WE ARE COUNTY.

• 1900 - Elected to the Football League (Second Division) 
• 1902 - Move to Edgeley Park, permanent home  
• 1904 - Lose Football League status 1905 - Regain Football League place after one season away
• 1924 – Harry Hardy selected to play for England, the only player from the club to achieve

• 1921–22 - Third Division North champions (first Football League title)
• 1936–37 - Third Division North champions again  

• Period largely defined by movement between lower divisions and giant killing cup runs.
• 1950 – Record Edgeley Park crowd of 27,883 for FA Cup game v Liverpool
• 1956 – Floodlights erected at Edgeley Park
• 1966–67 - Fourth Division champions  Club stabilises as a consistent Football League side across divisions  

The longest football match in British history happened at Edgeley Park, when County played a 203 minute game against Doncaster Rovers.

The first father and son to appear in a Football League game when David Herd played in the same County side with his father Alec.

• 1990s - Multiple Wembley appearances (trophies + play-offs)
• 1996:
  • Promotion to First Division (second tier)
  • Reach League Cup semi-finals (most successful cup run) defeating four premiership teams
• Late 1990s - Five seasons in the second tier (highest sustained level since early 1920’s)
• 1998 – finish 8^th in Championship, our highest league position 

• 2003 – Ownership change and unsuccessful merger with Sale Sharks rugby, leads to football club and Edgeley Park being separated.
• 2005 – Football club bought by County Supporters Trust 
• 2005 and 2006 - Successive relegations down the pyramid to League Two 
• 2007 – Created Football League record of nine successive victories whilst conceding no goals. 
• 2008 – Promoted to League One after Wembley play off victory v Rochdale. 
• 2009 – Club enters administration
• 2010 & 2011 - Successive relegations down the pyramid
• 2010–11 - Relegated from the Football League after 106 years  

• 2012–13 - Drop into sixth tier (National League North) Club operates part-time, period of instability
• 2018–19:
  • National League North champions
  • Return to fifth tier  
  • First league title in 52 years  

• 2020 - Mark Stott acquires club, clears debts and sets 7 year plan
• 2021–22: 
  • National League champions
  • Return to the EFL after 11 years  

• 2022–23:
  • Finish 4th in League Two
  • Reach Wembley play-off final (lose on penalties)  
• 2023–24:
  • League Two champions
  • First EFL title in 57 years Promotion to League One 
• 2024–Present:
  • Re-established as a competitive EFL club
  • Continued upward trajectory under current ownership
  • Reach Wembley EFL Trophy Final (Lost 3-1 to Luton Town)