Whitby Town F.C. was founded as Streaneshalch Football Club in October 1880,[1] soon after its foundation the club changed its name to Whitby Church Temperance. The name was changed in late 1882 to Whitby Football Club and continued to play friendly games as well as competing in the Scarborough & East Riding County Cup. Whitby joined the Northern League for the first time in 1893[2] only to return to the Cleveland Amateur League two seasons later. They returned to the Northern League in 1899.

Key

Seasons

In the non-league system where there is promotion and relegation there is the necessity for those in charge of scheduling matches to move some teams between different regional leagues at the same level to ensure as even a geographical spread as possible.

Timeline notes

Despite being promoted to Division 1 of the Northern League in 1900, the league season following only had one division due to the number of teams that left at the end of the previous season.[2]
At the end of the 1901 season, the club left the Northern League.[2]
When the club returned to the Northern League in 1926, they were known as Whitby United having merged with Whitby Whitehall Swifts. They would compete as United until 1949.[2]
Even though the club did not compete in the Northern League in 1945–46 season, they were non-playing members and were eligible for the FA Cup that season. They lost in the second qualifying round at Stockton 0–4.[3]
During the 1960–61 season, the club were deducted points for fielding an ineligible player.[4][5]
The 1964-65 FA Amateur Cup semi-final against Enfield was played at Sunderland.
During the 1966–67 season the club were deducted two points.
During the 1972–73 season the club were deducted two points.
In the 1974–75 season, 3 points for a win was introduced by the Northern League.[6]
During the 1975–76 season the club were deducted two points.
During the 1978–79 season the club were deducted three points.
During the 1978–79 season the club were deducted three points.
At the end of the 1981–82 season the league was expanded to two divisions.
During the 1989–90 season the club were deducted three points.
The 1996-97 FA Cup 1st round home tie against Hull was actually played in Scarborough.
The 1997-98 FA Vase 1st qualifying round replay was a 3–3 draw in regulation time. Whitby won the penalty shootout 4–3.
The 1998-99 FA Cup 3rd qualifying round replay against Bedlington Terriers was a 1–1 draw in regulation time. Whitby lost the penalty shootout 4–3.
The 1999-00 FA Cup 3rd qualifying round replay against Lancaster City was a 2–2 draw in regulation time. Whitby lost the penalty shootout 4–2.
The 2000-01 FA Vase 1 qualifying round replay against Bishop Auckland was a 2–2 draw in regulation time. Whitby lost the penalty shootout 5–4.
At the end of the 2003–04 season the club qualified for the league play-offs but were defeated in their only match by Radcliffe Borough 8–7 on penalties after the match had finished 2–2 in regulation time.
The 2005-06 1st qualifying round tie away at Newcastle Blue Star was switched to Whitby.
The 2020―21 FA Cup 1st Qualifying round tie against Warrington Rylands ended 1–1 after regulation time, but Whitby lost the penalty shootout 4–3

Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase FA Amateur Cup
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
1893–94 Northern League N/A 14 5 2 7 45 43 +2 12 6th of 8
1894–95 18 8 2 8 43 45 -2 18 5th of 10
1895–96 16 6 3 7 23 38 -15 15 6th of 9
1896–97 Cleveland Amateur League N/A No records found to date
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900 Northern League Division 2 N/A 14 9 3 2 49 23 +26 21 1st of 8
Champions & Promoted
1900–01 Northern League N/A 20 2 4 14 17 65 -48 8 11th of 11
No relegation possible
1901–26 The club reverted to paying only friendlies until after World War I when it played in the Scarborough & District League for which no records have been found to date.
1926–27 Northern League N/A 26 13 2 11 69 57 +12 28 7th of 14 3Q 0–1–1
1927–28 24 14 4 6 63 58 +5 32 2nd of 13
1928–29 24 14 4 6 72 47 +25 32 3rd of 13
1929–30 24 10 5 9 69 76 -7 25 6th of 13 3Q 0–0–1
1930–31 24 8 6 10 56 53 +3 22 8th of 13 4Q 1–1–1
1931–32 26 12 3 11 67 66 +1 27 8th of 14
1932–33 26 9 6 11 85 65 +20 24 8th of 14
1933–34 26 14 7 5 67 53 +14 35 2nd of 14
1934–35 26 7 5 14 52 65 -13 19 11th of 14
1935–36` 26 7 4 15 62 83 -21 18 12th of 14
1936–37 26 14 1 11 72 60 +12 29 5th of 14
1937–38 26 8 6 12 47 78 -31 22 9th of 14
1938–39 26 12 1 13 51 64 -13 25 6th of 14
1939–46 Northern league held one season of competition in 1939–40, but Whitby had resigned from the league. They did not start competitive matches until the 1946―47 season after changing their name back to Whitby Town
1946–47 Northern League N/A 26 7 4 15 46 75 -29 18 13th of 14
1947–48 26 8 3 15 52 76 -26 19 12th of 14
1948–49 26 7 3 16 39 68 -29 17 12th of 14
1949–50 26 16 3 7 67 42 +25 35 3rd of 14
1950–51 26 15 6 5 75 42 +33 36 3rd of 14 3Q 3–0–1 3R 0–0–1
1951–52 26 12 6 8 71 49 +22 30 5th of 14 3Q 2–0–1
1952-53 26 15 5 6 71 45 +26 35 3rd of 14 2Q 0–0–1
1953-54 26 9 6 11 58 56 +2 24 7th of 14 1Q 0–0–1
1954-55 26 10 7 9 65 58 +7 27 7th of 14 1Q 0–0–1
1955–56 26 4 3 19 39 97 -58 11 14th of 14
No relegation possible 		2Q 0–1–1
1956–57 26 5 4 17 54 84 -30 14 13th of 14 3Q 1–0–1
1957-58 26 7 5 14 58 69 -11 19 12th of 14 2Q 1–1–1
1958–59 28 13 5 10 70 61 +11 31 6th of 15 1Q 0–0–1
1959–60 28 10 5 13 61 62 -1 25 9th of 15 1Q 0–0–1
1960–61 30 7 6 17 52 84 -32 18 15th of 16 1Q 0–0–1
1961–62 30 9 6 15 61 87 -26 24 13th of 16 1Q 0–0–1
1962–63 30 12 2 16 62 65 -3 26 10th of 16 1Q 0–0–1
1963–64 30 13 3 14 57 52 +5 29 9th of 16 3Q 2–2–1 QF 1–0–1
1964–65 34 19 4 11 74 52 +22 42 4th of 18 F 3–1–1
1965–66 34 15 6 13 63 57 +6 36 7th of 18 4Q 3–1–1
1966–67 34 16 4 14 85 75 +10 34 10th of 18 2Q 1–1–1
1967–68 34 24 6 4 107 41 +66 54 2nd of 18 3Q 2–0–1
1968–69 34 20 5 9 71 55 +16 45 6th of 18 1Q 0–0–1 3R 1–1–1
1969–70 34 11 10 13 45 49 -4 32 10th of 18 1R 5–0–1 2R 0–0–1
1970–71 38 19 11 8 82 51 +31 49 4th of 20
1971–72 38 18 8 12 75 59 +16 44 7th of 20 2Q 1–0–1
1972–73 38 13 7 18 58 72 -14 31 13th of 20 PR 0–0–1
1973–74 38 11 9 18 52 76 -24 31 16th of 20 1Q 0–0–1
1974–75 36 16 8 12 60 53 +7 56 5th of 19 2Q 1–1–1 PR 0–0–1
1975–76 38 21 11 6 76 36 +40 72 6th of 20 2Q 1–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
1976–77 38 21 8 9 97 62 +35 71 3rd of 20 3Q 2–1–1 3Q 2–2–1
1977–78 38 22 7 9 84 61 +23 73 3rd of 20 2Q 2–0–1 2R 2–0–1
1978–79 38 11 12 15 55 68 -13 42 14th of 20 2Q 1–1–1 1R 0–0–1
