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In 1957–58 Harrogate finished third in Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. However, they were relegated at the end of the following season. Another promotion following a third-place finish in 1963–64 was following by another immediate relegation the season after. League restructuring in
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1970 saw a Division Three created, which the club were relegated to, and in 1973 they left the league and dropped back into the Harrogate & District League. However, they rejoined Division Three of the Yorkshire League in 1980. When the league merged with the
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area of Harrogate with a ÂŁ1,500 loan from the London and North Eastern Railway, with employees paying it off at 1p per week. Floodlights were erected in 1991 and inaugurated with a friendly match against
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in the second round. They remained members of Division One North until being relegated back to the Northern Counties East League's Premier Division at the end of the
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in the second round in front of a record crowd of 3,500. The season also saw the club win the league's Presidents Cup with a 7–2 aggregate win over
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saw them promoted to the Premier Division, a season in which they also won the League Cup with a 5–0 win over
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the club finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to Division One.
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League reorganisation in 1985 saw Harrogate placed in Division One, and a fourth-place finish in
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saw them finish fourth in Division One, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beating
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the club finished third in the Premier Division, earning promotion to Division One of the
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Harrogate reached the first round of the FA Cup again, defeating
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in the final. The club were Division One runners-up the
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Harrogate
Northern Counties East League
2023–24
Northern Counties East League
Home colours
Away colours
football
Harrogate
Northern Counties East League
London and North Eastern Railway
Starbeck
Harrogate & District League
West Yorkshire League
Yorkshire League
Midland League
Northern Counties East League
1983–84
1986–87
Woolley Miners Welfare
1992–93
1998–99
2002–03
FA Cup
Slough Town
Bristol City
Bridlington Town
2005–06
Northern Premier League
2007–08

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