Haringey Borough F.C. (original) (raw)

Association football club in London, England

Football club

Haringey Borough
Full name Haringey Borough Football Club
Nickname(s) The Borough
Founded 1973
Ground Coles Park, Tottenham
Capacity 2,500 (280 seated)[1]
Chairman Aki Achillea
Manager Tom Loizou
League Isthmian League North Division
2023–24 Isthmian League Premier Division, 20th of 22 (relegated)
Website http://www.haringeyboroughfc.net
Home colours Away colours

Haringey Borough Football Club is a football club based in Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey, England. Established 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.

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. The club finished fourth in the division the following season, and after beating Heybridge Swifts 2–0 in the semi-finals, they won the final 3–1 against Canvey Island to secure promotion to the Premier Division. The 2018–19 season saw the club reach the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, going on to lose 1–0 at home to AFC Wimbledon.[6] In 2023–24 the club finished third-from-bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated to the North Division.[7]

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] A new record attendance was set on 16 December 2017 when a crowd of 1,133 saw Haringey lose 2–1 to Leyton Orient in their first appearance in the first round of the FA Trophy.[8] This was bettered on 9 November 2018 for the FA Cup first round match with AFC Wimbledon, which had an attendance of 2,710.[9] On 23 March 2019, a record league attendance of 875 was set for a 3–1 win over local rivals Enfield Town.[10]

The ground was one of the venues used for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup. Prior to the 2018–19 season, Hashtag United began groundsharing at Coles Park.

The club's women's team was established in 1999, joining the Eastern Region Women's 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 and league cup winners in 2016–17 and were promoted to the FA Women's National League. However, the following season saw them lose every league match, resulting in relegation back to the Eastern Region Women's League.

  1. ^ a b Mike Williams & NTony Williams (2016) Non-League Club Directory 2017, Tony Williams Publications, p453 ISBN 978-1869833695
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Senior History Haringey Borough F.C.
  3. ^ Edmonton & Haringey at the Football Club History Database
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Haringey Borough at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ Haringey Borough crowned Essex Senior League champions Tottenham and Wood Green Independent, 23 April 2015
  6. ^ "Haringey 0-1 Wimbledon: Last-gasp strike sends minnows out". Evening Standard. 9 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Hornchurch Take The Title- Whilst Borough And K's Have Relegation Confirmed". Isthmian League. 7 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  8. ^ Leyton Orient come from behind to dump brave Haringey Borough out of the FA Trophy Archived 22 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine East London Advertiser, 16 December 2017
  9. ^ a b Haringey Borough 0–1 AFC Wimbledon BBC Sport, 9 November 2018
  10. ^ Bostik Premier: Haringey Borough 3 Enfield Town 1 Archived 24 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Hampstead & Highgate Express, 23 March 2019
  11. ^ "Women History". Haringey Borough. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

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