Haringey Borough F.C.
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| Full name | Haringey Borough Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Borough | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
| Ground | Coles Park, Tottenham | ||
| Capacity | 2,500 (280 seated)[1] | ||
| Chairman | Aky Achillea | ||
| Manager | Tom Loizou | ||
| League | Isthmian League North Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Isthmian League Premier Division, 20th of 22 (relegated) | ||
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Haringey Borough Football Club is a football club based in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey, England. Formed in 1973 by a merger of Edmonton and Wood Green Town, they are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at Coles Park.
History
The club was established in 1973 by a merger of Edmonton and Haringey Borough (formerly Wood Green Town), and was initially named Edmonton & Haringey.[2] The new club took Edmonton's place in Division One of the Athenian League, and adopted their current name after finishing bottom of the division in 1975–76.[3] The league was reduced to a single division in 1977 and the club finished bottom of the league in 1981–82.
When the Athenian League was disbanded at the end of the 1983–84 season, Haringey joined Division Two North of the Isthmian League.[4] With many of the players and the management team leaving shortly before the start of the 1988–89 season, the club dropped out of the league, before joining the Premier Division of the Spartan League for the 1989–90 season.[2] In 1990–91 the club won the London Senior Cup.[2] In 1995 they were renamed Tufnell Park, taking the name of one of the clubs that had merged to form Edmonton, but reverted to the Haringey Borough name the following year.[4] When the Spartan League merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League, the club were placed in Premier Division South for the 1997–98 season; a seventh-place finish saw them placed in the Premier Division for the following season.[4]
Haringey were relegated to Division One at the end of the 2006–07 season, which had seen them finish bottom of the Premier Division. However, they were Division One runners-up the following season, earning an immediate promotion back to the Premier Division;[4] the season also saw them win the Division One Cup.[2] In 2011–12 the club won the league's Challenge Trophy.[2] At the end of the season they were transferred to the Essex Senior League, where their Coles Park tenants Greenhouse London also played. The 2014–15 season saw the club win the Essex Senior League, earning promotion to Division One North of the Isthmian League.[5]
In 2016–17 Haringey finished fifth in Division One North, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. However, they lost 5–4 to Maldon & Tiptree in the semi-finals.
Ground
The club have played at Coles Park since their establishment; the ground had been home to Wood Green Town since 1930.[2] The ground currently has a capacity of 2,500, of which 280 is seated.[1]
Honours
- Essex Senior Football League
- Champions 2014–15
- Spartan South Midlands League
- Challenge Trophy winners 2011–12
- Division One Cup winners 2007–08
- London Senior Cup
- Winners 1990–91
Records
- Best FA Cup performance: Third qualifying round, 1986–87[4]
- Best FA Trophy performance: Second qualifying round, 2015–16[4]
- Best FA Vase performance: Quarter-finals, 1977–78[4]
- Record attendance: 400[1]
Women's team
The club's women's team was established in 1999, joining the Eastern Region Women's Football League.[2] They were Division Two runners-up and then Division One runners-up, earning promotion to the Premier Division.[2] Although the team were relegated to Division One South at the end of the 2011–12 season, they were promoted back to the Premier Division at the first attempt.[2] They were league champions in 2016–17.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p453 ISBN 978-1869833695
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Senior History Haringey Borough F.C.
- ^ Edmonton & Haringey at the Football Club History Database
- ^ a b c d e f g Haringey Borough at the Football Club History Database
- ^ Haringey Borough crowned Essex Senior League champions Tottenham and Wood Green Independent, 23 April 2015
- ^ Premier Division FA Full Time