One of many professional football clubs based in
London,
England. Purchased by
Harrod's owner
Mohamed Al-Fayed in 1997, Al-Fayed's millions have helped the club climb the ladder from the
Second Division to the
First Division to the
English Premier League. They started their first season in the top flight by facing
Manchester United at
Old Trafford and nearly beat the Red Devils (they lost 3-2).
Historical league table:
Place Year and League GP W D L GF GA PTS
10th 1898-99 Southern League Division Two London Sect. 22 6 4 12 36 44 14
2nd 1899-00 Southern League Division Two 20 10 4 6 44 22 24
***Lost title on goal average, lost to Thames Ironworks in Test Match***
5th 1900-01 Southern League Division Two 16 8 0 8 38 26 16
1st 1901-02 Southern League Division Two 16 13 0 3 51 19 26
***Lost to Swindon Town in Test Match***
1st 1902-03 Southern League Division Two 10 7 1 2 27 7 15
***Lost to Brentford in Test Match, promoted on expansion of Southern League Division
One***
11th 1903-04 Southern League Division One 34 9 12 13 33 34 30
***Joined Western League***
6th 1904-05 Southern League Division One 34 14 10 10 46 34 38
6th Western League Division One 20 7 3 10 29 32 17
1st 1905-06 Southern League Division One 34 19 12 3 44 15 50
10th Western League Division One A 20 5 5 10 23 32 15
1st 1906-07 Southern League Division One 38 20 13 5 58 32 53
1st Western League Division One A 10 7 1 2 16 9 15
***Lost Promotion Playoff against Western League Division One B champion West Ham United,
elected into Old Second Division***
4th 1907-08 Old Second Division 38 22 5 11 82 49 49
10th 1908-09 Old Second Division 38 13 11 14 58 48 37
7th 1909-10 Old Second Division 38 14 13 11 51 43 41
10th 1910-11 Old Second Division 38 15 7 16 52 48 37
8th 1911-12 Old Second Division 38 16 7 15 66 58 39
9th 1912-13 Old Second Division 38 17 5 16 65 55 39
11th 1913-14 Old Second Division 38 16 6 16 46 43 38
12th 1914-15 Old Second Division 38 15 7 16 53 47 37
***League was cancelled for WWI***
6th 19-20 Old Second Division 42 19 9 14 61 50 47
9th 1920-21 Old Second Division 42 16 10 16 43 47 42
7th 1921-22 Old Second Division 42 18 9 15 57 38 45
10th 1922-23 Old Second Division 42 16 12 14 43 32 44
20th 1923-24 Old Second Division 42 10 14 18 45 56 34
12th 1924-25 Old Second Division 42 15 10 17 41 56 40
19th 1925-26 Old Second Division 42 11 12 19 46 77 34
18th 1926-27 Old Second Division 42 13 8 21 58 92 34
21st 1927-28 Old Second Division 42 13 7 22 68 89 33
***Relegated to Old Third Division South***
5th 1928-29 Old Third Division South 42 21 10 11 101 71 52
7th 1929-30 Old Third Division South 42 18 11 13 87 83 47
9th 1930-31 Old Third Division South 42 18 7 17 77 75 43
1st 1931-32 Old Third Division South 42 24 9 9 111 62 57
***Promoted to Old Second Division***
3rd 1932-33 Old Second Division 42 20 10 12 78 65 50
16th 1933-34 Old Second Division 42 15 7 20 48 67 37
7th 1934-35 Old Second Division 42 17 12 13 76 56 46
8th 1935-36 Old Second Division 42 15 14 13 76 52 44
11th 1936-37 Old Second Division 42 15 13 14 71 61 43
8th 1937-38 Old Second Division 42 16 11 15 61 57 43
11th 1938-39 Old Second Division 42 17 10 15 61 55 44
***League cancelled because of WWII***
15th 1946-47 Old Second Division 42 15 9 18 63 74 39
11th 1947-48 Old Second Division 42 15 10 17 47 46 40
1st 1948-49 Old Second Division 42 24 9 9 77 37 57
***Promoted to Old First Division***
17th 1949-50 Old First Division 42 10 14 18 41 54 34
18th 1950-51 Old First Division 42 13 11 18 52 68 37
