List of Reading F.C. seasons
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This is a list of seasons played by Reading F.C. in the English Football League. The team, established in 1871, competes in the Championship, the second football league in England. Established in 1871, the club first entered the FA Cup in 1878–79 but did not play league football until the 1920–21 season.
The club has competed in all four tiers of the English Football League and has won the Championship twice, the Football League Second Division three times, the Football League Third Division once, reached the FA Cup semi-finals twice, reached the EFL Cup quarter-finals twice, won the London War Cup, won the Full Members Cup, won the Football League Third Division South Cup and won the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup five times.
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Seasons
| Season | League[1] | FA Cup[2] | EFL Cup[3] | EFL Trophy | OtherTemplate:Refn | Top scorer(s)Template:Refn | ||||||||||
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| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos | Competition | Result | Player(s) | Goals | ||||
| 1877–78 | R2 | – | – | |||||||||||||
| 1878–79 | R2 | Berks & Bucks Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||
| 1879–80 | R1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1880–81 | R2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1881–82 | R4 | |||||||||||||||
| 1882–83 | R2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1883–84 | R3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1884–85 | R2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1885–86 | R1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1886–87 | R1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1887–88 | R1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1888–89 | QR1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1889–90 | QR2 | |||||||||||||||
| 1890–91 | QR1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1891–92 | QR2 | Berks & Bucks Senior Cup | W | |||||||||||||
| 1892–93 | QR3 | |||||||||||||||
| 1893–94 | R1 | FA Amateur Cup | R2 | |||||||||||||
| 1894–95 | Southern 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 5th | QR3 | FA Amateur Cup | QF | ||||
| 1895–96 | Southern 1 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 38 | 23 | 4th | QR3 | ||||||
| 1896–97 | Southern 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 49 | 19 | 7th | QR4 | ||||||
| 1897–98 | Southern 1 Western Pro
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22 14
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8 7
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7 2
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7 5
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39 28
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31 25
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23 16
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5th 3rd
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| 1898–99 | Southern 1 United League
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24 20
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9 8
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8 5
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7 7
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31 36
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24 25
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26 21
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5th 6th
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QR5 | ||||||
| 1899–1900 | Southern 1 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 28 | 32 | 4th | R1 | ||||||
| 1900–01 | Southern 1 Western 1
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28 16
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8 5
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8 5
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12 6
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24 24
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25 29
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24 15
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9th 6th
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| 1901–02 | Southern 1 Western 1
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30 16
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16 7
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7 3
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7 6
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57 29
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24 22
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39 17
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5th 3rd
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| 1902–03 | Southern 1 Western 1
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30 16
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19 7
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7 0
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4 9
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72 20
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30 21
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45 14
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2nd 6th
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R1 | ||||||
| 1903–04 | Southern 1 Western 1
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34 16
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14 4
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13 4
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7 8
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48 16
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35 26
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41 12
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6th 7th
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R1 | ||||||
| 1904–05 | Southern 1 Western 1
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34 20
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18 6
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7 3
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9 11
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57 27
