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Information
Ground Capacity	12,763
Pitch Measurements	111yd x 74yd (101M x 68M)
Home Colours	Red and White Striped Shirt Black Shorts and Black and Red Stockings
Away Colours	All Blue
Year Formed	1889
Turned Professional	1899
Ltd. Co.	1901
Club Nickname	'The Bees"
Previous Grounds	01-08-1888 to 31-07-1891 - Clifden Road 01-08-1890 to 31-07-1895 - Benns Fields 01-08-1894 to 31-07-1898 - Shotters Field 01-08-1897 to 31-07-1900 - Cross Road 01-08-1899 to 31-07-1904 - Boston Park 01-08-1903 to present - Griffin Park
First League Game	28-8-1920 Exeter City (a) Division Three.  Lost 0-3. Young, Hodson, Rosier, Elliott J, Levitt, Amos, Smith, Thompson, Spreadbury, Morley, Henery.

Records
Record Attendance	38,678 v Leicester City (lost 2-0) FA Cup round six, 06-03-1949
Record Receipts	£162,314 v Tottenham Hotspur Worthington Cup round two, 15-09-1998
Record League Victory	15-10-1963 Wrexham (h) Division Three. 9-0 - Cakebread, Coote, Jones, Slater, Scott, Higginson, Summers (1), Brooks (2), McAdams (2), Ward (2), Hales (1), (1 og.)
Record Cup Victory	31-10-1903 v Uxbridge (h) FA Cup 8-0                                                                                          20-11-1982 v Windsor & Eton (a) FA Cup round one 7-0 Roche, Rowe, Harris (Booker), McNicholl (1), Whitehead, Hurlock (2), Kamara, Joseph (1), Mahoney (3), Bowles, Roberts.
Record League Defeat	08-11-1924 v Swansea T (a) Division Three South and 19-01-1957 v Walsall Division Three South 0-7
Record Cup Defeat	1927-28 v Manchester Utd (h) FA Cup round three 1-7
Most League Points (2 for a win)	62 - Division Three South 1932-33 and Division Four 1962-63
Most League Points (3 for a win)	85 - Division Two 1994-95 and Division Three 1998-99
Most League Goals (team)	98 - Division Four 1962-63
Most League Goals (player)	38 - Jack Holliday - Division Three South 1932-33
Most League Goals (total for one player)	153 - Jim Towers - 1954-61
Most League Goals (player in one game)	5 - Jack Holliday v Luton T Div 3 S 28-01-1933, Billy Scott v Barnsley Div 2 15-12-1934, Peter McKennan v Bury Div 2 18-02-1949
Most Capped Player	63 - John Buttigieg - Malta
Most League Appearances	514 - Ken Coote, 1949-64
Youngest League Player	Danis Salman, 15 years 243 days v Watford 15-11-1975
Record Transfer Fee Paid	£750,000 to Crystal Palace for Hermann Hreidarsson, 22-09-1998
Record Transfer Fee Received	£2,500,000 from Wimbledon for Hermann Hreidarsson 12-10-1999
Best FA Cup	6th. Rnd 1938, 1946, 1949, 1989, 2005, 2006
Best League Cup	4th. Rnd 1983
