Darlington Railway Athletic F.C.

Darlington Railway Athletic

Full name

Darlington Railway Athletic Football Club

Nickname(s)

R. A., Railwaymen

Founded

1919

Ground

Brinkburn Road
Darlington

Capacity

2,000

Chairman

Doug Hawman

Manager

Warren Moncur

League

Northern League
Division Two

2014–15

Northern League
Division Two, 14th

Home colours

Darlington Railway Athletic F.C. is a football club based in Darlington, England. In 1992 the club hit financial trouble and folded, but was reformed by Martyn Jackson in 1993.

They first joined the Northern League in 1919, leaving in 1925. The club won the Wearside Football League in 2005 which earned them promotion back to the Northern League, where in their first season they won another promotion to reach the Northern League Division One. However, they were relegated down again, and since 2013 are in the Northern League Division Two.

History

The club was formed shortly after the First World War and started out in the Darlington & District League. Little is known of the club in the early seasons but in 1919–20 the club joined the Northern League. They found the going tough and after finishing second bottom in the 1924–25 season they returned to the Darlington & District League.

The second era came in the 1960s and 70s when the club went through its most successful period. In 1964 they won the Darlington & District League and then the League and League Cup double in 1968. Two years later they were North Riding Cup winners and runners-up in 1973. The club's greatest success was their triumph in the 1975 Durham Amateur Cup. In 1981 they almost repeated the feat, narrowly losing in the final.

Seasons

Season	League
Season	Division	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1919–20	Northern League	26	10	4	12	45	58	24	9th/14
1920–21	Northern League	26	13	2	11	43	39	28	6th/14
1921–22	Northern League	26	7	6	13	45	58	20	11th/14
1922–23	Northern League	26	10	3	13	35	40	23	9th/14
1923–24	Northern League	28	8	6	14	45	69	22	12th/15
1924–25	Northern League	28	7	6	15	32	71	20	14th/15

1990–91	Wearside League Division Two	33	17	9	7	70	38	60	3rd/12
1991–92	Wearside League Division One	30	4	9	17	36	66	18	14th/16

2001–02	Wearside League	32	21	4	7	75	43	67	3rd/17
2002–03	Wearside League	34	15	10	9	75	40	55	7th/18
2003–04	Wearside League	34	16	9	9	75	44	57	5th/18
2004–05	Wearside League	36	28	4	4	111	28	88	1st/19
2005–06	Northern League Division Two	38	23	5	10	83	46	74	3rd/20
2006–07	Northern League Division One	42	6	5	31	41	119	23	22nd/22
2007–08	Northern League Division Two	38	10	6	22	51	78	36	18th/20
2008–09	Northern League Division Two	38	10	2	26	45	80	32	18th/20
2009–10	Northern League Division Two	38	4	8	26	46	115	20	19th/20
2010–11	Northern League Division Two	38	12	3	23	54	92	39	15th/20
2011–12	Northern League Division Two	42	22	7	13	84	68	73	5th/22
2012-13	Northern League Division Two	42	22	12	8	82	57	78	5th/22
2013-14	Northern League Division Two	42	15	11	16	81	76	56	12th/22
2014-15	Northern League Division Two	42	17	6	19	81	87	57	14th/22
2015-16	Northern League Division Two	2	2	0	0	4	1	6	2nd/22

Records

Record Home Win 11–1 v Glaxo, 6 January 2001 and 11–1 v Ferryhill Athletic, 2 April 2005
Record Away Win 11–1 v Byers Green 20 November 1999 and 11–1 v Wearhead United 28 October 2000
Record Home Defeat 1–7 v Whitehaven 23 January 2010
Record Away Defeat 1–9 v Morpeth Town 5 January 2013
Most Appearances (since 1998) Martin Brown 291
Top Goalscorer (since 1998) Graham Dodsworth 102
Most Goals in a Season Paul Freary, 24, 2005–06
Record Attendance 585 V Darlington, Friendly, 7 August 2012

Current squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Phillip Pentony
		GK	Rob Gustard
		GK	Mathew Bancroft
		DF	David Harrison
		DF	Karl Hewitt
		DF	Mikey Weston
		DF	Liam Browne
		DF	Jacob Wood
		DF	Johnathan Pearson
		MF	Nathan Wilson
		MF	Stephen Cheeseman

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Dale Johnston
		MF	Jordan Hanratty
		MF	Ashley Lavan
		MF	Jim Wilson
		MF	Michael Colman
		MF	Darrn Kokes
		FW	Sam England
		FW	Freddie Huscroft
		FW	Rob Moncur
		FW	James Beauchamp
		FW	Christian Holiday

Honours

Durham Amateur Cup Winners 1975

Wearside League Winners 2005

Wearside League Cup Winners 2003

Sunderland Shipowners Cup Winners 2005

Auckland & District League Winners 2001

Darlington & District League Winners 1933,1964,1968,1999

Darlington & District League Cup Winners 1951, 1968

North Riding Cup Winners 1970

Northern Echo Local Heroes Team Of The Year 2001,2005

Craven Cup runners-up 2006

External links

Official club website

Northern League

Division One	Ashington Bedlington Terriers Bishop Auckland Consett Dunston UTS Durham City Guisborough Town Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association Marske United Morpeth Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Norton & Stockton Ancients Penrith Seaham Red Star Shildon Sunderland Ryhope Community Association Washington West Allotment Celtic West Auckland Town Whitley Bay

Division Two	Alnwick Town Billingham Synthonia Billingham Town Birtley Town Brandon United Chester-le-Street Town Crook Town Darlington Railway Athletic Easington Colliery Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Ryhope Colliery Welfare Ryton & Crawcrook Albion South Shields Stokesley Sports Club Team Northumbria Thornaby Tow Law Town 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 2015-16

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