Horsforth Fairweather FC were formed in the late 1970s, and started playing competitive football in 1980, spending six years in the lower reaches of the Leeds Sunday League, and thirteen years in the Combination League. In 1999, we moved to the Wharfedale Triangle, a Sunday league which spans the area to the north-west of Leeds and the north-east of Bradford.

  Our time in the Leeds Sunday League was notoriously unsuccessful, but the years in the Combination League saw us make steady improvement. The main honours which we've won include the championship of Division Six of the Combination in 1991-92, and the Luty Cup (the Combination's domestic league cup for clubs in the middle ranking divisions) in 1997-98. We also won the Weetwood Easter League in 1993. We were runners-up in the Mawson Trophy (the Combination's domestic league cup for clubs in the lower divisions) in 1993-94, and also in the Champions Trophy (a 6-a-side tournament for previous season's trophy winners) in 1992 and 1998.

  In 1999-2000, we won the championship of the Wharfedale Triangle Division One, plus the PC Sports League Cup, and in 2000-01 we very narrowly failed to win the Premier Division title, but retained the League Cup. For the last few seasons, we've finished in a creditable place towards the higher end of the table, but still harbour ambitions about doing even better. In 2007, we again reached the League Cup Final, and in 2008 for the first time reached the Final of the Leeds FA's Sunday District Cup, though sadly we were runners-up on both occasions. For more details of the club's colourful history, please see the History Pages.

  We play our home games on pitch 1 at Bedquilts Recreation Ground, off Adel Lane, Leeds 16 - at the junction with St Helens Lane. Click here for Map. For details of forthcoming fixtures, and other news, please see the News Pages.

  During the season, we train on Tuesday evenings from 8.00 to 10.00 p.m. on the all-weather surface at Horsforth School, Lea Lane East, Horsforth. All potential new players welcome - but please note we have to charge a signing fee of £12, and £3 per session to cover costs. Click here for Map.

  Over the summer (from early July), we train outdoors at Butcher Hill, West Park, on Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings. Click here for Map.

  Although we have no formal connection with any outside organisation, we can almost invariably be found in the Bridge Inn public house (at the junction of Low Lane and Hawksworth Road, the bottom of Butcher Hill) after games and training. We also tend to meet at the Bridge for away games.
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  Next season (2008-09) will be our ninth in the Premier Division of the Wharfedale Triangle League. Our league games kick-off at 10.30 on Sunday mornings.

  Why “Fairweather”? Well, in the days before we joined a league and only played friendlies, we once called a game off because it was raining. John Field's Dad called us “fairweather footballers”, and the name kind of stuck.

  In addition to our commitments in the league, we compete in the Wharfedale Triangle's PC Sports League Cup, the Leeds & District FA's Sunday District Cup and the West Riding County FA's County Sunday Cup.

  The Team Manager, now entering his fourteenth year in the job, is former club captain Martin Woods. This web site is brought to you by the club Secretary, Steve Burns, who is also news sheet editor, kit manager and probably a few other things I've forgotten about. Jamie Martin is the club Treasurer.

  Having had a succession of blue and white kits since 2002, we have recently reverted to our traditional green and black colours with the Pendle "Monaco" design. Change strip is officially yellow shirts with green shorts, but we also have an all blue kit.

  Fans of the old Collector's Item will be disappointed to hear that the HFFC news sheet was discontinued during 2005-06. Two reasons: firstly, just about everyone at the club has access to the Internet these days; and, related to the first point, in this age of information technology, the fixtures change so quickly, the news sheet was often out of date before it had been printed. If anyone wants to revive this great HFFC tradition, be my guest, but these days I intend to channel my efforts into this website.

  We are of course always interested in any potential new players who might want to come and play for us. Obviously, a certain amount of ability would be an advantage (the days of playing in Division Seven are long behind us), but we also place a lot of emphasis on people with the right attitude. Team spirit and commitment are vital if you want to wear the HFFC shirt, and we are justly proud of the fact that our exemplary disciplinary record has never stood in the way of success. Also, anyone in this area who wants a team to support on Sunday mornings, you'd be most welcome.