Footnotes
- A Figures include goals in League, FA Cup, League Cup, European competitions, play-offs/test matches and the Charity Shield.
- B An administrative error meant the club did not enter the FA Cup in 1895.
- C Failed to gain promotion after test matches.
- D The club withdrew from the FA Cup during the qualifying rounds in both 1890–91 and 1895–96. The reasons for withdrawal are unclear.
- E The Subsidiary Tournament was a round-robin competition played following the completion of league fixtures.
- F The 1939–40 English football season was abandoned in early September and all results annulled, after only three matches had been played due to the Second World War.
- G Unplaced. 18 matches or more were required for a team to be placed.
- H The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League did not resume until the following season.
- I Four of these goals were scored in the FA Cup.
- J The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
- K Up until 1992, the top division of English football was the Football League First Division; since then, it has been the FA Premier League. At the same time, the Second Division was renamed the First Division, and the Third Division was renamed the Second Division.
- L Promoted via play-offs.
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