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Bishop's Stortford Football Club is a football club based in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Woodside Park.

Early history

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The club was established at the Chequers Hotel on 28 January 1874.[1] In 1885 they were founders of the Hertfordshire County Football Association, and subsequently started playing in local leagues in the 1890s.[1] In 1929 they joined the new Division Two East of the Spartan League, which they went on to win in 1931–32, earning promotion to Division One.[2]

Following World War II, the league resumed in 1945, with Bishop's Stortford in the Eastern Division.[3] Despite finishing in last place in 1945–46,[3] they were placed in the Premier Division the following season.[4] However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1948–49,[3] they were relegated to Division One. In 1951 the club were founder members of the Delphian League.

Key

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Seasons

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Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[5]
attendance		 FA Cup[6] FA Trophy
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec
1951–52 Delphian League 26 10 3 13 55 80 -25 23 10th of 14 – –
1952–53 30 6 5 19 47 94 -47 17 15th of 16
1953–54 28 12 4 12 64 56 8 28 6th of 15
1954–55 28 22 3 3 98 39 59 47 1st of 15 PR 0–0–1
1955–56 28 16 5 7 84 43 41 37 4th of 15 PR 0–0–1
1956–57 26 13 3 10 70 56 14 29 5th of 14 QR2 2–0–1
1957–58 28 12 6 10 62 54 8 30 8th of 15 PR 0–0–1
1958–59 28 15 5 8 64 50 14 35 5th of 15 PR 0–0–1
1959–60 24 14 3 7 52 35 17 31 4th of 13 QR2 0–0–1
1960–61 28 14 2 12 67 63 4 30 5th of 15 QR3 2–0–1
1961–62 26 14 6 6 62 36 26 34 3rd of 14 QR1 0–0–1
1962–63 17 9 5 3 38 29 9 23 2nd of 16 QR2 1–0–1
The season was abandoned due to bad weather
The league disbanded, club joined the Athenian League
1963–64 Athenian League
Division Two		 28 14 3 11 67 40 27 31 7th of 15 QR1 0–0–1 –
1964–65 30 20 8 2 71 35 36 48 2nd of 16
Promoted		 QR2 1–0–1
1965–66 Athenian League
Division One		 30 24 3 3 84 33 51 51 1st of 16
Promoted		 QR1 0–1–1
1966–67 Athenian League
Premier Division		 30 19 5 6 56 33 23 43 2nd of 16 QR2 1–0–1
1967–68 30 18 3 9 75 38 37 39 3rd of 16 QR3 2–0–1
1968–69 30 14 6 10
1970–71 30 11 4 15 45 61 -16 26 12th of 16 R1 4–1–1
Club joined the Isthmian League
1971–72 Isthmian League 5 40 24 5 11 61 37 24 53 5th of 21 QR3 2–2–1 –
1972–73 42 18 12 12 58 51 7 48 10th of 22 R2 5–3–1
Athenian League was absorbed into the league as Division Two
1973–74 Isthmian League
Division One		 5 42 26 9 7 78 26 52 87 3rd of 22 QR4 0–1–1 –
1974–75 42 17 6 19 56 64 -8 57 11th of 22 R1 0–1–1 R1 1–2–1
1975–76 42 15 12 15 51 47 4 57 12th of 22 R2 2–0–1 R2 2–4–1
1976–77 42 11 11 20 51 71 -20 44 20th of 22 QR4 0–0–1 R1 1–0–1
The Division renamed
1977–78 Isthmian League
Premier Division		 5 42 7 8 27 36 83 -47 29 22nd of 22
Relegated		 QR4 0–0–1 QR3 0–0–1
1978–79 Isthmian League
Division One		 6 42 22 11 9 68 40 28 77 4th of 22 QR1 0–0–1 QR3 0–0–1
Alliance Premier League created, The Isthmian League clubs refused to join the new league
1979–80 Isthmian League
Division One		 7 42 24 8 10 74 47 27 80 4th of 22 QR1 0–0–1 QR1 0–0–1
1980–81 42 30 6 6 84 28 56 96 1st of 22
Promoted		 QR1 0–0–1 W 10–3–0
1981–82 Isthmian League
Premier Division		 6 42 15 5 22 50 70 -20 50 15th of 22 R1 0–1–1 QF 3–1–1
1982–83 42 17 9 16 61 58 3 60 13th of 22 R3 3–2–1 R1 0–0–1
1983–84 42 15 13 14 56 57 -1 58 11th of 22 QR4 0–0–1 R1 0–0–1
1984–85 42 12 12 18 48 67 -19 48 16th of 22 R1 1–0–1 R1 1–2–1
1985–86 42 17 10 15 55 61 -6 61 7th of 22 R1 1–1–1 R3 3–1–1
1986–87 42 15 15 12 62 57 5 60 10th of 22 R1 1–1–1 R2 1–0–1 Pat Ferry
1987–88 42 15 10 17 55 58 -3 55 13th of 22 QR4 0–0–1 R2 1–0–1 John Radford
