Guiseley
The club
Guiseley Association Football Club, written AFC Guiseley on some listings, are a semi-professional club from Guiseley, West Yorkshire, nicknamed the Lions. The club is not Guisborough Town, Guiseley Vikings or any other club from the Leeds and Bradford area. Wikipedia gives a founding year of 1909. They play at Nethermoor Park, Guiseley, with a capacity of 4,000. The club's playing colours were not established from the sources read here, as the Wikipedia page shows kit images without describing them.
Ian Richards is listed as the manager on Wikipedia, with no start date given. The fan-site results page read for 2026-27 did not name a manager, so this was not independently confirmed.
Recent seasons
Guiseley finished bottom of the National League in 2017-18 and were relegated to the National League North. They finished bottom of the National League North in 2021-22 and were relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division. In 2025-26 they finished 13th of 21 in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier. Their results between 2018-19 and 2020-21 and in 2022-23 to 2024-25 were not established from the sources read here.
Honours and landmarks
Northern Premier League Premier Division champions in 2009-10; FA Vase winners in 1990-91; Northern Counties East League Premier Division champions in 1990-91; Northern Premier League Division One champions in 1993-94, Challenge Cup winners in 2008-09 and President's Cup winners in 1993-94. Their best FA Trophy run was to the semi-finals in 1993-94. The club's attendance record of 6,548 came in the 1994-95 FA Cup first round against Carlisle United, played at Valley Parade.
Notable scorelines
In the 1994-95 FA Cup first round Guiseley lost 4-1 to Carlisle United at Valley Parade. In 2010-11 they lost 5-0 to Crawley Town in the first round. In 2017-18 they beat Accrington Stanley 4-3 on penalties in a first-round replay and then lost 3-0 to Mansfield Town in the second round. In 2018-19 they beat Cambridge United 4-3 in the first round and reached the second round. The club's record win and record defeat were not established from the sources read here.
European record
None. Guiseley have never played in a European competition, as far as the sources read here show.
Quotes
No directly quoted material was confirmed from the sources read here.
Right now (2026-27 season)
Guiseley play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier. A fan-site page showed them third with 32 points from 15 games and a goal difference of plus 18, with an average home crowd of 716. Their recent results listed there are a 4-1 home win over Leek Town on 3 November 2026, a 2-2 draw at Redcar Athletic on 31 October, a 3-1 win at Rylands in the FA Trophy on 24 October and a 2-1 home win over Cleethorpes Town on 20 October.
In the FA Cup they won 3-0 at Leiston on 17 October 2026 to reach the first round proper. Their earlier qualifying rounds were not established from the sources read here. They are drawn against Sutton United of the National League, listed for Saturday 7 November 2026 at 15:00. One fan-site page labels the tie as away while its own fixture list shows it as a home game; a news summary of the draw lists Guiseley at home, and the venue was not settled from the sources read here. After the cup tie they are due away to Warrington Rylands in the league on 10 November, at home to Hebburn Town in the FA Trophy on 14 November and at home to Ashton United on 17 November. Their summer transfer business was not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiseley_A.F.C. https://fanbanter.co.uk/npl-premier-division/guiseley/ https://fanbanter.co.uk/national-league/sutton-united/ https://fanbanter.co.uk/fa-cup-first-round-proper-fixtures-full-draw-and-verified-round-information/ https://futboltotal.futbol/partido/guiseley-afc-vs-sutton-utd-fa-cup-2026-11-07
Researched and written for not4quarters. Where a fact could not be established from the sources read, this page says so rather than guessing.