Brighouse Town Football Club is a

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club based in

Brighouse Brighouse (, locally also ) is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, West Y ...

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at St Giles Road.

History

The club was established in 1963 as the

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of the Blakeborough Valve Company.History
Brighouse Town F.C. They joined the Huddersfield Works League in the same year, going on to win the league title in 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74 and 1974–75, as well as winning the League Cup and Halifax District Cup in 1968–69. In 1975 they moved up to the West Riding County Amateur League. In 1988 the club adopted its current name after the company closed down. They won Division One in 1988–89 and went on to win the Premier Division in 1990–91 and the West Riding County Challenge Cup in 1991–92, before winning back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1994–95 and 1995–96, also winning the League Cup and Bob Wedgeworth Memorial Trophy in the latter season. They went on to win the Premier Division again in 2000–01 and 2001–02.West Riding County Amateur League 2000-2012
Non-League Matters Despite only finishing eighth in 2007–08, the club were promoted to Division One of the

Northern Counties East League The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the English football pyramid respectively. ...

. After finishing as Division One runners-up in 2009–10, they were promoted to the Premier Division. Brighouse won the Premier Division in 2013–14, earning promotion to Division One North of the

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. Prior to the 2018–19 season the club were transferred to Division One East as part of league reorganisation. They went on to finish third, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After defeating

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3–1 in the semi-finals, they beat Pontefract Collieries 3–0 in the final. However, with only five of the seven play-offs winners being promoted based on their points-per-game ranking over the season, Brighouse were one of the two clubs to miss out.

Ground

The club initially played at Woodhouse Recreation Ground, before moving to Green Lane in Hove Edge. When Green Lane was used for housing, the club moved to St Giles Road. The ground currently has a capacity of 1,000, of which 100 is seated and 200 covered.

Non-playing staff

*Chairman: Chris Lister *Vice Chairman: Charlie Tolley *Secretary: Dave Parker *Matchday Secretary: Darrell Hadala *Manager: Grant Black *Assistant Manager: Darren Young *Coach: Danny Frost *Goalkeeping Coach: Christian Thewlis *Physio: Charlotte Biggs *Kitman: Will Armitage *Media Manager: Damian Wales *Women's Manager: Vacant

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Premier Division champions 2013–14 *West Riding County Amateur League **Premier Division champions 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2000–01, 2001–02 **Division One champions 1988–89 **Premier Cup winners 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01 **Bob Wedgeworth Memorial Trophy winners 1995–96 *West Riding County Challenge Cup **Winners 1991–92 *Halifax FA Cup **Winners 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 *Huddersfield Works League **Champions 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74, 1974–75 **League Cup winners 1968–69

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2013–14 *Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 2015–16 *Best

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performance: Fourth round, 2012–13 *Record attendance: 1,059 vs Scarborough Athletic, Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 13 April 2013Brighouse suffer title setback in front of record attendance
Brighouse Echo, 18 April 2013

References

External links

Official website
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