List of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. seasons

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is an English association football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. The club was founded in 1901 and played in the Southern League from the 1901–02 season until 1920, when that league's first division was absorbed into the Football League. In 1910, they won the Southern League title and defeated Football League champions Aston Villa in the FA Charity Shield. As a Football League team, Albion have won three divisional titles at the third level of the English football league system and two at the fourth. They played in the 1983 FA Cup Final, losing to Manchester United after a replay, and their best achievement in the League Cup was in 1978–79 when they reached the quarter-final.

For details of the current season, see 2020–21 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season.

The Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. team of 1909–10, winners of the Southern League title and the Southern Professional Charity Cup

As of the end of the 2019–20 season, the team have spent 7 seasons in the fourth tier of the English football league system, 55 in the third, 24 in the second and 7 in the top tier. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first season in the Southern League and FA Cup in 1901–02 to the end of the most recently completed season.

History

After Brighton United and then Brighton & Hove Rangers disbanded, a new professional football club was formed at a meeting held in the Seven Stars Hotel in June 1901. The club adopted the name Brighton & Hove Albion and took over Brighton & Hove Rangers' place in the Southern League Second Division.[1] They also entered the FA Cup for the first time, disposing of Brighton Athletic, Eastbourne, and Hastings & St Leonards before succumbing 3–2 at home to Clapton in the third qualifying round.[2] The Goldstone Ground became Albion's permanent home in their second season, when the club entered a team in the South Eastern League to provide additional matches on those Saturdays free of Southern League or cup fixtures.[3] Albion lost out on the 1903 Southern League Second Division title on goal average, but gained promotion to the First Division via the test match system.[4] The committee's recommendation against accepting the promotion on financial grounds was overruled by the membership,[5] but their fears were justified when the club lost £1,500 on their first year's trading as a limited company. To raise income from additional matches, a team was entered in the United League in 1905–06; these matches were played in midweek, because Saturdays and public holidays during the playing season were fully taken up by the Southern League and FA Cup.[6]

In 1909–10, they won their first major title. The Times wrote that "Brighton and Hove Albion have not had much difficulty in finishing at the head of the Southern League, and for that reason the competition has lost some of its interest, though probably the rivalry between the teams has been as keen as ever."[7] This achievement earned them a place in the FA Charity Shield to face reigning Football League champions Aston Villa; Albion won 1–0 with a second-half goal from Charlie Webb.[8]

Under the management of Webb, who was offered the post while awaiting repatriation from a German prisoner-of-war camp,[9] the club joined the Football League in 1920, when a Third Division was formed from the Southern League First Division of the preceding season.[4] Between the wars, Albion finished regularly in the top half of the Third Division South, but saved their best form for the FA Cup, eliminating numerous First Division sides from the competition.[10] In the 1922–23 season, they were drawn to play the amateur club Corinthian in that club's first ever match in the FA Cup competition. Interest was such that the game was filmed for cinematic release, and Brighton's eventual victory, in a second replay at Chelsea's ground, Stamford Bridge, was watched by a Monday-afternoon crowd of 45,000.[10][11] Ten years later, an administrative oversight meant they failed to apply for exemption to the later rounds of the FA Cup, so had to begin at the first qualifying round, progressing through eight rounds to the last 16 of the competition before losing to West Ham United after a replay.[12]

In 1948 Albion successfully applied for re-election to the League after finishing bottom for the first time.[13] After several near misses, they were promoted as champions to the Second Division in 1958,[14] and five years later, two successive relegations took them into Division Four.[4] Former Tottenham Hotspur and England centre-forward Bobby Smith's 19 goals alongside Wally Gould's 21 made a major contribution to Albion winning the Fourth Division title in 1965,[15] and seven years later the team made a brief return to Division Two.[4] Peter Ward's 32 goals in 1976–77 helped return the team to the Second Division, and two years later, a 3–1 victory away at Newcastle United confirmed their promotion to the First Division.[16] In 1983, for the first time, they reached the FA Cup Final, in which they played Manchester United. The scores were level at 2–2 until the last moments of extra time, when Albion's Gordon Smith had a clear chance to score a winning goal. Peter Jones's radio commentary on the moment became famous: "and Smith must score...", he cried, just before Smith's shot was blocked by the goalkeeper's legs. Albion lost the replay 4–0,[17][18] and were relegated that same season.[4]

