List of Birmingham City F.C. seasons

Small Heath F.C., champions of the inaugural Football League Second Division 1892–93

Birmingham City Football Club, an association football club based in Birmingham, England, was founded in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance. For the first thirteen years of their existence, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an ad hoc basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at local and national level. Small Heath first entered the FA Cup in the 1881–82 season, and won their first trophy, the Walsall Cup, the following season. During the 1880s, they played between 20 and 30 matches each season.

In 1888, the club became a limited company under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd, and joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding.^[A] Small Heath were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889–90, and three years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They topped the table in their first season, failing to win promotion via the test match system then in operation, but reached the top flight for the first time in 1894. They were renamed Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.

The club's official history rates 1955–56 as their best season to date. The newly promoted club achieved their highest ever finishing position of sixth in the First Division, reached the 1956 FA Cup Final, and became the first English club side to participate in European competition when they played their opening game in the group stages of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.^[B] Their only major trophy is the League Cup, which they won in 1963 and 2011; they reached the FA Cup final twice and the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. During the 1990s, they twice won the Associate Members Cup (which became the Football League Trophy), a competition open to clubs in the third and fourth tiers of English football.

As at the end of the 2010–11 season, the club had spent 57 seasons in the top division of English football, 47 in the second, and 4 in the third. The table details their achievements in all national and international first-team competitions, and records their top goalscorer and average home league attendance, for each completed season since their first appearance in the FA Cup in 1881–82.

Key

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
↑	Promoted
↓	Relegated

Top scorer marked * when he was also top scorer for the division.
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or reorganisation.
League results shown in italics for abandoned or wartime competitions.

Key to league record:
P – games played
W – games won
D – games drawn
L – games lost
F – goals for
A – goals against
Pts – points
Pos – final position

Key to rounds:
P3rd – third place
QF – quarter-final
QR3 – third qualifying round
QR5 – fifth qualifying round
R1 – first round
R2 – second round, etc.
RInt – intermediate round
SF – semi-final
disq – disqualified
n/a – not applicable

Key to divisions:
Alliance – Football Alliance
Champ – The Championship
Comb – The Combination
Div 1 – Football League First Division
Div 2 – Football League Second Division
Div 3 – Football League Third Division
FL South – Football League South
Prem – Premier League