1988–89 42 20 6 16 70 56 14 66 7th of 22 QR3 2–0–1 QR3 0–1–1
1989–90 42 19 6 17 60 59 1 63 9th of 22 QR1 0–0–1 QR1 0–1–1
1990–91 42 14 12 16 54 49 5 54 13th of 22 QR4 3–0–1 QR1 1–0–1
1991–92 42 7 12 23 41 68 -27 33 22nd of 22
Relegated		 QR1 0–1–1 QR1 1–0–1
1992–93 Isthmian League
Division One		 7 40 19 10 11 63 42 21 67 5th of 21 QR1 1–0–1 QR1 0–0–1
1993–94 42 24 13 5 83 31 52 85 1th of 22
Promoted		 QR3 3–0–1 QR2 1–0–1
1994–95 Isthmian League
Premier Division		 6 42 12 11 19 53 76 -23 47 19th of 22 QR1 0–1–1 QR1 0–0–1
1995–96 42 16 9 17 61 62 -1 57 12th of 22 QR1 0–1–1 QR2 1–1–1
1996–97 42 10 13 19 43 64 -21 43 19th of 22 QR2 1–0–1 QR2 1–0–1
1997–98 42 14 5 23 53 69 -16 47 19th of 22 QR1 0–0–1 QR3 1–0–1
1998–99 42 9 10 23 49 90 -41 37 21st of 22
Relegated		 QR2 0–0–1 R1 0–0–1
1999–2000 Isthmian League
Division One		 7 42 16 10 16 57 62 -5 58 11th of 22 QR2 1–3–1 R1 0–0–1
2000–01 42 24 6 12 103 76 27 78 4th of 22 QR3 3–0–1 R1 0–0–1
2001–02 42 26 9 7 104 51 53 87 2nd of 22
Promoted		 358 PR 0–1–1 R2 1–2–1
2002–03 Isthmian League
Premier Division		 6 46 16 11 19 74 72 2 59 13th of 24 389 QR4 2–1–1 R2 2–2–0
2003–04 46 20 9 17 78 61 17 69 11th of 24 358 R1 2–3–1 R3 2–1–1
Conference South, a new sixth tier league created, club qualified to join it
2004–05 Conference South 6 42 17 8 17 70 66 4 59 10th of 22 352 QR2 0–0–1 SF 6–2–2
2005–06 42 11 15 16 55 63 -8 48 15th of 22 357 QR3 1–0–1 R1 1–1–1
2006–07 42 21 10 11 72 61 11 73 5th of 22 500 QR2 1–1–1 R2 2–0–1
2007–08 42 18 10 14 72 60 12 64 10th of 22 456 QR3 1–0–1 R2 2–1–1
2008–09 42 17 8 17 60 60 0 59 9th of 22 454 QR4 2–0–1 QR3 0–1–1
2009–10 42 12 11 19 48 59 -9 47 18th of 22 422 QR2 0–0–1 R1 1–0–1
2010–11 42 13 6 23 48 79 -31 45 16th of 22
Transferred		 413 QR2 0–1–1 QR3 0–0–1
2011–12 Conference North 6 42 17 7 18 70 70 -5 58 10th of 22 421 QR4 2–0–1 R1 1–1–1 Ian Walker
2012–13 42 12 13 17 58 74 -16 49 17th of 22
Transferred		 405 R1 3–1–1 R1 1–0–1
2013–14 Conference South 6 42 13 13 16 63 68 -5 52 15th of 22 388 R1 3–0–1 QR3 0–0–1
2014–15 40 12 10 18 55 69 -14 46 16th of 21 389 QR2 0–1–1 R1 1–0–1
Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed
2015–16 National League South 6 42 15 10 17 56 63 -7 55 11th of 22 379 QR2 0–0–1 QR3 0–0–1
2016–17 42 8 3 31 29 104 -75 27 21st of 22
Relegated		 355 QR2 0–0–1 QR3 0–0–1
2017–18 Southern Football League
Premier Division		 7 46 14 10 22 74 79 -5 52 18th of 24
Transferred		 298 QR1 0–0–1 QR2 1–0–1 Kevin Watson
2018–19 Isthmian League
Premier Division		 7 42 20 7 15 70 57 13 67 7th of 22 Jamie Cureton 22 335 QR1 0–0–1 QR2 1–0–1 Jamie Cureton
2019–20 32 8 4 20 37 63 -26 28 17th of 22 Jamie Cureton 16 253 QR2 1–0–1 QR1 0–1–1
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2020–21 6 4 2 0 13 5 8 14 7th of 22 Thomas Richardson
Peter Merrifield		 5 – [a] R1 3–2–0 R1 1–0–1 Steve Smith
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 42 25 12 5 89 33 56 87 2nd of 22 Jake Cass
Peter Merrifield		 19 434 QR2 1–0–1 R3 3–1–0
Lost in the play-off semi-final.
2022–23 42 27 7 8 75 33 42 88 1st of 22
Promoted		 485 QR1 0–0–1 R2 2–0–1
2023–24 National League North 6 46 6 3 37 35 112 -77 21 24th of 24
Relegated		 Tosin Olufemi
Ryan Charles		 5 491 QR2 0–1–1 R5 2–1–1 Steve Smith
Steve Castle
2024–25 Southern Football League
Premier Division Central		 7 42149195262-1051 15th of 22 Bradley Russell 9 433 QR4 3–0–1 R1 0–1–1 Steve Castle

Notes

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  1. ↑ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References

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  1. 1 2 Club history Bishop's Stortford F.C.
  2. ↑ Spartan League 1907-1934 Non-League Matters
  3. 1 2 3 Spartan League 1934-1955 Non-League Matters
  4. ↑ Non League Tables for 1946-1947 Non-League Matters
  5. ↑ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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