	Football League Record Season Div Pld W D L F A Pts Pos   1920-21 D3 42 9 12 21 42 67 30 21   1921-22 D3S 42 16 11 15 52 43 43 9   1922-23 D3S 42 13 12 17 41 51 38 14   1923-24 D3S 42 14 8 20 54 71 36 17   1924-25 D3S 42 9 7 26 38 91 25 21   1925-26 D3S 42 16 6 20 69 94 38 18   1926-27 D3S 42 13 14 15 70 61 40 11   1927-28 D3S 42 16 8 18 76 74 40 12   1928-29 D3S 42 14 10 18 56 60 38 13   1929-30 D3S 42 28 5 9 94 44 61 2   1930-31 D3S 42 22 6 14 90 64 50 3   1931-32 D3S 42 19 10 13 68 52 48 5   1932-33 D3S 42 26 10 6 90 49 62 1 CHAMPIONS 1933-34 D2 42 22 7 13 85 60 51 4   1934-35 D2 42 26 9 7 93 48 61 1 CHAMPIONS 1935-36 D1 42 17 12 13 81 60 46 5   1936-37 D1 42 18 10 14 82 78 46 6   1937-38 D1 42 18 9 15 69 59 45 6   1938-39 D1 42 14 8 20 53 74 36 18   1946-47 D1 42 9 7 26 45 88 25 21 RELEGATED 1947-48 D2 42 13 14 15 44 61 40 15   1948-49 D2 42 11 14 17 42 53 36 18   1949-50 D2 42 15 13 14 44 49 43 9   1950-51 D2 42 18 8 16 75 74 44 9   1951-52 D2 42 15 12 15 54 55 42 10   1952-53 D2 42 13 11 18 59 76 37 17   1953-54 D2 42 10 11 21 40 78 31 21 RELEGATED 1954-55 D3S 46 16 14 16 82 82 46 11   1955-56 D3S 46 19 14 13 69 66 52 6   1956-57 D3S 46 16 16 14 78 76 48 8   1957-58 D3S 46 24 10 12 82 56 58 2   1958-59 D3 46 21 15 10 76 49 57 3   1959-60 D3 46 21 9 16 78 61 51 6   1960-61 D3 46 13 17 16 56 70 43 17   1961-62 D3 46 13 8 25 53 93 34 23 RELEGATED 1962-63 D4 46 27 8 11 98 64 62 1 CHAMPIONS 1963-64 D3 46 15 14 17 87 80 44 16   1964-65 D3 46 24 9 13 83 55 57 5   1965-66 D3 46 10 12 24 48 69 32 23 RELEGATED 1966-67 D4 46 18 13 15 58 56 49 9   1967-68 D4 46 18 7 21 61 64 43 14   1968-69 D4 46 18 12 16 64 65 48 11   1969-70 D4 46 20 16 10 58 39 56 5   1970-71 D4 46 18 8 20 66 62 44 14   1971-72 D4 46 24 11 11 76 44 59 3 PROMOTED 1972-73 D3 46 15 7 24 51 69 37 22 RELEGATED 1973-74 D4 46 12 16 18 48 50 40 19   1974-75 D4 46 18 13 15 53 45 49 8   1975-76 D4 46 14 13 19 56 60 41 18   1976-77 D4 46 18 7 21 77 76 43 15   1977-78 D4 46 21 14 11 86 54 56 4 PROMOTED 1978-79 D3 46 19 9 18 53 49 47 10   1979-80 D3 46 15 11 20 59 73 41 19   1980-81 D3 46 14 19 13 52 49 47 9   1981-82 D3 46 19 11 16 56 47 68 8   1982-83 D3 46 18 10 18 88 77 64 9   1983-84 D3 46 11 16 19 69 79 49 20   1984-85 D3 46 16 14 16 62 64 62 13   1985-86 D3 46 18 12 16 58 61 66 10   1986-87 D3 46 15 15 16 64 66 60 11   1987-88 D3 46 16 14 16 53 59 62 12   1988-89 D3 46 18 14 14 66 61 68 7   1989-90 D3 46 18 7 21 66 66 61 13   1990-91 D3 46 21 13 12 59 47 76 6   1991-92 D3 46 25 7 14 81 55 82 1 CHAMPIONS 1992-93 D1 46 13 10 23 52 71 49 22 RELEGATED 1993-94 D2 46 13 19 14 57 55 58 16   1994-95 D2 46 25 10 11 81 39 85 2   1995-96 D2 46 15 13 18 43 49 58 15   1996-97 D2 46 20 14 12 56 43 74 4   1997-98 D2 46 11 17 18 50 71 50 21 RELEGATED 1998-99 D3 46 26 7 13 79 56 85 1 CHAMPIONS 1999-2000 D2 46 13 13 20 47 61 52 17   2000-01 D2 46 14 17 15 56 70 59 14   2001-02 D2 46 24 11 11 77 43 83