Seasons

Season	League record									FA Cup	League Cup[C]	Other competitions		Top goalscorer[D]		Average[E] attendance
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos					Name	Gls
1881–82	There was no League football until 1888.									R2				Billy Slater[F]	2
1882–83										R1				Billy Slater	2
1883–84										R1				Arthur James	2
1884–85										R1				n/a
1885–86										SF				Eddy Stanley	7
1886–87										R1				Jack Price	1
1887–88										R2				Walter Dixon Austin Smith	2
1888–89	Comb[A]	11	6	3	2	24	17	15	6th	R1				Will Devey[G]	5
1889–90	Alliance[H]	22	6	5	11	44	67	17	10th	R2				Will Devey	27	01,068
1890–91	Alliance	22	7	2	13	58	66	16	10th	disq[I]				Will Devey	20	02,545
1891–92	Alliance	22	12	5	5	53	36	29	3rd	R2				Fred Wheldon	29	02,100
1892–93	Div 2[J]	22	17	2	3	90	35	36	1st[K]	R1				Fred Wheldon[L] *	26	02,181
1893–94	Div 2	28	21	0	7	103	44	42	2nd[M] ↑	R1				Frank Mobley[N] *	25	02,928
1894–95	Div 1	30	9	7	14	50	74	25	12th	R1				Frank Mobley	13	06,440
1895–96	Div 1	30	8	4	18	39	79	20	15th[O] ↓	R1				Frank Mobley	11	06,233
1896–97	Div 2	30	16	5	9	69	47	37	4th	R1				Jimmy Inglis	16	04,526
1897–98	Div 2	30	16	4	10	58	50	36	6th[P]	QR3				Walter Abbott	19	05,633
1898–99	Div 2	34	17	7	10	85	50	41	8th	R2				Walter Abbott[Q] *	42	05,588
1899–1900	Div 2	34	20	6	8	78	38	46	3rd	QR5				Bob McRoberts	24	05,176
1900–01	Div 2	34	19	10	5	57	24	48	2nd ↑	QF				Bob McRoberts	13	05,558
1901–02	Div 1	34	11	8	15	47	45	30	17th ↓	RInt				Bob McRoberts	11	13,058
1902–03	Div 2	34	24	3	7	74	36	51	2nd ↑	R1				Arthur Leonard	16	07,411
1903–04	Div 1	34	11	8	15	39	52	30	11th	RInt				Freddie Wilcox Billy Jones	8	11,386
1904–05	Div 1	34	17	5	12	54	38	39	7th	R1				Billy Jones	16	14,441
1905–06	Div 1	38	17	7	14	65	59	41	7th	QF				Billy Jones	24	11,868
1906–07	Div 1	38	15	8	15	52	52	38	9th	R1				Billy Jones	15	15,315
1907–08	Div 1	38	9	12	17	40	60	30	20th ↓	R1				Edmund Eyre	9	15,473
1908–09	Div 2	38	14	9	15	58	61	37	11th	R1				Billy Beer Frederick Chapple	8	10,607
1909–10	Div 2	38	8	7	23	42	78	23	20th[R]	R1				Walter Freeman	10	08,921
1910–11	Div 2	38	12	8	18	42	64	32	16th	R1				Jack Hall	14	13,764
1911–12	Div 2	38	14	6	18	55	59	34	12th	R1				Jack Hall	21	13,052
1912–13	Div 2	38	18	10	10	59	44	46	3rd	R1				Billy Jones	16	15,157
1913–14	Div 2	38	12	10	16	48	60	34	14th	R3				Andy Smith	10	17,411
1914–15	Div 2	38	17	9	12	62	39	43	6th	R3				Andy Smith	24	11,315
1915–19	The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the First World War.[S]
1919–20	Div 2	42	24	8	10	85	34	56	3rd	R3				Bert Millard	15	22,880
1920–21	Div 2	42	24	10	8	79	38	58	1st ↑	R1				Harry Hampton	16	31,244
1921–22	Div 1	42	15	7	20	48	60	37	18th	n/a[T]				Joe Bradford Johnny Crosbie	10	27,967
1922–23	Div 1	42	13	11	18	41	57	37	17th	R1				Joe Bradford	19	25,328
1923–24	Div 1	42	13	13	16	41	49	39	14th	R1				Joe Bradford	24	20,395
1924–25	Div 1	42	17	12	13	49	53	46	8th	R3				Joe Bradford George Briggs Ernie Islip	11	22,547
1925–26	Div 1	42	16	8	18	66	81	40	14th	R4				Joe Bradford	27	21,649
1926–27	Div 1	42	17	4	21	64	73	38	17th	R4				Joe Bradford	23	24,372
1927–28	Div 1	42	13	15	14	70	75	41	11th	R5				Joe Bradford	32	21,646
