HARBOROUGH TOWN U21

ONE CLUB, ONE GOAL

Harborough Town F.C is the realisation of the merger of Harborough Town Juniors, Harborough Town Spencers and Harborough Minis in 2007, which created one club for all ages, gender and ability for the Market Harborough community.

We are based in Market Harborough, where our impressive facilities cater for all of the club’s teams. The club became an FA Charter Standard Club in 2008 and through consistent development has achieved FA Charter Standard Community Club status which is the highest accolade currently available and recognizes best practice, on-going development and a positive impact within the local community. The club currently has teams that include Minis, Girls, Junior, Youth, Ladies, Inclusive, Senior, Veteran and Walking Football sides.

Harborough Town Juniors was formed in 1975, running teams from U11 to U16. After initially playing at Symington’s, they developed facilities on Northampton Road in the 1990s. However, there was a desire to have senior football for the youngsters to move on to, and consequently they formed links with Spencers United, and in 2007 they merged with Harborough Town Spencers, as they had become called. In the early 2000s Harborough Minis had been formed to cater for U11s, and in 2007 they also joined the merger to create Harborough Town FC.

After three seasons in the Northants Combination,   managed by  Andy  ‘Stan’ Wilson, the   club  won  promotion  to the United Counties League. On 14 August 2010 Market Harborough witnessed  the  return  of  UCL  football for the first time since Symington’s FC’s last game in 1954, and by 2012 ‘The Bees’, as they had become known, had won promotion to the UCL Premier Division.

In the early years of HTFC the Northampton Road ground had seen much improvement, with a new clubhouse, first team pitch, two stands and a 3G artificial pitch. The Bowden’s Park ground had become a fine ground, but in 2018 the installation of a Class 1 artificial pitch (3G), funded by Market Harborough District Council, a Stadium Improvement Grant and the Football Foundation, saw the creation of The Harborough Town Community Football Ground, but known as The Beehive. This    was   opened on 1 November 2018 with a game against an FA Representative XI.

The senior side made steady progress in the UCL and the two aborted Covid-19 seasons saw us have good starts, reflecting the clubs on field progress. In 2020 experienced UCL manager Mitch Austin joined the club and immediately changed the mindset to a much more professional one. After 10 years of steady progress at Step 5 HTFC’s ambitions in the FA Pyramid were met when we won the UCL Premier Division South in 2022. A place in the Northern Premier League Midland Division was the reward, with an excellent 8^th place finish.

Admission Prices: Adults £6, Concessions £1, U16’s: £1 – Free if accompanied by a paying adult.

Refreshments: bacon baps, sausage baps, burger & chips, chick burger, chicken nuggets, Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, sweets, crisps, cold drinks, bar

Directions: 1/2 mile south of Market Harborough on the A508.
4 miles north of Junction 2 on the A14 towards Market Harborough
Turn sharp left at roundabout and then left again, past inflatable dome on your right.
Through the large car park, club house straight in front with parking area

Parking: The club has a car park with 42 spaces, and there is a council car park next door which is free

Nearest Train Station: Market Harborough train station, which is 1.5 miles from the club house

2007/2008 Season we lost in the Final of the Northants Combination Reserves League Division One

2008/2009 Season we won the Northants Combination Reserves League Division One (and was subsequently promoted) and we lost in the final of the Leics County KO Cup

2009/2010 Season we won the final of the Northants Combination Reserves League Premier Division and finished Second in the table

2011/2012 Season we finished second (and were promoted) in the UCL Reserves Division Two

2019/2020 Season we lost in the final of the UCL Reserve KO Cup

2020/2021 Season we lost in the final of the UCL “Covid” Cup

2022/2023 Season we won the UCL Reserves League, also won the Leics County Cup final and lost in the final of the UCL Reserves KO Cup