Gateshead's complete Football League record — 23 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.
| Oldest 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 | 1930/31 | Third Division North | 9 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 73 | 45 | -2 | 0.972 |
| 2 | 1931/32 | Third Division North | 2 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 59 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 94 | 48 | 57 | 46 | 1.958 |
| 3 | 1932/33 | Third Division North | 7 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 67 | 47 | 11 | 1.164 |
| 4 | 1933/34 | Third Division North | 19 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 70 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 76 | 110 | 33 | -34 | 0.690 |
| 5 | 1934/35 | Third Division North | 19 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 68 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 96 | 34 | -38 | 0.604 |
| 6 | 1935/36 | Third Division North | 14 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 58 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 56 | 76 | 40 | -20 | 0.736 |
| 7 | 1936/37 | Third Division North | 21 | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 67 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 63 | 98 | 32 | -35 | 0.642 |
| 8 | 1937/38 | Third Division North | 5 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 59 | 51 | 25 | 1.423 |
| 9 | 1938/39 | Third Division North | 10 | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 67 | 42 | 7 | 1.104 |
| 10 | 1946/47 | Third Division North | 14 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 72 | 38 | -10 | 0.861 |
| 11 | 1947/48 | Third Division North | 4 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 75 | 57 | 49 | 18 | 1.315 |
| 12 | 1948/49 | Third Division North | 5 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 69 | 58 | 45 | 11 | 1.189 |
| 13 | 1949/50 | Third Division North | 2 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 87 | 54 | 53 | 33 | 1.611 |
| 14 | 1950/51 | Third Division North | 8 | 46 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 62 | 50 | 22 | 1.354 |
| 15 | 1951/52 | Third Division North | 5 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 49 | 53 | 17 | 1.346 |
| 16 | 1952/53 | Third Division North | 8 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 76 | 60 | 49 | 16 | 1.266 |
| 17 | 1953/54 | Third Division North | 4 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 55 | 55 | 19 | 1.345 |
| 18 | 1954/55 | Third Division North | 7 | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 69 | 52 | -4 | 0.942 |
| 19 | 1955/56 | Third Division North | 13 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 77 | 84 | 45 | -7 | 0.916 |
| 20 | 1956/57 | Third Division North | 17 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 72 | 90 | 44 | -18 | 0.800 |
| 21 | 1957/58 | Third Division North | 14 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 68 | 76 | 45 | -8 | 0.894 |
| 22 | 1958/59 | Fourth Division | 20 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 55 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 56 | 85 | 40 | -29 | 0.658 |
| 23 | 1959/60 | Fourth Division | 22 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 59 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 58 | 86 | 33 | -28 | 0.674 |
| 23 seasons: | Career totals | 1004 | 282 | 113 | 107 | 1034 | 606 | 112 | 131 | 259 | 609 | 1045 | 394 | 244 | 366 | 1643 | 1651 | 1032†| ||||
†Career points total is approximate — the points system changed from 2 pts/win to 3 pts/win in 1981/82.