Brighouse Town F.C.

Brighouse Town

Full name	Brighouse Town Football Club
Nickname(s)	"Town"
Founded	1963
Ground	St Giles Road Brighouse West Yorkshire
Ground Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Chris Lister
Manager	Paul Quinn
Coach	Mark Booth
League	Northern Premier League Division One North
2014–15	Northern Premier League Division One North, 14th
Home colours Away colours

Brighouse Town F.C. are a football club based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England, who are members of the Northern Premier League for the 2015-16 season and play at St Giles Road.

History

It was established in 1963 and played in the Huddersfield Works League until 1975 when it joined the West Riding County Amateur League.

At the end of 2007–08 they applied to join the NCEL Division One and their application was successful.

After consolidating their position in their first season at the higher level they finished an impressive second place in the 2009–10 season and gained promotion to the NCEL Premier Division where they again consolidated their position finishing in 16th place under the guidance of Mark Brier. The following season saw a change in manager, Mick Couzens came in from Bradford Park Avenue, after four competitive matches, Couzens walked away and was replaced by current manager Paul Quinn who managed to finish the season as high as 4th. In the 2012/13 season Quinn in his first full season in charge signed a new array of talent including talisman Tom Matthews who scored 45 goals, despite a good season including an FA Vase cup run, Quinn's side finished runners up by two points to Scarborough Athletic on 97 points. The team went on to win the Northern Counties East Premier Division title in the 2013-14 season with a record 100 points and subsequently gain promotion to the Northern Premier League.in the 2014-15 season they finished 14th out of 22 teams.

Current Squad

As of 24 August 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Paul Hagreen GK Luke Hirst DF Adam Field DF Chris Lister DF Sam Hewitt DF Daniel Illingworth DF James Pollard DF Adam Wilson DF Ben Thornton MF Martin Allison MF Isaac Baldwin

No. Position Player MF Kurt Harris MF Tom Haigh MF Israel Johnson MF Ryan Robinson MF Leon Henry MF Ryan Hall MF James Hurtley FW Ernest Boafo FW Danny Facey FW Steve Hollingworth

Current Staff

Club Officials

• C.E.O.: Chris Lister
• Chairman: Ray McLaughlin
• Directors: Charles Tolley & Daz Laycock
• Secretary: Malcom Taylor

First Team Staff

• Manager: Paul Quinn
• Assistant Manager: Mark Booth
• Goalkeeping Coach: Paul Brown
• Coach: Adam Hewlett
• Coach: Rob Wilson
• Coach: Charles Tolley
• Development Squad Coach: Simon Ward
• Physiotherapist: Matthew Schofield

Honours

• West Riding County Cup: 1991–92
• Halifax FA Cup: 1998–99 2001–02 2002–03
• Huddersfield Works League: 1966–67 1968–69 1973–74 1974–75
  • League Cup: 1968–69

• Northern Counties East League:
  • Premier Division champions - 2013-14

• West Riding County Amateur League:
  • Premier Division - 1990–91 1994–95 1995–96 2000–01 2001–02
  • Premier Cup - 1993–94 1995–96 1998–99 2000–01
  • Division 1 - 1988–89

Records

• FA Cup
  • Second Qualifying Round 2013–14

• FA Vase
  • Fourth Round 2012–13

• St Giles Road record attendance :- 1,069 -v- Scarborough Athletic NCEL Premier Division 13 April 2013

External links

• Official Website
• Club Info