Team Northumbria Football Club is a
football
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club based in
Newcastle upon Tyne
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. They are the football team of
Northumbria University
, mottoeng = A lifetime of learning
, established = 1877 - Rutherford College of Technology1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic1992 - gained university status
, type = Public
, budget = ...
and currently play in the
BUCS Premier North League.
History
The club was founded in 1999 as Northumbria University Football Club and joined Division Two of the
Northern Alliance
The Northern Alliance, officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( prs, جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان ''Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islāmi-yi Millī barāyi Nijāt ...
.
[Northern Alliance 1990–2001]
Non-League Matters In 2001–02 they were Division Two runners-up, earning promotion to Division One.
The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One the following season, and were promoted to the Premier Division.
[ In 2003 they were renamed Team Northumbria.][ The club's first season in the Premier Division saw them finish as runners-up.]Northumberland Senior Cup
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, losing on penalties to Newcastle United
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reserves,Newcastle Reserves 4 Team Northumbria 4
The Journal, 1 May 2012 as well as winning the Division Two title, resulting in promotion to Division One.[ Although they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 2013–14 season, they were Division Two runners-up in 2016–17 and were promoted to Division One again.][
In the summer of 2018, Team Northumbia resigned from the Northern League, continuing playing in the BUCS Premier North League.][Team Northumbria withdraw from the Northern League just weeks before new season]
Chronicle Live, 10 July 2018
Honours
*Northern League
**Division Two champions 2011–12
**Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup winners 2010–11
*Northern Alliance
**Premier Division champions 2005–06
Records
*Best FA Cup
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performance: First qualifying round, 2013–14[
*Best ]FA Vase
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performance: Third round, 2015–16[
]
See also
*Team Northumbria F.C. players
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References
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Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Tyne and Wear
University and college football clubs in England
Football
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Association football clubs established in 1999
1999 establishments in England
Northern Football Alliance
Northern Football League