Statistics

Match Summary 1
Biggest Home Win	6-0	25/10/22 v Harrogate Railway Athletic (West Riding County Cup)
Biggest Away Win	4-0	01/10/22 v South Liverpool (First Division North)
Biggest Home Defeat	1-3	20/08/22 v Holker Old Boys (First Division North)
Biggest Away Defeat	0-4	23/11/22 v Campion (West Riding County Cup)
Highest Drawn Game	2-2	29/10/22 v AFC Blackpool (A) (First Division North)
		08/10/22 v Euxton Villa (H) (The Edward Case Cup)
Highest Aggregate Scoreline	6	05/11/22 4-2 v Cleator Moor Celtic (A) (First Division North)
		25/10/22 6-0 v Harrogate Railway Athletic (H) (West Riding County Cup)

 

Season at a Glance
	Home		Away		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Played	14		13		27
Won	7	50.00%	8	61.54%	15	55.56%
Drawn	2	14.29%	2	15.38%	4	14.81%
Lost	5	35.71%	3	23.08%	8	29.63%
Scored	26	1.86	28	2.15	54	2.00
Conceded	16	1.14	17	1.31	33	1.22

 

Progression in Cup Competitions
The Isuzu FA Vase	1st Qualifying Round	1-2	Birtley Town	(A)
The Macron Cup	1st Round	0-1	Bacup Borough	(H)
The Edward Case Cup	2nd Round North	2-2	Euxton Villa	(H)
West Riding County Cup	2nd Round	0-4	Campion	(A)
West Riding County Cup	1st Round	6-0	Harrogate Railway Athletic	(H)

 

Home Attendance Summary
Highest Attendance	200	27/12/22 v Steeton (First Division North)
Lowest Attendance	80	10/12/22 v AFC Blackpool (First Division North)
Average Attendance	14 games	115

 

Number of Games Since
Last Win	2 games
Last Defeat	1 game
Goalless Draw	23 games
Score Draw	0 games
Scored A Goal	0 games
Fail To Score	1 game
Clean Sheet	4 games

 

Scored / Conceded This Season
	Scored		Conceded
	#	%	#	%
None	4	14.81%	9	33.33%
One	7	25.93%	7	25.93%
Two	7	25.93%	8	29.63%
Three	5	18.52%	2	7.41%
Four	3	11.11%	1	3.70%
Five or more	1	3.70%	0	0.00%

 

When the Goals Went In
	For		Against		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%
0-15	7	13.21%	7	0%	14	16.28%
16-30	8	15.09%	5	0%	13	15.12%
31-45	7	13.21%	6	0%	13	15.12%
46-60	8	15.09%	4	0%	12	13.95%
61-75	10	18.87%	6	0%	16	18.60%
76-90	13	24.53%	5	0%	18	20.93%
90-105	0	0.00%	0	0%	0	0.00%
105-120	0	0.00%	0	0%	0	0.00%

 

History

Open age football in Ilkley has existed since the early 20th century with Saturday and Sunday league teams playing at West Holmes and East Holmes fields alongside the River Wharfe. The post war forerunners of the current Ilkley Town football club were Ilkley Rangers ( c.1947 ) and Ilkley British Legion ( c. 1955 ) before the Ilkley Town club was established in the 1960s competing in the Wharfedale League. In the late 1980s the club struggled to survive in a town where rugby, cricket, tennis, golf and hockey possessed greater social allegiance and better facilities.

After disbanding in the early 1990s the club was re-formed in 1995 as Ilkley AFC and joined the Harrogate & District Senior League gaining promotion to the Premier League in 1997. In 2000 Ilkley AFC underwent managerial and organisational change amalgamating with the highly successful Ilkley Youth & Juniors football club.

Having barely survived in the Harrogate & District Premier League, and financially stretched, the influx of new and younger local players rejuvenated Ilkley AFC. After two seasons of consolidation the club began its climb up the FA Non-League pyramid in 2002-03 by winning the League and Cup double in the Harrogate Senior League. In 2003 the club received FA Chartered Standard status ( combined junior and senior sections ) and in 2004-05 the two senior teams were accepted into the West Yorkshire Association Football League.

Promotion to Division One at the first attempt was followed by a change of name to Ilkley Town in 2006 reflecting the substantial impact the football club was having in the town. 2007 saw the club achieve the newly instigated FA Charter Standard (Senior Club) and it continued to work closely with the Junior sections of the club.

After decades of renting local authority and school pitches Ilkley Town Football Club was accepted into the Ben Rhydding Sports Club in 2009 giving it access to one of the best playing surfaces in West Yorkshire. Promotion to the Premier League of the West Yorkshire A.F.L. was won in 2016.

The senior section of the club benefits from high quality coaching and support staff ( including FA/UEFA Level 3 & 4 coaches, a specialist Goalkeeping coach and FA Treatment of Injury specialist ) and the senior teams have been the recipients of West Yorkshire League Fair Play Awards. The success of the club led to the formation of further senior teams with u23 and u21 teams now serving as the bridge between youth and senior football.

With the move to a 4G pitch in 2017-18 and the strengthening of the link between junior and senior football the club has gone from strength to strength progressing to Step 6 and further raising the profile of football in the town. The club prides itself on being a club for the community with teams for boys, girls, men, women and veterans with over 650 playing members.
Our first season as a semi professional club was in NWCFL Division 1 North in 2021/22. It was a roller coaster starting with a crowd of 499 against Bury AFC. We got off to a tricky start with five defeats but gradually found our feet. Simon Armstrong stepped aside as manager in November to be replaced by his assistant Sam Dexter. The team picked up points steadily during the second half of the season as did everyone else in a hugely competitive division. Another bumper crowd came from the Groundhop Weekend when we hosted Garstang. On the final day of the season we had to beat AFC Blackpool to confirm our league status finishing with 39 points from 36 games.