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| Full name | Harrogate Town Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Sulphurites | ||
| Founded | 1919 | ||
| Ground | Wetherby Road | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 (2,000 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Irving Weaver | ||
| Manager | Simon Weaver | ||
| League | EFL League Two | ||
| 2023–24 | EFL League Two, 13th of 24 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Harrogate Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Harrogate Hotspurs were founded in 1919 and changed their name to Harrogate Town after football returned at the end of the Second World War, joining the West Yorkshire Association League. They entered the Yorkshire League again in 1957. In 1982 the club became founder members of the Northern Counties East League and a founding member of the Northern Premier League's First Division in 1987. They won the Northern Premier League Division One title in 2001–02 and became founder members of the Conference North in 2004. They won the National League North play-offs in 2018 and secured a place in the Football League for the first time with victory in the 2020 National League play-off final. The team won the 2019–20 FA Trophy after defeating Concord Rangers. The club is nicknamed the Sulphurites, due to the spa town's sulphur springs. The club's colours are black and yellow and they play home games at Wetherby Road.