Harchester United F.C.
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| Full name | Harchester United Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Dragons |
| Founded | 1883 ( Turned Professional in 1895 ) |
| Ground |
The Dragon's Lair Harchester England |
| Capacity | 32,000 |
| Owner | Dragon's Corporation. |
| Chairman | Terry Harrison |
| Manager | Jimmy Craig |
| Website | Club website |
Harchester United Football Club is a fictional Premier League football club from the former Sky TV show Dream Team, which was aired between 1997 and 2007.
In April 1895 at the Dragon Leather Tannery in Harchester, a group of men, led by tannery owner Sean Creamer, got together to form a football club in the hope of rivalling the other local club, Harchester St. Augustine. The club was named Harchester United.
There may have been friendly rivalry between United and St. Augustine, but good sportsmanship remained throughout as St. Augustine offered United the chance to play their home matches at their own Palmerston Road sports ground. United gratefully accepted.
Between 1895 and 1898, the club had such a fantastic record in the FA Cup for an amateur side that they managed to get together funds to turn professional. The record was so great that upon an application to join the Football League, they were instantly elected to do so by the other clubs.
The first season in Football League Division Two saw Harchester United win it by a fair distance and they were promoted to the First Division. After a brief yo-yo period of several ups and downs in the next few years, they won promotion back to the First Division in 1907. However, at the end of the 1907–08 season, Palmerston Road owners Harchester St. Augustine were suffering badly and ordered United to find a new place to play so that they could sell off their ground. United moved into the new Addison Road Stadium and obtained a 100-year lease for the ground.
In 1908, London businessman Ian Mayes brought the club from owner Robert Ball, who by this time had closed down the Tannery. Mayes decided to follow the example of other football clubs and bring in a new manager who had not been involved with the club before. That man was Joseph Peterson.
Peterson's involvement never went down well with local supporters and in 1920 he resigned from the club following back to back relegations. This is where David Cooper came in to repair damage and finally won promotion from the Division Three North in 1926–27.
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