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ROTHERHAM UNITED 
 (Previous name - Rotherham County to the end of 1924/25 when they merged with Midland League side Rotherham Town to form Rotherham United (1924/25 Midland League table). The new club continued in the Football League Third Division (North). Rotherham Town were former Football League members (record in League).

Record while in the Football League.

Election to the League and final non-league table.

 

 

Season    Tier

Div

P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup - Round reached  League Cup- Round reached
1919/20 2 Div 2 42 13 8 21 51 83 34 17th Table

Results

 6th Qual -
1920/21 2 Div 2 42 12 12 18 37 53 36 19th Table Results 6th Qual -
1921/22 2 Div 2 42 14 11 17 32 43 39 16th Table Results 5th Qual -
1922/23 2 Div 2 42 13 9 20 44 63 35 21st Relegated Table Results 1st -
1923/24 3 Div 3N 42 23 6 13 70 43 52 4th Table Results 6th Qual -
1924/25 3 Div 3N 42 7 7 28 42 88 21 22nd Re-election Position Table Results 5th Qual -
1925/26 3 Div 3N 42 17 7 18 69 92 41 14th Table Results 3rd -
1926/27 3 Div 3N 42 10 12 20 70 92 32 19th Table Results 1st -
1927/28 3 Div 3N 42 14 11 17 65 69 39 14th Table Results 3rd -
1928/29 3 Div 3N 42 15 9 18 60 77 39 16th Table Results 1st -
1929/30 3 Div 3N 42 11 8 23 67 113 30 20th Table Results 3rd -
1930/31 3 Div 3N 42 13 12 17 81 83 38 14th Table Results 1st -
1931/32 3 Div 3N 40 14 4 22 63 72 32 19th Table Results 1st -
1932/33 3 Div 3N 42 14 6 22 60 84 34 17th Table Results 1st -
1933/34 3 Div 3N 42 10 8 24 53 91 28 21st Re-election Position Table Results 3rd -
1934/35 3 Div 3N 42 19 7 16 86 73 45 9th Table Results 2nd -
1935/36 3 Div 3N 42 16 9 17 69 66 41 11th Table Results 2nd -
1936/37 3 Div 3N 42 14 7 21 78 91 35 17th Table Results 1st -
1937/38 3 Div 3N 42 20 10 12 68 56 50 6th Table Results 2nd -
1938/39 3 Div 3N 42 17 8 17 64 64 42 11th Table Results 1st -
1939/40 3 Div 3N 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 - Table & Results - -
   1939/40 to 1945/46 Football League suspended due to World War 2

