Harrogate Railway Athletic F.C.

Harrogate Railway Athletic Football Club is a football club based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Station View.HistoryThe club was established in 1935 by employees of the London and North Eastern Railway depot in the Starbeck area of Harrogate. They joined the Harrogate & District League, and as a railways team, they entered the British Railways National Cup, winning it in 1945–46. The club moved up to the West Yorkshire League, and were runners-up in 1951–52. They won the league in 1953–54, and after a third-place finish in 1954–55, the club joined Division Two of the Yorkshire League, with the reserves taking over in the West Yorkshire League.In 1957–58 Harrogate finished third in Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. However, they were relegated at the end of the following season. Another promotion following a third-place finish in 1963–64 was following by another immediate relegation the season after. League restructuring in 1970 saw a Division Three created, which the club were relegated to, and in 1973 they left the league and dropped back into the Harrogate & District League. However, they rejoined Division Three of the Yorkshire League in 1980. When the league merged with the Midland League in 1982 to form the Northern Counties East League, the club were placed in Division Two North. They won the division in 1983–84 and were promoted to Division One North.