Preston North End season by season

Every Preston North End season on record, from 1883–84 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

133seasons
5,893matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1883–84		2	2	0	0	13	2
1885–86		1	1	0	0	11	3
1886–87		6	5	0	1	17	4
1887–88		7	6	0	1	50	5
1888–89	Football League	27	23	4	0	85	15	1	John Goodall (22)
1889–90	Football League	25	17	3	5	83	34	1	Nick Ross (24)
1890–91	Football League	23	12	3	8	44	26	2	Hugh Gallacher (6)
1891–92	Football League	29	20	1	8	69	34	2	Jimmy Ross (18)
1892–93	First Division	37	20	6	11	82	48	2	Frank Becton (23)
1893–94	First Division	33	12	3	18	68	59	14	Jimmy Ross (24)
1894–95	First Division	32	16	5	11	64	48	4	David Smith Adam Henderson (12)
1895–96	First Division	31	11	6	14	45	52	9	Jackie Pierce (8)
1896–97	First Division	35	13	14	8	66	45	4	David Boyd (14)
1897–98	First Division	31	8	8	15	36	45	12	Sandy Brown (11)
1898–99	First Division	37	11	10	16	54	51	15	Tom Pratt (17)
1899–00	First Division	38	14	5	19	40	49	16	Adam Henderson (13)
1900–01	First Division	36	9	8	19	52	80	17	Andrew Gara (11)
1901–02	Second Division	37	18	8	11	74	37	3	Harry Wilcox (14)
1902–03	Second Division	36	14	10	12	60	45	7	Frank Pearson (18)
1903–04	Second Division	36	21	10	5	63	27	1	Percy Smith (26)
1904–05	First Division	39	15	12	12	46	41	8	Percy Smith (14)
1905–06	First Division	39	17	13	9	54	40	2	Dicky Bond (17)
1906–07	First Division	39	14	7	18	44	58	14	Charlie Dawson (11)
1907–08	First Division	41	12	14	15	49	56	12	Percy Smith (12)
1908–09	First Division	40	14	11	15	50	46	10	James Wilson (11)
1909–10	First Division	39	15	5	19	53	60	12	David McLean (19)
1910–11	First Division	40	13	11	16	41	52	14	David McLean Jimmy Bannister (7)
1911–12	First Division	39	13	7	19	40	58	19	William Kirby (14)
1912–13	Second Division	39	19	15	5	56	35	1	Ben Green (13)
1913–14	First Division	41	14	6	21	58	73	19	Fred Osborn (26)
1914–15	Second Division	40	20	11	9	61	45	2	Fred Osborn (17)
1919–20	First Division	45	16	10	19	62	78	19	Tommy Roberts (29)
1920–21	First Division	48	19	10	19	72	70	16	Tommy Roberts (25)
1921–22	First Division	50	18	14	18	57	71	16	Tommy Roberts (25)
1922–23	First Division	44	14	11	19	63	67	16	Tommy Roberts (29)
1923–24	First Division	43	12	10	21	53	70	18	Tommy Roberts (26)
1924–25	First Division	44	11	6	27	41	77	21	Rowland Woodhouse (9)
1925–26	Second Division	44	18	8	18	73	89	12	Alex James (14)
1926–27	Second Division	44	21	9	14	78	77	6	Tommy Roberts (30)
1927–28	Second Division	43	22	9	12	100	69	4	Norman Robson (19)
1928–29	Second Division	43	15	9	19	78	80	13	Alex Hair (19)
1929–30	Second Division	43	13	11	19	65	82	16	James McCelland George Smithies (10)
1930–31	Second Division	43	17	11	15	84	67	7	George Bargh Tom Scott (14)
1931–32	Second Division	46	18	11	17	82	83	13	Ted Harper (27)
1932–33	Second Division	43	16	10	17	75	72	9	Ted Harper (37)
1933–34	Second Division	46	26	6	14	78	54	2	George Stephenson (16)
1934–35	First Division	48	18	14	16	70	68	11	Bud Maxwell (26)
1935–36	First Division	45	19	9	17	70	67	7	Bud Maxwell (19)
1936–37	First Division	48	19	13	16	76	76	14	Frank O'Donnell (27)
1937–38	First Division	48	22	17	9	76	45	3	George Mutch (18)
1938–39	First Division	46	19	12	15	71	63	9	Charity Shield
1945–46		6	2	2	2	8	12
1946–47	First Division	46	21	11	14	87	77	7	Jimmy McIntosh (32)
1947–48	First Division	46	23	7	16	74	74	7	Andy McLaren (18)
1948–49	First Division	44	12	11	21	64	78	21	Bobby Langton (12)
1949–50	Second Division	44	18	10	16	62	52	6	Eddy Brown (13)
1950–51	Second Division	44	27	5	12	94	51	1	Charlie Wayman (29)
1951–52	First Division	43	17	12	14	74	56	7	Charlie Wayman (24)
1952–53	First Division	45	22	13	10	92	65	2	Charlie Wayman (26)
1953–54	First Division	50	24	7	19	107	66	11	Charlie Wayman (32)
1954–55	First Division	45	17	9	19	89	71	14	Jimmy Baxter (17)
1955–56	First Division	43	14	8	21	75	77	19	Tommy Thompson (24)
1956–57	First Division	48	25	13	10	99	65	3	Tommy Thompson (29)
1957–58	First Division	43	26	7	10	100	54	2	Tommy Thompson (34)
1958–59	First Division	48	19	10	19	82	87	12	Tommy Thompson (24)
