List of Bury F.C. seasons

Bury Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Bury, which was in Lancashire until 1974 when it was absorbed into Greater Manchester. Founded in 1885,[1] Bury first entered the FA Cup in 1887–88. Drawn to play Blackburn Rovers away from home, they travelled to Ewood Park but scratched before the game; the two teams played a friendly match instead, which Bury lost heavily.[lower-alpha 1] The team first contested an FA Cup match in 1891–92: they beat Witton and Heywood Central before losing to Blackpool after a replay in the third qualifying round.[3][5]

Bury were founder members of and runners-up in the Lancashire League in 1889–90, and won the championship in their second and third seasons.[6] They were elected to the Football League ahead of the 1893–94 season,[7] won the Second Division title that same season by a nine-point margin, and beat Liverpool, the First Division's bottom club, in the test match to gain promotion.[8] They retained their top-flight status for 17 seasons. During that period Bury twice won the FA Cup. In the 1900 final, they beat Southern League team Southampton by four goals to nil. Three years later, they did not concede a goal in any round as they went on to beat Derby County 6–0, which remains the widest winning margin in an FA Cup final; the ball used in that match is on display at the National Football Museum.[6][9]

They returned to the First Division for a five-season spell in the mid-1920s, and achieved their highest ever finish, of fourth place, in 1925–26. Relegated back to the Second in 1929, Bury did not play in the top flight again; the closest they came was a third place in 1936–37. They flirted with relegation all through the 1950s, finally dropping into the Third Division North for the first time in the club's history in that league's last season before the regional sections were amalgamated into national Third and Fourth Divisions in 1958. Returning to the Second Division as Third Division champions in 1961, Bury spent seven of the next eight seasons at that level. In 1962–63, they reached the semi-final of the Football League Cup, losing 4–3 on aggregate to eventual winners Birmingham City. By 1971 Bury were in the Fourth Division, only for a three-season spell, but they were to spend the first half of the 1980s at that level.[6]

Further spells in the third and fourth tiers preceded two successive promotions in the mid-1990s: third place in Division Three – after the Premier League broke away from the Football League in 1992, the divisions were renumbered upwards[10] – followed by the Division Two title in 1996–97 brought Bury to the second tier for the first time in forty years. After two seasons they were relegated, and by 2002, financial problems brought the club into administration and to the brink of folding.[11] A supporters' campaign raised enough money to keep the club afloat,[12] and in recognition of his role within that process, UEFA presented club press officer Gordon Sorfleet with their Best Supporter award for 2002.[13] Bury were relegated at the end of that season, and then yo-yoed between the third and fourth tiers.[6] Promoted to League One in 2019 against a background of increasingly damaging financial and ownership issues, Bury's early fixtures in the 2019–20 season were successively postponed until, on 27 August 2019, after 125 years continuous membership, the club was expelled from the Football League.[14]

Bury spent 22 seasons in the top tier of the English football league system, 39 in the second, 29 in the third and 24 in the fourth. The table details the team's achievements and the top goalscorer in senior first-team competitions from their first season in the FA Cup in 1887–88.

