1 — — — Not known —
1931–32 Mid 46 18 9 19 83 99 45 9th R2 — — — Not known —
1932–33 Mid 44 23 5 16 104 100 51 8th R1 — — — Not known —
1933–34 Mid 32 14 5 13 76 73 33 7th R1 — — — Not known —
1934–35 Mid 38 17 3 18 67 82 37 11th R1 — — — Not known —
1935–36 Mid 40 16 8 16 73 77 40 11th R2 — — — Not known —
1936–37 Mid 42 19 3 20 77 86 41 14th R1 — — — Not known —
1937–38 Mid 42 22 5 15 109 78 49 6th R1 — — — Harry Johnson[23] 38
1938–39 Mid 42 28 8 6 133 57 64 1st R2 — — — Harry Johnson[5] 49
1939–40 Mid[24] 3 2 0 1 8 5 4 — — — — — Johnny Campbell[24] 4
1939–45
The Midland League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 Mid 36 17 6 13 82 65 40 6th QR4[d] — — — Not known —
1946–47 Mid 42 24 9 9 121 61 57 4th R2 — — — Not known —
1947–48 Mid 42 23 9 10 89 57 55 2nd R1 — — — Not known —
1948–49 Mid 42 24 6 12 104 56 54 4th R2 — — — Not known —
1949–50 Mid 46 29 6 11 99 44 64 3rd QR4 — — — Not known —
1950–51 Div 3N 46 13 18 15 58 57 44 12th QR4 — — — Ted Gorin[25] 12
1951–52 Div 3N 46 14 16 16 65 74 44 14th R3 — — — Ray Powell[25] 14
1952–53 Div 3N 46 16 14 16 62 56 46 15th R3 — — — Jack Haigh 12
1953–54 Div 3N 46 21 15 10 77 56 57 3rd R4 — — — Jack Gregory 16
1954–55 Div 3N 46 23 12 11 81 53 58 3rd R2 — — — Gordon Brown 23
1955–56 Div 3N 46 20 8 18 75 63 48 9th R4 — — — Gordon Brown 21
1956–57 Div 3N 46 15 15 16 71 69 45 14th R2 — — — Gordon Brown 14
1957–58 Div 3N ↑ 46 29 8 9 88 50 66 1st R5 — — — Ronnie Waldock[1] 21
1958–59 Div 2 42 12 9 21 55 84 33 18th R3 — — — Ronnie Waldock[25] 14
1959–60 Div 2 42 13 10 19 57 71 36 15th R4 — — — Peter Donnelly 15
1960–61 Div 2 42 14 15 13 69 64 43 9th R4 R1 — — Barrie Thomas 26
1961–62 Div 2 42 21 7 14 86 71 49 4th R3 R1 — — Barrie Thomas[e] 31
1962–63 Div 2 42 16 12 14 57 59 44 9th R3 R3 — — John Kaye 13
1963–64 Div 2 ↓ 42 10 10 22 52 82 30 22nd R3 R2 — — Ken Hodgson 11
1964–65 Div 3 46 14 12 20 65 72 40 18th R1 R2 — —
13
1965–66 Div 3 46 21 11 14 80 67 53 4th R1 R1 — — Brian Bedford[25] 22
1966–67 Div 3 46 17 8 21 58 73 42 18th R2 R1 — — Frank Barton 11
1967–68 Div 3 ↓ 46 10 12 24 56 87 32 23rd R2 R2 — — David Sloan[25] 10
1968–69 Div 4 46 18 8 20 61 60 44 16th R1 R3 — — Terry Heath 15
1969–70 Div 4 46 18 10 18 67 65 46 12th R5 R1 — — Nigel Cassidy 21
1970–71 Div 4 46 15 13 18 56 61 43 17th R3 R1 — — Terry Heath 10
1971–72 Div 4 ↑ 46 22 13 11 56 37 57 4th R1 R1 — — Rod Fletcher 19
1972–73 Div 3 ↓ 46 10 10 26 33 72 30 24th R3 R1 — — Rod Fletcher[25] 10
1973–74 Div 4 45 14 12 19 47 64 42[f] 18th R4 R2 — — Nolan Keeley[25] 9
1974–75 Div 4 46 7 15 24 41 78 29 24th[g] R1 R2 — — Dudley Roberts 17
1975–76 Div 4 46 14 10 22 50 59 38 19th R1 R1 — — Rick Green[29] 15
1976–77 Div 4 46 13 11 22 49 73 37 20th R1 R2 — — Nolan Keeley 12
1977–78 Div 4 46 14 16 16 50 55 44 14th R1 R2 — — Jim Lumby 21
1978–79 Div 4 46 17 11 18 54 60 45 12th R1 R1 — — Kevin Kilmore 17
1979–80 Div 4 46 14 15 17 58 75 43 14th R1 R1 — — Malcolm Partridge 13
1980–81 Div 4 46 11 20 15 60 69 42 16th R2 R1 — — Steve Cammack[19][30] 15
1981–82 Div 4 46 9 15 22 43 79 42[h] 23rd[g] R3 R1 — — George Telfer 9
1982–83 Div 4 ↑ 46 23 14 9 71 42 83 4th R3 R1
Football League Group Cup
 Group Steve Cammack[31] 25 ♦
1983–84 Div 3 ↓ 46 9 19 18 54 73 46 21st R4 R1
Associate Members' Cup
 QF(N) Steve Cammack[19][30] 18
1984–85 Div 4 46 19 14 13 83 62 71 9th R2 R2
Associate Members' Cup
 R1(N) Steve Cammack[19][30] 24
1985–86 Div 4 46 15 14 17 50 55 59 15th R2 R1
