Richmond Town Football Club are a football club based in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.[1]
| Full name | Richmond Town Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Dave Clark Arena | ||
| Coordinates | 54°24′00″N 1°44′20″W / 54.4001°N 1.7389°W | ||
| Chairman | Paul Ramsay | ||
| League | Wearside League Premier Division | ||
| Website | http://richmondtownfc.co.uk/ | ||
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Richmond were founded in 1945.[2] In 2012, Richmond joined the Wearside League from the Teesside League.[3] As of 2023–24, they play in Wearside League Premier Division in level 7 of the National League System.[2][3]
Richmond Town Women play in the North Riding Women's Premier League.[4][5]
Grounds
editRichmond Town men's first team play at the Dave Clark Arena at Richmond School.[6]
Richmond's other teams play at Earls Orchard, nestled by Richmond Castle, which was also home of the first team until 2021.[6] The pavilion was officially opened in 1975 by Jack Charlton, then manager of Middlesbrough F.C.[7] In the 2020 book British Football's Greatest Grounds, Earls Orchard was voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country.[8] It was placed in the top ten non-league grounds in the country by The Non-League Paper,[9] and in the top five most historic non-league grounds by Non-League Insider.[10]
Teams
editAs of 2009, Richmond Town FC had two senior teams, 11 junior teams, and a girls' team.[11]
References
edit- ^ "A favourite location with its iconic castle and marketplace: A roam around Richmond Walk devised by Tom and Stephanie Dobbing and described by Peter Haworth". Lancashire Evening Post. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b "Richmond Town". Wearside League.
- ^ a b Rundle, Richard. "Richmond Town". Football Club History Database.
- ^ "Richmond Town Ladies FC". Richmond Town Ladies Football Club.
- ^ "Richmond Town Women". The Football Association.
- ^ a b "Richmond Town FC". Richmond Town FC.
- ^ Copeland, Alexa (17 December 2018). "Warm tributes paid to popular former mayor". The Northern Echo.
- ^ Bayly, Mike (2020). British Football's Greatest Grounds: One Hundred Must-See Football Venues. Pitch Publishing. pp. 64–65. ISBN 9-781785-316470.
- ^ Incenzo, Tony (10 February 2021). "My top 10 favourite Non-League football grounds". The Non-League Paper.
- ^ "Most Historic Non-League Grounds". Non League Insider. 28 April 2023.
- ^ Weighell, Philippa (10 July 2009). "Options are kept open for 'community land'". Northern Echo. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
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