 It is situated on the River Calder and has a population of approx 35,000.The club played in the Wartime Emergency Leagues from 1915–16 to 1918–19 (January) but not the “Victory” League.The previous Brighouse Rangers Football Club were founded in the 1870s, and joined the RFU in 1879, to become one of the founder members of the new Northern Union in 1895, played in the first season 1895–96, became the first winner of the Yorkshire Senior Competition in 1896–97, and continued for 11 seasons until 1905–06, and disbanded in summer 1906.