Harrogate Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in the spa town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The club competes in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, after winning the 2019–20 National League play-offs. The club is nicknamed "Town" and also the "Sulphurites", due to Harrogate's famous sulphur springs. The club's colours are black and yellow and they play their home games at Wetherby Road, though for a short period at the start of the 2020–21 season, the club shared Doncaster Rovers' Keepmoat Stadium while a new pitch was laid.

Harrogate Hotspurs were founded in 1935 and changed their name to Harrogate Town after football returned at the end of World War II, joining the West Yorkshire Association League. They entered the Yorkshire League again in 1957, before becoming founder members of the Northern Counties East League in 1982 and a founding member of the Northern Premier League's First Division in 1987. They won the Northern Premier League Division One title in 2001–02 and became founder members of the Conference North in 2004. They won the National League North play-offs in 2018 and then secured a place in the Football League for the first time with victory in the 2020 National League play-off final.

Key

Seasons

List of seasons, including league division and statistics and cup results
Season[1] League FA Cup League Cup Other
Division[lower-alpha 1] P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result
1957–58 Yorkshire Football League Division Two26471543621513th ————
1958–59 Yorkshire Football League Division Two2412487161286th ————
1959–60 Yorkshire Football League Division Two2815676234365th ————
1960–61 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↑3624669642543rd ————
1961–62 Yorkshire Football League Division One30136115645326th QR2———
1962–63 Yorkshire Football League Division One3018487034402nd QR2———
1963–64 Yorkshire Football League Division One3015695329363rd QR1———
1964–65 Yorkshire Football League Division One30971446552512th QR1———
1965–66 Yorkshire Football League Division One30831949651914th QR2———
1966–67 Yorkshire Football League Division One↓32162534110817th QR1———
1967–68 Yorkshire Football League Division Two32542331831417th ————
1968–69 Yorkshire Football League Division Two32722342851616th ————
1969–70 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↓3412101240543410th ————
1970–71 Yorkshire Football League Division Three28861434452212th ————
1971–72 Yorkshire Football League Division Three↑2615655427362nd ————
1972–73 Yorkshire Football League Division Two30163115544356th ————
1973–74 Yorkshire Football League Division Two3099123743279th ————
1974–75 Yorkshire Football League Division Two28881241372410th ——FA TrophyQR1
1975–76 Yorkshire Football League Division Two28581530511812th ——FA VaseR3
1976–77 Yorkshire Football League Division Two30912945503010th ——FA VasePrelim
1977–78 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↓28761538552013th ——FA VasePrelim
1978–79 Yorkshire Football League Division Three28761527552013th ——FA VasePrelim
1979–80 Yorkshire Football League Division Three2611694436286th ——FA VaseR1
1980–81 Yorkshire Football League Division Three↑3020466431442nd ——FA VasePrelim
1981–82 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↑3016865629401st ——FA VasePrelim
1982–83 Northern Counties East Football League Division One North26121044223344th QR2—FA VasePrelim
1983–84 Northern Counties East Football League Division One North26124104331287th QR1—FA VaseR3
1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League Division One North3217966135602nd Prelim—FA VasePrelim
1985–86 Northern Counties East Football League Division One↑3016686542543rd QR1—FA VaseR1
1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division↑361410124848529th QR2—FA VaseR3
1987–88 Northern Premier League Division One361391451504810th QR3—FA VaseR1
1988–89 Northern Premier League Division One42197166861648th QR1—FA VaseR1
1989–90 Northern Premier League Division One42179166862609th Prelim—FA VaseR4
1990–91 Northern Premier League Division One4211131855734619th QR1—FA VaseR2
1991–92 Northern Premier League Division One4214161273695810th QR1—FA VaseR2
1992–93 Northern Premier League Division One4014121477815410th QR1—FA VasePrelim
1993–94 Northern Premier League Division One40892340863320th QR2—FA TrophyQR3
1994–95 Northern Premier League Division One421482057785013th QR3—FA TrophyQR2
1995–96 Northern Premier League Division One407102354963121st QR1—FA TrophyQR1
1996–97 Northern Premier League Division One421382155764717th QR1—FA TrophyQR1
1997–98 Northern Premier League Division One428142057803819th QR1—FA TrophyQR3
1998–99 Northern Premier League Division One421771875775811th Prelim—FA TrophyR2
1999–2000 Northern Premier League Division One4214121665675411th Prelim—FA TrophyR3
2000–01 Northern Premier League Division One4215101760705511th QR1—FA TrophyR1
2001–02 Northern Premier League Division One↑42251168035861st QR3—FA TrophyR3
2002–03 Northern Premier League Premier Division44218157563716th R1—FA TrophyR2
2003–04 Northern Premier League Premier Division↑44245157963775th QR2—FA TrophyR1
2004–05 Football Conference North421911126249686th QR3—FA TrophyR1
2005–06 Football Conference North*42225156656715th[lower-alpha 2] R1—FA TrophyQR3
2006–07 Football Conference North421813115841676th QR4—FA TrophyR1
2007–08 Football Conference North422111105541746th QR4—FA TrophyQR3
2008–09 Football Conference North421710156657619th QR3—FA TrophyR1
2009–10 Football Conference North40862641803021st QR2—FA TrophyR1
2010–11 Football Conference North4013111653665012th QR3—FA TrophyR1
2011–12 Football Conference North4214101859695215th QR2—FA TrophyR1
2012–13 Football Conference North42209137250696th R2—FA TrophyR1
2013–14 Football Conference North42199147559639th QR2—FA TrophyQR3
2014–15 Football Conference North4214101850625215th QR2—FA TrophyR1
2015–16 National League North*42219127346724th[lower-alpha 3] QR4—FA TrophyQR3
2016–17 National League North4216111571635911th QR4—FA TrophyR1
2017–18 National League North*↑42267910049852nd[lower-alpha 4] QR4—FA TrophyR3
2018–19 National League*462111147857746th[lower-alpha 5] QR4—FA TrophyR3
2019–20 National League*↑3719996144662nd[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] R1—FA TrophyW[lower-alpha 8]
2020–21 League Two461692152615717th R2R2 EFL TrophyGroup (H)
2021–22 League Two4614112164755319th R3R1[lower-alpha 9] EFL TrophyQF
2022–23 League Two4612161859685219th R2R1 EFL TrophyGroup (A)

Notes

  1. ↑ Divisions are sorted according to their level within the English football league system at the time.
  2. ↑ Lost to Stafford Rangers 1-0 in playoffs.
  3. ↑ Lost to AFC Fylde 2-1 in playoffs.
  4. ↑ Promoted through playoffs defeating Brackley Town 3-0.
  5. ↑ Lost to AFC Fylde 3-1 in playoffs.
  6. ↑ The season was suspended in March 2020 and later concluded prematurely in June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions and promotions decided on a points-per-game basis.
  7. ↑ Promoted through playoffs defeating Notts County 3-1.
  8. ↑ Defeated Concord Rangers 1-0 in final.
  9. ↑ Harrogate Town were drawn against Rochdale A.F.C. in the first round, however Rochdale received a bye following the postponement of the match due to COVID-19 cases in the Harrogate squad.

References

  1. ↑ "HARROGATE TOWN". fchd. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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