Harrogate Town

Plans to establish a football club before the First World War were disrupted when competition was suspended and many players joined the armed forces. After the war, a new team entered the West Riding League and won its first trophy in the Whitworth Cup. During the 1920s it moved to Wetherby Lane, joined the Yorkshire League and attracted a crowd of 15,000 for a friendly against Sheffield United. Further success included West Riding County Challenge Cup victories, although the club later disbanded and was reformed under a different name before wartime football again interrupted progress. Following the adoption of its current name in the late 1940s, the club returned to the Yorkshire League and enjoyed county cup success during the 1960s and 1970s.

In the 1980s the club won the final Yorkshire League Division Two title before becoming part of the Northern Counties East League. Floodlights and a new grandstand were added to the ground, while the 1990s and early 2000s brought new ownership, promotion from the UniBond League Division One and several West Riding County Cup successes. The club also reached the FA Cup First Round Proper on multiple occasions and secured a place in the newly formed Conference North, where it established itself as a regular competitor.

Under manager Simon Weaver, appointed in 2009, the club survived early struggles before achieving sustained progress. Play-off qualification in National League North led to promotion to the National League in 2018, followed by promotion to the Football League through the National League play-offs in 2020. The club spent six seasons in the EFL, won the delayed 2019–20 FA Trophy at Wembley, reached the FA Cup Third Round for the first time and recorded its highest League Two finish in 2023–24. Relegation back to the National League followed, after which plans were announced for significant ground improvements and increased seating capacity.