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Association football club

Football club
Richmond Town
Full nameRichmond Town Football Club
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
GroundDave Clark Arena
Coordinates54°24′00″N 1°44′20″W / 54.4001°N 1.7389°W / 54.4001; -1.7389
ChairmanPaul Ramsay
LeagueWearside League
Premier Division
Websitehttp://richmondtownfc.co.uk/
Royal Blue Shirts, Royal Blue Shorts, Royal Blue Socks Home colours Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks Away colours

Richmond Town Football Club are a football club based in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.

Richmond were founded in 1945. In 2012, Richmond joined the Wearside League from the Teesside League. As of 2023–24, they play in Wearside League Premier Division in level 7 of the National League System.

Richmond Town Women play in the North Riding Women's Premier League.

Grounds

Richmond Town men's first team play at the Dave Clark Arena at Richmond School.

Richmond's other teams play at Earls Orchard, nestled by Richmond Castle, which was also home of the first team until 2021. The pavilion was officially opened in 1975 by Jack Charlton, then manager of Middlesbrough F.C. In the 2020 book British Football's Greatest Grounds, Earls Orchard was voted one of the top grounds to visit in the country. It was placed in the top ten non-league grounds in the country by The Non-League Paper, and in the top five most historic non-league grounds by Non-League Insider.

Teams

As of 2009, Richmond Town FC had two senior teams, 11 junior teams, and a girls' team.

References

  1. "A favourite location with its iconic castle and marketplace: A roam around Richmond Walk devised by Tom and Stephanie Dobbing and described by Peter Haworth". Lancashire Evening Post. 6 January 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via ProQuest.
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  4. "Richmond Town Ladies FC". Richmond Town Ladies Football Club.
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  7. Copeland, Alexa (17 December 2018). "Warm tributes paid to popular former mayor". The Northern Echo.
  8. Bayly, Mike (2020). British Football's Greatest Grounds: One Hundred Must-See Football Venues. Pitch Publishing. pp. 64–65. ISBN 9-781785-316470.
  9. Incenzo, Tony (10 February 2021). "My top 10 favourite Non-League football grounds". The Non-League Paper.
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