| 1888-89 | Founder member of Football League |
| 1889-90 | Football League runner-up |
| 1890-91 | Football League Champions |
| 1890-91 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1894-95 | Football League runner-up |
| 1896-97 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1897-98 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1901-02 | Football League runner-up |
| 1904-05 | Football League runner-up |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1905-06 | F.A. Cup Winners |
| 1906-07 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1908-09 | Football League runner-up |
| 1909-10 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1911-12 | Football League runner-up |
| 1914-15 | Football League Champions (2nd time) |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1927-28 | Football League Champions (3rd time) |
| 1929-30 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1930-31 | Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1931-32 | Football League Champions (4th time) |
| 1932-33 | F.A. Cup Winners (2nd time) |
| 1938-39 | Football League Champions (5th time) |
| 1939-40 | Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war |
| 1949-50 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1951 | Relegated to Division Two on goal average |
| 1952-53 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1953-54 | Football League Division Two runner-up (lost title on goal average) |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1962-63 | Football League Champions (6th time) |
| 1965-66 | F.A. Cup Winners (3rd time) |
| 1967-68 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1968-69 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1969-70 | Football League Champions (7th time) |
| 1970-71 | European Cup Quarter Finalists |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1976-77 | Football League Cup runner-up |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1979-80 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1983-84 | Football League Cup runner-up |
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| F.A. Cup Winners (4th time) |
| 1984-85 | Football League Champions (8th time) |
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| European Cup Winners Cup Winners |
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| F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1985-86 | Football League runner-up |
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| F.A. Cup runner-up |
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| Screen Sport Super Cup runner-up |
| 1986-87 | Football League Champions (9th time) |
| 1987-88 | Football League Cup semi-finalists |
| 1988-89 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1992-93 | Founder members of FA Premiership |
| 1994-95 | F.A. Cup Winners (5th time) |
| 1998 | Escaped relegation by goal difference |
