Football in Eldwick can be traced as far back as the successful U17s team of 1947. However, the modern day Eldwick Juniors FC has its roots firmly planted in the formal football organisation formed in 1979 by David Lawson.

The players that formed these early U12s and U13s teams came from the local youth club. They were organised on the field of play by Bernard Doherty with the help of a small committee.

With the increase in the area of family housing came a substantial growth in club membership. The club now caters for boys and girls football from the ages of 6 to 18 and is a member of various local Sunday leagues, as well as being affiliated to the West Riding County FA.

At any one time, the club has around 200 players headed by some 10 to 20 coaches and club officials all devoted to an excellent standard of junior football. In January 2003 the football club was awarded the prestigious status of ‘Charter Standard Club' issued by the Football Association. Also during 2003, funds were devoted to the re-building of the changing rooms on Eldwick Rec. These have been available for use since the 2003/4 season and were internally refurbished in 2016.

Our club colours are blue shirts with yellow trim, blue shorts and blue/yellow socks. Away kits are often white with some variation allowed. The club emblem is the eagle perched on a football.

The actual origins of the club colours and eagle emblem have become lost in time because in the early years, a number of our teams used slightly different kit colours and badges.

The current colours and emblem though were formally adopted by the club under the Chairmanship of John McEvoy in 2006/7. In heraldic terms, the yellow gold represents 'glory', the blue represents 'loyalty' and the flash of red is for 'the strength of the warrior'.

The eagle emblem depicts 'nobility and strength' which seems appropriate for Eldwick with the village location being such a high point, soaring up above Bingley and the Aire valley.