Thackley A.F.C. are a

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club based in

Thackley Thackley is a small suburb near Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village is loosely bordered by the village of Idle, West Yorkshire, Idle to the south, to the west by the West Royd area of Shipley, West Yorkshire, Shipley and elsewhere ...

, north

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. The club plays in the . Their home ground is the ‘Thank You Key Workers Stadium at Dennyfield’ and the primary colours of club are red and white.

History

Thackley FC was formed in 1930, spending much of their early years in local football before joining the West Riding County Amateur League in 1939. The club then moved into county-wide leagues, spending 25 years in the West Riding County Amateur League, winning that league on five occasions before a brief spell in the

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. Thackley then joined the Yorkshire League before becoming founder members 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. ...

's Premier Division where they have been ever since with the club's best season being in 1993–94 when they were runners-up, losing out on goal difference to

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. The club has never been promoted or relegated from that division throughout the League's 40-year history. Thackley's best efforts in national cup competitions have been in the

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, their best season being in 1980–81 when they got to the fifth round. The club has never progressed beyond the second qualifying round of either the

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or the

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.Thackley's page on the NCEL website
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Honours

*Northern Counties East Football League Cup ** Winners 2011–12, 2012–13 *Yorkshire League ** Division 2 Champions 1973–74 *West Yorkshire League ** Winners 1965–66 1966–67 *West Riding County Amateur League ** Winners 5 times *West Riding County Cup ** Winners 1973–74 1974–75 *West Riding County Challenge Cup ** Winners 1963–64, 1966–67 *Bradford & District Senior Cup ** Winners 13 times.

Ground

References

External links

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NCEL Website
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