Richmond Town F.C.

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Richmond Town
Full nameRichmond Town Football Club
Founded1945;79 years ago (1945)
GroundDave Clark Arena
Coordinates 54°24′00″N1°44′20″W / 54.4001°N 1.7389°W / 54.4001; -1.7389
ChairmanPaul Ramsay
League Wearside League
Premier Division
Website Club website

Richmond Town Football Club are a football club based in Richmond, England.

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Richmond were founded in 1945. [1] In 2012, Richmond joined the Wearside League from the Teesside League. [2] As of 2023–24, they play in Wearside League Premier Division in level 7 of the National League System. [1] [2]

Richmond Town Women play in the North Riding Womens Premier League. [3] [4]

Grounds

Richmond Town men's first team play at the Dave Clark Arena at Richmond School. [5]

Richmond's other teams play at Earls Orchard, nestled by Richmond Castle, which was also home of the first team until 2021. [5] The pavilion was officially opened in 1975 by Jack Charlton, then manager of Middlesbrough F.C. [6] In the 2020 book British Football's Greatest Grounds, Earls Orchard was voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country. [7] It was placed in the top ten non-league grounds in the country by The Non-League Paper , [8] and in the top five most historic non-league grounds by Non-League Insider. [9]

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