Background 

Our club was originally founded as Wigton Moor Junior AFC in 1978 from a single team. From these humble beginnings it then formed a Sports Association and shared facilities with a local cricket team in the 1980s, moving from it's original base at Wigton Moor Primary School (hence the team name) to pitches at The Recreation Ground off Harrogate Road, where it is still based today. The cricket team folded some years later and their legacy is that the club is administered as the Wigton Sports Association but plays under the name of Wigton Moor Junior AFC.

Girls Play Football Too! 

Girls didn't get a look in until May 2002 when Wigton began actively recruiting in local schools and held a number of free coaching sessions. At that point Wigton had no female coaches so it sought the help of the WRCFA development office to get things going. Julie Chipchase coached at the first two sessions with another two by Julie Grundy. So it was with great pride that in 2004 Wigton's U11 team accepted the West Riding Girls Football League Division B Trophy in the presence of Julie Chipchase indicating what a strong influence the two Julie's coaching had been. Quite a number of the girls receiving their trophy that evening had been coached by the two Julies and, up until attending those first sessions, had never been involved in football before.Every year more girls have played football at Wigton Moor and many teams have performed extremely well in league and cup competitions.In 2006 the Club was proud to be  honoured as West Riding Girls League Club Of The Year. For the season  2006-7 Wigton have 7 girls teams playing at ages Under 9 to Under 14 in the West Riding Girls Football League. (For further details visit Girls Teams section of this site).

The club continues to win trophies at various age groups but the two greatest successes for Wigton Sports Association in recent times has been the awarding of the Charter Standard and a substantial grant by The Football Foundation.

Today the club has 14 boys teams playing in age groups from Under 8 to Under 17. Historically Wigton has always played in the Harrogate and District League and Harrogate and Wharfedale Friendly League,but has some teams playing in The Garforth and, Leeds Minor Leagues. Plans are in hand to progress to Under 18 and Open age during the next seasons. Wigton has many Cup and League Championship wins over the last 25 years and we would like to think that we are seen as a friendly club who play fooball fairly and in the right spirit.(For further details visit BoysTeams section of this site).

One of the first to become a Charter Standard club!

In March 2002 Wigton Sports Association were awarded that Charter Standard Development Club award. There is no doubt in the minds of officials that working towards, receiving and maintaining the award has made the club a much more 'professional' enterprise. The club was always had a good attitude towards the coaching and playing of football, but the wealth and extent of training and knowledge available to Charter Clubs has certainly been of great benefit. (See the Charter Standard section of the site for further details