Garforth Town A.F.C.
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| Full name | Garforth Town Association Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Miners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1964, as Miners Arms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Genix Healthcare Stadium, Garforth Leeds (Capacity 3,000) |
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| Chairman |  Cllr Tom Murray |
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| Manager | Simon Clifford |
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| League | NPL Division One North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | NPL Division One North, 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garforth Town Association Football Club are an English football team based in Garforth, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One North, the 8th level of the English football pyramid.
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[edit] History
The club was formed during 1964 by people from the Yorkshire town of Garforth, as a local pub team called Miners Arms. At the time Garforth had no pitch to play on, so their home games were playing in nearby Swillington. The team stepped up to the West Yorkshire League, a Saturday football league, in 1976. At the same time they acquired their own ground in Garforth, a former rubbish dump on Brierlands Lane.
The team were forced to change their name to Garforth Miners to gain election into the Yorkshire League in 1978, pub teams not being allowed in the league. They changed their name again in 1985 to their current name. Two years later Garforth reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase, their best ever cup performance.
Garforth moved to their current stadium, Wheatley Park, in 1998.
[edit] The Clifford era
During the 2003 season Simon Clifford bought the club, eliminating the club's previous £100,000 debts and made clear that he had strong ambitions for the club's future with hopes of climbing up the league pyramid[1]. Clifford's is known for his strong connections to Brazilian football; he has brought Brazilian coaching methods to the United Kingdom with his string of ICFDS (International Confederation of Futebol de Salão) footballing academies.
Despite the Yorkshire club's low level in terms of leagues, they gained massive press attention, both national and international, at the start of the 2004-05 season with the signing of Brazil legend Sócrates on a one month deal as a player-coach[1], he played for Garforth against Tadcaster Albion. The same season, former England and Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe also played for the club[1].
Garforth confirmed the arrival of another former Brazil international, Careca, who came out of retirement and spent time at the club during the 2005-06 season.
[edit] Current Squad
- Jason St Juste
- Nathan Kamara
- Duncan Williams
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Honours
- NCEL Division One
- Champions: 1997-98
- Runners-up: 1996-97, 2004-05
- NCEL Division Two
- Runners-up: 1985-86
- Northern Counties East League League Cup
- Winners: 1999-00
- Runners-up: 2006-07
- Yorkshire League Division Three
- Runners-up: 1979-80[2]
- FA Vase
- Quarter-finalists: 1986-87
- West Riding County Cup
- Winners: 1997-98, 1999-00
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