1979–80 38 14 10 14 72 62 +10 52 11th of 20 3Q 3–2–1 3Q 0–0–1
1980–81 38 15 7 16 55 59 -4 52 11th of 20 2Q 2–1–1 3Q 2–1–1
1981–82 38 23 11 4 64 21 +43 80 2nd of 20 1Q 0–0–1 2Q 1–1–1
1982–83 Northern League Division 1 N/A 36 23 9 4 80 34 +46 78 2nd of 19 PR 0–0–1 1R 0–1–1
1983–84 34 20 7 7 79 33 +46 67 3rd of 18 2R 5–1–1 QF 3–2–1
1984–85 34 17 7 10 61 44 +17 58 7th of 18 1R 5–3–1 1R 0–0–1
1985–86 38 12 9 17 59 74 -15 45 16th of 20 2R 2–1–1 1R 1–1–1
1986–87 38 13 13 12 56 63 -9 52 11th of 20 1R 1–1–1 3Q 0–1–1
1987–88 38 12 10 16 57 74 -17 46 13th of 20 4Q 0–0–1 1R 1–0–1
1988–89 38 13 9 16 56 52 +4 48 12th of 20 4Q 0–1–1 3Q 0–1–1
1989–90 38 15 8 15 74 73 +1 50* 12th of 20 1Q 0–0–1 2Q 1–1–1
1990–91 38 16 13 9 66 49 +17 61 6th of 20 1Q 1–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
1991–92 9 38 23 9 6 74 41 +33 78 3rd of 20 1Q 0–0–1 1R 3–0–1
1992–93 38 26 10 2 104 30 +74 88 1st of 20
Champions 		2Q 2–0–1 1R 1–0–1
1993–94 38 17 14 7 90 57 +33 65 4th of 20 4Q 3–1–1 1R 0–0–1
1994–95 38 22 10 6 88 45 +43 76 3rd of 20 3Q 2–1–1 1R 1–0–1
1995–96 38 21 7 10 100 59 +41 70 5th of 20 1Q 0–0–1 2R 0–0–1
1996–97 38 32 3 3 131 37 +94 99 1st of 20
Champions & Promoted 		1R 5–1–1 W 8–1–0
1997–98 Northern Premier League Division 1 8 42 30 8 4 99 48 +51 98 1st of 22
Champions & Promoted 		2Q 1–0–1 2Q 1–1–1
1998–99 North Premier League Premier Division 7 42 17 13 12 77 62 +15 64 7th of 22 3Q 1–1–1 5R 4–1–1
1999–2000 44 15 13 16 66 66 0 58 12th of 23 3Q 1–1–1 3R 1–0–1
2000–01 44 13 11 20 60 76 -16 50 17th of 23 3Q 1–0–1 1R 0–1–1
2001–02 44 15 8 21 61 76 -15 53 15th of 23 1R 3–1–1 2R 1–1–1
2002–03 44 17 12 15 80 69 +11 63 10th of 23 2Q 0–0–1 2R 1–0–1
2003–04 44 14 11 19 55 70 -15 53 15th of 23 1R 3–2–1 2R 0–1–1
2004–05 42 23 11 8 65 49 +16 80 4th of 22 2Q 1–0–1 3R 2–2–1
2005–06 42 18 10 14 60 59 +1 64 6th of 22 3Q 2–1–1 2Q 1–0–1
2006–07 42 18 6 18 63 78 -15 60 11th of 22 1Q 0–0–1 2Q 1–0–1
2007–08 40 13 7 20 68 75 -7 46 12th of 21 2Q 1–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
2008–09 42 12 10 20 58 71 -13 46 19th of 22 2Q 1–1–1 3Q 2–0–1
2009–10 38 12 10 16 56 62 -6 46 14th of 20 2Q 1–0–1 2Q 1–0–1
2010–11 42 14 9 19 58 77 -19 51 16th of 22 1Q 0–0–1 3Q 2–1–1
2011–12 42 12 11 19 57 80 -23 47 17th of 22 3Q 2–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
2012–13 42 16 9 17 68 72 -4 57 13th of 22 3Q 2–1–1 3Q 2–0–1
2013–14 46 18 16 12 82 64 +18 70 9th of 24 1Q 0–1–1 1Q 0–0–1
2014–15 46 14 16 16 56 63 -9 58 13th of 23 1Q 0–1–1 1Q 0–0–1
2015–16 46 12 11 23 60 79 -19 47 19th of 24 1Q 0–1–1 2Q 1–0–1
2016–17 46 23 10 13 64 56 +8 79 6th of 24 2Q 1–1–1 2Q 1–0–1
2017–18 46 12 14 20 60 82 -22 50 21st of 24 1Q 0–0–1 1Q 0–0–1
2018–19 40 15 4 21 48 59 -11 49 11th of 21 1Q 0–0–1 1Q 0–0–1*
2019–20 31 14 8 9 54 42 +12 50 Abandoned 4Q 3–2–1 2Q 1–0–1
2020–21 9 4 2 3 15 14 +1 14 Abandoned 3Q 2–0–1 3Q 0–0–1

References

  1. ^ Adamson, Steve (1998). Scarborough F.C. – 1879–1998: The Official History (pg. 7). Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-92-5.
  2. ^ a b c d "Non-league matters Northern League 1889-1925".
  3. ^ "Football Club History Database Whitby United".
  4. ^ "Non–league matters Northern League History 1960–82".
  5. ^ "Football Club History Database - Whitby Town F.C."
  6. ^ "Non-league Matters Northern League History 1960-82".
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