Gainsborough Trinity's complete Football League record — 16 seasons. Click any column heading to sort; click again to reverse the order. The sorted column is highlighted in club colours. See also: League Records for all clubs.
GD = Goal Difference (used from 1976/77). GA = Goal Average (used until 1975/76). Dimmed values indicate the method not in use for that season. For Football League divisions 2–4 from 1992/93 to 1998/99, Goals Scored was the tiebreaker — both GD and GA are dimmed for those seasons.
| Most recent season first | Home | Away | Total | GD / GA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Season▼ | Division | Pos⇅ | Pld⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | W⇅ | D⇅ | L⇅ | F⇅ | A⇅ | Pts⇅ | GD⇅ | GA⇅ |
| 1 | 1911/12 | Second Division | 20 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 64 | 23 | -34 | 0.468 |
| 2 | 1910/11 | Second Division | 18 | 38 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 29 | -18 | 0.672 |
| 3 | 1909/10 | Second Division | 18 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 75 | 26 | -42 | 0.440 |
| 4 | 1908/09 | Second Division | 9 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 70 | 38 | -21 | 0.700 |
| 5 | 1907/08 | Second Division | 11 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 71 | 35 | -24 | 0.661 |
| 6 | 1906/07 | Second Division | 14 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 45 | 72 | 33 | -27 | 0.625 |
| 7 | 1905/06 | Second Division | 15 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 28 | -13 | 0.771 |
| 8 | 1904/05 | Second Division | 6 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 58 | 36 | 3 | 1.051 |
| 9 | 1903/04 | Second Division | 9 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 60 | 31 | -7 | 0.883 |
| 10 | 1902/03 | Second Division | 12 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 59 | 29 | -18 | 0.694 |
| 11 | 1901/02 | Second Division | 18 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 80 | 19 | -50 | 0.375 |
| 12 | 1900/01 | Second Division | 13 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 60 | 30 | -15 | 0.750 |
| 13 | 1899/00 | Second Division | 13 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 75 | 25 | -28 | 0.626 |
| 14 | 1898/99 | Second Division | 14 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 72 | 25 | -16 | 0.777 |
| 15 | 1897/98 | Second Division | 9 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 54 | 30 | -4 | 0.925 |
| 16 | 1896/97 | Second Division | 7 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 31 | 3 | 1.063 |
| 16 seasons: | Career totals | 564 | 142 | 63 | 77 | 482 | 312 | 33 | 55 | 194 | 236 | 717 | 175 | 118 | 271 | 718 | 1029 | 468†| ||||
†Career points total is approximate — the points system changed from 2 pts/win to 3 pts/win in 1981/82.