A sixth-place finish in 1990–91 qualified Albion for the playoffs; they beat Millwall in the semi-final, then lost 3–1 to Notts County in the final. The following season, when the newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards, and Albion were relegated from the "old" to the "new" Second Division.[4][19] Three years later, another relegation took Albion to the bottom tier of the Football League, and financial problems meant the Goldstone Ground would be sold. From October to the penultimate game of the 1996–97 season, Albion were bottom of the League,[20] their plight made worse by a two-point deduction for failure to control their protesting supporters,[21] and they went into the last game needing at least a draw at Hereford United to stay in the League and relegate their opponents to the Conference. After falling behind to an own goal, Robbie Reinelt equalised in the second half to secure their League status.[22] The club played two seasons at Gillingham, some 70 miles (110 km) from home, before returning to Brighton to the Withdean Stadium, a municipal athletics track, in 1999. Bobby Zamora's 28 League goals in each of two consecutive seasons helped his team to two successive divisional titles and promotion back to the second tier. Over the next nine seasons Albion suffered two relegations and two promotions, the first via the playoffs in 2004[23] and the second, as League One champions, coincident with the opening of the club's new stadium at Falmer in 2011.[24] After a season of consolidation, three playoff semi-final defeats and a season spent flirting with relegation, Albion were Championship runners-up in 2016–17 and promoted to the Premier League for the first time.[25][26] After a 15th-place finish in 2017–18, they reached the FA Cup semifinal for only the second time in the club's history in 2018–19 and narrowly avoided relegation to the Championship.[27]

