The table below is a list of AFC Fylde seasons from the formation of the club in 1988 to the most recent completed season. The list details the club's achievements in all first-team competitions and records their top league goalscorer and average home league attendance, where known.
Based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, they were originally named Kirkham & Wesham as a result of a merger between Kirkham Town F.C. and Wesham F.C. The club assumed Kirkham Town's place in Division One of the West Lancashire League for the 1988–89 season. The following season they finished bottom of the league table and were relegated to Division Two.
In 1993 they were promoted back into Division One but were relegated again after a two-season spell. The club finished as runners-up in 1996 to achieve promotion after one season. Kirkham & Wesham's third spell in Division One, which was renamed Premier Division in 1998, was successful as they spent 11 seasons in the division, winning the title seven times, including the 2007 title where they were allowed to be promoted into the North West Counties Football League (NWC) in their Division Two for the 2007–08 season.
The club finished as runners-up in the division and achieved promotion to the Premier Division. During this season the club entered the FA Vase for the first time and won the competition, defeating Lowestoft Town 2–1 in the final at Wembley Stadium. At the end of the season the club adopted the new name AFC Fylde.
In 2009 Fylde achieved their third successive promotion by winning the North West Counties Premier Division title, they were promoted into the Northern Premier League Division One North. Fylde were unable to successfully defend the FA Vase losing 2–1 in the fourth round to Needham Market. The club were entered into the FA Cup qualifying rounds for the first time in the 2008–09 season, losing to Sheffield in the preliminary round. The 2009–10 season saw the club play in the FA Trophy for the first time and the 2010–11 season they were runners-up in the promotion play-offs. Their third season in Division One North saw them win the championship title and were promoted into the Premier Division.
The club spent two seasons in the Premier Division qualifying for the play-offs in both; in the first season play-offs they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Hednesford Town in a penalty shoot-out; in the second they defeated Worksop Town in the semi-final and Ashton United in the final on penalties to achieve promotion to the Conference North.
In their first season in the Conference North they finished as runners-up in the league only two points behind champions Barrow and automatic promotion, in the play-offs they were eliminated by Guiseley in the two-legged semi-final 3–1 on aggregate. The following season the Conference North was renamed National League North. The club's third-place finish meant they qualified for their fourth consecutive play-offs, they reached the final but were runners-up to North Ferriby United. Fylde won the 2016–17 National League North title and were promoted in the National League, the highest level of the National League System and fifth-highest of the overall English football league system.
Fylde finished in seventh-place in their first National League season and qualified for their sixth play-offs tournament, this time losing to Boreham Wood in the quarter-final. In the 2018–19 season they finished in fifth-place and once again qualified for the play-offs, beating Harrogate Town in the quarter-final and Solihull Moors in the semi-final before losing to Salford City in the final. Also during this season the club reached the 2019 FA Trophy Final, their first FA Trophy final, where they played National League champions Leyton Orient and defeated them 1–0 to win the competition.
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Key to divisions Conf NConference NorthNatNational LeagueNat NNational League NorthNPLD1NNorthern Premier League Division One NorthNPLPremNorthern Premier League Premier DivisionNWCD2North West Counties League Division TwoNWCPremNorth West Counties League Premier DivisionWL D1West Lancashire League Division OneWL D2West Lancashire League Division TwoWLPremWest Lancashire League Premier Division
Key to league positioncolour codes and symbols 1stLeague champions but no promotion gained()Promoted as champions()PromotedLost in play-offs()Relegated
Key to cup colour codesand rounds WWinnersFFinalists / runners-upSFSemi-finalsQFQuarter-finalsR1First round, etc.1QFirst round qualifying, etc.PRPreliminary round
Seasons SeasonLeagueCupTop goalscorerAvg. att.∆DivisionPWDLFAPtsPosPOFACLgeFATFAVPlayerGls1988–8910WL D1321241651564011th————————1989–9010WL D13463253752118th ()————————1990–9111WL D2381471751704915th————————1991–9211WL D2341391261674810th————————1992–9311WL D234161265638603rd ()————————1993–9410WL D1341371446604613th————————1994–9510WL D134762133792716th ()————————1995–9611WL D23423927522782nd ()————————1996–9710WL D134991640613614th————————1997–9810WL D13420686544634th————————1998–9910WL Prem302055833624th————————1999–200010WL Prem3024339822751st————————2000–0110WL Prem2822519024711st————————2001–0210WL Prem3022629020721st————————2002–0310WL Prem3020288743622nd————————2003–0410WL Prem3025508726801st————————2004–0511WL Prem3025329417781st————————2005–0611WL Prem3025509619801st————————2006–0711WL Prem3022626219721st ()————————2007–0810NWC D23424558831772nd ()——W—W———2008–099NWC Prem423354122351041st ()—PR—R4———2009–108NPL D1N421581967795313th—2Q3Q————2010–118NPL D1N44249119159815thFPRR1PR————2011–128NPL D1N4231659029991st ()—2QR11Q————2012–137NPL Prem42236139351755thSFR1R33Q———3472013–147NPL Prem4628999741933rd ()W2QW3Q———3112014–156Conf N42251079343852ndSFR1—R3—Danny Rowe304932015–166Nat N42229117653753rdFR1—R3—Danny Rowe365212016–176Nat N422610610960881st—2Q—R1—Danny Rowe501,5652017–185Nat462013138256737thQFR2—R1—Danny Rowe301,7982018–195Nat46221597241815thF4Q—W—Danny Rowe331,6552019–205Nat 37 9 12 16 44 60 3923rd ()—R3—R4—Jordan Williams91,4702020–216Nat N15933261630n/a—R1—R3—Two players602021–226Nat N4228106837803rdSF2Q—R3—Nick Haughton261,1832022–236Nat N4629898044951st ()—R1—R3—Nick Haughton261,0792023–245Nat4615102174825518th—R1—R4—Nick Haughton181,3752024–255Nat461172850854023rd ()———R3—Nick Haughton191,311
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