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Farsley Celtic Football Club is a
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club based in
Farsley Farsley is a town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England to the west of Leeds city centre, east of Bradford. Farsley is situated between the two cities and near the town of Pudsey. Before April 1974, Farsley was pa ...
,
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, England. The club was founded in 1908, but folded in 2010 and were reformed as Farsley AFC before returning to the name Farsley Celtic in 2015.Putting the Celtic back in Farsley
BBC News, 20 May 2015
They are currently members of and play at
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.


History

The club was established in 1908 as Farsley Football Club and played in amateur leagues in
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.History
Farsley Celtic
They joined the
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in 1926 and were runners-up in 1936–37.The West Riding County Amateur League 1922–1939
Non-League Matters
In 1949 they joined Division Two of the Yorkshire League. They won the Division in 1951–52, earning promotion to Division One. After three bottom-half finishes, league performances improved and Farsley finished fifth in 1955–56 and fourth in 1956–57, before ending the season as runners-up in both 1957–58 and 1958–59. The 1959–60 season saw them win the league for the first time, and throughout the 1960s the club finished in the top seven of the league. They were champions again in 1968–69 and runners-up in 1970–71 and 1971–72. In 1974–75 the club reached the first round of the
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for the first time, losing 2–0 at home to Third Division
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in a match moved to
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to accommodate the record 11,000 crowd. After finishing in the bottom four of Division One the following season, the club were relegated to Division Two. The following season saw them finish fourth in Division Two, earning promotion back to Division One. However, their stay in Division One only lasted one season as they were relegated again at the end of the 1977–78 season. After three years in Division Two they were promoted back to Division One at the end of the 1980–81 season. In 1982 the Yorkshire League merged with the
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to form the
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, with Farsley placed in Division One North. They remained in the division until winning it in 1984–85, after which they were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1986–87 they were Premier Division runners-up, earning promotion to the newly formed Division One of the
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. The club remained in the division for seventeen seasons until a third-place finish in 2003–04 saw them promoted to the Premier Division. Their first season in the Premier Division ended in controversy;
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failed to fulfil their fixtures as they folded and the league opted to expunge their results, leaving Farsley ending the season as league champions. However,
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over-ruled the league, awarding three points to all clubs who had not played Spennymoor at the time they had stopped playing. This meant that both
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moved above Farsley in the table, with Hyde gaining automatic promotion. Farsley attempted to overturn the decision in the High Court, but were unsuccessful and subsequently entered the play-offs. After beating Whitby Town 1–0 in the semi-finals, they lost to Workington on penalties in the final. In 2005–06 Farsley finished fourth in the Premier Division, again qualifying for the play-offs. After beating
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1–0 in the semi-finals, they defeated
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2–1 in the final to earn promotion to the
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. A second successive promotion was achieved the following season when a fifth-place finish in the Conference North saw them again qualify for the playoffs. They went on to beat
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4–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals, before beating Hinckley United 4–3 in the final at the
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. They also reached the first round of the
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again, eventually losing 2–0 in a replay to
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after the home match had ended 0–0. The club's first season in the Conference National ended in relegation back to the Conference North. Financial problems led to the club being expelled from the league prior to the 2009–10 season, although they were readmitted shortly afterwards. However, they subsequently went into administration and were expelled from the Conference in March 2010 after being unable to fulfil their fixtures, before being disbanded on 10 March. The club was reformed as Farsley A.F.C. and joined the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League for the 2010–11 season. They went on to win the division, earning promotion to Division One North of the Northern Premier League. A fourth-place finish in 2011–12 saw them qualify for the play-offs, losing 3–0 to
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in the semi-finals. In 2015 the club returned to the name Farsley Celtic. They finished second in 2016–17, again qualifying for the play-offs. After beating
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4–0 in the semi-finals, the club defeated
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4–2 in the final to earn promotion to the Premier Division. The following season saw the club finish fifth in the Premier Division, reaching the play-offs. However, they were beaten 2–1 in the semi-finals by Ashton United. In 2018–19 the club were Premier Division champions, earning promotion to the National League North. In 2019 the club changed their playing colours from blue to green and white, adopted a new badge and renamed their ground following a takeover by Paul Barthorpe.


Ground

The club moved to Throstle Nest in 1948. Following the club’s collapse into administration in 2009, Leeds City Council purchased the ground from the administrators and sold it to the owners of the new club, Farsley A.F.C., while retaining the adjoining sports hall and land proposed for new football pitches. The ground was renamed
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in 2019.


Staff

*Manager:
Russ Wilcox Russell "Russ" Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of Farsley Celtic. Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorp ...
*Assistant Manager: Steve Thornber *Physiotherapist: Gareth Liversedge *Goalkeeping Coach: Gary Stokes *Kit Manager: Nick Gill *Women's Manager: Kyle O'Reilly


Boardroom

*Chairman: Paul Barthorpe *Directors: Joshua Greaves, Robert Winterbottom *Chief Executive: Joshua Greaves *Financial Director: Ian Cotton *Projects Director: Graham Beetham *Head of Football Administration: Caroline Harriman


Honours

*Northern Premier League **Premier Division champions 2018–19 *Yorkshire League **Division One champions 1959–60, 1968–69 **Division Two champions 1952–53 *Northern Counties East League **Premier Division champions 2010–11 **Division One North champions, 1984–85 **League Cup winners 2010–11 *
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**Winners 1957–58, 1959–60, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2005–06, 2016–17, 2017–18


Records

*Best
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performance: First round, 1974–75, 2006–07 *Best
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performance: Fourth round, 2022–23 *Best
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performance: Quarter-finals, 1987–88 *Record attendance: 11,000 vs
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, FA Cup first round, 1974–75 (at Elland Road)


See also

* Farsley Celtic F.C. players * Farsley Celtic F.C. managers


References


External links


Official website
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