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Selby Town Football Club is an English
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club based in
Selby Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...
, North Yorkshire, founded in 1919. They play in the
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. The club's traditional rivals are
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(with whom they play an annual match, for the right to win the Eric Lawton Cup) and
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.


History

Soon after the club's formation, in 1920 they were entered into the
Yorkshire Football League The Yorkshire Football League was the name of two football competitions. The first lasted three seasons in the late 19th century and the second lasted 62 years until merging with the Midland League in 1982 to become the Northern Counties East Lea ...
as a founding member. During the 1930s Selby were one of the most successful clubs in the league, winning it three times before the
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. After the war the club won two more Yorkshire League championships in 1952–53 and 1953–54 where they also reached the
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1st Round. During the 1954–55 season, they reached the Second Round of the FA Cup, the furthest in their history; they were knocked out by Hastings United 2–0. The club's record goalscorer is Graham Shepherd who notched up 158 goals between 1963 and 1982. They stayed in the Yorkshire League through its entirety. In 1982 the League became part of the new
Northern Counties East Football League The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English association football, football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the English football lea ...
(NCEL), which the Robins were drafted into. Selby became champions of the Northern Counties East League Division One in 1995–96 and until 2012 remained in the league they were promoted to; Northern Counties East League Premier Division. However the 2011–12 season saw them relegated to the NCEL Division 1. Selby Town's modern era has seen them reach the 4th round of the
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in 1995–96, the same year they won the NCEL Division One Title under the management of Barry Walker and Tony Carter. In recent seasons the club flourished under the guidance of former Player Bob Lyon, winning the Presidents Cup, Barkston Ash Cup and The Vets over 40s all in 2001.


2012 relegation

The 2011–12 season proved turbulent for Selby Town, with poor results resulting in a series of managerial changes. Leon Sewell was appointed as manager in July 2011. He was replaced in September 2011, after only nine games, by Dave Heard. Heard's tenure also proved to be short, with new manager Graham Hodder taking over in January 2012. At this point the club lay in bottom place in the league. Outgoing manager Heard claimed that the club was in such financial trouble that it was unable to pay players' travelling expenses In March 2012 a fourth consecutive 4–0 defeat confirmed Selby Town's relegation from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division for the first time since 1996. In 2017,
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took over as manager and led Selby Town to the final of the
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in 2018, in a losing effort against
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. Selby seemed to be on course for promotion in the 2019-20 season, before the season was abandoned due to the
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with all results null and voided.


Stadium

The Robins moved from the Bowling Green across town to the current Flaxley Road ground on Richard Street which was purpose built in the early 1950s. The club's highest attendance of 7,000 was in 1954 when they played
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in the
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1st Round. As a result of a sponsorship deal with the local newspaper, the ''
Selby Times The ''Selby Times'' is a local weekly newspaper covering Selby and the surrounding district in North Yorkshire, England. It is a paid-for title published weekly on Thursdays, and is the sister paper to the Goole Times, with which it shares co ...
'', the Flaxley Road ground was renamed the 'Selby Times Stadium'. In August 2010 a new three season sponsorship deal with Rigid Group (a local packaging manufacturer) led to the stadium being renamed the Rigid Group Stadium. From 2012 the stadium has been known as the Fairfax Plant Hire Stadium, after sponsorship from the Selby-based plant hire company.


Current staff

Source Chairman: Steve McGarrity Vice Chairman: Vacant Club Secretary: Thomas Arkley Match Secretary: Garry Mollon Media Manager: Tom Devereux 1st Team Coach: Ryan Cooper Assistant Coach: Calum Ward Physio: Zoe Searson


Current squad


Honours

*
Northern Counties East Football League Division One The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively. History T ...
** Champions: 1995–96 *
Northern Counties East Football League Division Two The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively. History T ...
** Runners-up: 1989–90 *
Northern Counties East Football League League Cup The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively. History Th ...
** Runners-up: 1989–90 *
Northern Counties East Football League Presidents Cup The Northern Counties East Football League is a semi-professional English football league. It has two divisions – Premier Division and Division One – which stand at the ninth and tenth levels of the football pyramid respectively. History Th ...
** Winners: 2000–01 * Yorkshire League ** Champions: 1932–33, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1952–53, 1953–54 * Yorkshire League Cup ** Winners: 1937–38, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1962–63 * West Riding Senior Cup ** Winners: 1937–38 * West Riding County Cup ** Winners: 1927–28, 1948–49 ** Runners-up: 2017–18 * West Riding Challenge Cup ** Winners: 1934–35, 1935–36 * Eric Lawton Cup (Formerly known as the Otisdale Cup) ** Winners: 2008-09, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2019-20


Gallery

File:SELBY TOWN RIGID PAPER STADIUM FLAXLEY ROAD STAND AND TERRACE.jpg, Flaxley Road seated stand and covered terrace. FIle:Selby town sports centre end terrace.jpg, Sports centre terrace, re-locatable to the new ground. File:Selby town changing rooms with dugouts school pitchside terrace.jpg, Changing rooms with dugouts school pitchside terrace. File:Selby town richard street side with turnstiles clubhouse and bar.jpg, Richard Street side with turnstiles clubhouse and bar.


References


External links


Official Website
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