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.
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 five occasions and the FA Trophy third round on six occasions.
Season∆LeagueFA CupFA TrophyFA VaseOther competitions Average home attendance Top scorerIncludes all competitive first-team matches: League, FA Cup, FA Trophy, FA Vase, Conference League Cup and Sussex Senior Cup.ReferencesDivisionPWDLFAGDPtsPos1983Joined Joined Sussex County League as founder members of new Division Three (as Langney Sports F.C.)1983–8410SC3 2410 8 6 43 36 +7 38 5thn/a1984–8510SC3 2812 6 10 52 41 +11 42 5thn/a1985–8610SC3 2814 4 10 53 39 +14 46 4thn/a1986–8710SC3 2621 3 2 101 19 +82 66 1stn/a1987Promoted to Sussex County League Division Two1987–889SC2 2820 6 2 65 19 +46 66 1stn/a1988Promoted to Sussex County League Division One1988–898SC1 3412 13 9 54 46 +8 49 10th PRn/a1989–908SC1 3420 6 8 63 33 +30 66 3rd PRn/a1990–918SC1 3423 5 6 89 42 +47 74 3rd 1QR 2Rn/a1991–928SC1 3422 10 2 96 36 +60 76 2nd PR 2R SSC Runners-up Nigel Hole?1992–938SC1 3420 5 9 77 42 +35 65 4th 2QR PRn/a1993–948SC1 3822 7 9 84 59 +25 73 3rd 1QR PRn/a1994–958SC1 3813 11 14 61 58 +3 50 11th PR 1Rn/a1995–968SC1 3817 9 12 70 52 +18 60 9th 1QR 2QRn/a1996–978SC1 3816 10 12 72 56 +16 58 6th PR 1Rn/a1997–988SC1 3823 5 10 76 46 +30 74 4th 3QR 2Rn/a1998–998SC1 3820 6 12 69 43 +26 66 4th 4QR 2QRn/a1999–008SC1 3831 6 1 101 25 +76 99 1st 3QR 1QRJohn Snelgrove 332000Promoted to Southern Football League Eastern Division2000–017SLE 4219 8 15 75 55 +20 65 9th 2QR 1RMatt Allen 17 2001Langney Sports F.C. renamed to Eastbourne Borough F.C.2001–027SLE 42 21 6 15 63 46 +17 69 7th 2QR 3R SSC Winners 382Matt Allen 25 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).2002–037SLE 4229 6 7 92 33 +59 93 2nd 3QR 3R SSC Runners-up 534Scott Ramsay 382003Promoted to Southern Football League Premier Division2003–046SLP 4214 13 15 48 56 -8 55 11th 4QR 1R 597Scott Ramsay 282004Joined newly formed Conference South2004–056Conf South 42 18 10 14 65 47 +18 64 5th 2QR 3R 719Scott Ramsay 232005–066Conf South 4210 16 16 51 61 -10 46 17th 1R 3QR 603Scott Ramsay 14 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).2006–076Conf South 4218 15 9 58 42 +16 69 7th 2QR 3QR 683Scott Ramsay162007–086Conf South 4223 11 8 83 38 +45 80 2nd 1R 3QR 872Andy Atkin 292008Promoted to Conference National2008–095Conf Nat 4618 6 22 58 70 -12 60 13th 1R 1R SSC Winners 1,344Andy Atkin 15Paul Armstrong was the top scorer in the league with 9 goals. Atkin scored 8 in the league.2009–105Conf Nat 4411 13 20 42 72 -30 46 19th 4QR 2R 1,206Jamie Taylor 17Jamie Taylor scored 10 league goals.2010–115Conf Nat 4610 9 27 62 104 -42 39 23rd 4QR 3R SSC Runners-up 1,105Jamie Taylor 19Jamie Taylor scored 15 league goals.2011Relegated to Conference South2011–126Conf South 4212 9 21 54 69 -15 45 18th 4QR 3QR 695Ben Watson 142012–136Conf South 4214 9 19 42 52 -10 51 12th 3QR 3QR 533Elliott Charles 142013–146Conf South 4216 10 16 55 59 -4 58 10th 3QR 3QR 545Simon Johnson 102014–156Conf South 4014 13 13 51 50 +1 55 11th 4QR 3QR 574Gavin McCallum112015Football Conference is renamed National League2015–166NLS 4213 11 18 60 63 -3 50 17th 4QR 2R SSC Winners 533Nathaniel Pinney262016–176NLS 4216 10 16 82 70 +12 58 11th 1R 3QR 541Nathaniel Pinney25Elliott Romain was the top scorer in the league with 20 goals. Pinney scored 13 in the league.2017–186NLS 4213 7 22 57 80 -23 46 18th 3QR 1R 517Jamie Taylor142018–196NLS 42 10 12 2052 65 -13 42 18th 4QR 1R 586Charlie Walker/Dean Cox122019–206NLS 338 14 11 38 54 -16 38 18th 3QR 1R546Charlie Walker12Greg Luer was the top scorer in the league with 9 goals. Walker scored 7 in the league.Season was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Borough’s placement of 18th is based upon points per game.2020–216NLS 199 6 4 36 26 +10 33 3rd 1R 2R 499Chris Whelpdale 15 Season was declared null and void due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Borough’s placement of 3rd is based upon their position at the point the season curtailed.2021–226NLS 4017 9 14 73 67 +6 60 6th 3QR 3R 968Charley Kendall 272022–236NLS 4622 5 19 74 66 +8 71 8th 4QR 3R 1,052Shiloh Remy 152023–246NLS 4614 10 22 53 74 -21 52 19th 2QR 2R 1,381Fletcher Holman 102024–256NLS 4625 13 8 70 43 +27 88 3rd 2QR 3R 1,306George Alexander 272025–266NLS 469 9 28 59 90 -31 36 24th 4QR 2R 959Pemi Aderoju 202026Relegated to Isthmian League Premier Division
Key WinnersRunners upPlay-offsPromotedRelegated
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
Sources for League, FA Cup and FA Trophy statistics:
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