Key

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

Seasons
List of seasons, including league division and statistics, cup results and top scorer(s)
Season League[6] FA Cup[3][lower-alpha 2] League Cup[6][16][lower-alpha 3] Other[6][16][17][18] Top league scorer(s)[lower-alpha 4]
Division[lower-alpha 5] P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result Name Goals
1887–88 ————————— Scr[lower-alpha 1]— —— ——
1888–89 ————————— DNE— —— ——
1889–90 Lancs2414376535312nd DNE— —— Not known—
1890–91 Lancs2015327432331st DNE— —— Not known—
1891–92 Lancs2220027620401st QR3— —— Not known—
1892–93 Lancs2217148324353rd QR3— —— Not known—
1893–94 Lancs2213458535302nd QR4— —— Not known—
1894–95 Div 2 3023257833481st R2— —— Not known—
1895–96 Div 1301231550542711th R3— —— Not known—
1896–97 Div 1301010103944309th R2— —— Not known—
1897–98 Div 130881439512414th R1— —— Not known—
1898–99 Div 1341471348493510th R2— —— Not known—
1899–1900 Div 1341361540443212th W— —— Not known—
1900–01 Div 134167115337395th R2— —— Not known—
1901–02 Div 134138134438347th R3— —— Not known—
1902–03 Div 134163155443358th W— —— Not known—
1903–04 Div 1347151240532912th R2— —— Not known—
1904–05 Div 1341042047672417th R2— —— Not known—
1905–06 Div 13811101757743217th R1— —— Not known—
1906–07 Div 1381361958683216th R3— —— Not known—
1907–08 Div 1381411135861397th R2— —— Not known—
1908–09 Div 1381481663773617th R2— —— Not known—
1909–10 Div 1381291762663313th R2— —— Not known—
1910–11 Div 1389111843712918th R1— —— Not known—
1911–12 Div 1 ↓38692332592120th R2— —— Not known—
1912–13 Div 2381581553573811th R2— —— Not known—
1913–14 Div 23815101339404019th R2— —— Not known—
1914–15 Div 2381581561563811th R2— —— Not known—
1915–19
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.
1919–20 Div 242208146044485th R2— —— Not known—
1920–21 Div 24215101745494011th R1— —— Not known—
1921–22 Div 24215101754554011th R1— —— Not known—
1922–23 Div 2421811135546476th R3— —— Not known—
1923–24 Div 2 42219126335512nd R1— —— Not known—
1924–25 Div 1421715105451495th R1— —— Not known—
1925–26 Div 142207158577474th R4— —— Norman Bullock[1]31
1926–27 Div 14212121868773619th R3— —— Not known—
1927–28 Div 142204188080445th R4— —— Not known—
1928–29 Div 1 ↓421272362993121st R5— —— Not known—
1929–30 Div 242225157867495th R3— —— Not known—
1930–31 Div 2421932075824113th R4— —— Not known—
1931–32 Div 242217147058495th QF— —— Not known—
1932–33 Div 242209138459494th R4— —— Not known—
1933–34 Div 2421791670734312th R4— —— Not known—
1934–35 Div 2421941962734210th R3— —— Not known—
1935–36 Div 24213121766843814th R4— —— Not known—
1936–37 Div 242228127455523rd R4— —— Not known—
1937–38 Div 2421851963604110th R4— —— Not known—
1938–39 Div 24212131765743716th R3— —— Not known—
1939–40 Div 23111453[lower-alpha 6] — — —— four players[lower-alpha 7]1
1939–45
The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.
1945–46 ————————— R4[lower-alpha 8] — —— Not known—
1946–47 Div 24212121880783617th R3— —— Not known—
1947–48 Div 2429161758683420th R3— —— Not known—
1948–49 Div 2421761967764012th R3— —— Not known—
1949–50 Div 2421491960653718th R4— —— Not known—
1950–51 Div 2421282260863220th R3— —— Not known—
1951–52 Div 2421572067693717th R3— —— Not known—
1952–53 Div 2421392053813520th R4— —— Not known—
1953–54 Div 24211141754723617th R3— —— Not known—
1954–55 Div 24215111677724113th R3— —— Not known—
1955–56 Div 2421681886904015th R3— —— Not known—
1956–57 Div 2 ↓42892560962521st R3— —— Not known—
1957–58 Div 3N462310139462564th R2— —— Not known—
1958–59 Div 34617141569584810th R3— —— Not known—
1959–60 Div 346219166451517th R3— —— Not known—
1960–61 Div 3 46308810845681st R1R3[A]—— Not known—
1961–62 Div 2421752052763918th R3R2—— Not known—
1962–63 Div 2421811135147478th R4SF—— Not known—
1963–64 Div 2421392057733518th R4R2—— Not known—
1964–65 Div 24214101860663816th R3R3—— Not known—
1965–66 Div 2421472162763519th R3R2—— Not known—
1966–67 Div 2 ↓421162549832822nd R4R2—— Not known—
