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

Early history The club was established at the Chequers Hotel on 28 January 1874.Club history Bishop's Stortford F.C. In 1885 they were founders of the Hertfordshire County Football Association, and subsequently started playing in local leagues in the 1890s. 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.Spartan League 1907-1934 Non-League Matters

Following World War II, the league resumed in 1945, with Bishop's Stortford in the Eastern Division. Despite finishing in last place in 1945–46, they were placed in the Premier Division the following season.Non League Tables for 1946-1947 Non-League Matters However, after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 1948–49,Spartan League 1934-1955 Non-League Matters they were relegated to Division One. In 1951 the club were founder members of the Delphian League.

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 G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF, SF, F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners

Seasons Year League Cup competitions Manager Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Averageattendance FA Cup 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 1–0–1The season was abandoned due to bad weather The league disbanded, club joined the Athenian League 1963–64 Athenian LeagueDivision 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 16Promoted QR2 1–0–1 1965–66 Athenian LeagueDivision One 30 24 3 3 84 33 51 51 1st of 16Promoted QR1 0–1–1 1966–67 Athenian LeaguePremier 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 57 44 13 34 6th of 16 QR3 2–0–1 1969–70 30 20 5 5 72 33 39 45 1st of 16 QR1 0–0–1 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 LeagueDivision 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 0–1–1R1 1–2–1 1975–76 42 15 12 15 51 47 4 57 12th of 22 R2 2–0–1R2 2–4–1 1976–77 42 11 11 20 51 71 -20 44 20th of 22 QR4 0–0–1R1 1–0–1 The Division renamed 1977–78 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 5 42 7 8 27 36 83 -47 29 22nd of 22Relegated QR4 0–0–1QR3 0–0–1 1978–79 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 6 42 22 11 9 68 40 28 77 4th of 22 QR1 0–0–1QR3 0–0–1 Alliance Premier League created, The Isthmian League clubs refused to join the new league 1979–80 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 7 42 24 8 10 74 47 27 80 4th of 22 QR1 0–0–1QR1 0–0–1 1980–81 42 30 6 6 84 28 56 96 1st of 22Promoted QR1 0–0–1W 10–3–0 1981–82 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 6 42 15 5 22 50 70 -20 50 15th of 22 R1 0–1–1QF 3–1–1 1982–83 42 17 9 16 61 58 3 60 13th of 22 R3 3–2–1R1 0–0–1 1983–84 42 15 13 14 56 57 -1 58 11th of 22 QR4 0–0–1R1 0–0–1 1984–85 42 12 12 18 48 67 -19 48 16th of 22 R1 1–0–1R1 1–2–1 1985–86 42 17 10 15 55 61 -6 61 7th of 22 R1 1–1–1R3 3–1–1 1986–87 42 15 15 12 62 57 5 60 10th of 22 R1 1–1–1R2 1–0–1Pat Ferry 1987–88 42 15 10 17 55 58 -3 55 13th of 22 QR4 0–0–1R2 1–0–1John Radford 1988–89 42 20 6 16 70 56 14 66 7th of 22 QR3 2–0–1QR3 0–1–1 1989–90 42 19 6 17 60 59 1 63 9th of 22 QR1 0–0–1QR1 0–1–1 1990–91 42 14 12 16 54 49 5 54 13th of 22 QR4 3–0–1QR1 