Key

Details for abandoned competitions – the 1938–39 Third Division South Cup and the 1939–40 Football League – are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons
List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer(s)
Season League[4][30][31] FA Cup [2][lower-alpha 5] League Cup[32][lower-alpha 6] Other[4][33] Top scorer(s)[34][lower-alpha 7]
Division[lower-alpha 8] P W D L GF GA Pts Pos[lower-alpha 9] Competition Result Name(s) Goals
1901–02 Southern 21611053417223rd QR3— —— Frank McAvoy9
1902–03
  • Southern 2
  • South Eastern
  • 10
  • 22
  • 7
  • 11
  • 1
  • 2
  • 2
  • 9
  • 34
  • 45
  • 11
  • 39
  • 15
  • 24
QR4 — —— Frank Scott31
1903–04 Southern 1346121645692417th QR3 — —— Billy Roberts9
1904–05 Southern 1341361544453211th Inter — —— Andy Gardner13
1905–06
  • Southern 1
  • United
  • 34
  • 18
  • 9
  • 6
  • 7
  • 4
  • 18
  • 8
  • 30
  • 28
  • 55
  • 28
  • 25
  • 16
R2 — ——
9
1906–07
  • Southern 1
  • United
  • 38
  • 14
  • 16
  • 6
  • 9
  • 6
  • 11
  • 2
  • 53
  • 33
  • 43
  • 26
  • 45
  • 18
R1 — —— Jack Hall28
1907–08
  • Southern 1
  • Western 1A
  • 38
  • 12
  • 12
  • 6
  • 8
  • 2
  • 18
  • 4
  • 46
  • 19
  • 59
  • 19
  • 32
  • 14
R2 — Southern Charity Cup[lower-alpha 11]R2 Jack Hall26
1908–09
  • Southern 1
  • Western 1A
  • 40
  • 12
  • 14
  • 7
  • 7
  • 2
  • 19
  • 3
  • 60
  • 23
  • 61
  • 13
  • 35
  • 16
R1 — Southern Charity CupF Jack Martin25
1909–10 Southern 142231366928591st R1 —
Bullet Jones22
1910–11 Southern 138208105835483rd R2 — Southern Charity CupF Bullet Jones19
1911–12 Southern 138199107335475th R1 — Southern Charity CupR2 Jimmy Smith27
1912–13
  • Southern 1
  • South Alliance
  • 38
  • 16
  • 13
  • 8
  • 12
  • 5
  • 13
  • 3
  • 48
  • 28
  • 47
  • 19
  • 38
  • 21
R2 — Southern Charity CupF Charlie Webb13
1913–14
  • Southern 1
  • South Alliance
  • 38
  • 16
  • 15
  • 11
  • 12
  • 2
  • 11
  • 3
  • 43
  • 39
  • 45
  • 15
  • 42
  • 24
R3 — Southern Charity CupR1 Bill Miller20
1914–15 Southern 1381671546473910th R2 — Southern Charity CupR1 Bullet Jones13
1915–19
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War. Albion played no part in the wartime competitions.
1919–20 Southern 1421482060723616th QR6 — —— Jack Doran10
1920–21 Division 3[lower-alpha 15]421482042613618th R2 — —— Jack Doran22
1921–22 Division 3S421392045513519th R2 — —— Jack Doran23
1922–23 Division 3S422011115234514th R2 — —— Eddie Fuller13
1923–24 Division 3S42219126837515th R3 — —— Tommy Cook28
1924–25 Division 3S42198155945468th R2 — —— Tommy Cook18
1925–26 Division 3S42199148473475th R1 — —— Sam Jennings20
1926–27 Division 3S422111107950534th R3 — —— Sam Jennings27
1927–28 Division 3S421910138169484th R2 — —— Tommy Cook26
1928–29 Division 3S421662058763815th R1 — —— Dan Kirkwood21
1929–30 Division 3S42218138763505th R5 — —— Hugh Vallance32
1930–31 Division 3S421715106853494th R4 — —— Geordie Nicol19
1931–32 Division 3S421712137358468th R3 — —— Arthur Attwood29
1932–33 Division 3S421781766654212th R5 — —— Arthur Attwood35
1933–34 Division 3S4215131468604310th R4 — Third Division South CupSF Buster Brown15
1934–35 Division 3S42179166962439th R3 — Third Division South CupR2 Buster Brown26
1935–36 Division 3S42188167063447th R3 — Third Division South CupQF Alec Law27
1936–37 Division 3S42245137443533rd R1 — Third Division South CupR1 Bert Stephens26
1937–38 Division 3S42219126444515th R3 — Third Division South CupR1 Jock Davie24
1938–39 Division 3S421911126849493rd R1 — Third Division South Cup[lower-alpha 16]R2 Bert Stephens17
1939–40[lower-alpha 17] Division 3S31205445th — — —— Jock Davie2
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 ———————— — R5[lower-alpha 18] — —— Jock Davie[lower-alpha 19]10
1946–47 Division 3S4213121754723817th R1 — —— George Chapman10
1947–48 Division 3S4211121943733422nd R3 — —— Tony James14
1948–49 Division 3S42151895555486th R1 — —— Des Tennant11
1949–50 Division 3S421612145769448th R1 — —— Johnny McNichol9
1950–51 Division 3S4613171671794313th R4 — —— Johnny McNichol14
1951–52 Division 3S462410128763585th R1 — ——
19
1952–53 Division 3S461912158175507th R3 — —— Ken Bennett13
1953–54 Division 3S46269118661612nd R2 — —— Bert Addinall22
1954–55 Division 3S462010167663506th R3 — —— Albert Mundy21
1955–56 Division 3S462971011250652nd R2 — —— Albert Mundy28
1956–57 Division 3S461914138665526th R1 — —— Albert Mundy20
1957–58 Division 3S 462412108864601st R2 — ——
20
1958–59 Division 24215111674904112th R3 — —— John Shepherd17
