Horbury Town crest: three white castles on a black shield split by a zigzag line, over a red ribbon reading Pro Bono Oppido Horbury Town The Three Castles · NCEL Premier Division

Pro Bono Oppido · for the good of the town

The Three Castles

Horbury's club, run for the town it is named after.

The story

Horbury sits between Wakefield and the Calder, and its football club carries the town's three castles on a black shield. The men's first team is the top of a club that runs deep into the town, with an FA Charter Standard junior section alongside it. The last twenty years have been a straight climb.

  1. 2005 Town enter the West Yorkshire Association League and start climbing.
  2. 2013 Third place wins promotion to the West Yorkshire Premier Division.
  3. 2022 Runners-up in the WYL Premier; the club steps up into the Northern Counties East League.
  4. 2025 Champions of NCEL Division One: 30 wins, 95 points, and promotion to step five.
  5. 2026 First Premier Division season survived, the highest the club has ever played.

Pro Bono Oppido. For the good of the town.

A club called Horbury Town appears in West Yorkshire records back to the 1960s; the club will confirm the founding date for the site before launch.

Honours

  • 2024/25 NCEL Division One champions 42 games, 30 wins, 95 points; promoted to the Premier Division
  • 2021/22 West Yorkshire League Premier Division runners-up The finish that set up the move to the NCEL
  • 2006/07 West Yorkshire League Division Two champions 22 wins from 28 games

Cup firsts

  • 2025/26 First FA Cup tie 0-0 v Wombwell Town at Southfield Lane, extra preliminary round
  • 2025/26 Best FA Vase run: third round proper 4-1 at Club Thorne Colliery, then Goole AFC beaten 5-4 on penalties after a 4-4 draw

The ground

Town play at the Slazengers Sports Complex on Southfield Lane, carrying the name Pulse Hire Ltd Stadium for sponsorship. There is room for 500, with 150 under cover and 150 seated.

Adults £7, concessions £5, under-16s £2. Midweek games are Tuesday nights.

Getting there
Southfield Lane, Horbury, Wakefield WF4 5BH
Matchday entrance via Dudfleet Lane, WF4 5EX
Map and directions

The people

Chair
Joe Mosalski
Secretary
Jordan Longbottom
Press officer
Jordan Ripley
Manager
Darren Barnes
Assistant manager
James Humphreys
Head coach
Lee Benton
Club captain
Luke Playford
Junior section chair
Paul Howard

The junior section runs its own teams under the club's FA Charter Standard badge; ages and training details are being added with the club.