Richmond Town F.C.

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Richmond Town
Full nameRichmond Town Football Club
Founded1945;80 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 http://richmondtownfc.co.uk/

Richmond Town Football Club are a football club based in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. [1]

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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

Richmond 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

As of 2009, Richmond Town FC had two senior teams, 11 junior teams, and a girls' team. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "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. ProQuest   2910732217 . Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Richmond Town". Wearside League.
  3. 1 2 Rundle, Richard. "Richmond Town". Football Club History Database.
  4. ↑ "Richmond Town Ladies FC". Richmond Town Ladies Football Club.
  5. ↑ "Richmond Town Women". The Football Association .
  6. 1 2 "Richmond Town FC". Richmond Town FC.
  7. ↑ Copeland, Alexa (17 December 2018). "Warm tributes paid to popular former mayor". The Northern Echo .
  8. ↑ Bayly, Mike (2020). British Football's Greatest Grounds: One Hundred Must-See Football Venues. Pitch Publishing. pp. 64–65. ISBN   9-781785-316470.
  9. ↑ Incenzo, Tony (10 February 2021). "My top 10 favourite Non-League football grounds". The Non-League Paper .
  10. ↑ "Most Historic Non-League Grounds". Non League Insider. 28 April 2023.
  11. ↑ Weighell, Philippa (10 July 2009). "Options are kept open for 'community land'". Northern Echo. ProQuest   329242021 . Retrieved 19 September 2024.


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