Season     Tier

Div

P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup  L Cup
1945/46

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 4th -
1946/47 3 Div 3N 42 29 6 7 114 53 64 2nd Table Results 3rd -
1947/48 3 Div 3N 42 25 9 8 95 49 59 2nd Table Results 3rd -
1948/49 3 Div 3N 42 28 6 8 90 46 62 2nd Table Results 4th -
1949/50 3 Div 3N 42 19 10 13 80 59 48 6th Table Results 3rd -
1950/51 3 Div 3N 46 31 9 6 103 41 71 1st Promoted Table Results 4th -
1951/52 2 Div 2 42 17 8 17 73 71 42 9th Table Results 4th -
1952/53 2 Div 2 42 16 9 17 75 74 41 12th Table Results 5th -
1953/54 2 Div 2 42 21 7 14 80 67 49 5th Table Results 4th -
1954/55 2 Div 2 42 25 4 13 94 64 54 3rd Table Results 4th -
1955/56 2 Div 2 42 12 9 21 56 75 33 19th Table Results 3rd -
1956/57 2 Div 2 42 13 11 18 74 75 37 17th Table Results 3rd -
1957/58 2 Div 2 42 14 5 23 65 101 33 18th Table Results 3rd -
1958/59 2 Div 2 42 10 9 23 42 82 29 20th Table Results 3rd -
1959/60 2 Div 2 42 17 13 12 61 60 47 8th Table Results 4th -
1960/61 2 Div 2 42 12 13 17 65 64 37 15th Table Results 4th Final
1961/62 2 Div 2 42 16 9 17 70 76 41 9th Table Results 3rd 5th
1962/63 2 Div 2 42 17 6 19 67 74 40 14th Table Results 3rd 4th
1963/64 2 Div 2 42 19 7 16 90 78 45 7th Table Results 3rd 5th
1964/65 2 Div 2 42 14 12 16 70 69 40 14th Table Results 4th 3rd
1965/66 2 Div 2 42 16 14 12 75 74 46 7th Table Results 4th 4th
1966/67 2 Div 2 42 13 10 19 61 70 36 18th Table Results 4th 3rd
1967/68 2 Div 2 42 10 11 21 42 76 31 21st Relegated Table Results 5th 2nd
1968/69 3 Div 3 46 16 13 17 56 50 45 11th Table Results 2nd 1st
1969/70 3 Div 3 46 15 14 17 62 54 44 14th Table Results 3rd 3rd
1970/71 3 Div 3 46 17 16 13 64 60 50 8th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1971/72 3 Div 3 46 20 15 11 69 52 55 5th Table Results 4th 1st
1972/73 3 Div 3 46 17 7 22 51 65 41 21st Relegated Table Results 2nd 3rd
1973/74 4 Div 4 46 15 13 18 56 58 43 15th Table Results 2nd 2nd
1974/75 4 Div 4 46 22 15 9 71 41 59 3rd Promoted Table Results 3rd 2nd
1975/76 3 Div 3 46 15 12 19 54 65 42 16th Table Results 2nd 1st
1976/77 3 Div 3 46 22 15 9 69 44 59 4th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1977/78 3 Div 3 46 13 13 20 51 68 39 20th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1978/79 3 Div 3 46 17 10 19 49 55 44 17th Table Results 3rd 3rd
1979/80 3 Div 3 46 18 10 18 58 66 46 13th Table Results 2nd 2nd
1980/81 3 Div 3 46 24 13 9 62 32 61 1st Promoted Table Results 2nd 1st
1981/82 2 Div 2 42 20 7 15 66 54 67 7th Table Results 3rd 2nd
1982/83 2 Div 2 42 10 15 17 45 68 45 20th Relegated Table Results 3rd 3rd
1983/84 3 Div 3 46 15 9 22 57 64 54 18th Table Results 3rd 5th
1984/85 3 Div 3 46 18 11 17 55 55 65 12th Table Results 1st 3rd
1985/86 3 Div 3 46 15 12 19 61 59 57 14th Table Results 4th 1st
1986/87 3 Div 3 46 15 12 19 48 57 57 14th Table Results 1st 2nd
1987/88 3 Div 3 46 12 16 18 50 66 52 21st Relegated Table Results 2nd 2nd
1988/89 4 Div 4 46 22 16 8 76 35 82 1st Promoted Table Results 2nd 2nd
1989/90 3 Div 3 46 17 13 16 71 62 64 9th Table Results 2nd 2nd
1990/91 3 Div 3 46 10 12 24 50 87 42 23rd Relegated Table Results 4th 2nd
1991/92 4 Div 4 42 22 11 9 70 37 77 2nd Promoted Table Results 2nd 1st
1992/93 3 Div 2 46 17 14 15 60 60 65 11th Table Results 4th 2nd
1993/94 3 Div 2 46 15 13 18 63 60 58 15th Table Results 1st 2nd
1994/95 3 Div 2 46 14 14 18 57 61 56 17th Table Results 2nd 1st
1995/96 3 Div 2 46 14 14 18 54 62 56 16th Table Results 1st 2nd
1996/97 3 Div 2 46 7 14 25 39 70 35 23rd Relegated Table Results 1st 1st
1997/98 4 Div 3 46 16 19 11 67 61 67 9th Table Results 3rd 1st
1998/99 4 Div 3 46 20 13 13 79 61 73 5th Play Off Table Results 3rd 1st
1999/00 4 Div 3 46 24 12 10 72 36 84 2nd Promoted Table Results 2nd 1st
2000/01 3 Div 2 46 27 10 9 79 55 91 2nd Promoted Table Results 3rd 1st
2001/02 2 Div 1 46 10 19 17 52 66 49 21st Table Results 4th 2nd
2002/03 2 Div 1 46 15 14 17 62 62 59 15th Table Results 3rd 4th
2003/04 2 Div 1 46 13 15 18 53 61 54 17th Table Results 3rd 3rd
2004/05 2 Champ 46 5 14 27 35 69 29 24th Relegated Table Results 3rd 2nd
2005/06 3 Lea 1 46 12 16 18 52 62 52 20th Table Results 1st 2nd
2006/07 3 Lea 1 46 13 9 24 58 75 38 * 23rd Relegated Table Results 1st 2nd
2007/08 4 Lea 2 46 21 11 14 62 58 64 * 9th Table Results 1st 1st
2008/09 4 Lea 2 46 21 12 13 60 46 58

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 14th Table Results 1st 4th
2009/10 4 Lea 2 46 21 10 15 55 52 53 5th Play Off Table Results 2nd 2nd
2010/11 4 Lea 2 46 17 15 14 75 60 66 9th Table Results 1st 1st
2011/12 4 Lea 2 46 18 13 15 67 63 67    10th Table Results 2nd 1st
2012/13 4 Lea 2 46 24 7 15 74 59 79 2nd Promoted Table Results 3rd 1st
2013/14 3 Lea 1 46 24 14 8 86 58 86 4th Promoted Table Results 2nd 2nd
2014/15 2 Champ 46 11 16 19 46 67 46

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 21st Table Results 3rd 2nd
2015/16 2 Champ 46 13 10 23 53 71 49 21st Table Results 3rd 2nd
2016/17 2 Champ 46 5 8 33 40 98 23

24th

 Relegated Table Results 3rd 1st
2017/18 3 Lea 1 46 24 7 15 73 53 79 4th Promoted Table Results 1st 2nd
2018/19 2 Champ 46 8 16 22 52 83 40 22nd Relegated Table Results 3rd 2nd
2019/20 3 Lea 1 **35 18 8 9 61 38 62 2nd Promoted Table Results 3rd 2nd
2020/21 2 Champ 46 11 9 26 44 60 42

23rd

 Relegated Table Results 3rd 1st
2021/22 3 Lea 1 46 27 9 10 70 33 90 2nd Promoted Table Results 3rd 1st
2022/23 2 Champ 46 11 17 18 49 60 50 19th Table Results 3rd 2nd
2023/24 2 Champ Results 2nd
 

*   Rotherham have been regulars in front of Football League disciplinary commissions over the years.  In 2006/07 they had 10 points deducted after going into administration and another 10 points were lost when they went into administration again in 2007/08. In 2008/09 they lost 17 points when leaving administration not to Football League rules while in 2014/15 3 points were deducted for fielding an ineligible player. More details - points deductions.

** The 2019/20 season ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic with the last League 1 matches being played on Tuesday March 10th. A points per game (PPG) system was then used to decide final League placings - Rotherham finished 2nd using both the PPG system and the traditional points system. Click on table for full details.

 

 

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