Dover receive the Isthmian League championship trophy in 2009

This is a list of seasons played by Dover Athletic F.C. in English football, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major and some minor competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.

Dover Athletic F.C. was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover F.C., whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club. In the 1989–90 season Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, but failed to gain promotion to the Football Conference due to ground grading issues. Three seasons later the team won this title again and this time gained promotion to the Conference, where they spent nine seasons before being relegated.

The club's best performance in the FA Cup was an appearance in the Third Round proper in both the 2010–11 and the 2014–15 season, while the best performance registered in the FA Trophy, the national competition for higher-level non-league clubs, was a run to the semi-finals in the 1997–98 season.

Seasons

Season League FA Cup FA Trophy Other competitions Top scorer[1]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos
1983–84 SLS 381291751744513th R1Q RP SLC R1
1984–85 SLS 38772439782819th R2Q RP SLC R?[2]
1985–86 SLS 40236118953754th RP R1Q EFC R?[3]
1986–87 SLS 38206126643665th R4Q R2Q SLC R2[4]
1987–88 SLS 40281028128941st R1Q R1Q
1988–89 SLP 421912116547696th R4Q R2 SLC R4[5]
1989–90 SLP 42326487271021st[6] R3Q R3 SLC R2[7]
1990–91 SLP 422111105637744th R4Q R2 KSC Winners
1991–92 SLP 42231546630842nd R4Q R1
1992–93 SLP 40251146523861st R3Q R2
1993–94 Conf 42177184849588th R1Q R3 KSC Runners-up
1994–95 Conf 4211161548554916th R4Q R1
1995–96 Conf 421172451744020th R1Q R2
1996–97 Conf 4212141657685017th R3Q R1
1997–98 Conf 4215101760705513th R3Q SF
1998–99 Conf 4215131454485811th R4Q R3
1999–00 Conf 421812126556666th R4Q R5 CLC R1
KSC SF		 Joff Vansittart 19
2000–01 Conf 4214111754565315th R4Q R3 FLT R1S
CLC R2
KSC Runners-up		 Joff Vansittart 14
2001–02 Conf 421162541653922nd R4Q R3 KSC QF Keith Scott 14
2002–03 SLP 42191494235713rd R1 R5 SLC R3
KSC R1		 Jamie Day
Tommy Tyne		 11
2003–04 SLP 4212131750594919th R3Q R5 SLC QF
KSC SF		 Craig Wilkins 20
2004–05 IsP[8] 421092350663921st R1Q R1 ILC R3
KSC Runners-up		 Craig Cloke 9
2005–06 Is1 44211496946775th[9] R2Q R1Q ILC R4
KSC QF		 Craig Wilkins 19
2006–07 Is1S[10] 42221197741773rd R4Q R1Q ILC Runners-up
KSC QF		 Jimmy Dryden 17
2007–08 Is1S 4230848429981st R2Q R3Q ILC R2
KSC R1		 Francis Collin 21
2008–09 IsP 42335491341041st R3Q R2Q ILC QF
KSC R1		 Francis Collin 24
2009–10 ConfS 42229116647752nd[11] R4Q R3 KSC tbc Adam Birchall 18
2010–11 ConfS 42228128051747th R3 R3Q KSC tbc Adam Birchall 45
2011–12 ConfS 421715106249667th R4Q R3Q KSC SF Billy Bricknell 16
2012–13 ConfS 422210106944763rd[12] R3Q R3Q KSC
2013–14 ConfS 42209136338695th[13] R2 R3 KSC
2014–15 ConfP 461911166958688th R3 R4 KSC R2 Stefan Payne 20
2015–16 Natl 462311127553805th R1 R4
2016–17 Natl 46247158563796th R1 R1 KSC Winners Ricky Miller 45
2017–18 Natl 462013136244738th R4Q R3 KSC R2 Ryan Bird 20
2018–19 Natl 4616121858646014th R1 R2 KSC R2 Inih Effiong 11
2019–20[14] Natl 381591449495411th R2 R1 KSC QF Inih Effiong 16
2020–21[15] Natl 0000000N/A R4Q R3 N/A
2021–22[16] Natl 42273537101123rd R4Q R3 KSC R2 Alfie Pavey 6
2022–23 NatlS 4612122242684820th R2Q R2 KSC R2 Luke Wanadio 10

Key

Winners Runners up Promoted Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Includes all competitive first-team matches.
  2. ↑ Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Southern League Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
  3. ↑ Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Eastern Floodlit Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
  4. ↑ Official Football Association Non-League Club Directory 1988, ISBN 978-1869833077, p. 354
  5. ↑ Official Football Association Non-league Directory 1990, ISBN 978-1869833114, p. 382
  6. ↑ Although Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, they were not promoted to the Conference as their stadium did not meet the required standard.
  7. ↑ Vauxhall Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 1991, ISBN 978-1869833121, p. 397
  8. ↑ Dover Athletic were moved from the Southern League to the Isthmian League due to re-organisation of the English football league system.
  9. ↑ Dover Athletic qualified for a place in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier Division, but lost in the final to Tonbridge Angels.
  10. ↑ At the start of the 2006–07 season the Isthmian League First Division was split into two regionalised sections. Dover Athletic were placed in the southern section.
  11. ↑ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Woking in the semi-final.
  12. ↑ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Salisbury City in the final.
  13. ↑ Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier and won.
  14. ↑ Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the season was ended in March with positions being decided on a points-per-game basis.
  15. ↑ Due to refusing to play matches on account of a lack of promised funding, Dover were to play no more part in the season as announced on 26 March 2021 with all results being expunged.
  16. ↑ The club started the seasons with a 12-point deduction after refusing to complete fixtures the previous season.

References

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