Aldershot Football Club, a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, was founded in 1926 and dissolved in 1992. They were elected to play in the Southern Football League for the 1927–28 season. After five seasons in the Southern League, Aldershot were elected to play in the Football League in 1932 and were placed in the Third Division South. In their first season in the Football League the team reached the fifth round of the 1932–33 FA Cup, which is the joint-furthest the club have reached in the competition along with the 1978–79 edition. Aldershot played in the Third Division South until the 1958–59 season, when they were placed in the Fourth Division on league reorganisation. They won the first promotion in their history in the 1972–73 season, after finishing fourth in the Fourth Division. They were relegated from the Third Division after three seasons in 1976. Their final promotion came in 1987 when they won the Football League Fourth Division play-off final, but were relegated two years later finishing bottom of the 1988–89 Football League Third Division. In 1992 the club were dissolved after bankruptcy and their record for the 1991–92 season was expunged, in response to the bankruptcy a group of supporters set up a new club, Aldershot Town.
Key
Key to divisions Southern League – Southern Football League Division 2 – Football League Second Division Division 3 – Football League Third Division Division SN – Football League Third Division South Division 4 – Football League Fourth Division
Key to symbols = Promoted = Relegated
Key to rounds – Competition not held QR2 – Second qualifying round PR(S) – Preliminary round Southern section R1 – First round, etc. R1(S) – First round Southern section QF(S) – Quarter-final Southern section F(S) – Final Southern section – Winners
Seasons SeasonLeagueFA CupLeagueCupOtherTop league scorer(s)DivisionCompetitionResultPlayer(s)Goals1927–28Southern League 34 17 5 12 85 66 39 7thR2 rowspan=12 — — 1928–29Southern League 36 18 5 13 68 52 41 6thQR2 — — 1929–30Southern League 32 21 6 5 84 39 48 1stR1 — — 1930–31Southern League 16 10 3 3 50 28 23 2ndR3 London Combination W 1931–32Southern League 18 3 5 10 17 30 11 9thR2 London Combination 6th 1932–33Division 3S 42 13 10 19 61 72 36 17thR5 — — 151933–34Division 3S 42 13 12 17 52 71 38 14thR3 Third Division South Cup R3 111934–35Division 3S 42 13 10 19 50 75 36 18thR3 Third Division South Cup R2 161935–36Division 3S 42 14 12 16 53 61 38 11thR1 Third Division South Cup R2Len Williams 131936–37Division 3S 42 7 9 26 50 89 23 22ndR1 Third Division South Cup R2 131937–38Division 3S 42 15 5 22 39 59 35 18thR3 Third Division South Cup R1 131938–39Division 3S 42 16 12 14 53 66 44 10thR2 Third Division South Cup R2 22colspan=16 1945–46colspan=9 R4rowspan=15 — — colspan=2 1946–47Division 3S 42 10 12 20 48 78 32 20thR2 — — 141947–48Division 3S 42 10 15 17 45 67 35 19thR2 — —J White 81948–49Division 3S 42 11 11 20 48 59 33 21stR3 — — 141949–50Division 3S 42 13 8 21 48 60 34 20thR1 — — 151950–51Division 3S 46 15 10 21 56 88 40 18thR3 — — 111951–52Division 3S 46 18 8 20 78 89 44 12thR2 — — 131952–53Division 3S 46 12 15 19 61 77 39 19thR1 — — 141953–54Division 3S 46 17 9 20 74 86 39 17thR2 — — 191954–55Division 3S 46 16 13 17 75 71 45 14thR2 — — 1955–56Division 3S 46 12 16 18 70 90 40 15thR3 — — 1956–57Division 3S 46 15 12 19 79 92 42 19thR1 — — 1957–58Division 3S 46 12 16 18 59 89 40 18thR3 — — 1958–59Division 4 46 14 7 25 63 97 35 22ndR1 — — 1959–60Division 4 46 18 9 19 77 74 45 13thR1 — — 1960–61Division 4 46 18 9 19 79 69 45 10thR4 R2 — — 1961–62Division 4 44 22 5 17 81 60 49 7thR2 R1 — — 1962–63Division 4 46 15 17 14 73 69 47 11thR2 R2 — — 1963–64Division 4 46 19 10 17 83 78 48 9thR4 R2 — — 1964–65Division 4 46 15 7 24 64 84 37 18thR2 R1 — — 1965–66Division 4 46 15 10 21 75 84 40 17thR2 R2 — — 1966–67Division 4 46 18 12 16 72 57 48 10thR3 R2 — — 1967–68Division 4 46 18 17 11 70 55 53 9thR1 R1 — — 1968–69Division 4 46 19 7 20 66 66 45 15thR1 R1 — — 1969–70Division 4 46 20 13 13 78 65 53 6thR4 R1 — — 1970–71Division 4 46 14 17 15 66 71 45 13thR3 R2 Watney Cup R1 1971–72Division 4 46 9 22 15 48 54 40 17thR2 R2 — — 1972–73Division 4 46 22 12 12 60 38 56 4thR2 R1 — — 1973–74Division 3 46 19 11 16 65 52 49 8thR2 R1 — — 1974–75Division 3 46 14 11 21 53 63 38 20thR1 R1 — — 1975–76Division 3 46 13 13 20 59 75 39 21stR3 R1 — — 1976–77Division 4 46 16 11 19 49 59 43 17thR1 R1 — — 1977–78Division 4 46 19 16 11 67 47 55 5thR1 R1 — — 1978–79Division 4 46 20 17 9 63 47 57 5thR5 R1 — — 261979–80Division 4 46 16 13 17 62 53 45 10thR3 R1 — — 1980–81Division 4 46 18 14 14 43 41 50 6thR1 R1 — — 1981–82Division 4 46 13 15 18 57 68 54 16thR2 R2 Football League Group Cup R1 1982–83Division 4 46 12 15 19 61 82 51 18thR3 R1 Football League Trophy R1 1983–84Division 4 46 22 9 15 76 69 75 5thR1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(S) 1984–85Division 4 46 17 8 21 56 63 59 13thR2 R3 Associate Members' Cup R1(S) 1985–86Division 4 46 17 7 22 66 74 58 16thR1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S) 1986–87Division 4 46 20 10 16 64 57 70 6thR4 R1 Associate Members' Cup F(S) 1987–88Division 3 46 15 8 23 64 74 53 20thR1 R1 Associate Members' Cup QF(S) 1988–89Division 3 46 8 13 25 48 78 37 24thR2 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S) 1989–90Division 4 46 12 14 20 49 69 50 22ndR1 R2 Associate Members' Cup R1(S) 1990–91Division 4 46 10 11 25 61 101 41 23rdR3 R1 Associate Members' Cup R1(S) 1991–92Division 4 colspan=8 R1 R1 Associate Members' Cup PR(S)
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