Harrogate Town A.F.C.

Early history

People in the town of Harrogate had tried to put together a football team as far back as 1907 but it took until 1914 for Harrogate A.F.C. to be founded. They were entered into the Northern Football League in 1914, and were set to play their home fixtures at the County Ground, but the First World War meant all fixtures were postponed. After the First World War, Robert Ackrill Breare instigated a meeting to discuss putting the club back together. Breare later became the secretary of the club, which entered into the West Riding League. Harrogate played their first competitive fixture on 30 August 1919 at Starbeck Lane Ground against Horsforth. They won the game 1–0 and the scorer was L. Craven with a headed goal. They were entered into the FA Cup the same year, losing to South Kirkby Colliery 4–0 in a 1Q replay. Harrogate also won their first trophy, the Whitworth Cup, with a 4–0 victory against Ripon City. For the 1920–21 season Harrogate were one of the founding teams in the new Yorkshire League, yet they also continued to field a team in the West Riding League. The club had relocated to a new ground: Wetherby Road. Around the holiday periods, they took part in friendlies against higher league opposition including Liverpool at their Anfield ground, and another at fellow Yorkshire side Sheffield United in front of 15,000 fans. They moved league once again for their third season, leaving the West Riding League and moving into the Midland Football League.…

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National League (level 5) Play-off winners: 2020 National League North (level 6) Play-off winners: 2018 Northern Premier League Division One champions: 2001–02 Yorkshire League Champions: 1926–27 Division Two champions: 1981–82 Cup

FA Trophy Winners: 2019–20 Northern Premier League Division One Cup Winners: 1989–90 West Riding County Challenge Cup Winners (8): 1925–26, 1926–27, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1985–86, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08 Whitworth Cup Winners: 1919–20