Dunston UTS Football Club is a

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club based in the Dunston area of

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. They are currently members of the and play at the UTS Stadium.

History

The club was established as a

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by John Thompson and other

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employees in 1975 and were originally known as Whickham Sports.A Brief History...
Dunston UTS F.C.
Dunston UTS F.C. They initially played in the Newcastle City Amateur League, before moving up to the Northern Amateur League, where they won the league and League Cup double in 1977–78. In 1980 they joined the Northern Combination and in 1982 the club was renamed Dunston Mechanics. They went on to win the League Cup in 1983–84 and the league and League Cup double in 1986–87.Dunston UTS
Northern League At the end of the season they were renamed Dunston Federation Brewery and moved up to the

Wearside League The Wearside Football League is a non-league football competition based in northern England. It consists of three divisions which sits at steps 7 to 9 (or levels 11 to 13) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Northern League Di ...

. Dunston won back-to-back Wearside League titles in 1988–89 and 1989–90. After finishing as runners-up and winning the League Cup in 1990–91, the club were promoted to Division Two of the Northern League. In the club's second season in Division Two, they won the title, earning promotion to Division One. After winning three successive League Cups in 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000, the club finished as Division One runners-up in 2000–01. They went on to win back-to-back doubles of the Division One title and the League Cup in 2003–04 and 2004–05. In 2007 the club was renamed Dunston Federation after the brewery withdrew its sponsorship, before becoming Dunston UTS in 2009 as part of a sponsorship deal with UTS Engineering. In 2011–12 the club reached the final of the

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, beating West Auckland Town 2–0 in the final at

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. They won the League Cup in 2017–18 with a 1–0 win against

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in the final. In 2018–19 Dunston were Division One champions for a third time, earning promotion to Division One North West of the

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Ground

After success in the Newcastle City Amateur League, the club leased land from

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, which was to become the Wellington Road ground. It was renamed the UTS Stadium as part of the sponsorship deal that saw the club renamed in 2009. The ground currently has a capacity of 2,500, of which 150 is seated and 400 covered.

Honours

*FA Vase **Winners 2011–12 *Northern League **Division One champions 2003–04, 2004–05, 2018–19 **Division Two champions 1992–93 **League Cup winners 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2017–18 **Cleator Cup winners 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2018–19 *Wearside League **Champions 1988–89, 1989–90 **League Cup winners 1990–91 *Northern Combination **Champions 1986–87 **League Cup winners 1983–84, 1986–87 *Northern Amateur League **Champions 1977–78 **League Cup winners 1977–78, 1978–79 **League Shield winners 1978–79, 1979–80

Records

*Best

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performance: Fourth qualifying round, 2003–04, 2018–19 *Best

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performance: Third qualifying round 1993–94, 1994–95 *Best

performance: Winners, 2011–12 *Record attendance: 2,520 vs

, FA Cup fourth qualifying round, 20 October 2018'Job well done' - Steve Watson's verdict on Gateshead's FA Cup success at Dunston
Chronicle Live, 21 October 2018

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