| Brighouse Town FC have
become one of the latest clubs to receive the FA Charter
Standard Club Adult award. County's Jo de Tute can be
seen above presenting the club with the award.
The club was formed in 1963 as a
representative side of the Blakeborough Valve Company of
Brighouse and played on the Woodhouse Recreation Ground,
competing in the Huddersfield Works League. The club
gained various league honours over the years, the most
successful coming in the 1968/69 season when they won both the
League Cup as well as the Halifax Cup.
Following this success they took the
huge step of obtaining their own ground at Hove Edge.
The club played at
Green Lane
for more than a decade until the area was developed for
housing and they moved to their present ground, just round the
corner, in
Saint Giles Road
.
Whilst at
Green Lane
they achieved two more league titles before taking another
major step in applying for and achieving West Riding Company
Amateur League status in 1975. there followed a period
of stagnation competing mainly in the lower divisions of the
WRCAL until in 1988 when, at the demise of the Blakeborough
Company, the club was forced to find outside finance to
survive. The club was not without friends, however, as
new funds were injected which resulted in a new outlook as
well as a new name. Thus commenced the most successful
period in the club’s history so far.
Promotion to the premier division was
gained in the first season as well as winning the Division One
Cup. In 1991 the Premier Division Championship was won
and in 1992 the
County
Cup
. In 1994 Town won the Premier Division League Cup and
were runners up in the
County
Cup
, losing to Tyersal 1-0 after a replay and were Premiers
Division Champions again in 1995.
Season 1995/96 was the most
successful season in the club’s history. Brighouse
again won the WRCAL premiership title and completed the double
by winning the League Cup. They also won the Bob
Wedgeworth Memorial Trophy but lost in the Halifax FA Cup
Final on penalties.
1996/97 promised great things but
they fell away towards the end of the season. they
reached the WRCAL Cup Final but lost 1-0 to Storthes Hall.
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