Associate Members' Cup
 QF(N) Steve Cammack[19][30] 12
1986–87 Div 4 46 18 12 16 73 57 66 8th R3 R2
Associate Members' Cup
 R1(N) Steve Johnson 16
1987–88 Div 4 46 20 17 9 76 51 77 4th[i] R3 R2
Associate Members' Cup
 R1(N) Andy Flounders 24
1988–89 Div 4 46 21 14 11 77 57 77 4th[j] R1 R3
Associate Members' Cup
 Prelim(N) Tony Daws 24
1989–90 Div 4 42 17 15 14 69 54 66 11th R2 R1
Associate Members' Cup
 R1(N) Andy Flounders[34] 18
1990–91 Div 4 46 20 11 15 71 62 71 8th[k] R3 R1
Associate Members' Cup
 QF(N) Andy Flounders[19][34] 23
1991–92 Div 4 42 21 9 12 64 59 72 5th[l] R1 R2
Associate Members' Cup
 R1(N) Jason White[25] 11
1992–93 Div 3[m] 42 14 12 16 57 54 54 14th R1 R2
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Ian Helliwell 13
1993–94 Div 3 42 15 14 13 64 56 59 11th R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Matt Carmichael 18
1994–95 Div 3 42 18 8 16 68 63 62 7th R2 R1
Football League Trophy
 R1(N)
8
1995–96 Div 3 46 15 15 16 67 61 60 12th R2 R1
Football League Trophy
 R2(N) Andy McFarlane 16
1996–97 Div 3 46 18 9 19 59 62 63 13th R2 R1
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Phil Clarkson 13
1997–98 Div 3 46 19 12 15 56 52 69 8th R3 R2
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Jamie Forrester 11
1998–99 Div 3 ↑ 46 22 8 16 69 58 74 4th[n] R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 R2(N) Jamie Forrester 20
1999–2000 Div 2 ↓ 46 9 12 25 40 74 39 23rd R1 R1
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Guy Ipoua 9
2000–01 Div 3 46 18 11 17 62 52 65 10th R4 R1
Football League Trophy
 R1(N) Guy Ipoua 14
2001–02 Div 3 46 19 14 13 74 56 71 8th R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Martin Carruthers 13
2002–03 Div 3 46 19 15 12 68 49 72 5th[o] R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 R1(N) Martin Carruthers 20
2003–04 Div 3 46 11 16 19 69 72 49 22nd R4 R2
Football League Trophy
 SF(N) Steven MacLean[31] 23 ♦
2004–05 League 2[p] ↑ 46 22 14 10 69 42 80 2nd R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 R1(N) Paul Hayes 17
2005–06 League 1 46 15 15 16 68 73 60
12th
 R3 R2
Football League Trophy
 QF(N) Billy Sharp[31] 23 ♦
2006–07 League 1 ↑ 46 26 13 7 73 35 91
1st
 R2 R2
Football League Trophy
 R2(N) Billy Sharp[31] 30 ♦
2007–08 Champ ↓ 46 11 13 22 46 69 46 23rd R3 R1 — — Martin Paterson 13
2008–09 League 1 ↑ 46 22 10 14 82 63 76 6th[q] R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 F Gary Hooper 24
2009–10 Champ 46 14 10 22 62 84 52 20th R4 R4 — — Gary Hooper 19
2010–11 Champ ↓ 46 12 6 28 43 87 42 24th R3 R3 — — Michael O'Connor 8
2011–12 League 1 46 10 22 14 55 59 52 18th R1 R2
Football League Trophy
 R2(N)
7
2012–13 League 1 ↓ 46 13 9 24 49 73 48 21st R1 R2
Football League Trophy
 R1(N)
11
2013–14 League 2 ↑ 46 20 21 5 68 44 81 2nd R1 R1
Football League Trophy
 R1(N) Sam Winnall[37] 23 ♦
2014–15 League 1 46 14 14 18 62 75 56 16th R3 R2
Football League Trophy
 R1(N) Paddy Madden 14
2015–16 League 1 46 21 11 14 60 47 74 7th R3 R1
Football League Trophy
 R2(N) Paddy Madden 20
2016–17 League 1 46 24 10 12 80 54 82 3rd[r] R1 R2 EFL Trophy R3 Josh Morris 19
2017–18 League 1 46 19 17 10 65 50 74 5th[s] R2 R2 EFL Trophy R2(N) Josh Morris 11
2018–19 League 1 ↓ 46 12 10 24 53 83 46 23rd R2 R1 EFL Trophy R2(N) Lee Novak 12
2019–20 League 2 37 10 10 17 44 56 40 20th[t] R1 R1 EFL Trophy QF Kevin van Veen 10