1959–60 Division 24213121767763814th R5 — —— Bill Curry26
1960–61 Division 2421491961753716th R4 R3 —— Adrian Thorne14
1961–62 Division 2 ↓4210112142863122nd R3 R1 ——
10
1962–63 Division 3 ↓4612122258843622nd R1 R2 —— Peter Donnelly11
1963–64 Division 4461912157152508th R1 R2 —— Johnny Goodchild15
1964–65 Division 4 462611910257631st R1 R1 —— Wally Gould21
1965–66 Division 34616111967654315th R2 R2 —— Charlie Livesey14
1966–67 Division 34613151861714119th R4 R4 ——
10
1967–68 Division 34616161457554810th R2 R2 —— Kit Napier28
1968–69 Division 34616131772654512th R2 R2 —— Kit Napier18
1969–70 Division 346239145743555th R2 R3 —— Allan Gilliver16
1970–71 Division 34614161650474414th R3 R1 —— Kit Napier13
1971–72 Division 3 46271188247652nd R2 R2 —— Kit Napier19
1972–73 Division 2 ↓428132146832922nd R3 R2 —— Ken Beamish10
1973–74 Division 34616111952584319th R1 R1 —— Ken Beamish12
1974–75 Division 34616102056644219th R3 R1 —— Fred Binney13
1975–76 Division 346229157853534th R3 R1 —— Fred Binney27
1976–77 Division 3 462511108340612nd R1 R4 —— Peter Ward[lower-alpha 20]36 ♦
1977–78 Division 242221286338564th R4 R2 —— Peter Ward17
1978–79 Division 2 42231097239562nd[lower-alpha 21] R3 QF —— Peter Ward13
1979–80 Division 14211151647573716th R4 R4 —— Peter Ward18
1980–81 Division 1421472154673519th R3 R3 —— Michael Robinson22
1981–82 Division 142131316435252[lower-alpha 22]13th[lower-alpha 23] R4 R3 —— Andy Ritchie14
1982–83 Division 1 ↓429132038684022nd F[lower-alpha 24] R2 —— Michael Robinson10
1983–84 Division 242179166960609th R5 R3 —— Terry Connor17
1984–85 Division 2422012105434726th R4 R2 —— Terry Connor16
1985–86 Division 2421691764625710th R6 R3 Full Members' CupR1(S) Dean Saunders19
1986–87 Division 2 ↓429122137543922nd R3 R2 Full Members' CupR1 Terry Connor9
1987–88 Division 3 46231586947842nd R4 R1 Associate Members' CupSF(S) Garry Nelson32
1988–89 Division 2461492357665119th R3 R1 Full Members' CupR1 Garry Nelson16
1989–90 Division 2461592256725418th R4 R1 Full Members' CupR2(S) Kevin Bremner12
1990–91 Division 246217186369706th[lower-alpha 25] R4 R1 Full Members' CupR3(S) Mike Small21
1991–92 Division 2[lower-alpha 26] ↓4612112356774723rd R4 R2 Full Members' CupR3(S) Mark Gall14
1992–93 Division 246209176359699th R4 R2 Football League TrophyQF(S) Kurt Nogan22
1993–94 Division 24615141760675914th R1 R2 Football League TrophyR1(S) Kurt Nogan26
1994–95 Division 24614171554535616th R1 R3 Football League TrophyR1(S) Junior McDougald13
1995–96 Division 2 ↓4610102646694023rd R2 R1 Football League TrophyQF(S) Junior McDougald9
1996–97 Division 346131023537047[lower-alpha 27]23rd R1 R1 Football League TrophyR2(S) Craig Maskell16
1997–98 Division 3466172338663523rd R1 R1 Football League TrophyR2(S) Jeff Minton7
1998–99 Division 3461672349665517th R1 R1 Football League TrophyR2(S)
12
1999–2000 Division 34617161364466711th R2 R1 Football League TrophyR2(S) Darren Freeman13
2000–01 Division 3 46288107335921st R2 R1 Football League TrophyR2(S) Bobby Zamora[lower-alpha 28]31 ♦
2001–02 Division 2 46251566642901st R3 R2 Football League TrophyQF(S) Bobby Zamora[lower-alpha 29]32 ♦
2002–03 Division 1 ↓4611122349674523rd R3 R2 —— Bobby Zamora14
2003–04 Division 2 462211136443774th[lower-alpha 30] R1 R2 Football League TrophyQF(S) Leon Knight[lower-alpha 31]27 ♦
2004–05 Championship4613122140655120th R3 R1 —— Adam Virgo8
2005–06 Championship ↓467172239713824th R3 R1 —— Colin Kazim-Richards6
2006–07 League One4614112149585318th R3 R2 Football League TrophySF(S) Jake Robinson12
2007–08 League One461912155850697th R3 R1 Football League TrophySF(S) Nicky Forster19
2008–09 League One4613132055705216th R1 R3 Football League TrophySF(S) Nicky Forster16
2009–10 League One4615141756605913th R4 R1 Football League TrophyR2(S) Nicky Forster16
2010–11 League One 46281178540951st R5 R1 Football League TrophyR1(S) Glenn Murray22
2011–12 Championship4617151452526610th R5 R3 —— Ashley Barnes14
2012–13 Championship46191896943754th[lower-alpha 32] R4 R1 —— Craig Mackail-Smith11
2013–14 Championship461915125540726th[lower-alpha 33] R5 R1 —— Leonardo Ulloa16
2014–15 Championship4610171944544720th R4 R4 —— Lewis Dunk7
2015–16 Championship46241757242893rd[lower-alpha 34] R3 R2 —— Tomer Hemed17
2016–17 Championship 4628997440932nd[lower-alpha 35] R4 R3 —— Glenn Murray23
2017–18 Premier389131634544015th R6 R3 —— Glenn Murray14
2018–19 Premier38992035603617th SF R2 —— Glenn Murray15
2019–20 Premier389141539544115th R3 R3 —— Neal Maupay10

