Seasons

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Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[1]
attendance
FA Cup[2] FA Trophy FA Vase
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
Joined the new Cheshire County League Division Two from the Manchester Football League.
1978–79 Cheshire County League
Division Two
34 18 9 7 57 32 +25 45 2nd of 18
Promoted
QR2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1
1979–80 Cheshire County League
Division One
38 11 14 13 48 55 -7 36 9th of 20 QR2 1-0-1 SF 6-1-2
1980–81 38 14 8 16 48 63 -15 36 12th of 20 QR2 1-2-1 PR 0-0-1
1981–82 38 12 15 11 57 50 +7 39 8th of 20 QR3 2-1-1 QR1 0-1-1
League merged with the Lancashire Combination to create the North West Counties Football League.
1982–83 North West Counties
Football League
Division One
38 14 8 16 46 47 -1 36 12th of 20 QR2 1-0-1 QR2 2-0-1
1983–84 38 21 5 12 74 51 +23 47 5th of 20 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 1-1-1
1984–85 38 21 6 11 85 60 +25 48 6th of 20 PR 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1
1985–86 38 18 9 11 52 50 +2 45 8th of 20 QR1 0-0-1 QR1 1-0-1 Peter Mayo
Les Sutton
1986–87 38 4 12 22 35 78 -43 20 19th of 20 PR 0-1-1 PR 0-0-1
Joined the new Northern Premier League Division One.
1987–88 Northern Premier League
Division One
7 36 8 4 24 43 73 -30 28 18th of 19 PR 0-0-1 EPR 0-1-1 David Noble
Steve Waywell
1988–89 42 13 11 18 74 72 +2 50 13th of 22 PR 0-0-1 R2 2-0-1 Steve Waywell
1989–90 42 17 11 14 66 60 +6 62 8th of 22 QR3 3-2-1 R3 3-1-1
1990–91 42 14 14 14 49 57 -8 56 10th of 22 QR2 1-0-1 R1 1-0-1
1991–92 42 15 9 18 71 83 -12 54 11th of 22 QR3 3-2-1 PR 0-0-1
1992–93 40 16 15 9 69 63 +6 63 7th of 21 QR1 0-0-1 R4 4-1-1 Steve Waywell
David Jones
1993–94 40 13 8 19 62 71 -9 47 14th of 21 QR1 0-1-1 QR1 0-1-1
1994–95 42 10 16 16 64 80 -16 46 15th of 22 PR 0-0-1 QR3 2-0-1
1995–96 42 20 7 13 73 53 +20 67 4th of 21 QR3 2-1-1 QR2 1-1-1 Derek Brownbill
1996–97 42 8 10 24 48 79 -31 34 20th of 22
Relegated
QR2 1-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 Terry McLean
Dave Denby
Ged Coyne
1997–98 Northern Counties East
Football League
Premier Division
8 38 7 8 23 42 75 -33 29 19th of 20
Relegated
PR 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1
1998–99 North West Counties
Football League
Division Two
9 36 12 7 17 56 58 -2 43 14th of 19 QR1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 ?
Joe Murty
1999–2000 34 24 6 4 78 26 +52 78 2nd of 18
Promoted
PR 0-0-1 R1 1-1-1 Joe Murty
2000–01 North West Counties
Football League
Division One
8 42 18 9 15 67 66 +1 63 11th of 22 PR 0-0-1 R1 1-0-1 Gary Lowe
2001–02 44 16 7 21 74 72 +2 55 13th of 23 PR 0-0-1 R2 2-0-1
2002–03 42 11 9 22 60 87 -27 42 18th of 22 EPR 0-0-1 QR2 0-0-1
2003–04 42 19 10 13 84 79 +5 64 7th of 22 PR 0-1-1 R1 1-0-1
Level of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.
2004–05 9 42 23 7 12 66 45 +21 76 4th of 22 EPR 0-0-1 R2 2-0-1
2005–06 42 20 8 14 72 66 +6 68 7th of 22 QR1 2-0-1 QR1 0-0-1
2006–07 42 31 6 5 116 38 +78 99 2nd of 22
Promoted
QR2 2-0-1 SF 9-1-1
2007–08 Northern Premier League
Division One North
8 42 23 9 10 78 48 +30 78 4th of 18 205 PR 0-0-1 QR2 2-0-1
2008–09 40 20 8 12 66 44 +22 68 5th of 21 174 R2 5-2-1 PR 0-1-1
2009–10 42 23 12 7 93 50 +43 75 3rd of 22 186 PR 0-1-1 PR 0-0-1
2010–11 44 25 10 9 85 49 +36 85 4th of 23 172 QR1 1-2-1 R1 3-0-1
2011–12 42 27 11 4 91 44 +47 92 2nd of 22 158 PR 0-1-1 QR3 2-1-1 John Flanagan
2012–13 42 22 7 13 98 67 +31 73 7th of 22 174 QR2 1-2-1 QR1 0-2-1
2013–14 42 31 6 5 92 36 +56 99 1st of 22
Promoted
187 QR3 3-1-1 R1 4-0-1
2014–15 Northern Premier League
Premier Division
7 46 23 14 9 79 46 +33 83 4th of 24 276 QR3 2-0-1 QR2 1-1-1
Promoted after winning the play-off
2015–16 National League North 6 42 14 15 13 55 52 +3 57 11th of 22 Niall Cummins
Matty Warburton
12 407 QR2 0-0-1 R2 2-0-1
2016–17 42 14 10 18 63 72 -9 52 14th of 22 Niall Cummins 14 405 R2 4-3-1 QR3 0-0-1
2017–18 42 12 13 17 52 66 -14 49 18th of 22 Niall Cummins 15 531 QR2 0-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
2018–19 42 13 10 19 44 71 -27 49 18th of 22 Ollie Crankshaw 9 450 QR3 1-0-1 QR3 0-0-1
2019–20 33 8 10 15 34 42 -8 34 20th of 22 Sean Miller 7 382 QR2 0-1-1 R1 1-0-1 Mark Bradshaw
The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game
2020–21 17 4 5 8 18 26 -8 17 16th of 22 Dominic Knowles 7 [a] QR2 0-0-1 R2 0-0-1 Steve Cunningham
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 42 13 13 16 51 63 -12 52 14th of 22 Alex Curran 11 342 QR4 2-0-1 R3 1-0-1 Steve Cunningham
Adam Lakeland
2022–23 46 18 11 17 58 55 +3 65 13th of 24 Tom Peers 17 379 R1 3-3-0 R3 1-0-1 Adam Lakeland
2023–24 46 21 12 13 62 49 +13 75 7th of 24 Stefan Mols
Jimmy Spencer
11 406 R1 3-0-1 R3 1-0-1 Adam Lakeland
Craig Mahon
Lost in the play-off quarterfinal.
  1. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 4 June 2024.


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