Harrogate Railway Athletic F.C.
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| Harrogate Railway Athletic |
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| Full name | Harrogate Railway Athletic Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Rail, The Locomotives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Station View, Harrogate, North Yorkshire (Capacity 3500 (300 Seated)) |
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| Chairman |  Rob Northfield |
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| Manager |  Vince Brockie |
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| League | Northern Premier League Division One North |
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| 2007-08 | NPL First Division, 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harrogate Railway Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1935 and continues on today. It currently plays in the Northern Premier League Division One North.
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[edit] History
The club was founded in 1935 when workers from Starbeck LNER locomotive shed formed an adult team to play in the Harrogate & District League. In 1946 the side consisted entirely of railway men and reached the British Railways National Cup Final.
This success prompted the club to go in search of a ground of their own but they stayed at Station View when the LNER said that they would lend the club the £1,500 necessary to purchase the site, providing 300 rail workers would agree to having 1d a week stopped from their wages to finance the repayments. More than sufficient volunteers signed up and they did not have long to wait for their faith to be repaid on the pitch.
In 1949 both of the clubs sides won their respective league championships plus a full set of local cups. The first team winning all 24 league matches with a goal tally of 150 goals to 29 against.
In the 2002–03 season, they won eight games and reached the Second Round of the FA Cup. Eventually Harrogate Railway lost to Bristol City 3–1.[1] This run was the furthest the club has gone in the FA Cup to date.
In recent years the club has reached its highest ever league position, under the management of Martin Haresign who took over in October 2003; the club were at the bottom of the NCEL Premier Division at the time. He steadied the ship at the club and lead Railway to a promotion in 2005–06, into the Northern Premier League First Division. In 2007, Harrogate will play in the inaugural season of the Northern Premier League Division One North.
This will be the highest the club had ever reached in the league pyramid system. In early 2007, Harseign resigned to focus on his business. Vince Brockie who had served as assistant manager during Harseign's reign took over as manager.
In 2007–08 Railway once again reached the second round proper of the FA Cup after beating Harrogate rivals Harrogate Town 2–1 in the fourth preliminary round followed by a 2–0 win over Droylsden. Railway lost 3–2 to Mansfield Town in the second round, which was televised live on Match of the Day.[2]
[edit] Honours
Northern Counties East League Premier Division
- Promoted: 2005–06[3]
Northern Counties East League Division One
- Champions: 1998–99
- Promoted: 1986–87
Northern Counties East League Division Two North
- Champions: 1983–84
Yorkshire League Division Two
- Promoted: 1957–58, 1963–64
West Yorkshire Football League Division Two
- Champions: 1950–51
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