Notes
  1. The South-Eastern League, founded in 1901, consisted of a mixture of amateur teams and reserve teams of Southern League clubs in London and the south-east of England. Albion fielded a first team in the competition in the 1902–03 season, and a reserve team thereafter.[28]
  2. The Southern Football Alliance was a midweek league whose rules required at least seven first-team players in the starting eleven. It proved a financial failure, so Brighton & Hove Albion withdrew from the league after two seasons, despite the on-field success enjoyed by their first eleven.[29]
  3. One of several short-lived leagues of this name, this incarnation of the United League was founded in 1905 as a secondary competition for Southern League clubs. Albion played in the competition in its first two seasons.[28]
  4. The Western League was formed in 1892 in the Bristol area, but expanded to include Southern League teams using it as a secondary competition. Albion played in the competition for two seasons before the Southern League teams withdrew because of the travelling involved.[28]
  5. Beginning with the 1925–26 season, the FA Cup was structured so that the third round proper contained 64 teams. Prior to that date, the structure had varied, so rounds are not directly comparable to the round of the same name after 1925. For example, in 1901–02, when Albion first entered the competition, there were only three rounds proper before the semifinal, as compared with the current six.[2]
  6. The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[19]
  7. Includes goals scored in all first-team competitions, i.e. the Football League and playoffs, FA Cup, League Cup, Full Members' Cup, Football League Trophy, Third Division South Cup, Southern League and promotion test match, FA Charity Shield, South-Eastern League (1902–03 season), United League (1905–06 and 1906–07), Western Football League (1907–08 and 1908–09) and championship match, Southern Football Alliance (1912–13 and 1913–14) and Southern Professional Charity Cup.[35]
  8. Divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system at the time.
  9. In seasons when the club played in more than one league, the column is sorted on the Southern League position.
  10. Runners-up on goal average for the Southern League Second Division title, Albion were promoted to the Southern League First Division by winning 5–3 in a test match against Watford, who had finished second bottom in the First Division.[4][36]
  11. The Southern Professional Charity Cup was open to any professional club in London and the South-East of England and ran from 1901 until 1915. The majority of Southern League clubs participated.[37]
  12. Won Division 1A of the Western League, but lost 2–1 in a playoff against Millwall, winners of Division 1B, for the overall title.[4]
  13. As reigning Southern League champions, Albion played Football League champions Aston Villa in the 1910 FA Charity Shield at Stamford Bridge, London. Albion won 1–0, the goal scored by Charlie Webb.[8]
  14. Beat Watford 1–0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, the goal scored by Bullet Jones.[38]
  15. In 1920, the Football League formed a third division comprising most of the Southern League First Division clubs.[19]
  16. Although the 1938–39 Third Division South Cup was never completed, Brighton & Hove Albion do include their match in this season's competition in their player statistics.[35][4]
  17. When the Second World War began, the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned with three matches played and Brighton in 5th position.[39]
  18. The Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, but 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]
  19. Goals scored in FA Cup competition only.
  20. Ward scored 32 goals in the Third Division.[40]
  21. Promoted to the top division of English football for the first time.
  22. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.[19]
  23. Club's best Football League finishing position.
  24. Albion drew 2–2 with Manchester United at Wembley Stadium, losing 4–0 in the replay.[4]
  25. Lost 3–1 to Notts County in the playoff final after beating Millwall 6–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals.[4]
  26. When the newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards, so Brighton were relegated from the "old" Second Division into the "new" Second Division.[19]
  27. Two points deducted as punishment for failure to control spectators.[21]
  28. Zamora scored 28 goals in Division Three.[40]
  29. Zamora scored 28 goals in Division Two.[40]
  30. Promoted via the playoffs: beat Swindon Town in the semi-final after a penalty shootout, then beat Bristol City 1–0 in the playoff final with a late penalty scored by Leon Knight.[23]
  31. Knight scored 25 goals in Division Two. This figure excludes his goal in the playoff final: statistical sources, e.g. Sky Sports Football Yearbook (formerly Rothmans Football Yearbook), restrict league goals to those scored during the regular season.[40][41]
  32. Lost in the play-off semifinal to Crystal Palace on aggregate.[42]
  33. Lost in the play-off semifinal to Derby County on aggregate.[43]
  34. Missed out on automatic promotion on goal difference by just two goals, then lost in the play-off semifinal to Sheffield Wednesday on aggregate after four players were injured during the first leg.[25]
  35. Seven points ahead of Newcastle United with three matches remaining, needing just three points to secure the Championship title, Albion lost the first two. In the third, they were a goal ahead against ten-man Aston Villa but conceded in the 89th minute. Newcastle won their last three matches to clinch the title.[26][30]

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