1967–68 Div 3 46248149166562nd R3R3—— Not known—
1968–69 Div 2 ↓421182351803021st R3R1—— Not known—
1969–70 Div 34615112075804119th R1R2—— George Jones[21]26 ♦
1970–71 Div 3 ↓4612132152603722nd R2R1—— Not known—
1971–72 Div 4461912157359509th R3R1—— Not known—
1972–73 Div 44614181458514612th R1R4—— Not known—
1973–74 Div 4 462411118149594th R1R3—— Not known—
1974–75 Div 34616121853504414th R4R3—— Not known—
1975–76 Div 34614161651464413th R4R2—— Andy Rowland[22]16
1976–77 Div 346238156459547th R2R3—— Andy Rowland[23]17
1977–78 Div 34613191462564515th R1QF—— Andy Rowland[24]14
1978–79 Div 34611201559654219th R3R1—— Ken Beamish[25]16
1979–80 Div 3 ↓461672345593921st R5R1Anglo-Scottish CupGroup Craig Madden[26]10
1980–81 Div 44617111870624512th R3R3Anglo-Scottish CupSF Not known—
1981–82 Div 446171712805968[lower-alpha 9]9th R2R1 Football League Group Cup[lower-alpha 10]Group Craig Madden[1]35
1982–83 Div 4462312117446815th R1R1—— Not known—
1983–84 Div 44615141761645915th R2R2 Associate Members' CupR1(N) Not known—
1984–85 Div 4 462412107650844th R1R1 Associate Members' CupR2(N) Not known—
1985–86 Div 34612132163674920th R5R2 Associate Members' CupPrelim(N) Not known—
1986–87 Div 34614131954605516th R1R2 Associate Members' CupQF Nigel Greenwood[28]14
1987–88 Div 34615141758575914th R1R4 Associate Members' CupQF(N) Not known—
1988–89 Div 34616131755676113th R2R2 Associate Members' CupPrelim(N) Not known—
1989–90 Div 3462111147049745th[lower-alpha 11] R1R1 Associate Members' CupR1(N) Liam Robinson[29]17
1990–91 Div 3462013136756737th[lower-alpha 12] R1R1 Associate Members' CupQF(N) Not known—
1991–92 Div 3 ↓4613122155745121st R1R1 Associate Members' CupQF(N) Not known—
1992–93 Div 3[lower-alpha 13] 42189156355637th[lower-alpha 14] R3R3 Football League TrophyR1(N) Not known—
1993–94 Div 34214111755565313th R1R1 Football League TrophyR2(N) Mark Carter[30]20
1994–95 Div 342231187336804th[lower-alpha 15] R3R1 Football League TrophySF(N) David Pugh[30]17
1995–96 Div 3 462213116648793rd R1R3 Football League TrophyR1(N) Mark Carter[32]16
1996–97 Div 2 462412106238841st R1R2 Football League TrophyQF(N) Mark Carter12
1997–98 Div 14611191642585217th R3R2 Football League TrophyR1(N)
6
1998–99 Div 1 ↓4610171935604722nd R3R3 Football League TrophySF(N) Laurent D'Jaffo8
1999–2000 Div 24613181561645715th R2R1 Football League TrophyR1(N) Andy Preece12
2000–01 Div 24616102045595816th R1R1 Football League TrophyQF(N) Jon Newby5
2001–02 Div 2 ↓4611112443754422nd R1R1 Football League TrophyR2(N) Gareth Seddon7
2002–03 Div 3461816125756707th[lower-alpha 16] R1R3 Football League TrophySF(N) Jon Newby10
2003–04 Div 34615112054645612th R1R1 Football League TrophyQF(N) Gareth Seddon11
2004–05 League 2[lower-alpha 17] 4614161654545817th R2R1 Football League TrophyR1(N) David Nugent11
2005–06 League 246121717455752[lower-alpha 18]19th R1R1 Football League TrophyR1(N) Simon Whaley7
2006–07 League 24613112246615021st DQ[lower-alpha 19]R2 Football League TrophyR1(N) Andy Bishop15
2007–08 League 24616111958615913th R4R1 Football League TrophySF(N) Andy Bishop19
2008–09 League 2462115106343784th[lower-alpha 20] R1R1 Football League TrophyQF(N) Andy Bishop16
2009–10 League 2461912155459699th R1R1 Football League TrophyQF(N) Ryan Lowe18
2010–11 League 2 462312118250812nd R2R1 Football League TrophyQF(N) Ryan Lowe27
2011–12 League 14615112060795614th R1R2 Football League TrophyR1(N) Andy Bishop8
2012–13 League 1 ↓469142345734122nd R2R1 Football League TrophyQF(N) Steven Schumacher8
2013–14 League 24613201359515912th R1R2 Football League TrophyR1(N) Daniel Nardiello11
2014–15 League 2 46267136040853rd R2R1 Football League TrophyQF(N)
10
2015–16 League 146161218567357[lower-alpha 21]16th R4R2 Football League TrophyR2(N) Leon Clarke15
2016–17 League 14613112261735019th R1R1 EFL TrophyGroup James Vaughan24
2017–18 League 1 ↓468122641713624th R1R1 EFL TrophyR3(N)
8
2018–19 League 2 462213118256792nd R2R1 EFL TrophySF Nicky Maynard21
2019–20 League 1———————Exp[lower-alpha 22] Exp[lower-alpha 23] Exp[lower-alpha 22]—— ——

