Goole Association Football Club is a semi-professional

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club in

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, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Victoria Pleasure Grounds.

History

The club was established by Mike Norman in 1997 as a replacement for Goole Town, which folded at the end of the 1995–96 season.History
Goole A.F.C. The new club joined the Premier Division of the

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and went on to win the division at the first attempt, losing only one league match all season, earning promotion to the Supreme Division. The following season saw the club win the Wakefield Floodlit Cup and the League Cup. A third-place finish also saw them gain promotion into Division One of the

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In Goole's first season in the Northern Counties East League they won both the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and the Division One title, earning promotion to the Premier Division. In 2004–05 the club won the Premier Division, earning promotion to Division One of the

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. In 2006–07 they won the

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. League restructuring at the end of the season saw the club placed in Division One South for the 2007–08 season, and they remained in the division until being transferred to Division One North in 2012. Although they were moved back to Division One South the following season, the club were transferred to Division One North again in 2016. After finishing second-from-bottom of the division in 2016–17 the club were due to be relegated until being reprieved when

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were excluded from the league. The 2017–18 season saw Goole finish bottom of Division One North, resulting in relegation to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties East League. The club finished second-from-bottom of the Premier Division in

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but received another relegation reprieve after Hemsworth Miners Welfare were demoted.

Honours

*Northern Counties East League **Premier Division champions 2004–05 **Division One champions 1999–2000 **League Trophy winners 1999–2000 *Central Midlands League **Premier Division champions 1997–98 **League Cup winners 1998–99 *

**Winners 2006–07 *Wakefield Floodlit Cup **Winners 1998–99

Records

*Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2000–01, 2005–06 *Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2005–06, 2014–15 *Best

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performance: Fourth round, 1998–99 *Record attendance: 976 vs

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, friendly match, 1999 *Most goals: Kevin Severn (1997–2001)

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