Honours
| FA Premier League Runners-up | 1992-93 |
| Division One Champions | 1893-94, 1895-96, 1896-97, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1909-10, 1980-81 |
| Division One Runner-up | 1888-89, 1902-03, 1907-08, 1910-11, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1930-31, 1932-33, 1989-90 |
| Division Two Champions | 1937-38, 1959-60 |
| Division Two Runners-up | 1974-75, 1987-88 |
| Division Three Champions | 1971-72 |
| FA Cup Winners | 1887, 1895, 1897, 1905, 1913, 1920, 1957 |
| FA Cup Finalists | 1892, 1924, 2000, 2015 |
| League Cup Winners | 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996 |
| League Cup Finalists | 1963, 1971, 2010 |
| European Cup Winners | 1982 |
| European Super Cup Winners | 1983 |
| World Club Championship Runners-up | 1983 |
| Intertoto Cup Winners | 2001 |
| FA Charity Shield Winners | 1981 (shared) |
Managers
| George RAMSEY | 1st August 1884 – 31st May 1926 |
| W.J. SMITH | 1st August 1926 – 31st May 1934 |
| Jimmy McMULLAN | 1st June 1934 – 31st October 1935 |
| Jimmy HOGAN | 1st November 1936 – 1st September 1939 |
| Alex MASSIE | 1st August 1945 – 31st August 1950 |
| George MARTIN | 1st December 1950 – 31st August 1953 |
| Eric HOUGHTON | 1st September 1953 – 30th November 1958 |
| Joe MERCER | 1st December 1958 – 31st July 1964 |
| Dick TAYLOR | 1st July 1965 – 31st May 1967 |
| Tommy CUMMINGS | 1st July 1967 – 30th November 1968 |
| Tommy DOCHERTY | 1st December 1968 – 1st January 1970 |
| Vic CROWE | 1st January 1970 – 6th May 1974 |
| Ron SAUNDERS | 4th June 1974 – 9th February 1982 |
| Tony BARTON | 9th February 1982 – 18th June 1984 |
| Graham TURNER | 16th July 1984 – 14th September 1986 |
| Billy McNEILL | 22nd September 1986 – 8th May 1987 |
| Graham TAYLOR | 18th May 1987 – 14th July 1990 |
| Dr. Josef VENGLOS | 22nd July 1990 – 28th May 1991 |
| Ron ATKINSON | 7th July 1991 – 10th November 1994 |
| Brian LITTLE | 25th November 1994 – 24th February 1998 |
| John GREGORY | 25th February 1998 – 24th January 2002 |
| Stuart GRAY/John DEEHAN (caretaker) | 24th January 2002 – 5th February 1998 |
| Graham TAYLOR | 5th February 2002 – 14th May 2003 |
| David O’LEARY | 20th May 2003 – 19th July 2006 |
| Roy AITKEN (caretaker) | 19th July 2006 – 4th August 2006 |
| Martin O’NEILL | 5th August 2006 – 9th August 2010 |
| Kevin MacDONALD | 9th August 2010 – 21st September 2010 |
| Gerard HOULLIER | 21st September 2010 – 1st June 2011 |
| Alex McLEISH | 17th June 2011 – 15th May 2012 |
| Paul LAMBERT | 4th June 2012 – 11th February 2015 |
| Andy MARSHALL/Scott MARSHALL (caretaker) | 11th February 2015 – 17th February 2015 |
| Tim SHERWOOD | 17th February 2015 – 25th October 2015 |
| Remi GARDE | 3rd November 2015 – 30th March 2016 |
| Eric BLACK (caretaker) | 30th March 2016 – 2nd June 2016 |
| Roberto di MATTEO | 2nd June 2016 – October 2016 |
| Steve BRUCE | 12th October 2016 – 3rd October 2018 |
| Kevin MacDONALD (caretaker) | 3rd October 2018 – 10th October 2018 |
| Dean SMITH | 10th October 2018 – |
League Record
| Founder Member of Football League | 1888 |
| Division One | 1888 – 1936 |
| Division Two | 1936 – 1938 |
| Division One | 1938 – 1959 |
| Division Two | 1959 – 1960 |
| Division One | 1960 – 1967 |
| Division Two | 1967 – 1970 |
| Division Three | 1970 – 1972 |
| Division Two | 1972 – 1975 |
| Division One | 1975 – 1987 |
| Division One | 1987 – 1988 |
| Division One | 1988 – 1992 |
| Premier League | 1992 – 2016 |
| The Championship | 2016 – 2019 |
| Premier League | 2019 – |