1–0–1 1991–92 42 7 12 23 41 68 -27 33 22nd of 22Relegated QR1 0–1–1QR1 1–0–1 1992–93 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 7 40 19 10 11 63 42 21 67 5th of 21 QR1 1–0–1QR1 0–0–1 1993–94 42 24 13 5 83 31 52 85 1st of 22Promoted QR3 3–0–1QR2 1–0–1 1994–95 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 6 42 12 11 19 53 76 -23 47 19th of 22 QR1 0–1–1QR1 0–0–1 1995–96 42 16 9 17 61 62 -1 57 12th of 22 QR1 0–1–1QR2 1–1–1 1996–97 42 10 13 19 43 64 -21 43 19th of 22 QR2 1–0–1QR2 1–0–1 1997–98 42 14 5 23 53 69 -16 47 19th of 22 QR1 0–0–1QR3 1–0–1 1998–99 42 9 10 23 49 90 -41 37 21st of 22Relegated QR2 0–0–1R1 0–0–1 1999–2000 Isthmian LeagueDivision One 7 42 16 10 16 57 62 -5 58 11th of 22 QR2 1–3–1R1 0–0–1 2000–01 42 24 6 12 103 76 27 78 4th of 22 QR3 3–0–1R1 0–0–1 2001–02 42 26 9 7 104 51 53 87 2nd of 22Promoted 358PR 0–1–1R2 1–2–1 2002–03 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 6 46 16 11 19 74 72 2 59 13th of 24 389QR4 2–1–1R2 2–2–0 2003–04 46 20 9 17 78 61 17 69 11th of 24 358R1 2–3–1R3 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 352QR2 0–0–1SF 6–2–2 2005–06 42 11 15 16 55 63 -8 48 15th of 22 357QR3 1–0–1R1 1–1–1 2006–07 42 21 10 11 72 61 11 73 5th of 22 500QR2 1–1–1R2 2–0–1 2007–08 42 18 10 14 72 60 12 64 10th of 22 456QR3 1–0–1R2 2–1–1 2008–09 42 17 8 17 60 60 0 59 9th of 22 454QR4 2–0–1QR3 0–1–1 2009–10 42 12 11 19 48 59 -9 47 18th of 22 422QR2 0–0–1R1 1–0–1 2010–11 42 13 6 23 48 79 -31 45 16th of 22Transferred 413QR2 0–1–1QR3 0–0–1 2011–12 Conference North 6 42 17 7 18 70 70 -5 58 10th of 22 421QR4 2–0–1R1 1–1–1Ian Walker 2012–13 42 12 13 17 58 74 -16 49 17th of 22Transferred 405R1 3–1–1R1 1–0–1 2013–14 Conference South 6 42 13 13 16 63 68 -5 52 15th of 22 388R1 3–0–1QR3 0–0–1 2014–15 40 12 10 18 55 69 -14 46 16th of 21 389QR2 0–1–1R1 1–0–1Fifth and sixth tier divisions renamed 2015–16 National League South 6 42 15 10 17 56 63 -7 55 11th of 22 379QR2 0–0–1QR3 0–0–1 2016–17 42 8 3 31 29 104 -75 27 21st of 22Relegated 355QR2 0–0–1QR3 0–0–1 2017–18 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 7 46 14 10 22 74 79 -5 52 18th of 24Transferred 298QR1 0–0–1QR2 1–0–1Kevin Watson 2018–19 Isthmian LeaguePremier Division 7 42 20 7 15 70 57 13 67 7th of 22 Jamie Cureton 22 335QR1 0–0–1QR2 1–0–1Jamie Cureton 2019–20 32 8 4 20 37 63 -26 28 17th of 22 Jamie Cureton 16 253QR2 1–0–1QR1 0–1–1The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2020–21 6 4 2 0 13 5 8 14 7th of 22 Thomas RichardsonPeter Merrifield 5– COVID-19 prevented fans from attending gamesR1 3–2–0R1 1–0–1Steve SmithThe season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2021–22 42 25 12 5 89 33 56 87 2nd of 22 Jake CassPeter Merrifield 19 434QR2 1–0–1R3 3–1–0Lost in the play-off semi-final. 2022–23 42 27 7 8 75 33 42 88 1st of 22Promoted 485QR1 0–0–1R2 2–0–1 2023–24 National League North 6 46 6 3 37 35 112 -77 21 24th of 24Relegated Tosin OlufemiRyan Charles 5 491QR2 0–1–1R5 2–1–1Steve SmithSteve Castle 2024–25 Southern Football LeaguePremier Division Central 742 14 9 19 52 62 -10 51 15th of 22 Bradley Russell 9 433QR4 3–0–1R1 0–1–1Steve Castle

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