Eccleshill United F.C.

Infobox Football club
clubname = Eccleshill United

| fullname = Eccleshill United Football Club
nickname = "Eagles"
founded = 1948
ground = Plumpton Park,
Wrose Bradford West Yorkshire |capacity =2225
chairman = flagicon|England Barry Philp
secretary= flagicon|England Paul Jarvis
manager = flagicon|England
league = Northern Counties East League
Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = Northern Counties East League
Premier Division, 11th
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Eccleshill United F.C. are a football club based in Wrose, which is a ward of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England, currently members of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

Formed in 1948, Eccleshill played in the Bradford Amateur League and the West Riding County Amateur League. In 1985, they joined the Northern Counties East League Division Three. They finished 3rd and were moved up to Division 2 when the league scrapped Division 3. Eccleshill finished 2nd in 1987 and were promoted to Division 1. Another league re-organisation moved Eccleshill up to the Premier Division in 1991, they were relegated in 1994. Eccleshill won the Division 1 title in 1997 and have stayed in the Premier Division since then.

In the F A Cup, Eccleshill have never been further than the 2nd Qualifying Round, though they did win 2-1 at Unibond League Guiseley in 2001-02 and held another Unibond side, Marine to a 2-2 draw the following season before losing the replay. In the FA Vase, Eccleshill reached the 5th Round in 1999-2000, losing to Vauxhall Motors.

Eccleshill reached the West Riding County Cup final in 2000, losing to Garforth 0-2. Eccleshill won the Bradford FA Cup in 1986.

Notable former players

* Terry Dolan [ [http://www.communigate.co.uk/brad/eccleshillfc/index.phtml Communigate.co.uk] ]

Ben Gordon currently at Chelsea (2007/08)

Former Bradford City legend Ces Podd managed Eccleshill in the 1991-92 season.

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