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38 37
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43 15
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2nd 9th
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| 1905–06 | Southern 1 Western 1
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34 20
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12 6
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9 6
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13 8
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53 28
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46 38
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33 18
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10th 9th
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| 1906–07 | Southern 1 Western 1A
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38 10
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14 4
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6 1
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18 5
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57 12
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47 18
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34 9
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12th 4th
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| 1907–08 | Southern 1 Western 1B
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38 12
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15 4
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6 3
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17 5
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55 20
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50 25
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36 11
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12th 5th
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| 1908–09 | Southern 1 Western 1A
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40 12
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11 4
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18 2
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11 6
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60 19
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57 21
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40 10
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8th 6th
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R1 | ||||||
| 1909–10 | Southern 1 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 73 | 24 | 22nd | R1 | ||||||
| 1910–11 | Southern 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 11 | 35 | 1st | QR4 | ||||||
| 1911–12 | Southern 1 | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 69 | 36 | 11th | R3 | ||||||
| 1912–13 | Southern 1 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 55 | 42 | 8th | R3 | ||||||
| 1913–14 | Southern 1 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 36 | 44 | 4th | R1 | ||||||
| 1914–15 | Southern 1 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 43 | 49 | 2nd | R1 | ||||||
| 1915–19 | The Southern League and FA Cup were suspended until the First World War ended in November 1918. | |||||||||||||||
| 1919–20 | Southern 1 | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 43 | 45 | 7th | R1 | – | – | ||||
| 1920–21 | Division 3Template:Refn | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 59 | 31 | 20th | R1 | ||||||
| 1921–22 | Division 3 SouthTemplate:Refn | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 47 | 38 | 13th | R1 | ||||||
| 1922–23 | Division 3 South | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 36 | 55 | 34 | 19th | QR5 | ||||||
| 1923–24 | Division 3 South | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 51 | 57 | 35 | 18th | QR5 | ||||||
| 1924–25 | Division 3 South | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 14th | QR6 | ||||||
| 1925–26 | Division 3 South | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 77 | 52 | 57 | 1st | R3 | ||||||
| 1926–27 | Division 2 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 72 | 40 | 14th | SF | ||||||
| 1927–28 | Division 2 | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 53 | 75 | 35 | 18th | R4 | ||||||
| 1928–29 | Division 2 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 86 | 39 | 15th | R5 | ||||||
| 1929–30 | Division 2 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 67 | 35 | 19th | R3 | ||||||
| 1930–31 | Division 2 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 72 | 96 | 30 | 21st | R3 | ||||||
| 1931–32 | Division 3 South | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 97 | 67 | 55 | 2nd | R1 | ||||||
| 1932–33 | Division 3 South | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 103 | 71 | 51 | 4th | R3 | ||||||
| 1933–34 | Division 3 South | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 82 | 50 | 54 | 3rd | R3 | Third Division South Cup | R2 | ||||
| 1934–35 | Division 3 South | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 89 | 65 | 53 | 2nd | R5 | Third Division South Cup | R1 | ||||
| 1935–36 | Division 3 South | 42 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 87 | 62 | 54 | 3rd | R3 | Third Division South Cup | R3 | ||||
| 1936–37 | Division 3 South | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 60 | 49 | 5th | R3 | Third Division South Cup | R2 | ||||
| 1937–38 | Division 3 South | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 6th | R1 | Third Division South Cup | W | ||||
| 1938–39 | Division 3 South | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 59 | 46 | 5th | R1 | Third Division South Cup | R3 | ||||
| 1939–40 | Division 3 South | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1stTemplate:Refn | –Template:Refn | – | |||||
| 1940–45 | The Football league and FA Cup were suspended until the Second World War ended in September 1945. | |||||||||||||||
| 1945–46 | – | R1[lower-alpha 1] | – | – | Third Division South Cup | Group | ||||||||||
| 1946–47 | Division 3 South | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 83 | 74 | 43 | 9th | R3 | – | |||||
| 1947–48 | Division 3 South | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 58 | 41 | 10th | R3 | – | |||||
