Brighouse Town Football Club is a football club based in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at St Giles Road.
The club was established in 1963 as the works team of the Blakeborough Valve Company. They joined the Huddersfield Works League in the same year, going on to win the league title in 1966âÂÂ67, 1968âÂÂ69, 1973âÂÂ74 and 1974âÂÂ75, as well as winning the League Cup and Halifax District Cup in 1968âÂÂ69. In 1975 they moved up to the West Riding County Amateur League.
In 1988 the club adopted its current name after the company closed down. They won Division One in 1988âÂÂ89 and went on to win the Premier Division in 1990âÂÂ91 and the West Riding County Challenge Cup in 1991âÂÂ92, before winning back-to-back Premier Division titles in 1994âÂÂ95 and 1995âÂÂ96, also winning the League Cup and Bob Wedgeworth Memorial Trophy in the latter season. They went on to win the Premier Division again in 2000âÂÂ01 and 2001âÂÂ02. Despite only finishing eighth in 2007âÂÂ08, the club were promoted to Division One of the Northern Counties East League. After finishing as Division One runners-up in 2009âÂÂ10, they were promoted to the Premier Division.
Brighouse won the Premier Division in 2013âÂÂ14, earning promotion to Division One North of the Northern Premier League. Prior to the 2018âÂÂ19 season the club were transferred to Division One East as part of league reorganisation. They went on to finish third, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After defeating Sheffield 3âÂÂ1 in the semi-finals, they beat Pontefract Collieries 3âÂÂ0 in the final. However, with only five of the seven play-offs winners being promoted based on their points-per-game ranking over the season, Brighouse were one of the two clubs to miss out.
The club initially played at Woodhouse Recreation Ground, before moving to Green Lane in Hove Edge. When Green Lane was used for housing, the club moved to St Giles Road. The ground currently has a capacity of 1,000, of which 100 is seated and 200 covered.