Harlow Town F.C.
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| Full name | Harlow Town FC |
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| Nickname(s) | The Hawks |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Ground | The Harlow Arena, Harlow |
| Capacity | 3,500 (500 seated) |
| Manager | Danny Chapman |
| League | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Isthmian League Division One North, 3rd (promoted via play-offs) |
Harlow Town Football Club are an English football club based in Harlow, Essex. The club are members of the Premier Division of the Isthmian League, and play at The Harlow Arena.
The club is best known for its exploits in the 1979–80 FA Cup, in which it reached the fourth round, eliminating two Football League sides Southend United and Leicester City before losing to Watford at Vicarage Road.
The club's date of formation is unknown, but the first match was played on 18 October 1879 against Saffron Walden. In 1896 the club joined Division One of the East Herts League, but left at the end of the 1896–97 season. In 1898 the club merged with Netteswell and Burnt Mill and were renamed Harlow and Burnt Mill F.C. and rejoined the East Herts League. The merger was reversed in 1902.
In 1907 the club joined the new Stansted & District League. In 1910 they also began entering a team into the East Herts League. In 1911–12 they won Division One of the East Herts League, but were relegated to Division Two the following season. They also finished bottom of the Stansted & District League, withdrawing their team at the end of the season.
After World War I the club rejoined both leagues in 1919, being placed in Division One in the East Herts League. They won Division One of the East Herts League in 1922–23 and the Stansted & District League in both of the following two seasons. In 1925 the club withdrew their team from the East Herts League and entered the Herts & Essex Border League, before returning to the East Herts League in 1927.
In 1927–28 the club won its third Stansted & District League title, and the following season won both the Stansted & District League and Division One of the East Herts League. After withdrawing from the Stansted & District League, they won Division One of the East Herts League and the League Challenge Cup in 1929–30, retaining the League Cup for the following two seasons. In 1932 the club joined Division Two East of the Spartan League.
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