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.[1]
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.
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
aStats websites list incorrect attendance figure of 214 for game played between Eastbourne and Chelmsford on 29 August 2011. Correct attendance was 783. Taking this into account, the average attendance for the season was 695.[39] bBased off the only game of the season that fans were allowed to attend (v Dartford) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sources for League, FA Cup and FA Trophy statistics:
^"Player's Statistics 2002-03 Season". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 4 January 2003. Retrieved 16 March 2016. 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).
^"1st team squad and statistics". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Archived from the original on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2016. 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).
^Elliott Romain was the top scorer in the league with 20 goals. Pinney scored 13 in the league.
^Greg 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.
^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.