Monday 25 April 2022

RELEGATION FROM THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE

 SEASON TEAM  PROMOTED BACK
(NUMBER OF SEASONS)
1986/87 LINCOLN CITY   1987/88 (1)
1987/88  NEWPORT COUNTY   2012/13 (24) #
1988/89  DARLINGTON   1989/90 (1)
1989/90  COLCHESTER UNITED 1991/92 (2)  
1990/91   NO RELEGATION (i)  
1991/92   NO RELEGATION (ii)  
1992/93   HALIFAX TOWN  1997/98 (4)
1993/94   NO RELEGATION (iii)  
1994/95  NO RELEGATION  (iv)  
1995/96  NO RELEGATION (v)  
1996/97HEREFORD UNITED 2005/06 (9)
1997/98 DONCASTER ROVERS  2002/03 (5)
1998/99 SCARBOROUGH 
1999/00 CHESTER CITY 2003/04 (4) 
2000/01 BARNET     2004/05 (4) 
2001/02  HALIFAX TOWN   
2002/03  SHREWSBURY TOWN  2003/04 (1)

EXETER CITY  2007/08 (5) 
2003/04  CARLISLE UNITED  2004/05 (1)

YORK CITY  2011/12 (8)
2004/05   CAMBRIDGE UNITED  2013/14 (9) 

KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS  
2005/06 OXFORD UNITED  2009/10 (4)

RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS
2006/07 BOSTON UNITED

TORQUAY UNITED  2008/09 (2) 
2007/08 MANSFIELD TOWN  2012/13 (5) 

WREXHAM   
2008/09  CHESTER CITY 

LUTON TOWN   
2009/10   GRIMSBY TOWN   

DARLINGTON
2010/11 STOCKPORT COUNTY   

LINCOLN CITY  2016/17 (5) 
2011/12 HEREFORD UNITED   

MACCLESFIELD TOWN  20717/18 (6)
2012/13  BARNET  2014/15 (2) 

ALDERSHOT TOWN   
2013/14  BRISTOL ROVERS  2014/15 (1) 

TORQUAY UNITED 
2014/15  CHELTENHAM TOWN  2015/16 (1) 

TRANMERE ROVERS  2017/18 (3) 
2015/16 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE  

YORK CITY   
2016/17HARTLEPOOL UNITED     

LEYTON ORIENT  2018/19 (2)
2017/18 BARNET   

CHESTERFIELD 
2018/19 NOTTS COUNTY 

YEOVIL TOWN   
2019/20   MACCLESFIELD TOWN 
2020/21  SOUTHEND UNITED 

  GRIMSBY TOWN
2021/22 SCUNTHORPE UNITED
  OLDHAM ATHLETIC 
KEY 
Red denotes achieved promotion back
(i) League expanded so no relegation
(ii) Aldershot expelled from football league so no relegation 
(iii) Kidderminster Harriers ground grading failed so no relegation or promotion 
(iv) Macclesfield Town ground grading failed so relegation or promotion 
(v) Stevenage Borough ground grading failed so relegation or promotion 
# denotes the club were reformed as Newport AFC and changed to Newport County in 1999 

Scunthorpe United and Oldham Athletic will be non-league clubs for the 2022/23 season. The Iron drop out of the football league they have been members of since 1950 with The Latics being the first former Premier League side to drop out to be relegated from the football league. 

Only Lincoln City, Darlington, Shrewsbury Town, Carlisle United, Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham Town have won promotion back at the first time of asking - Grimsby Town have a chance of joining this list as they are currently in a play off place this season. Southend United, after a poor start to their season, have changed management and will finish in a comfortable mid-table position. 

A number of clubs have dropped out of the league and gone bust with new clubs being formed. The below is a list of those clubs - 

NEWPORT COUNTY - NEWPORT AFC formed in 1989 now NEWPORT COUNTY playing in League Two, 

ALDERSHOT FC - ALDERSHOT TOWN formed in 1992 now playing in The National League and did play in the football league from 2008 to 2013. 
 
HALIFAX TOWN - FC HALIFAX TOWN formed in 2008 now playing in The National League. 

HEREFORD UNITED - HEREFORD FC formed  in 2013 now playing in The National League South.  

SCARBROUGH - SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC formed in 2007 now playing in The Northern Premier League and qualified for play-offs this season. 

CHESTER CITY - CHESTER FC formed in 2010  now playing in The National League North  

RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS - AFC RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS formed in 2011 now playing in The Southern League Premier (Central)  - missed out on a play-off place on goal difference. 

DARLINGTON - DARLINGTON 1883 formed in 2012 now DARLINGTON FC playing in The National League North 

MACCLESFIELD TOWN - MACCLESFIELD FC formed in 2020 - Champions of The North West Counties League Premier Division and will play at Step Four in 22/23. 

Excluding these re-formed clubs only Stockport County (National League North from 2013 to 2019), Boston United (National League North since 2010 - did play in Northern Premier League in 08/09 and 09/10 ) and York City (National League North from 2017 to date) have dropped down further into the non-league pyramid - It's looking very likely that Stockport County will move back into the football league for the 22/23 season. 


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