OFFICIAL NAME: Harchester United Football Club

FORMER NAME: 1883-1887 Harchester Saint

YEAR FORMED: 1883

TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1895 (Ltd Co:1907)

CLUB MASCOT: Dragons

CLUB MOTTO: "CONTENDE AD CAELUM" (reach for the sky)

PREVIOUS GROUNDS:
Saint Augustines Rec Ground 1883-1886
Dial Fields 1886-1899
Palmerston Road 1899-1908
Addiston Road 1908-1999
The Dragons Lair 1999-present day


RECORD LEAGUE WIN: 11:3 v Loughborough Town, Div 2, 1898
RECORD CUP WIN: 13:0 v Banstead Mental Hospital (FAC)1911; Cough (5), Traction (3), Plumb-Bunge (2), Tibicund, Spume and Slapper
RECORD DEFEAT: 9:1 v Nelson, Div 3 (North) 5/12/1922
MOST LEAGUE POINTS: (2 for win): 64, Div 3 (North) 1926-27
MOST LEAGUE POINTS: (3 for win): 94, Div 2, 1991-92
MOST LEAGUE GOALS: 119, Div 2, 1897-1898
MOST GOALS (SEASON): Charlie Cogg, 47, Div 1, 1898-99
MOST LEAGUE GOALS: Arther Slapper, 247, 1897-1913
MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Fergal Burke, 27, N.Ireland,  Elias Benito, 27, Bolivia
MOST APPEARANCES: Ronnie Gravel, 490, 1953-1966
RECORD FEE IN: £28m from Barcelona for Luke Davenport, 2003
RECORD FEE OUT: £10m to Bayern Munich for Hector Briganza, 2006


FOOTBALL LEAGUE RECORD:
1885/96 Elected to Football League
1895/96-1897/98 Division 2
1898/99-1900/01 Division 1
1901/02-1927/28 Division 3 (North)
1928/29-1933/34 Division 2
1934/35-1956/57 Division 1
1957/58-1962/63 Division 2
1963/64-1974/75 Division 1
1975/76-1977/78 Division 2
1978/79-1986/87 Division 1
1987/88-1991/92 Division 2
1992/93-1994/95 Premiership
1995/96-1996/97 Division 1
1997/98-2003/04 Premiership
2004/05 Division 1 (newly formed 'Coca-Cola Championship') (relegated for match fixing)
2005/06-2006/07 Premiership


HONOURS DOMESTIC:
Amateur Cup: Semi-Final 1889/90
Division 2 Champions 1897/98
Division 3 (North) Champions 1927/28
Division 2 Champions 1933/34
Division 1 - Premiership best season 3rd, 1935/36
FA Cup; semi-final 1937/38
Division 2 Runners-up 1962/63
FA Cup; semi-final 1963/64
Football League Cup Final 1969/70
Watneys Cup; Finalists 1971/72
Anglo-Italian Cup; semi-finalists 1972/73
Texaco Cup Winners 1974/75
FA Cup; semi-final 1975/76
Anglo-Scottish Cup; Runners-up 1975/76
Division 1 Champions 1985/86
FA Cup Winners 1998/99
Carling League Cup Finalists 2005/06
FA Cup Winners 2005/06
Premiership Champions 2006/07


HONOURS EUROPEAN:
European Fairs Cup, 2nd round 1962/63 and 1967/68
UEFA Cup, Quarter Finals 1999/00
Champions League Qualification 2001/02
UEFA Cup Finalists 2001/02
Champions League, Quarter Final's 2004/05
UEFA Cup, First Round 2006/07