| Full name | Ryhope Colliery Welfare |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1892 |
| Ground | Ryhope Recreation Park |
| League | Wearside Football League |
| 2010–11 | Wearside Football League, 1st (champions) |
Ryhope Colliery Welfare Football Club are a semi-professional association football club based in Ryhope, near Sunderland, in England,
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The club was founded by the coal miners of Ryhope in 1892. However, it was not until 1927–28 that the club won its first league title. However the club enjoyed most of its success in the 1960s, winning the Wearside Football League on four occasions, the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup twice as well as the Sunderland Shipowners Cup and League Challenge Cup during the decade. In the 1967–68 season, the team reached the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the only time in the club's history, losing 1–0 at home to Workington. The club's next successful season was 1977–78, finishing 3rd in the league, winning the League Cup and with the season culminating in winning the Durham Challenge Cup for the only time in the club's history. Between the 1988–89 and 1991–92 seasons, the club was known as Vaux Ryhope after a merger with Sporting Club Vaux (previously South Hetton FC)[1] In season 2009–10 the club won the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup for the first time in 44 years as well as being runners up in the league their highest position also for 44 years. Season 2010–11 however was the most successful in the club's history, winning all four competitions the Wearside League Title, Sunderland Shipowners Cup, Monkwearmouth Charity Cup and League Cup.