Wikipedia - Harborough Town F.C.
Harborough Town Football Club is a football club based in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and plays at Bowden Park.
History
The club was established in 1975 as a youth team under the name Harborough Town Juniors, with the modern club formed by a merger with adult team Spencer United in 2008. Spencer United joined Division Five of the Leicester & District Mutual League in 1976. They were Division Five champions in 1977–78 and were promoted to Division Two. A third-place finish the following season saw them promoted to Division One. Although the club were relegated back to Division Two three seasons later, they were Division Two runners-up in 1987–88 and promoted to the Premier Division. In 1996 they joined Division One of the Northamptonshire Combination.
Spencer United were Northamptonshire Combination Division One champions in 1997–98, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2002 the club were renamed Harborough Spencer United. They were relegated back to Division One after finishing bottom of the Premier Division in 2004–05, and were subsequently renamed Harborough Town Spencers in 2006. During the 2007–08 season, the club were amalgamated into Harborough Town, adopting their name. They ended the season as Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
In 2009–10 Harborough were Premier Division champions, earning promotion to Division One of the United Counties League. Although they finished bottom of Division One in their first season in the league, the club were Division One runners-up in 2011–12 and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2021–22 they were Premier Division South champions, earning promotion to Division One Midlands of the Northern Premier League.
O Harborough Town joga seus jogos em casa no Bowden Park, que tem capacidade para 2.500 espectadores. O estádio também é usado pelo Harborough Rugby Club e pelo Harborough Hockey Club.
O maior sucesso do Harborough Town veio na temporada 1994-95, quando o clube venceu a United Counties League Premier Division. O clube também venceu a Leicestershire Senior Cup três vezes, em 1994, 1995 e 2015.
Alguns jogadores notáveis que já passaram pelo Harborough Town incluem:
* Neil Lennon
* Matt Elliott
* Paul Merson
* Stan Collymore
O Harborough Town é um clube comunitário bem apoiado, com uma média de público de mais de 200 torcedores por jogo em casa. O clube também tem uma forte história de trabalho de base, com muitas equipes juvenis bem-sucedidas.