1928–29	Div 1	42	15	10	17	68	77	40	15th	R4				Joe Bradford	24	23,406
1929–30	Div 1	42	16	9	17	67	62	41	11th	R4				Joe Bradford	23	22,193
1930–31	Div 1	42	13	10	19	55	70	36	19th	RU[U]				Joe Bradford	22	21,275
1931–32	Div 1	42	18	8	16	78	67	44	9th	R4				Joe Bradford	28	23,380
1932–33	Div 1	42	14	11	17	57	57	39	13th	QF				Joe Bradford Ernie Curtis	14	20,044
1933–34	Div 1	42	12	12	18	54	56	36	20th	R5				Fred Roberts	8	24,718
1934–35	Div 1	42	13	10	19	63	81	36	19th	QF				Wilson Jones	17	22,795
1935–36	Div 1	42	15	11	16	61	63	41	12th	R3				Wilson Jones	20	22,955
1936–37	Div 1	42	13	15	14	64	60	41	11th	R3				Seymour Morris	16	25,452
1937–38	Div 1	42	10	18	14	58	62	38	18th	R3				Don Dearson Wilson Jones	9	26,434
1938–39	Div 1	42	12	8	22	62	84	32	21st ↓	R5				Fred Harris	17	22,432
1939–40	Div 2	3	2	1	0	5	1	5	2nd[V]	n/a				Jackie Brown Don Dearson Ted Duckhouse Tom Farrage[AV]	1
1939–45	The Football League and FA Cup were suspended until after the Second World War.[W]
1945–46	FL South[X]	42	28	5	9	96	45	61	1st	SF[Y]				Wilson Jones[Z] Jock Mulraney[G]	25 7
1946–47	Div 2	42	25	5	12	74	33	55	3rd	QF				Cyril Trigg	19	32,462
1947–48	Div 2	42	22	15	5	55	24	59	1st ↑	R3				Harold Bodle	14	36,467
1948–49	Div 1	42	11	15	16	36	38	37	17th	R3				Jackie Stewart	11	38,821
1949–50	Div 1	42	7	14	21	31	67	28	22nd ↓	R3				Jimmy Dailey	9	34,310
1950–51	Div 2	42	20	9	13	64	53	49	4th	SF				Cyril Trigg	19	24,728
1951–52	Div 2	42	21	9	12	67	56	51	3rd	R4				Tommy Briggs	19	24,570
1952–53	Div 2	42	19	10	13	71	66	48	6th	QF				Peter Murphy	26	20,046
1953–54	Div 2	42	18	11	13	78	58	47	7th	R4				Ted Purdon	15	22,594
1954–55	Div 2	42	22	10	10	92	47	54	1st ↑	QF				Peter Murphy	20	21,002
1955–56	Div 1	42	18	9	15	75	57	45	6th[AA]	RU[AB]		[B]		Eddy Brown	29	33,828
1956–57	Div 1	42	15	9	18	69	69	39	=12th[AC]	SF				Alex Govan	30	32,582
1957–58	Div 1	42	14	11	17	76	89	39	13th	R3		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	SF	Peter Murphy	23	29,647
1958–59	Div 1	42	20	6	16	84	68	46	9th	R5				Bunny Larkin	23	26,893
1959–60	Div 1	42	13	10	19	63	80	36	19th	R3		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[AD]	RU	Johnny Gordon	19	26,880
1960–61	Div 1	42	14	6	22	62	84	34	19th	R5	R3[C]	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[AE]	RU	Jimmy Harris	17	25,751
1961–62	Div 1	42	14	10	18	65	81	38	17th	R3	R1	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R2	Jimmy Harris Ken Leek	20	23,587
1962–63	Div 1	42	10	13	19	63	90	33	20th	R3	W[AF]			Ken Leek	29	22,559
1963–64	Div 1	42	11	7	24	54	92	29	20th	R3	R2			Bertie Auld	10	21,996
1964–65	Div 1	42	8	11	23	64	96	27	22nd ↓	R3	R2			Stan Lynn Geoff Vowden	10	19,714
1965–66	Div 2	42	16	9	17	70	75	41	10th	R4	R2			Geoff Vowden	23	14,398
1966–67	Div 2	42	16	8	18	70	66	40	10th	QF	SF			Geoff Vowden	21	19,798
1967–68	Div 2	42	19	14	9	83	51	52	4th	SF	R3			Barry Bridges	28	28,083
1968–69	Div 2	42	18	8	16	73	59	44	7th	R5	R2			Fred Pickering Phil Summerill	17	26,008
1969–70	Div 2	42	11	11	20	51	78	33	18th	R3	R2			Phil Summerill	13	24,028
1970–71	Div 2	42	17	12	13	58	48	46	9th	R3	R4			Phil Summerill	21	24,164
1971–72	Div 2	42	19	18	5	60	31	56	2nd ↑	P3rd[AG]	R2	Anglo-Italian Cup	Grp	Bob Latchford[N] *	30	32,337