2020–21 League 2 46 13 9 24 41 64 48 22nd R1 R1 EFL Trophy Group Abo Eisa 9
2021–22 League 2 ↓ 46 4 14 28 29 90 26 24th R1 R1 EFL Trophy Group
4
2022–23 National ↓ 46 8 10 28 49 87 34 23rd QR4 — FA Trophy R3 Joe Nuttall 9
2023–24 Nat N 46 26 10 10 84 38 88 2nd[u] QR2 — FA Trophy R3 Danny Whitehall 21

Notes

  1. ^ The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[8]
  2. ^ Unless individually referenced, top scorers in the Football League era are sourced to The Iron Alphabet up to and including the 1995–96 season[19] – appearances and goals listed there are for League matches only, as confirmed at Neil Brown's site[20] – to Soccerbase for seasons in the Football League,[21] and to Soccerway for seasons in the National League.[22]
  3. ^ From the 1960–61 Football League season onwards, divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system, and separately from the pre-Football League division.
  4. ^ The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46. From the first round proper to the sixth round (quarter-final), results were determined on aggregate score over two legs.[2]
  5. ^ Club's highest Football League scorer in a season.[26]
  6. Peterborough United, but on medical advice refused to travel the 300 miles (480 km) to Scunthorpe. They were fined £5,000 and ordered to pay Scunthorpe £1,000 in compensation.[10][27]
  7. ^ a b Successfully applied for re-election to the Football League.[28]
  8. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.[8]
  9. Old Showground before Scunthorpe moved to Glanford Park.[32]
  10. Wrexham in the play-off semi-final.[33]
  11. ^ Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Blackpool in the play-off semi-final.[10]
  12. Crewe Alexandra 4–2 in the play-off semi-final,[10] Scunthorpe lost to Blackpool in the final on penalties.[6]
  13. FA Premier League split from the Football League, and the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards.[8]
  14. Leyton Orient on penalties in the final.[11]
  15. ^ Lost 6–3 on aggregate to Lincoln City in the play-off semi-final.[35]
  16. Football League Two respectively.[36]
  17. Milton Keynes Dons on penalties in the play-off semi-final,[10] Scunthorpe won promotion to the Championship by beating Millwall 3–2 in the final.[12]
  18. ^ Lost 3–2 on aggregate to Millwall in the play-off semi-final.[38]
  19. Rotherham United in the play-off semi-final.[39]
  20. ^ The 2019–20 football season was disrupted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EFL was suspended in March 2020 and in June, the League Two clubs voted to end the regular season programme early. Teams had not all played the same number of matches, so it was agreed to construct final league tables on a points-per-game basis. Scunthorpe United's 49.73 points per game placed them 20th.[40][41]
  21. Boston United in the play-off semi-final.[15]

References

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  36. ^ "League gets revamp". BBC Sport. 10 June 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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  39. ^ Mitchell, Brendon (16 May 2018). "Rotherham United 2–0 Scunthorpe United (Agg 4–2)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  40. ^ "League One & League Two clubs vote to end seasons early". BBC Sport. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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