Harborough Town F.C.

Harborough Town

Full name

Harborough Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Bees

Founded

1975

Ground

Bowden Park, Market Harborough

Chairman

Andrew Winston

Manager

Nick Pollard & Chris Church

League

United Counties League Premier Division

2016–17

United Counties League Premier Division, 11th of 22

Home colours

Bowden Park

Clubhouse end and clubhouse

Main stand side

Harborough Town Football Club is a football club based in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division and plays at Bowden Park.

History

The club was established in 1975 as a youth team under the name Harborough Town Juniors,^[1] with the modern club formed by a merger with adult team Spencer United in 2008.^[2] Spencer United joined Division One of the Northamptonshire Combination in 1996.^[3]^[4] They were Division One champions in 1997–98,^[5] earning promotion to the Premier Division. However, they were relegated from the Premier Division to Division One after finishing bottom of the table in 2004–05 and were subsequently renamed Harborough Town Spencers in 2006. They were renamed Harborough Town during the 2007–08 season, in which they finished as Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division.^[6]

In 2009–10 Harborough were Premier Division champions,^[6] earning promotion to Division One of the United Counties League.^[7] Although they finished bottom of Division One in their first season in the league, they were Division One runners-up in 2011–12 and were promoted to the Premier Division.^[7]

Honours

Northamptonshire Combination
- Premier Division champions 2009–10

Records

Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17^[7]
Best FA Vase performance: First round, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2016–17^[7]

References

↑ About Us Harborough Town F.C.
↑ Harborough Town United Counties League
↑ Season 1995-1996 Northamptonshire Combination
↑ Season 1996-1997 Northamptonshire Combination
↑ Season 1997-1998 Northamptonshire Combination
1 2 Northamptonshire Combination 2003–2012 Non-League Matters
1 2 3 4 Harborough Town at the Football Club History Database

External links

Official website

2017–18 United Counties League
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Coordinates: 52°27′56″N 0°55′05″W / 52.46542°N 0.91796°W / 52.46542; -0.91796

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