1972–73	Div 1	42	15	12	15	53	54	42	10th	R3	R4			Bob Latchford	20	36,663
1973–74	Div 1	42	12	13	17	52	64	37	19th	R4	QF	Texaco Cup[AH]	QF	Bob Hatton	20	33,048
1974–75	Div 1	42	14	9	19	53	61	37	17th	SF	R2	Texaco Cup	SF	Bob Hatton	18	30,854
1975–76	Div 1	42	13	7	22	57	75	33	19th	R3	R3			Trevor Francis	18	28,002
1976–77	Div 1	42	13	12	17	63	61	38	13th	R4	R2			Trevor Francis	21	28,338
1977–78	Div 1	42	16	9	17	55	60	41	11th	R4	R2	Anglo-Scottish Cup	Grp	Trevor Francis	29	23,910
1978–79	Div 1	42	6	10	26	37	64	22	21st ↓	R3	R2	Anglo-Scottish Cup	Grp	Alan Buckley	8	20,164
1979–80	Div 2	42	21	11	10	58	38	53	3rd[AI] ↑	R5	R3			Keith Bertschin	15	20,427
1980–81	Div 1	42	13	12	17	50	61	38	13th	R4	QF			Frank Worthington	18	19,248
1981–82	Div 1[AJ]	42	10	14	18	53	61	44	16th	R3	R2			Tony Evans	16	17,116
1982–83	Div 1	42	12	14	16	40	55	50	17th	R4	R4			Mick Ferguson	8	15,880
1983–84	Div 1	42	12	12	18	39	50	48	20th ↓	QF	R4			Mick Harford	15	14,106
1984–85	Div 2	42	25	7	10	59	33	82	2nd ↑	R3	R3			Wayne Clarke	19	12,522
1985–86	Div 1	42	8	5	29	30	73	29	21st ↓	R3	R3			Andy Kennedy	9	10,899
1986–87	Div 2	42	11	17	14	47	59	50	19th	R4	R3	Full Members Cup	R2	Wayne Clarke	19	07,426
1987–88	Div 2	44	11	15	18	41	66	48	19th	R5	R1	Full Members Cup	R1	Steve Whitton	16	08,576
1988–89	Div 2	46	8	11	27	31	76	35	23rd[AK] ↓	R3	R2	Full Members Cup	R1	Steve Whitton	6	06,289
1989–90	Div 3	46	18	12	16	60	59	66	7th	R3	R2	Associate Members Cup	Grp	Dennis Bailey	20	08,558
1990–91	Div 3	46	16	17	13	45	49	65	12th	R2	R1	Associate Members Cup[AL]	W	John Gayle Simon Sturridge	10	07,030
1991–92	Div 3	46	23	12	11	69	52	81	2nd ↑	R1	R3	Associate Members Cup	Grp	Nigel Gleghorn	22	12,399
1992–93	Div 1[AM]	46	13	12	21	50	72	51	19th	R1	R1	Anglo-Italian Cup	IGr	John Frain	8	12,328
1993–94	Div 1	46	13	12	21	52	69	51	22nd ↓	R3	R2	Anglo-Italian Cup	EGr	Paul Peschisolido Andy Saville	10	14,378
1994–95	Div 2	46	25	14	7	84	37	89	1st ↑	R3	R2	Football League Trophy[AN]	W	Steve Claridge	24	16,941
1995–96	Div 1	46	15	13	18	61	64	58	15th	R3	SF	Anglo-Italian Cup	ESF	Jonathan Hunt	15	18,098
1996–97	Div 1	46	17	15	14	52	48	66	10th	R5	R2			Paul Devlin	19	17,732
1997–98	Div 1	46	19	17	10	60	35	74	7th[AO]	R5	R3			Paul Furlong	19	18,751
1998–99	Div 1	46	23	12	11	66	37	81	4th[AP]	R3	R3			Dele Adebola	17	20,794
1999–2000	Div 1	46	22	11	13	65	44	77	5th[AQ]	R4	R4			Paul Furlong	11	21,895
2000–01	Div 1	46	23	9	14	59	48	78	5th[AR]	R3	RU[AS]			Geoff Horsfield	12	21,283
2001–02	Div 1	46	21	13	12	70	49	76	5th[AT] ↑	R3	R3			Tommy Mooney	15	21,978
2002–03	Prem	38	13	9	16	41	49	48	13th	R3	R3			Stern John	9	28,831
2003–04	Prem	38	12	14	12	43	48	50	10th	R5	R2			Mikael Forssell	19	29,078
2004–05	Prem	38	11	12	15	40	46	45	12th	R4	R3			Emile Heskey	11	28,760
2005–06	Prem	38	8	10	20	28	50	34	18th ↓	QF	QF			Mikael Forssell Jiří Jarošík	8	27,392
2006–07	Champ[AU]	46	26	8	12	67	42	86	2nd ↑	R4	R4			Gary McSheffrey	16	22,273
2007–08	Prem	38	8	11	19	46	62	35	19th ↓	R3	R3			Mikael Forssell	9	26,181
2008–09	Champ	46	23	14	9	54	37	83	2nd ↑	R3	R2			Kevin Phillips	14	19,081
2009–10	Prem	38	13	11	14	38	47	50	9th	QF	R3			Cameron Jerome	11	25,246
2010–11	Prem	38	8	15	15	37	58	39	18th ↓	QF	W[AW]			Craig Gardner	10	25,462

