Thackley A.F.C. are a

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club based in

Thackley Thackley is a small suburb near Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village is loosely bordered by the village of Idle to the south, to the west by the West Royd area of Shipley and elsewhere by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Thackley is ...

, north

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. The club plays in the . Their home ground is the ‘Thank You Key Workers Stadium at Dennyfield’ and the primary colours of club are red and white.

History

Thackley FC was formed in 1930, spending much of their early years in local football before joining the

West Riding County Amateur League The West Riding County Amateur Football League was a football competition based in Yorkshire, England. Formed in 1922, it had one division when it closed in 2019 due to a lack of participating clubs. The Premier Division sat at level 11 of the ...

in 1939. The club then moved into county-wide leagues, spending 25 years in the

, winning that league on five occasions before a brief spell in the

West Yorkshire League The West Yorkshire Association Football League is a football competition based in Yorkshire, England. It was previously known as the Leeds League until the name change in 1939. Although it is named the ''West Yorkshire'' League, clubs from the H ...

. Thackley then joined the Yorkshire League before becoming founder members of the Northern Counties East League's Premier Division where they have been ever since with the club's best season being in 1993–94 when they were runners-up, losing out on goal difference to Stocksbridge Park Steels. The club has never been relegated from that division throughout the League's 40-year history. Thackley's best efforts in national cup competitions have been in the

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, their best season being in 1980–81 when they got to the fifth round. The club has never progressed beyond the second qualifying round of either the

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or the

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Honours

*Northern Counties East Football League Cup ** Winners 2011–12, 2012–13 *Yorkshire League ** Division 2 Champions 1973–74 *West Yorkshire League ** Winners 1965–66 1966–67 *West Riding County Amateur League ** Winners 5 times *West Riding County Cup ** Winners 1973–74 1974–75 *West Riding County Challenge Cup ** Winners 1963–64, 1966–67 *Bradford & District Senior Cup ** Winners 13 times.

Ground

References

External links

Club Website

NCEL Website
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