Newcastle University Football Club is a football club based in
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...
,
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newc ...
, England. They are current members of the and play at Kimberley Park, groundsharing with
Prudhoe Youth Club.
History
Newcastle University joined 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 ...
in the 1970s, leaving the league after finishing bottom in the
1978–79 season. In 1988, the club rejoined the Northern Alliance league system, being placed in Division One. In the
1991–1992 season, Newcastle University were relegated to Division Two, gaining promotion back to Division One in 1997. In 2000, Newcastle University gained promotion to the Northern Alliance Premier Division. After relegation and promotion in 2010 and 2016 respectively, Newcastle University won the
2017–18 Northern Football Alliance, dropping points in just five games out of thirty. Newcastle University entered the
FA Vase for the first time in
2019–20.
Ground
The club currently groundshare with
Prudhoe Youth Club at Kimberley Park, having previously played at
Cochrane Park in Newcastle.
Records
* Best
FA Vase performance: Third round proper,
2023–24
* Best League performance: 11th place in
Northern League Division 2 (Tier 10),
2021–22
Honours
*
Northern Football Alliance Premier Division (Tier 11)
** Winners: 2017–18
References
External links
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Newcastle University
Football clubs in England
Football clubs in Tyne and Wear
Sport in Newcastle upon Tyne
Northern Football League
University and college football clubs in England
Prudhoe