| 1948–49 | Division 3 South | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 77 | 50 | 55 | 2nd | R2 | – | |||||
| 1949–50 | Division 3 South | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 64 | 42 | 10th | R3 | – | |||||
| 1950–51 | Division 3 South | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 88 | 53 | 57 | 3rd | R3 | – | |||||
| 1951–52 | Division 3 South | 46 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 112 | 60 | 61 | 2nd | R3 | – | |||||
| 1952–53 | Division 3 South | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 69 | 64 | 46 | 11th | R1 | – | |||||
| 1953–54 | Division 3 South | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 86 | 73 | 49 | 8th | R1 | – | |||||
| 1954–55 | Division 3 South | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 65 | 73 | 41 | 18th | R3 | – | |||||
| 1955–56 | Division 3 South | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 70 | 79 | 39 | 17th | R2 | Southern Floodlit Cup | SF | ||||
| 1956–57 | Division 3 South | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 80 | 81 | 45 | 13th | R3 | Southern Floodlit Cup | F | ||||
| 1957–58 | Division 3 South | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 79 | 51 | 55 | 5th | R3 | Southern Floodlit Cup | F | ||||
| 1958–59 | Division 3 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 78 | 63 | 50 | 6th | R1 | Southern Floodlit Cup | R1 | ||||
| 1959–60 | Division 3 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 84 | 77 | 46 | 11th | R3 | Southern Floodlit Cup | R2 | ||||
| 1960–61 | Division 3 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 72 | 83 | 40 | 18th | R3 | R2 | – | ||||
| 1961–62 | Division 3 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 66 | 53 | 7th | R1 | R2 | – | ||||
| 1962–63 | Division 3 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 74 | 78 | 40 | 20th | R1 | R2 | – | ||||
| 1963–64 | Division 3 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 79 | 62 | 52 | 6th | R2 | R1 | – | ||||
| 1964–65 | Division 3 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 70 | 70 | 46 | 13th | R4 | R4 | – | ||||
| 1965–66 | Division 3 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 8th | R3 | R4 | – | ||||
| 1966–67 | Division 3 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 76 | 57 | 53 | 4th | R2 | R2 | – | ||||
| 1967–68 | Division 3 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 60 | 51 | 5th | R3 | R3 | – | ||||
| 1968–69 | Division 3 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 67 | 66 | 43 | 14th | R3 | R1 | – | ||||
| 1969–70 | Division 3 | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 87 | 77 | 53 | 8th | R1 | R1 | – | ||||
| 1970–71 | Division 3 | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 48 | 85 | 39 | 21st | R3 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Gordon Cumming | 15 | ||
| 1971–72 | Division 4 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 56 | 76 | 42 | 16thTemplate:Efn | R4 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Gordon Cumming | 19 | ||
| 1972–73 | Division 4 | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 51 | 38 | 52 | 7th | R4 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Les Chappell | 17 | ||
| 1973–74 | Division 4 | 46 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 58 | 37 | 51 | 6th | R2 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Les Chappell | 28 | ||
| 1974–75 | Division 4 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 47 | 52 | 7th | R1 | R3 | – | Template:Flagicon Robin Friday | 20 | ||
| 1975–76 | Division 4 | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 51 | 60 | 3rd | R1 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Robin Friday | 22 | ||
| 1976–77 | Division 3 | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 35 | 21st | R3 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon John Murray | 19 | ||
| 1977–78 | Division 4 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 55 | 52 | 50 | 8th | R2 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Pat Earles | 18 | ||
| 1978–79 | Division 4 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 76 | 35 | 65 | 1st | R3 | R4 | – | Template:Flagicon Pat Earles | 19 | ||
| 1979–80 | Division 3 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 66 | 65 | 48 | 7th | R4 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Pat Earles Template:Flagicon Mike Kearney |
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| 1980–81 | Division 3 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 62 | 62 | 46 | 10th | R1 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Kerry Dixon | 13 | ||
| 1981–82 | Division 3 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 75 | 62Template:Refn | 12th | R1 | R1 | Football League Group Cup | Group | Template:Flagicon Kerry Dixon Template:Flagicon Neil Webb |
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| 1982–83 | Division 3 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 64 | 79 | 53 | 21st | R1 | R1 | Football League Trophy | SF | Template:Flagicon Kerry Dixon | 32 | |
| 1983–84 | Division 4 | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 84 | 56 | 82 | 3rd | R2 | R1 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 41 | |
| 1984–85 | Division 3 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 62 | 69 | 9th | R3 | R1 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 27 | |
| 1985–86 | Division 3 | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 67 | 51 | 94 | 1st | R4 | R1 | Group | – | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 31 | |
| 1986–87 | Division 2 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 59 | 53 | 13th | R3 | R2 | – | Full Members' Cup | R2 | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 24 |
| 1987–88 | Division 2 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 70 | 42 | 22nd | R3 | R4 | Full Members' Cup | W | Template:Flagicon Colin Gordon | 10 | |
| 1988–89 | Division 3 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 68 | 72 | 56 | 18th | R4 | R2 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 24 | |
| 1989–90 | Division 3 | 46 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 57 | 53 | 64 | 10th | R4 | R2 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 22 | |