Notes
  1. Some sources, e.g. the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF),[2] record this fixture as a first-round FA Cup tie. However, the Football Association lists the result as a walkover to Blackburn,[3] the Lancashire Evening Post of the evening of the match reported that "Bury scratched before the match, and played an ordinary game",[4] and Bury F.C. do not include it in their complete FA Cup record.[5]
  2. 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 1899–1900 and 1902–03, when Bury won the competition, there were only three rounds proper before the semifinal, as compared with the current six.[6][15]
  3. The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.[10]
  4. Sourced to Soccerbase from 1996–97 onwards.[19]
  5. From the 1894–95 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.
  6. The 1939–40 season was abandoned with three matches played when the Second World War began.[6]
  7. Four players, Reg Halton, Jack Kelly, John McNeill and Fred Roberts each scored once before the 1939–40 season was abandoned.[20]
  8. Although the Football League did not resume until the 1946–47 season, 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.[6][3]
  9. The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.[10]
  10. The Football League Group Cup succeeded the Anglo-Scottish Cup after the Scottish clubs decided to abandon the competition.[27]
  11. Bury lost 2–0 on aggregate to Tranmere Rovers in the play-off semi-final.[6]
  12. Bury lost 2–1 on aggregate to Bolton Wanderers in the play-off semi-final.[6]
  13. When the newly formed FA Premier League split from the Football League, the remaining divisions of the Football League were renumbered upwards.[10]
  14. Bury lost 1–0 on aggregate to York City in the play-off semi-final.[6]
  15. After beating Preston North End 2–0 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final,[6] Bury lost 2–0 to Chesterfield in the final.[31]
  16. Bury lost 3–1 on aggregate to AFC Bournemouth in the play-off semi-final.[33]
  17. From the 2004–05 season, the Football League divisions were rebranded: Division One was renamed the Football League Championship, and Divisions Two and Three became Football League One and Football League Two respectively.[34]
  18. One point deducted after the season ended for fielding an ineligible player; the deduction did not affect Bury's finishing position.[35]
  19. After beating Chester City in a second-round replay, Bury were disqualified from the 2006–07 FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player.[36]
  20. Bury lost to Shrewsbury Town on penalties in the play-off semi-final.[37]
  21. Three points deducted after the season ended for fielding an unregistered player; the deduction dropped Bury from 14th to 16th place.[38]
  22. With the club having faced winding-up petitions, up for sale, and the team due to begin the 2019–20 EFL League One season with a 12-point deduction, the EFL wanted evidence for Bury's viability. Matches were systematically postponed, and the team were thrown out of the EFL Cup, until failure to meet a deadline meant the club was expelled from the League.[14]
  23. After Bury's expulsion from the Football League, they were removed from the draw for the first round of the 2019–20 FA Cup; Chichester City – the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition – received a bye to the second round.[39]

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