22nd 1951-52 Old First Division 42 8 11 23 58 77 27
***Relegated to Old Second Division***
8th 1952-53 Old Second Division 42 17 10 15 81 71 44
8th 1953-54 Old Second Division 42 17 10 15 98 85 44
14th 1954-55 Old Second Division 42 14 11 17 76 79 39
9th 1955-56 Old Second Division 42 20 6 16 89 79 46
11th 1956-57 Old Second Division 42 19 4 19 84 76 42
5th 1957-58 Old Second Division 42 20 12 10 97 59 52
2nd 1958-59 Old Second Division 42 27 6 9 96 61 60
***Promoted to Old First Division***
10th 1959-60 Old First Division 42 17 10 15 73 80 44
17th 1960-61 Old First Division 42 14 8 20 72 95 36
20th 1961-62 Old First Division 42 13 7 22 66 74 33
16th 1962-63 Old First Division 42 14 10 18 50 71 38
15th 1963-64 Old First Division 42 13 13 16 58 65 39
20th 1964-65 Old First Division 42 11 12 19 60 78 34
20th 1965-66 Old First Division 42 14 7 21 67 85 35
18th 1966-67 Old First Division 42 11 12 19 71 83 34
22nd 1967-68 Old First Division 42 10 7 25 56 98 27
***Relegated to Old Second Division***
22nd 1968-69 Old Second Division 42 7 11 24 40 81 25
***Relegated to Old Third Division***
4th 1969-70 Old Third Division 46 20 15 11 81 55 55
2nd 1970-71 Old Third Division 46 24 12 10 68 41 60
***Promoted to Old Second Division***
20th 1971-72 Old Second Division 42 12 10 20 45 68 34
9th 1972-73 Old Second Division 42 16 12 14 58 49 44
13th 1973-74 Old Second Division 42 16 10 16 39 43 42
9th 1974-75 Old Second Division 42 13 16 13 44 39 42
12th 1975-76 Old Second Division 42 13 14 15 45 47 40
17th 1976-77 Old Second Division 42 11 13 18 54 61 35
10th 1977-78 Old Second Division 42 14 13 15 49 49 41
10th 1978-79 Old Second Division 42 13 15 14 50 47 41
20th 1979-80 Old Second Division 42 11 7 24 42 74 29
***Relegated to Old Third Division***
13th 1980-81 Old Third Division 46 15 13 18 57 64 43
***After this season, wins changed value from two to three points***
3rd 1981-82 Old Third Division 46 21 15 10 77 51 78
***Promoted to Old Second Division***
4th 1982-83 Old Second Division 42 20 9 13 64 47 69
11th 1983-84 Old Second Division 42 15 12 15 60 53 57
9th 1984-85 Old Second Division 42 19 8 15 68 64 65
22nd 1985-86 Old Second Division 42 10 5 26 45 69 36
***Relegated to Old Third Division***
18th 1986-87 Old Third Division 46 12 17 17 59 77 53
9th 1987-88 Old Third Division 46 19 9 18 69 60 66
4th 1988-89 Old Third Division 46 22 9 15 69 67 75
***Lost in Promotion Playoff Semifinal to Bristol Rovers***
20th 1989-90 Old Third Division 46 12 15 19 55 66 51
21st 1990-91 Old Third Division 46 10 16 20 41 56 46
9th 1991-92 Old Third Division 46 19 13 14 57 53 70
***Clubs in Old First Division broke away from the Football League to form the
English Premier League***
11th 1992-93 Second Division 46 16 17 13 57 55 65
21st 1993-94 Second Division 46 14 10 22 50 63 52
***Relegated to Third Division***
7th 1994-95 Third Division 42 16 14 12 60 54 62
17th 1995-96 Third Division 46 12 17 17 57 63 53
2nd 1996-97 Third Division 46 25 12 9 72 38 72
***Lost title on goals scored, promoted to Second Division***
6th 1997-98 Second Division 46 20 10 16 60 43 70
***Made Promotion Playoffs on goals scored, but lost in Semifinal to Grimsby Town***
1st 1998-99 Second Division 46 31 8 7 79 32 101
***Promoted to First Division***
9th 1999-00 First Division 46 17 16 13 49 41 67
1st 2000-01 First Division 46 30 11 5 90 32 101
***Promoted to English Premier League***
13th 2001-02 English Premier League 38 10 14 14 36 44 44
14th 2002-03 English Premier League 38 13 9 16 41 50 48