| 1990–91 | Division 3 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 53 | 66 | 59 | 15th | R1 | R1 | Group | – | Template:Flagicon Trevor Senior | 15 | |
| 1991–92 | Division 3 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 62 | 61 | 12th | R3 | R1 | Group | – | Template:Flagicon Craig Maskell | 16 | |
| 1992–93 | Division 2Template:Refn | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 66 | 51 | 69 | 8th | R3 | R2 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Jimmy Quinn | 23 | |
| 1993–94 | Division 2 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 81 | 44 | 89 | 1st | R1 | R2 | QF | – | Template:Flagicon Jimmy Quinn | 40 | |
| 1994–95 | Division 1 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 58 | 44 | 79 | 2ndTemplate:Refn | R3 | R2 | – | Berks & Bucks Senior Cup | W | Template:Flagicon Stuart Lovell | 14 |
| 1995–96 | Division 1 | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 54 | 63 | 56 | 19th | R4 | QF | – | Template:Flagicon Jimmy Quinn | 17 | ||
| 1996–97 | Division 1 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 67 | 57 | 18th | R4 | R1 | Berks & Bucks Senior Cup | F | Template:Flagicon Trevor Morley | 23 | |
| 1997–98 | Division 1 | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 39 | 78 | 42 | 24th | R5 | QF | Berks & Bucks Senior Cup | F | Template:Flagicon Carl Asaba | 12 | |
| 1998–99 | Division 2 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 11th | R1 | R2 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Martin Williams | 11 | |
| 1999–2000 | Division 2 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 63 | 62 | 10th | R3 | R2 | SF | Berks & Bucks Senior Cup | F | Template:Flagicon Darren Caskey | 23 |
| 2000–01 | Division 2 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 86 | 52 | 86 | 3rd | R2 | R1 | QF | – | Template:Flagicon Jamie Cureton | 30 | |
| 2001–02 | Division 2 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 70 | 43 | 84 | 2nd | R2 | R3 | QF | – | Template:Flagicon Nicky Forster | 18 | |
| 2002–03 | Division 1 | 46 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 46 | 79 | 4th | R3 | R1 | – | – | Template:Flagicon Nicky Forster | 17 | |
| 2003–04 | Division 1 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 57 | 70 | 9th | R3 | R4 | – | Template:Flagicon Shaun Goater | 14 | ||
| 2004–05 | ChampionshipTemplate:Refn | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 44 | 70 | 7th | R4 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Dave Kitson | 19 | ||
| 2005–06 | Championship | 46 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 99 | 32 | 106 | 1st | R4 | R4 | – | Template:Flagicon Dave Kitson | 22 | ||
| 2006–07 | Premier League | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 52 | 47 | 55 | 8thTemplate:Efn | R5 | R3 | – | Template:Flagicon Leroy Lita | 14 | ||
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 66 | 36 | 18th | R3 | R3 | – | Template:Flagicon Dave Kitson | 10 | ||
| 2008–09 | Championship | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 72 | 40 | 77 | 4th | R3 | R3 | – | Template:Flagicon Kevin Doyle | 18 | ||
| 2009–10 | Championship | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 68 | 63 | 63 | 9th | R6 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Gylfi Sigurðsson | 20 | ||
| 2010–11 | Championship | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 77 | 51 | 77 | 5th | R6 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Shane Long | 25 | ||
| 2011–12 | Championship | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 41 | 89 | 1st | R3 | R1 | – | Template:Flagicon Adam Le Fondre | 12 | ||
| 2012–13 | Premier League | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 43 | 73 | 28 | 19th | R5 | R4 | – | Template:Flagicon Adam Le Fondre | 14 | ||
| 2013–14 | Championship | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 70 | 56 | 71 | 7th | R3 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Adam Le Fondre | 15 | ||
| 2014–15 | Championship | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 48 | 69 | 50 | 19th | SF | R3 | – | Template:Flagicon Glenn Murray Template:Flagicon Simon Cox |
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| 2015–16 | Championship | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 59 | 52 | 17th | R6 | R3 | – | Template:Flagicon Nick Blackman | 11 | ||
| 2016–17 | Championship | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 64 | 85 | 3rd | R3 | R4 | R3Template:Refn | – | Template:Flagicon Yann Kermorgant | 19 | |
| 2017–18 | Championship | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 44 | 20th | R4 | R3 | GroupTemplate:Refn | – | Template:Flagicon Modou Barrow Template:Flagicon Jón Daði Böðvarsson |
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| 2018–19 | Championship | 46 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 49 | 66 | 47 | 20th | R3 | R2 | – | Berks & Bucks Senior CupTemplate:Refn | F | Template:Flagicon Yakou Méïté | 13 |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 14th | R5 | R3 | Berks & Bucks Senior CupTemplate:Refn | SFTemplate:Refn | Template:Flagicon Yakou Méïté | 17 | |
| 2020–21 | Championship | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 62 | 54 | 70 | 7th | R3 | R2 | – | Template:Flagicon Lucas JoãoTemplate:Refn | 22 | ||
| 2021–22 | Championship | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 87 | 41Template:Refn | 21st | R3 | R1 | Berks & Bucks Senior CupTemplate:Refn | W | Template:Flagicon John Swift | 11 | |
| 2022–23 | Championship | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 44Template:Refn | 22nd | R4 | R1 | Berks & Bucks Senior CupTemplate:Refn | SF | Template:Flagicon Andy Carroll Template:Flagicon Tom Ince |
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| 2023–24 | League One | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 68 | 70 | 53Template:Refn | 17th | R2 | R2 | R3 | Berks & Bucks Senior CupTemplate:Refn | W | Template:Flagicon Sam Smith Template:Flagicon Harvey Knibbs |
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| 2024–25 | League One | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 68 | 57 | 75 | 7th | R3 | R1 | R2 | Berks & Bucks Senior CupTemplate:Refn | QF | Template:Flagicon Harvey Knibbs | 16 |
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