Harrogate Town
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| Full name | Harrogate Town Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Town, The Sulphurites |
| Founded | 1914 (as Harrogate AFC) |
| Ground | The CNG Stadium (Wetherby Road), Harrogate |
| Capacity | 4,000 (500 seated) |
| Chairman | Irving Weaver |
| Manager | Simon Weaver |
| League | National League North |
| 2015–16 | National League North, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
Harrogate Town Association Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the spa town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The club currently competes in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football.
Formed in 1914, the club is nicknamed "Town" and also the "Sulphurites", due to Harrogate's fame for its sulphur springs. The club's colours are black and yellow and they play their home games at The CNG Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,000.
The club was founded as Harrogate A.F.C. in 1914. Previously the town of Harrogate had tried to put together a football team as far back as 1907 but nothing emerged until 1914. They were entered into the Northern League upon their year of founding, and were set to play their home fixtures at the County Ground. However, due to the First World War all fixtures were postponed.
After the First World War ended, a meeting was held around the idea of putting the club back together. A man named Robert Ackrill Breare instigated this, and he later became the secretary of the club. Harrogate were entered into the West Riding League.
Harrogate finally played in their first competitive fixture on 30 August 1919 at Starbeck Lane Ground against Horsforth. They won the game 1–0 and the scorer was L. Craven with a headed goal. They were entered into the FA Cup the same year. Harrogate also won their first trophy; the Whitworth Cup with a 4–0 victory against Ripon City.
For the 1920–21 season they were one of the founding teams in the new Yorkshire League, yet they also continued to field a team in the West Riding League. The club had relocated to a new ground; Wetherby Road. Around the holiday periods, they took part in friendlies against higher league opposition including Liverpool at their Anfield ground, and another at fellow Yorkshire side Sheffield United in front of 15,000 fans.
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