Garforth Town A.F.C.
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| Full name | Garforth Town Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Miners |
| Founded | 1964, as Miners Arms |
| Ground | JS White & co community Stadium Garforth Leeds |
| Capacity | 3,000 seats 278 |
| Chairman | Brian Close |
| Manager | Rob Hunter |
| League | Northern Counties East League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 16th |
Garforth Town Association Football Club are an English football team based in Garforth, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, the 9th level of the English football pyramid.
The club was formed during 1964 by people from the Yorkshire town of Garforth, as a local pub team called Miners Arms. At the time Garforth had no pitch to play on, so their home games were played in nearby Swillington. The team stepped up to the West Yorkshire League, a Saturday football league, in 1976. At the same time they acquired their own ground in Garforth, a former rubbish dump on Brierlands Lane.
The team were forced to change their name to Garforth Miners to gain election into the Yorkshire Football League in 1978, pub teams not being allowed in the league. Garforth Miners won promotion from Division 3 in 1980 and finished 3rd in 1982, one point behind champions Harrogate Town. On joining the newly formed Northern Counties East Football League (NCEL), Garforth were placed in Division 1 North. They changed their name again in 1985 to their current name. Also that year, after a league reshuffle, Garforth were placed in Division 2 and won promotion at the first attempt.
In 1987 Garforth reached the 6th round of the FA Vase, losing 1–2 to London side Collier Row (now known as Romford). It is the furthest the club have reached in the competition and remains one of their biggest achievements.
In the league Town remained in Division 1 until winning the title in 1998, gaining promotion to the NCEL Premier Division. In this year they lifted the West Riding County Cup for the first time, overcoming Liversedge in the final. In 1998-99 the team started brightly and finished in 8th position, also reaching the final of the NCEL Presidents Cup losing to North Ferriby United on aggregate. They also enjoyed another good run in the FA Vase, reaching the 4th round where they went out to Sudbury Wanderers.
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