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Brighouse Town F.C.

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Brighouse Town Football Club is a football club based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One East and play at St Giles Road.

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The club was established in 1963 as the works team of the Blakeborough Valve Company.[2] They joined the Huddersfield Works League in the same year,[1] going on to win the league title in 1966–67, 1968–69, 1973–74 and 1974–75, as well as winning the League Cup and Halifax District Cup in 1968–69.[2] In 1975 they moved up to the West Riding County Amateur League.

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In 1988 the club adopted its current name after the company closed down.[2] They won Division One in 1988–89 and went on to win the Premier Division in 1990–91 and the West Riding County Challenge Cup in 1991–92, before winning back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1994–95 and 1995–96, also winning the League Cup and Bob Wedgeworth Memorial Trophy in the latter season.[2] They went on to win the Premier Division again in 2000–01 and 2001–02.[3] Despite only finishing eighth in 2007–08,[3] the club were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East League.[4] After finishing as Division One runners-up in 2009–10, they were promoted to the Premier Division.[4]

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