Guisborough Town Football Club is a

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club based in

Guisborough Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark i ...

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at the King George V Ground.

History

The club was established in 1973 and joined the Middlesbrough & District League. They later switched to the South Bank & District League before joining the

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in 1977. They finished third in their first season in the league and then as runners-up in their second season, also winning the League Cup.Guisborough Town
Northern League The club went on to win the league in 1979–80 without losing a match. They also reached the final of the

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, eventually losing 2–0 to Stamford at

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. The club then joined the Premier Division of the

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. In 1982 the league merged with the Yorkshire League to form the

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, with a fifth-place finish in 1981–82 seeing Guisborough placed in the Premier Division of the new league. In 1985 Guisborough switched to the Northern League, effectively dropping a division as they were placed in Division Two. In 1986–87 they were Division Two runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division. In 1988–89 the club won both the League Cup, the league's Cleator Cup. In the

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they reached the first round of the competition for the first time after playing eight qualifying games. Drawn at home to Third Division

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, the match was moved to Middlesbrough's

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where Bury won 1–0 in front of a crowd of 5,990. The club won the

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the following season, and retained it in 1990–91, a season which also saw them finish as Division One runners-up. They went on to win the Senior Cup again in 1992–93 and 1993–94. In 2004–05 the club finished bottom of Division One and were relegated to Division Two. The 2010–11 season saw Guisborough end the season as Division Two runners-up, earning promotion back to Division One. They also won the North Riding Senior Cup for a fifth time. In 2013–14 they won the Senior Cup again.

Honours

*Northern League **League Cup winners 1988–89 **Cleator Cup winners 1988–89 *Northern Alliance **Champions 1979–80 **League Cup winners: 1978–79 *

**Winners 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2010–11, 2013–14 *North Riding County Cup **Winners 1975–76History
Guisborough Town F.C.

Records

*Best

performance: First round, 1988–89 *Best

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performance: First round, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 *Best

performance: Finalists, 1979–80 *Record attendance: 3,112 vs

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semi-final, 29 March 1980Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) ''Non-League Club Directory 2017'', Tony Williams Publications, p481 *Most appearances: Mark Davis, 587 *Most goals: Mark Davis, 341

References

External links

Official website
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