List of Eastbourne Borough F.C. seasons

This is a list of English football seasons played by Langney Sports (1983 until 2001) and Eastbourne Borough Football Club from 2001 to the present day. Their early years (1964-1983) which were spent playing amateur and intermediate football are not included.

Eastbourne Borough Football Club is an English association football club based in Langney, Eastbourne. The club was founded in 1964 as Langney F.C and joined Division Two of the Eastbourne & District Football League. In 1968, the club changed its name to Langney Sports F.C. which is reflected in the club's nickname "The Sports". They spent their early years playing in the Eastbourne & District Football League and the Eastbourne & Hastings League, before becoming a founding member of the Sussex County League Division Three in 1983. The club moved to Priory Lane in the same year and was renamed Eastbourne Borough F.C. in 2001.[1]

The years 1983-2000 were spent in the County League, before the club climbed the football pyramid under Garry Wilson reaching the Conference National in the space of nine seasons. They were relegated back to the Conference South in 2011. The club has won the Sussex Senior Cup three times, has reached the FA Cup first round on four occasions and the FA Trophy third round on four occasions.

Season	∆	League										FA Cup	FA Trophy	FA Vase	Other competitions	Average home attendance [2][3][4]	Top scorer[5]		References
		Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
1983	Joined Joined Sussex County League as founder members of new Division Three (as Langney Sports F.C.)
1983–84	10	SC3	24	10	8	6	43	36	+7	38	5th						n/a
1984–85	10	SC3	28	12	6	10	52	41	+11	42	5th						n/a
1985–86	10	SC3	28	14	4	10	53	39	+14	46	4th						n/a
1986–87	10	SC3	26	21	3	2	101	19	+82	66	1st						n/a
1987	Promoted to Sussex County League Division Two
1987–88	9	SC2	28	20	6	2	65	19	+46	66	1st						n/a
1988	Promoted to Sussex County League Division One
1988–89	8	SC1	34	12	13	9	54	46	+8	49	10th			PR			n/a
1989–90	8	SC1	34	12	6	8	63	33	+30	66	3rd			PR			n/a
1990–91	8	SC1	34	23	5	6	89	42	+47	74	3rd	1QR		2R			n/a
1991–92	8	SC1	34	22	10	2	96	36	+60	76	2nd	PR		2R	SSC Runners-up		Nigel Hole	?	[6]
1992–93	8	SC1	34	20	5	9	77	42	+35	65	4th	2QR		PR			n/a
1993–94	8	SC1	38	22	7	9	84	59	+25	73	3rd	1QR		PR			n/a
1994–95	8	SC1	38	13	11	14	61	58	+3	50	11th	PR		1R			n/a
1995–96	8	SC1	38	17	9	12	70	52	+18	60	9th	1QR		2QR			n/a
1996–97	8	SC1	38	16	10	12	72	56	+16	58	6th	PR		1R			n/a
1997–98	8	SC1	38	23	5	10	76	46	+30	74	4th	3QR		2R			n/a
1998–99	8	SC1	38	20	6	12	69	43	+26	66	4th	4QR		2QR			n/a
1999–00	8	SC1	38	31	6	1	101	25	+76	99	1st	3QR		1QR			John Snelgrove	33	[7]
2000	Promoted to Southern Football League Eastern Division
2000–01	7	SLE	42	19	8	15	75	55	+20	65	9th	2QR	1R				Matt Allen	17	[8]
2001	Langney Sports F.C. renamed to Eastbourne Borough F.C.
2001–02	7	SLE	42	21	6	15	63	46	+17	69	7th	2QR	3R		SSC Winners	382	Matt Allen	25	[9][10][11]
2002–03	7	SLE	42	29	6	7	92	33	+59	93	2nd	3QR	3R		SSC Runners-up	534	Scott Ramsay	38	[12][13]
2003	Promoted to Southern Football League Premier Division
2003–04	6	SLP	42	14	13	15	48	56	-8	55	11th	4QR	1R			597	Scott Ramsay	28	[14][15]
2004	Joined newly formed Conference South
2004–05	6	Conf South	42	18	10	14	65	47	+18	64	5th	2QR	3R			719	Scott Ramsay	23	[16]
2005–06	6	Conf South	42	10	16	16	51	61	-10	46	17th	1R	3QR			603	Scott Ramsay	14	[17]
2006–07	6	Conf South	42	18	15	9	58	42	+16	69	7th	2QR	3QR			683	Scott Ramsay	16	[18]
2007–08	6	Conf South	42	23	11	8	83	38	+45	80	2nd	1R	3QR			872	Andy Atkin	29	[19]
2008	Promoted to Conference National
2008–09	5	Conf Nat	46	18	6	22	58	70	-12	60	13th	1R	1R		SSC Winners	1,344	Andy Atkin	15	[20][21][22]
2009–10	5	Conf Nat	44	11	13	20	42	72	-30	46	19th	4QR	2R			1,206	Jamie Taylor	17	[23][24]
2010–11	5	Conf Nat	46	10	9	27	62	104	-42	39	23rd	4QR	3R		SSC Runners-up	1,105	Jamie Taylor	19	[25][26][27]
2011	Relegated to Conference South
2011–12	6	Conf South	42	12	9	21	54	69	-15	45	18th	4QR	3QR			695^a	Ben Watson	14	[28]
2012–13	6	Conf South	42	14	9	19	42	52	-10	51	12th	3QR	3QR			533	Elliott Charles	14	[29]
2013–14	6	Conf South	42	16	10	16	55	59	-4	58	10th	3QR	3QR			545	Simon Johnson	10	[30]
2014–15	6	Conf South	40	14	13	13	51	50	+1	55	11th	4QR	3QR			574	Gavin McCallum	11	[31]
2015	Football Conference is renamed National League
2015–16	6	NLS	42	13	11	18	60	63	-3	50	17th	4QR	2R		SSC Winners	533	Nathaniel Pinney	26	[32][33][34]
2016–17	6	NLS	42	16	10	16	82	70	+12	58	11th	1R	3QR			541	Nathaniel Pinney	25	[35]
2017–18	6	NLS	42	13	7	22	57	80	-23	46	18th	3QR	1R			517	Jamie Taylor	14
2018–19	6	NLS	42	10	12	20	52	65	-13	42	18th	4QR	1R			586	Charlie Walker/ Dean Cox	12
2019–20	6	NLS	33	8	14	11	38	54	-16	38	18th	3QR	1R			546	Charlie Walker	12	[36][37]
2020–21	6	NLS