1959–60	First Division	48	19	14	15	93	85	9	Tom Finney (21)
1960–61	First Division	50	13	13	24	61	82	22	Peter Thompson (12)
1961–62	Second Division	53	20	14	19	68	66	10	Alfie Biggs (22)
1962–63	Second Division	47	15	12	20	67	87	17	Alex Dawson (27)
1963–64	Second Division	51	28	12	11	91	65	3	Alex Dawson (36)
1964–65	Second Division	45	15	13	17	80	86	12	Alex Dawson (27)
1965–66	Second Division	51	16	17	18	75	84	17	Brian Godfrey (20)
1966–67	Second Division	46	17	8	21	68	72	13	Alex Dawson (13)
1967–68	Second Division	45	13	11	21	48	71	20	Derek Temple (8)
1968–69	Second Division	48	14	17	17	45	50	14	Willie Irvine (20)
1969–70	Second Division	45	8	13	24	45	69	22	Archie Gemmill (6)
1970–71	Third Division	51	24	18	9	68	43	1	Gerry Ingram (24)
1971–72	Second Division	50	16	14	20	64	67	18	Hughie McIlmoyle (13)
1972–73	Second Division	45	11	13	21	37	66	19	Alex Bruce (13)
1973–74	Second Division	45	9	15	21	41	66	21	Alex Bruce (9)
1974–75	Third Division	53	23	12	18	74	60	9	Mel Holden (22)
1975–76	Third Division	51	21	11	19	70	65	8	Mike Elwiss (16)
1976–77	Third Division	52	22	15	15	72	50	6	Alex Bruce (26)
1977–78	Third Division	53	23	17	13	71	47	3	Alex Bruce (30)
1978–79	Second Division	47	14	19	14	68	63	7	Alex Bruce (26)
1979–80	Second Division	45	12	19	14	57	58	10	Steve Elliott (23)
1980–81	Second Division	49	14	16	19	50	70	20	Alex Bruce (15)
1981–82	Third Division	51	18	14	19	54	65	14	Alex Bruce (19)
1982–83	Third Division	53	18	14	21	71	79	16	Steve Elliott (23)
1983–84	Third Division	52	18	12	22	71	71	16	League Trophy
1984–85	Third Division	52	14	9	29	64	121	23	League Trophy
1985–86	Fourth Division	51	13	11	27	64	101	23	League Trophy
1986–87	Fourth Division	55	30	15	10	87	56	2	League Trophy
1987–88	Third Division	50	15	15	20	55	69	16	League Trophy
1988–89	Third Division	54	20	18	16	83	73	6	League Trophy
1989–90	Third Division	50	16	10	24	72	86	19	League Trophy
1990–91	Third Division	49	16	11	22	57	73	17	League Trophy
1991–92	Third Division	51	18	12	21	73	82	17	League Trophy
1992–93	Second Division	52	14	10	28	74	108	21	League Trophy
1993–94	Third Division	54	23	14	17	94	79	5	League Trophy
1994–95	Third Division	51	20	13	18	63	55	5	League Trophy
1995–96	Third Division	53	25	18	10	87	49	1	League Trophy
1996–97	Second Division	54	21	9	24	65	70	15	League Trophy
1997–98	Second Division	59	23	15	21	75	79	15	League Trophy
1998–99	Second Division	55	25	17	13	89	58	5	League Trophy
1999–00	Second Division	59	36	12	11	95	47	1	League Trophy
2000–01	First Division	54	25	9	20	72	67	4	2001 Football League play-offs
2001–02	First Division	51	22	13	16	79	69	8	Richard Cresswell (16)
2002–03	First Division	51	18	14	19	74	79	12	Richard Cresswell (16)
2003–04	First Division	50	16	16	18	75	77	15	Ricardo Fuller (19)
2004–05	Championship	53	23	14	16	75	65	5	2005 Football League play-offs
2005–06	Championship	53	22	23	8	66	39	4	2006 Football League play-offs
2006–07	Championship	51	25	8	18	71	58	7	David Nugent (17)
2007–08	Championship	50	17	11	22	56	60	15	Neil Mellor (10)
2008–09	Championship	51	22	12	17	69	59	6	2009 Football League play-offs
2009–10	Championship	51	16	15	20	73	82	17	Jon Parkin (13)
2010–11	Championship	50	11	13	26	62	84	22	Iain Hume (12)
2011–12	League One	51	15	16	20	60	73	15	League Trophy
2012–13	League One	52	18	17	17	66	54	14	League Trophy
2013–14	League One	56	27	19	10	86	57	5	League Trophy
2014–15	League One	63	36	17	10	108	54	3	League Trophy
2015–16	Championship	50	17	18	15	51	50	11	Daniel Johnson (8)
2016–17	Championship	51	19	14	18	71	73	11	Jordan Hugill (13)
2017–18	Championship	49	20	16	13	64	51	7	Sean Maguire (10)
2018–19	Championship	50	18	14	18	75	73	14	Callum Robinson (13)
2019–20	Championship	50	19	13	18	67	63	9	Daniel Johnson (12)
2020–21	Championship	50	20	7	23	56	63	13	Scott Sinclair (9)
2021–22	Championship	51	19	16	16	64	63	13	Emil Riis Jakobsen (20)
2022–23	Championship	50	19	12	19	53	66	12	Ched Evans (9)
2023–24	Championship	48	18	10	20	58	73	10	Will Keane (11)
2024–25	Championship	54	14	22	18	61	67	20	Milutin Osmajic (15)
2025–26	Championship	49	16	15	18	58	66	14
2026–27		5	0	1	4	3	11