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LOUGHBOROUGH Election to the Football League and final non-league table. Summary of Home and Away League results by season. |
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P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos |
FA Cup - Round reached |
League Cup - Round reached | |||||
| 1895/96 | 2 | Div 2 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 66 | 23 | 12th | Table | Results | 3rd Qual | - | ||
| 1896/97 | 2 | Div 2 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 64 | 25 | 13th | Table | Results | 3rd Qual | - | ||
| 1897/98 | 2 | Div 2 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 87 | 14 | 16th |
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Table | Results | 3rd Qual | - | |
| 1898/99 | 2 | Div 2 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 92 | 18 | 17th |
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Table | Results | 4th Qual | - | |
| 1899/00 | 2 | Div 2 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 100 | 8 | 18th |
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Table | Results | 3rd Qual | - | |
| Loughborough failed to gain re-election at the end of the 1899/1900 season (voting details). They and Luton Town (who did not seek re-election) were replaced in the Football League by Blackpool and Stockport County. | ||||||||||||||||
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'Well, if you really have not heard the good news, I must tell you. Loughborough beat that powerful combination, Woolwich Arsenal, by eight goals - whew! - to none. But that was not all; they had two goals disallowed, one as good a goal as ever was scored, but then we must not be too covetous, eight being pretty conclusive in all conscience'. Part of
the actual match report of the match in 1896 when Arsenal suffered what is
still their record League defeat - 0-8 at Loughborough. Read the whole
match report. |
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