The modern club was founded in 1975 as a youth team, merged with adult team Spencer United in 2006, then became known as Harborough Town in 2008, at which time the club rose rapidly through the various regional divisions. From 2010, the club was playing in the Northampton Combination and were champions that season and now plays in the United Counties League Premier having been promoted in 2011-12, to Step 5.
My chum Jerry plays Walking Football for the club, a casual (and sometimes very serious) afternoon out for a mature gentleman (but he has scored a goal at Wembley-don't ask).
He sent me a link to the Daily Telegraph sports page, where his club has been used as a case study in describing the various issues relating to financing of grass roots football-you know thwarted "that Wembley sale" and so on. (M)HTFC seem have had a windfall recently.
Have a look at their website and click on NEWS where you will find reference to the relevant news article at the 17 acre site.
https://harboroughtownfc.org/news/
https://harboroughtownfc.org/official-opening-of-clubs-new-facilites/
A £1.2 m investment, with money coming from the Football Foundation, Premier League and other sources, has created 10 grass pitches and an astro (actually news items vary on this and £££s!!) at the HT Community Football Ground. There are other fabulous features such as a well stocked bar, function room, gym and all mod cons for a sporting centre in a market town of over 20,000 population.
To open the complex, Paul Fairclough, manager of the England C XI, is bringing an FA Rep XI on November 1st at 7.45.
Several other clubs are using the facility which already hosts 800 HTFC members and 48 teams from mini football to Walking! Men and boys and Women and girls.
£15.5m has been invested across Leicestershire from similar sources.
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