Notes

A. ^{a b} : An attempt was made to set up a league called The Combination involving clubs not invited to join the Football League. Lack of proper organisation meant it was wound up in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Small Heath played 11 of their full 16 fixtures.

B. ^{a b} : Birmingham City became the first English club side to take part in European competition when they played their first group game in the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on 15 May 1956, a goalless draw away at Inter Milan. The competition lasted over three English seasons with the final not played until 1958. The London XI, a representative side made up of players from several London clubs, were the first English team when they played their first group game in 1955.

C. ^ : The League Cup competition started in the 1960–61 season.

D. ^ : Includes goals scored in the Football Alliance, the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, and several now-defunct competitions such as the Anglo-Italian Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup. Excludes Birmingham Senior Cup: in its early days this was a prestigious first-team competition, but over the years its status has declined and it is now contested by the club's reserve team. Sources: 1881–82 to 1888–89, 1889–90 to 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 onwards.

E. ^ : League matches only (including Football Alliance, Football League and Premier League, but excluding test matches and play-offs). Sourced from Matthews, Complete Record up to and including the 1994–95 season, from European Football Statistics from 1995–96 to 2001–02 inclusive, and from the Football League and Premier League websites as appropriate thereafter.

F. ^ : The first of Slater's two goals in the FA Cup first round tie against Derby Town, a 4–1 win played at the Muntz Street ground on 17 October 1881, was the club's first goal in national competitive football.

G. ^{a b} : FA Cup goals only.

H. ^ : Founder member of the Football Alliance, which started a year after the Football League.

I. ^ : Disqualified for fielding an improperly registered player, after eliminating Hednesford Town and Wednesbury Old Athletic in the qualifying rounds.

J. ^ : The Football League expanded its membership at the end of this season by forming a Second Division. 11 of the 12 Football Alliance teams accepted invitations to join the Football League.

K. ^ : Promotion and relegation decided by test matches, in which third bottom in First Division played third in Second Division, second bottom in First Division played second in Second Division, and bottom club in First Division played top club from Second Division, in one-off games at neutral venues, winners to play in the following season's First Division. Small Heath drew 1–1 with Newton Heath but lost the replay 5–2, so were not promoted despite winning the division.

L. ^ : 24 goals in Second Division.

M. ^ : Promoted via test match, beating Darwen 3–1.

N. ^{a b} : 23 goals in Second Division.

O. ^ : Promotion and relegation decided by test match system in which bottom two clubs in First Division and top two clubs in Second Division played a mini-league of home and away matches against the two clubs in the other division, top two in mini-league to play in following season's First Division. Small Heath finished third in the mini-league so were relegated.

P. ^ : The final test match left the two clubs involved needing to draw for them both to win promotion, which unsurprisingly is what happened. The Football League decided to expand each division by two places, and the existing clubs voted for two clubs to take the two new places in the First Division. Candidates were the losers from the two test match series plus teams placed third to sixth in the Second Division. Small Heath came fourth in the vote, so remained in the Second Division. From then on the League adopted promotion and relegation directly dependent on league position (two up, two down).

Q. ^ : Abbott's 34 Second Division goals and 42 total goals in a season are club records.

R. ^ : There was no automatic relegation from the Football League until 1987. The bottom two clubs in the League applied for re-election, together with candidates from outside the League. Each current League club had a vote. Small Heath were re-elected.

S. ^ : The club played 106 competitive games in regional football, the Midland Section Principal and Subsidiary Competitions, over three seasons from 1916 to 1919. Guest players were permitted, and results and records from this period are not included in official statistics.

