List of Rushden & Diamonds F.C. seasons

Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. The club was formed by a merger of Southern Football League side Rushden Town and United Counties league side Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992. Rushden & Diamonds played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of the 2000s. The club were expelled from the Conference National on 11 June 2011. Their unstable financial position meant they could not guarantee to complete all their fixtures in the 2011–12 season, and resulted in their dissolution.[1]

Key

Key to league record

  • Level = Level of the league in the current league system
  • Pld = Games played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • GF = Goals for
  • GA = Goals against
  • GD = Goals difference
  • Pts = Points
  • Position = Position in the final league table
  • Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

  • Res = Final reached round
  • Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
  • PR = Preliminary round
  • QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
  • R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
  • QF = Quarter-finalists
  • SF = Semi-finalists
  • RU = Runners-up
  • W = Winners

Seasons

Year League Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer FA Cup League Cup FA Trophy Average home
attendance[2][lower-alpha 1]
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec
1992–93 Southern Football League
Midland Division		 7 42 25 10 7 85 41 44 85 3rd of 22 QR2 2-0-1 - - - -
1993–94 Southern Football League
Midland Division		 7 42 29 11 2 109 37 72 98 1st of 22
Promoted		 QR4 4-1-1 - - QR2 0-0-1
1994–95 Southern Football League
Premier Division		 6 42 19 11 12 99 65 34 68 5th of 22 QR1 0-0-1 - - SF 8-2-1
1995–96 Southern Football League
Premier Division		 6 42 29 7 6 99 41 58 94 1st of 22
Promoted		 R1 4-1-1 - - R1 0-0-1
1996–97 Football
Conference		 5 42 14 11 17 61 63 -2 53 12th of 22 David Leworthy 16 R1 4-1-1 - - R1 0-0-1 2,514
1997–98 Football
Conference		 5 42 23 5 14 79 57 22 74 4th of 22 Darren Collins 29 QR4 0-1-1 - - R2 1-0-1 2,552
1998–99 Football
Conference		 5 42 20 12 10 71 42 29 72 4th of 22 Darren Collins 17 R3 4-3-1 - - R4 2-1-1 2,996
1999–2000 Football
Conference		 5 42 21 13 8 71 42 29 76 2nd of 22 Darren Collins
Michael McElhatton		 11 R3 3-3-0 - - QF 4-2-1 3,299
2000–01 Football
Conference		 5 42 25 11 6 78 36 42 86 1st of 22
Promoted		 Duane Darby 24 R1 1-0-1 - - R5 2-0-1 3,876
2001–02 Football League
Third Division		 4 46 20 13 13 69 53 16 73 6th of 24
Lost in playoff final		 R2 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 - - 4,404
2002–03 Football League
Third Division		 4 46 24 15 7 73 47 26 87 1st of 24
Promoted		 R2 1-1-1 R2 0-1-1 - - 4,330
2003–04 Football League
Second Division		 3 46 13 9 24 60 74 −14 48 22nd of 24
Relegated		 Onandi Lowe 15 R1 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 - - 4,457
2004–05 Football
League Two[lower-alpha 2]		 4 46 10 14 22 42 63 −21 44 22nd of 24 R2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 - - 3,321
2005–06 Football
League Two		 4 46 11 12 23 44 76 -32 45 24th of 24
Relegated		 R2 0-2-1 R1 0-0-1 - - 3,162
2006–07 Conference
Premier		 5 46 17 11 18 58 54 4 62 12th of 24 Simeon Jackson 19 R2 2-0-1 - - R3 2-0-1 2,045
2007–08 Conference
Premier		 5 46 15 14 17 55 55 0 59 16th of 24 R2 2-0-1 - - QF 3-0-1 1,586
2008–09 Conference
Premier		 5 46 16 15 15 61 50 +11 63 11th of 24 QR4 0-0-1 - - R2 0-2-1 1,509
2009–10 Conference
Premier		 5 44 22 13 9 77 39 +38 79 4th of 23
Lost playoff semifinal		 Lee Tomlin 14 R2 2-0-1 - - R2 1-0-1 1,678
2010–11 Conference
Premier		 5 46 16 14 16 65 62 +3 57[lower-alpha 3] 13th of 24 R1 1-0-1 - - R1 0-1-1 1,255
  1. ↑ Average home attendance = for league games only
  2. ↑ At the end of the previous season Football League Third Division was renamed as Football League Two.
  3. ↑ Deducted 5 points for submitting misleading financial information and subsequently expelled from the Football Conference on 11 June 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Rushden expelled from Conference". BBC News. 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  2. ↑ "English non-league attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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