Garforth Town AFC
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| Full name | Garforth Town Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Miners |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Ground | Wheatley Park, Garforth |
| Capacity | 3,000 (278 seated) |
| 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 is a football club based in Garforth, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division and play at Wheatley Park.
The club was established in 1964 as Miners Arms, a Sunday league team based at the pub from which they took their name. They joined the Elmet Sunday League, where they played until joining the Leeds Sunday Combination in 1972. In 1976 the club switched to Saturday football, joining the West Yorkshire League. They applied to join the Yorkshire League for the following season, and after being advised that pub teams were not allowed in the league, adopted the name Garforth Minders.
In 1978 Garforth were elected to Division Three of the Yorkshire League. They finished second-from-bottom of the table in their first season, but were Division Three runners-up in 1979–80, earning promotion to Division Two. When the league merged with the Midland League in 1982 to form the Northern Counties East League, the club were placed in Division One North. In 1985 they were renamed again, becoming Garforth Town. League reorganisation saw them placed in Division Two in 1985 and they went on to finish as runners-up, earning promotion to Division One. Although they were Division One runners-up in 1996–97, also winning the League Trophy, the club were not promoted to the Premier Division. However, they were Division One champions the following season, and were promoted. They also won the West Riding County Cup for the first time with a 1–0 win over Liversedge in the final. In 1999–2000 they both won the League Cup (beating Glapwell 3–1 in the final) and the West Riding County Cup (winning 2–0 against Eccleshill United in the final).
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