T. ^ : Club did not enter FA Cup because secretary Frank Richards forgot to submit the entry form in time.

U. ^ : Birmingham's first appearance in the Cup Final, a 2–1 defeat to Second Division West Bromwich Albion.

V. ^ : League football was abandoned after three games because of the Second World War.

W. ^ : The club played 215 competitive games in regional league and cup football between 1939 and 1946. Guest players were permitted, and results and records from this period are not included in official statistics.

X. ^ : The FA Cup was contested in 1945–46 but the Football League proper did not resume until the following season. However, 1945–46 did see the only full season played in the wartime Football League North and South regionalised competition; this included First and Second Division clubs divided geographically, playing each other home and away. Birmingham won the Southern section on goal average from Aston Villa. Records in this competition are not counted in official statistics.

Y. ^ : From the First Round Proper to the Sixth Round of the 1945–46 FA Cup, matches were played over two legs. In the semifinal, Birmingham drew with Derby County at Hillsborough in front of 65,000 spectators. The replay at Maine Road, which attracted a crowd of over 80,000, went goalless into extra time, when defender Ted Duckhouse broke his leg trying to stop Derby's first goal. No substitutes were allowed, and Birmingham went on to lose 4–0.

Z. ^ : Including goals scored in Football League South.

AA. ^ : Club's highest League finish.

AB. ^ : Reached the 1956 FA Cup Final without being drawn at home in any round, the first club so to do. Lost 3–1 to Manchester City in the game remembered for City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing the last 15 minutes of the game with a broken bone in his neck.

AC. ^ : Equal with Chelsea on goal average; number of goals scored was not taken into account.

AD. ^ : Birmingham became the first English club side to reach the final of a European competition, losing on aggregate to Barcelona (0–0 at home, 1–4 away). The London XI, consisting of players from several London clubs, were the first English team when they reached the final of the 1955–58 Fairs Cup.

AE. ^ : Lost on aggregate to A.S. Roma (2–2 at home, 0–2 away).

AF. ^ : Beat Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate (3–1 at home, 0–0 away) to win club's first major trophy.

AG. ^ : Between 1969–70 and 1973–74 the losing semi-finalists took part in a third-place play-off. Birmingham beat Stoke City on penalties after a goalless draw, the first time an FA Cup match had been decided by a penalty shootout.

AH. ^ : The home leg of the quarter final match against Newcastle United finished 1–1. Despite use of floodlights being banned due to the fuel crisis, the League refused to allow an earlier kickoff time for the away leg. The match was abandoned at 1–1 after 10 minutes of extra time in almost total darkness. When the match was replayed, Birmingham lost 3–1.

AI. ^ : Number of teams promoted to and relegated from the First Division changed from two to three in 1973.

AJ. ^ : This season saw the introduction of three points for a win instead of two.

AK. ^ : Relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time.

AL. ^ : Beat Tranmere Rovers 3–2 in the final of what was better known by its sponsored name of the Leyland DAF Cup at Wembley.

AM. ^ : The Second Division was renamed Division One after the FA Premiership broke away from the Football League.

AN. ^ : Beat Carlisle United 1–0 in the final of what was better known by its sponsored name of the Auto Windscreens Shield at Wembley in front of a crowd of 76,663. The goal was scored by Paul Tait in sudden-death extra time. This was the first time a major tournament in England was decided on a golden goal.

AO. ^ : Missed out on a play-off place to Sheffield United by virtue of goals scored, which took precedence over goal difference from the 1992–93 to the 1998–99 Football League seasons.

AP. ^ : Lost in the play-off semifinal to Watford on penalties.

AQ. ^ : Lost in the play-off semifinal to Barnsley on aggregate.

AR. ^ : Lost in the play-off semifinal to Preston North End on penalties.

AS. ^ : Lost to Liverpool on penalties after the game had finished 1–1 after extra time, in the first English final to be settled by a penalty shootout, and the first English football final to be held at the Millennium Stadium while the new Wembley Stadium was being built.

AT. ^ : Promoted to the Premier League via the play-offs, beating Millwall 2–1 on aggregate in the semifinal and Norwich City on penalties in the final after the game had finished 1–1 after extra time.

AU. ^ : Division One was renamed The Championship from the 2004–05 season.

AV. ^ : Plus one own goal.

AW. ^ : Beat favourites Arsenal 2–1 at Wembley Stadium to win League Cup for the second time.

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