Team Northumbria F.C.

Team Northumbria

Full name

Team Northumbria Football Club

Nickname(s)

Team North / TN

Founded

1999 as Northumbria University F.C.

Ground

Coach Lane Sports Ground Newcastle upon Tyne

Manager

Paul Johnson

League

Northern Football League
Division Two

2013–14

Northern Football League
Division One, 21st (relegated)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Team Northumbria Football Club are an English association football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne, playing in the Northern League Division Two, having been relegated in 2012 from Division One. They are the football team of Northumbria University, and were founded in 1999 as Northumbria University F.C., until 2003 when they took up their current name.

History

Founded in 1999 as Northumbria University F.C., they joined the Northern Football Alliance Second Division for the 1999–2000 season, finishing their inaugural year fourth out of fourteen team. Two years later in the 2001–02 season they finished runners-up, gaining promotion to Division One. They followed runners-up again a year later in the 2002–03 season, with promotion to the Northern Alliance Premier Division. They then changed their name to Team Northumbria.^[1] In the Premier Division they finished second and third in their first two seasons, before being crowned Northern Alliance Champions in the 2005–06 season, gaining promotion to the Northern League Division Two, which they won in the 2011-12 season to gain promotion to the first division. In the same season, they lost 4-2 on penalties in the Northumberland Senior Cup final against Newcastle United reserves, after drawing 4-4 after extra time.

Current squad

As of 11 January 2013.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Andrew Jennison
		GK	Neil Postlethwaite
		DF	Ross Wilkinson
		DF	John Jury
		DF	Rob Story
		DF	Liam Clough
		DF	Thomas Davies
		DF	Arran Brookbanks
		DF	Phil Lumsden
		DF	Will Lenehan
		DF	Jamie Dunn
		DF	Louis Storey
		MF	Graeme Cairns
		MF	Rob Cavener
		MF	Mark Bertram (captain)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Christian Graham
		MF	Chris Dodds
		MF	Mark Fenwick
		MF	Graeme Carrick
		MF	Jonathan Redhead
		MF	Ben Sayer
		MF	Dan Riley
		MF	Callum Little
		MF	Yaye Bigirimana
		MF	Luis da Silva Romeo
		MF	Alan Ewart
		FW	Dean Critchlow
		FW	John Sherlock
		FW	Peter Watling
		FW	Robbie Blake

Honours

Northern League Division Two
- Champions 2011-12

Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup
- Winners 2010-11
- Runners-up 2011-12

Northumberland Senior Cup
- Runners-up 2011-12

Northern Alliance Premier Division
- Champions 2005–06
- Runners-up 2003–04

Northern Alliance Division One
- Runners-up 2002–03

Northern Alliance Division Two
- Runners-up 2001–02

References

↑ "NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

External links

Official website
Northumbria University at the Football Club History Database
Team Northumbria at the Football Club History Database

Northern League

Division One	Ashington Bedlington Terriers Billingham Synthonia Bishop Auckland Celtic Nation Consett Crook Town Dunston UTS Durham City Guisborough Town Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association Marske United Morpeth Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Penrith Shildon Sunderland Ryhope Community Association West Allotment Celtic West Auckland Town Whitley Bay

Division Two	Alnwick Town Billingham Town Birtley Town Brandon United Chester-le-Street Town Darlington Railway Athletic Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Norton & Stockton Ancients Ryhope Colliery Welfare Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Seaham Red Star South Shields Stokesley Sports Club Team Northumbria Thornaby Tow Law Town Washington Whickham Willington

Seasons	1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Coordinates: 55°00′23.52″N 1°34′06.01″W / 55.0065333°N 1.5683361°W / 55.0065333; -1.5683361