List of Dover Athletic F.C. seasons
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This is a list of seasons played by Dover Athletic F.C. in English football, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major and some minor competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.
Dover Athletic F.C. was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover F.C., whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club. In the 1989–90 season Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, but failed to gain promotion to the Football Conference due to ground grading issues. Three seasons later the team won this title again and this time gained promotion to the Conference, where they spent nine seasons before being relegated.
The club's best performance in the FA Cup was an appearance in the Third Round proper in both the 2010–11 and the 2014–15 season, while the best performance registered in the FA Trophy, the national competition for higher-level non-league clubs, was a run to the semi-finals in the 1997–98 season.
Seasons
Season | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | Other competitions | Top scorer[1] | |||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||||||
1983–84 | SLS | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 51 | 74 | 45 | 13th | R1Q | RP | SLC R1 | ||
1984–85 | SLS | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 78 | 28 | 19th | R2Q | RP | SLC R?[2] | ||
1985–86 | SLS | 40 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 89 | 53 | 75 | 4th | RP | R1Q | EFC R?[3] | ||
1986–87 | SLS | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 66 | 43 | 66 | 5th | R4Q | R2Q | SLC R2[4] | ||
1987–88 | SLS | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 81 | 28 | 94 | 1st | R1Q | R1Q | |||
1988–89 | SLP | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 65 | 47 | 69 | 6th | R4Q | R2 | SLC R4[5] | ||
1989–90 | SLP | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 87 | 27 | 102 | 1st[6] | R3Q | R3 | SLC R2[7] | ||
1990–91 | SLP | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 37 | 74 | 4th | R4Q | R2 | KSC Winners | ||
1991–92 | SLP | 42 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 66 | 30 | 84 | 2nd | R4Q | R1 | |||
1992–93 | SLP | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 86 | 1st | R3Q | R2 | |||
1993–94 | Conf | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 49 | 58 | 8th | R1Q | R3 | KSC Runners-up | ||
1994–95 | Conf | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 48 | 55 | 49 | 16th | R4Q | R1 | |||
1995–96 | Conf | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 74 | 40 | 20th | R1Q | R2 | |||
1996–97 | Conf | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 68 | 50 | 17th | R3Q | R1 | |||
1997–98 | Conf | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 70 | 55 | 13th | R3Q | SF | |||
1998–99 | Conf | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 54 | 48 | 58 | 11th | R4Q | R3 | |||
1999–00 | Conf | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 56 | 66 | 6th | R4Q | R5 | CLC R1 KSC SF | Joff Vansittart | 19 |
2000–01 | Conf | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 15th | R4Q | R3 | FLT R1S CLC R2 KSC Runners-up | Joff Vansittart | 14 |
2001–02 | Conf | 42 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 65 | 39 | 22nd | R4Q | R3 | KSC QF | Keith Scott | 14 |
2002–03 | SLP | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 35 | 71 | 3rd | R1 | R5 | SLC R3 KSC R1 | Jamie Day Tommy Tyne | 11 |
2003–04 | SLP | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 59 | 49 | 19th | R3Q | R5 | SLC QF KSC SF | Craig Wilkins | 20 |
2004–05 | IsP[8] | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 50 | 66 | 39 | 21st | R1Q | R1 | ILC R3 KSC Runners-up | Craig Cloke | 9 |
2005–06 | Is1 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 69 | 46 | 77 | 5th[9] | R2Q | R1Q | ILC R4 KSC QF | Craig Wilkins | 19 |
2006–07 | Is1S[10] | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 77 | 41 | 77 | 3rd | R4Q | R1Q | ILC Runners-up KSC QF | Jimmy Dryden | 17 |
2007–08 | Is1S | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 84 | 29 | 98 | 1st | R2Q | R3Q | ILC R2 KSC R1 | Francis Collin | 21 |
2008–09 | IsP | 42 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 91 | 34 | 104 | 1st | R3Q | R2Q | ILC QF KSC R1 | Francis Collin | 24 |
2009–10 | ConfS | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 66 | 47 | 75 | 2nd[11] | R4Q | R3 | KSC tbc | Adam Birchall | 18 |
2010–11 | ConfS | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 51 | 74 | 7th | R3 | R3Q | KSC tbc | Adam Birchall | 45 |
2011–12 | ConfS | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 62 | 49 | 66 | 7th | R4Q | R3Q | KSC SF | Billy Bricknell | 16 |
2012–13 | ConfS | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 44 | 76 | 3rd[12] | R3Q | R3Q | KSC | ||
2013–14 | ConfS | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 38 | 69 | 5th[13] | R2 | R3 | KSC | ||
2014–15 | ConfP | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 69 | 58 | 68 | 8th | R3 | R4 | KSC R2 | Stefan Payne | 20 |
2015–16 | Natl | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 75 | 53 | 80 | 5th | R1 | R4 | |||
2016–17 | Natl | 46 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 85 | 63 | 79 | 6th | R1 | R1 | KSC Winners | Ricky Miller | 45 |
2017–18 | Natl | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 44 | 73 | 8th | R4Q | R3 | KSC R2 | Ryan Bird | 20 |
2018–19 | Natl | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 58 | 64 | 60 | 14th | R1 | R2 | KSC R2 | Inih Effiong | 11 |
2019–20[14] | Natl | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 54 | 11th | R2 | R1 | KSC QF | Inih Effiong | 16 |
2020–21[15] | Natl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | R4Q | R3 | N/A | ||
2021–22[16] | Natl | 42 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 101 | 1 | 23rd | R4Q | R3 | KSC R2 | Alfie Pavey | 6 |
2022–23 | NatlS | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 68 | 48 | 20th | R2Q | R2 | KSC R2 | Luke Wanadio | 10 |
2023–24 | NatlS | 46 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 40 | 77 | 27 | 24th | R4Q | R2 | KSC R2[17] | Zidan Sutherland | 5 |
Key
Winners | Runners up | Promoted | Relegated |
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.
Key to league record | Key to divisions |
Footnotes
- ^ Includes all competitive first-team matches.
- ^ Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Southern League Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
- ^ Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Eastern Floodlit Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
- ^ Official Football Association Non-League Club Directory 1988, ISBN 978-1869833077, p. 354
- ^ Official Football Association Non-league Directory 1990, ISBN 978-1869833114, p. 382
- ^ Although Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, they were not promoted to the Conference as their stadium did not meet the required standard.
- ^ Vauxhall Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 1991, ISBN 978-1869833121, p. 397
- ^ Dover Athletic were moved from the Southern League to the Isthmian League due to re-organisation of the English football league system.
- ^ Dover Athletic qualified for a place in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier Division, but lost in the final to Tonbridge Angels.
- ^ At the start of the 2006–07 season the Isthmian League First Division was split into two regionalised sections. Dover Athletic were placed in the southern section.
- ^ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Woking in the semi-final.
- ^ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Salisbury City in the final.
- ^ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier and won.
- ^ Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the season was ended in March with positions being decided on a points-per-game basis.
- ^ Due to refusing to play matches on account of a lack of promised funding, Dover were to play no more part in the season as announced on 26 March 2021 with all results being expunged.
- ^ The club started the seasons with a 12-point deduction after refusing to complete fixtures the previous season.
- ^ The club were dismissed from the competition having fielded an ineligible player in their second round victory
References
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- "1983/84". margatefchistory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
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