Key

Winners

Runners up

Play-offs

Promoted

Relegated

Key to league record P - games played W - games won D - games drawn L - games lost F - goals for A - goals against Pts - points Pos - final position Key to rounds 1QR - first qualifying round 2QR - second qualifying round, etc. PR - preliminary round 1R - first round 2R - second round, etc. QF - quarter-final SF - semi-final

Key to divisions Conf Nat - Conference Conf South - Conference South NLS - National League South SC1 - Sussex County League Division One SC2 - Sussex County League Division Two SC3 - Sussex County League Division Three SLP - Southern League Premier Division SLE - Southern League Eastern Division Key to cups SSC - Sussex Senior Cup ^aStats websites list incorrect attendance figure of 214 for game played between Eastbourne and Chelmsford on 29 August 2011. Correct attendance was 783. Taking this into account, the average attendance for the season was 695. [38]

Sources for League, FA Cup and FA Trophy statistics:

• Langney Sports at the Football Club History Database
• Eastbourne Borough at the Football Club History Database

References

1. "Club History". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
2. "Tony Kempster". Tony Kempster. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
3. "Non League Matters". Steve Walker. Non League Matters. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
4. "European Football Statistics". Thomas Mapfumo. European Football Statistics. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
5. Includes all competitive first-team matches: League, FA Cup, FA Trophy, FA Vase, Conference League Cup and Sussex Senior Cup.
6. "SSC Final". David Bauckham. Langney Sports. Archived from the original on 25 February 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
7. "Sussex hot-shots eye title". The Argus. 28 April 2000. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
8. "Langney Sports: All matches this season". Football News. Archived from the original on 16 May 2001. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
9. "Sub wins cup for Borough". The Argus. 7 May 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
10. "Cup: Borough must break Lewes spirit". The Argus. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
11. "Player's Statistics 2002-03 Season". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 4 January 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
    N.B. Matt Allen started the 2001-02 season with 69 career goals, he therefore scored 25 goals in the 2001-02 season (69+25+4 = 98).
12. "Reds win shoot-out". The Argus. 6 May 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
13. "Player Statistics 2002-03". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 23 June 2003. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
14. "Dr Martens (Premier): Worcester 2 Eastbourne B 1". The Argus. 19 April 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
15. "Eastbourne target striker". The Argus. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
16. "Altrincham F.C. Archived News: The Opposition". Altrincham F.C. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
17. "1st team squad and statistics". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
    N.B. Scott Ramsay started the 2005-06 season with 89 career goals, he therefore scored 14 goals in the 2005-06 season (89+14+3 = 106).
18. "Hopes of a season shattered in one crazy week". Eastbourne Herald. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
19. "Another hat-trick for top scorer Atkin". Eastbourne Herald. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
20. "Boro lift Sussex Senior Cup". Eastbourne Herald. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
21. "Squad 2008/09". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
22. Paul Armstrong was the top scorer in the league with 9 goals. Atkin scored 8 in the league.
23. "Eastbourne hand deals to Ben Austin and Jamie Taylor". BBC Sport. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
24. Jamie Taylor scored 10 league goals.
25. Naylor, Andy (16 July 2011). "Hart so pleased to score Amex opener". The Argus. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
26. "New striker Jamie Taylor wants Imps glory". Lincolnshire Echo. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
27. Jamie Taylor scored 15 league goals.
28. "Striker Watson hailed as Simkin seals deal". Ky Capel. Dorset Echo. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
29. "Keeping Elliott is top priority". Eastbourne Herald. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
30. "Johnson: It was easy decision to stay". Howard Griggs. Telegraph & Argus. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
31. "Eastbourne Borough Review 2015". Eastbourne Herald. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
32. "Borough lift Senior Cup with victory over Worthing". Eastbourne Herald. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
33. Griggs, Howard (20 May 2016). "Pinney hero and villain as Borough win Senior Cup". The Argus. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
34. Griggs, Howard (23 May 2016). "Don't judge a book by its cover - An appreciation of Nathaniel Pinney". The Argus. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
35. Elliott Romain was the top scorer in the league with 20 goals. Pinney scored 13 in the league.
36. Greg Luer was the top scorer in the league with 9 goals. Walker scored 7 in the league.
37. Season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Borough’s placement of 18th is based upon points per game.
38. Peskett, Lee (29 August 2011). "City Quick Out Of the Blocks Sees The Sports Suffer Home Defeat". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.