THE RISE OF SILSDEN AFC 1996 – PRESENT

1996-97 Craven & District League division 2 runners-up

1997-98 Craven & District League division 1 runners-up

1998-99 Craven & District League premier division champions (unbeaten)

1999-2000 West Riding County Amateur League division 2 champions

2000-2001 West Riding County Amateur League division 1 champions

2001-02 West Riding County Amateur League premier division runners-up, county cup winners

2002-03 West Riding County Amateur League premier division champions (unbeaten), county cup winners

2003-04 West Riding County Amateur League premier division champions, county cup winners

2004-05 North West Counties League division two (promoted)

2005-16 North West Counties League Premier Division

2017-18 North West Counties League 1st Division Champions

CRAVEN & WRCFL LEAGUE CUP FINALS

1996-97

1998-99 won 5-1 v Oxenhope

Recreation

1999-2000

2000-01 won 4-0 v Lower Hopton

2002-03 won 2-0 v Wibsey

KEIGHLEY CUP FINALS

1998-99 lost 0-5 to Keighley Phoenix

1999-00 lost 0-1 to Keighley Phoenix

2000-01 won 4-2 v Keighley Phoenix

2001-02 won 1-0 v Steeton

2002-03 won 4-1 v Keighley Lifts

2003-04 won 2-0 v Crosshills

2005-06 won on penalties (2nd XI team)

FIRST KEIGHLEY TEAM EVER TO ENTER:

FA Cup 2004-05, ’05-06, ’06-7, ’07-8, ’08-09, ’09-10, ’10-11, ’11-12, ’12-13.

FA Vase 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07,

2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12,

2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17,

2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.

SILSDEN AFC SUCCESSES

West Riding County Challenge Cup: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 – One of only two teams to win 3 in a row in the cup’s history.

West Riding County Amateur League Champions: 1971-72, 2002-03, 2003-04; League Cup 1970-71, 2002-03, 2003-04.

West Yorkshire L Champions: 1975-76.

Keighley and District League Champions: 1908-09, 1914-15, 1939-40, League Cup 1954-55 (reserves).

Airedale and Craven League Champions: 1931-32, League Cup winners 1933-34.

Wharfedale League Champions: 1954-55, 1955-56.

Craven & District League Champions: 1963-64, 1998-99; Northern Plant Hire Cup winners: 1996-97, 1998-99.

Keighley Charity Cup winners: 1904-05, 1913-14, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1939-40.

Keighley FA Cup winners: 1933-34, 1937-38, 1939-40, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1984-85, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-6.

Craven Morrison Cup winners: 1931-32.

North West Counties Football League – 2004-05 – Promotion to Division One as runners up to Cammell Laird.

Consolidation of league position in Premier division of the Vodkat League 2005-6, ’06-07, ’07-08, ’08-09, ’09-10, ’10-11, ’11-12, ’12-13.

FA Cup tie away/home to FC Halifax, 2008-09.

North West Counties Football League – A record breaking season, won the first 18 games, a record, won the division one accumulating 103 points, another record to gain promotion.