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| Full name | Thackley Association Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Dennyboys | ||
| Founded | 1930 | ||
| Ground | DennyfieldBradford | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 (300 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Ben Oliver | ||
| Manager | Jamie Price | ||
| League | Northern Counties East League Premier Division | ||
| 2024–25 | Northern Counties East League Premier Division, 5th of 20 | ||
Thackley A.F.C. are afootball club based inThackley, northBradford,West Yorkshire,England. The club plays in theNorthern Counties East League Premier Division. Their home ground is the Dennyfield, and the primary colours of the club are red and white.
Thackley FC was formed in 1930 by members of the Thackley Wesleyan Methodist Church, progressing by way of the Bradford Mutual Sunday School League and the Bradford Amateur League[1] before moving into county-wide leagues and joining theWest Riding County Amateur League in 1939, where they would spend 25 years, winning that league on five occasions before a brief spell in theWest Yorkshire League. In 1967 Thackley joined theYorkshire League's Division Two, where they would go on to win and be promoted to Division One in 1974 before becoming a founding member of theNorthern Counties East League's Premier Division in 1982. The club has never been promoted or relegated from that division since, with their best season being in 1993–94 when they were runners-up, losing out only on goal difference toStocksbridge Park Steels.[2]
On the 8th of April 1975 the club would receive a visit fromFC Barcelona, who had originally been intended to train atBradford City’sValley Parade stadium before their semi-final match of theEuropean Cup againstLeeds United, but due to a mix-up, there was a game being played there causing Barcelona to be turned away. A Bradford City representative gave them the number of Stewart Willingham, Thackley's secretary at the time, after a conversation between Stewart and a UK Barcelona representative. Both parties made their way to Dennyfield, where the pitch would open for Barcelona to train. The training session did not serve them well asLeeds United beat them 2-1.[3]
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