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[a] P W D L F A Pts Pos Competition Result
1957–58 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 26 4 7 15 43 62 15 13th — — — —
1958–59 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 24 12 4 8 71 61 28 6th — — — —
1959–60 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 28 15 6 7 62 34 36 5th — — — —
1960–61 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↑ 36 24 6 6 96 42 54 3rd — — — —
1961–62 Yorkshire Football League Division One 30 13 6 11 56 45 32 6th QR2 — — —
1962–63 Yorkshire Football League Division One 30 18 4 8 70 34 40 2nd QR2 — — —
1963–64 Yorkshire Football League Division One 30 15 6 9 53 29 36 3rd QR1 — — —
1964–65 Yorkshire Football League Division One 30 9 7 14 46 55 25 12th QR1 — — —
1965–66 Yorkshire Football League Division One 30 8 3 19 49 65 19 14th QR2 — — —
1966–67 Yorkshire Football League Division One↓ 32 1 6 25 34 110 8 17th QR1 — — —
1967–68 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 32 5 4 23 31 83 14 17th — — — —
1968–69 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 32 7 2 23 42 85 16 16th — — — —
1969–70 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↓ 34 12 10 12 40 54 34 10th — — — —
1970–71 Yorkshire Football League Division Three 28 8 6 14 34 45 22 12th — — — —
1971–72 Yorkshire Football League Division Three↑ 26 15 6 5 54 27 36 2nd — — — —
1972–73 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 30 16 3 11 55 44 35 6th — — — —
1973–74 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 30 9 9 12 37 43 27 9th — — — —
1974–75 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 28 8 8 12 41 37 24 10th — — FA Trophy QR1
1975–76 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 28 5 8 15 30 51 18 12th — — FA Vase R3
1976–77 Yorkshire Football League Division Two 30 9 12 9 45 50 30 10th — — FA Vase Prelim
1977–78 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↓ 28 7 6 15 38 55 20 13th — — FA Vase Prelim
1978–79 Yorkshire Football League Division Three 28 7 6 15 27 55 20 13th — — FA Vase Prelim
1979–80 Yorkshire Football League Division Three 26 11 6 9 44 36 28 6th — — FA Vase R1
1980–81 Yorkshire Football League Division Three↑ 30 20 4 6 64 31 44 2nd — — FA Vase Prelim
1981–82 Yorkshire Football League Division Two↑ 30 16 8 6 56 29 40 1st — — FA Vase Prelim
1982–83 Northern Counties East Football League Division One North 26 12 10 4 42 23 34 4th QR2 — FA Vase Prelim
1983–84 Northern Counties East Football League Division One North 26 12 4 10 43 31 28 7th QR1 — FA Vase R3
1984–85 Northern Counties East Football League Division One North 32 17 9 6 61 35 60 2nd Prelim — FA Vase Prelim
1985–86 Northern Counties East Football League Division One↑ 30 16 6 8 65 42 54 3rd QR1 — FA Vase R1
1986–87 Northern Counties East Football League Premier Division↑ 36 14 10 12 48 48 52 9th QR2 — FA Vase R3
1987–88 Northern Premier League Division One 36 13 9 14 51 50 48 10th QR3 — FA Vase R1
1988–89 Northern Premier League Division One 42 19 7 16 68 61 64 8th QR1 — FA Vase R1
1989–90 Northern Premier League Division One 42 17 9 16 68 62 60 9th Prelim — FA Vase R4
1990–91 Northern Premier League Division One 42 11 13 18 55 73 46 19th QR1 — FA Vase R2
1991–92 Northern Premier League Division One 42 14 16 12 73 69 58 10th QR1 — FA Vase R2
1992–93 Northern Premier League Division One 40 14 12 14 77 81 54 10th QR1 — FA Vase Prelim
1993–94 Northern Premier League Division One 40 8 9 23 40 86 33 20th QR2 — FA Trophy QR3
1994–95 Northern Premier League Division One 42 14 8 20 57 78 50 13th QR3 — FA Trophy QR2
1995–96 Northern Premier League Division One 40 7 10 23 54 96 31 21st QR1 — FA Trophy QR1
1996–97 Northern Premier League Division One 42 13 8 21 55 76 47 17th QR1 — FA Trophy QR1
1997–98 Northern Premier League Division One 42 8 14 20 57 80 38 19th QR1 — FA Trophy QR3
1998–99 Northern Premier League Division One 42 17 7 18 75 77 58 11th Prelim — FA Trophy R2
1999–2000 Northern Premier League Division One 42 14 12 16 65 67 54 11th Prelim — FA Trophy R3
2000–01 Northern Premier League Division One 42 15 10 17 60 70 55 11th QR1 — FA Trophy R1
2001–02 Northern Premier League Division One↑ 42 25 11 6 80 35 86 1st QR3 — FA Trophy R3
2002–03 Northern Premier League Premier Division 44 21 8 15 75 63 71 6th R1 — FA Trophy R2
2003–04 Northern Premier League Premier Division↑ 44 24 5 15 79 63 77 5th QR2 — FA Trophy R1
2004–05 Football Conference North 42 19 11 12 62 49 68 6th QR3 — FA Trophy R1
2005–06 Football Conference North* 42 22 5 15 66 56 71 5th[b] R1 — FA Trophy QR3
2006–07 Football Conference North 42 18 13 11 58 41 67 6th QR4 — FA Trophy R1
2007–08 Football Conference North 42 21 11 10 55 41 74 6th QR4 — FA Trophy QR3
2008–09 Football Conference North 42 17 10 15 66 57 61 9th QR3 — FA Trophy R1
2009–10 Football Conference North 40 8 6 26 41 80 30 21st QR2 — FA Trophy R1
2010–11 Football Conference North 40 13 11 16 53 66 50 12th QR3 — FA Trophy R1
2011–12 Football Conference North 42 14 10 18 59 69 52 15th QR2 — FA Trophy R1
2012–13 Football Conference North 42 20 9 13 72 50 69 6th R2 — FA Trophy R1
2013–14 Football Conference North 42 19 9 14 75 59 63 9th QR2 — FA Trophy QR3
2014–15 Football Conference North 42 14 10 18 50 62 52 15th QR2 — FA Trophy R1
2015–16 National League North* 42 21 9 12 73 46 72 4th[c] QR4 — FA Trophy QR3
2016–17 National League North 42 16 11 15 71 63 59 11th QR4 — FA Trophy R1
2017–18 National League North*↑ 42 26 7 9 100 49 85 2nd[d] QR4 — FA Trophy R3
2018–19 National League* 46 21 11 14 78 57 74 6th[e] QR4 — FA Trophy R3
2019–20 National League*↑ 37 19 9 9 61 44 66 2nd[f][g] R1 — FA Trophy W[h]
2020–21 League Two 46 16 9 21 52 61 57 17th R2 R2 EFL Trophy Group (H)
2021–22 League Two 46 14 11 21 64 75 53 19th R3 R1[i] EFL Trophy QF
2022–23 League Two 46 12 16 18 59 68 52 19th R2 R1 EFL Trophy Group (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.

External links

Harrogate Town Association Football Club
EFL League Two
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