Harlow Town
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Harlow Town
FOOTBALL CLUB
Harlow Town FC was originally formed in 1879, playing its first match in
October of that year against Saffron Walden Town. It is one of the oldest
clubs in the County of Essex. In those early days the club, just known as
Harlow, played friendly matches against local opposition until the formation
of East Herts League in 1896. As with most clubs around this time Harlow had
their fair share of amalgamations with other local clubs, and was known as
Harlow & Burnt Mill before later becoming Harlow Town.
The Club made a name for itself in
season 1979-80 with a terrific FA Cup
run, which saw the club progress to the
fourth round proper, having started
out in the preliminary round. Wins
against Lowestoft, Hornchurch, Bury
Town, Harwich & Parkeston, Margate,
Leytonstone-Ilford, Southend United
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and finally Leicester City, gave the club
a fourth round tie away to Watford.
The BBC “Match of the Day” cameras
were at Vicarage Road as Harlow
eventually bowed out of the competition,
although they went down fighting,
losing 4-3 to Graham Taylor’s side.
The 2015/16 season saw Harlow
Town promoted for the first time since
2007. After successes in several rounds
of various cup competitions, the Hawks
found themselves in mid-table, albeit
with a number of games in hand. Harlow
Town went on a winning streak of twelve
consecutive wins between 19 December