Willington Athletic F.C.

Willington Athletic Football Club was an English football club based in Willington Quay, Northumberland. The team played at a ground next to Howdon railway station.

Willington Athletic
Full nameWillington Athletic Football Club
Foundedby 1891
Dissolvedafter 1918
LeagueNorthern Alliance
1914–15Northern Alliance, 3rd

Willington Athletic joined the Northern Alliance in 1891–92,[1] and won that league's championship for the first time in 1899–1900, repeating the feat in 1904–05, 1905–06 and 1909–10.[2][3] Its team first entered the FA Cup in 1891–92 – they lost to Shankhouse in the second qualifying round after a replay – and entered each season until competitive football was abandoned for the duration of the First World War.[4] In 1899–1900, they reached the fifth qualifying round, in which they lost to Jarrow, also after a replay.[5] They won the Northumberland Senior Cup in 1896 and 1897.[6]

The club applied for election to the Football League in 1903, but received only one vote.[7][8]

When the Northern Alliance resumed after the war, Willington Athletic initially intended to continue in membership, but by the time the 1919–20 season began, they had dropped out.[1]

Honours and achievements

References
  1. "Northern Football Alliance". Donmouth.co.uk. Patrick Brennan. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. "Northern Alliance 1890–1976". NonLeagueMatters.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. "Handbook: Honours records: League championship winners". Northern Football Alliance. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. "The Emirates FA Cup: Past results". The Football Association. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. "Willington Athletic". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. Handbook 2015/16. Northumberland Football Association. 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. "Quay's bid to enter the hall of footballing fame". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 4 May 2001. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. "Division 2 1902/03". Footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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