A history of Ferryhill Athletic

Ferryhill Athletic (founded 1921). Formerly known as Dean Bank Villas.

Previous Grounds : Dean Bank Villa, Darlington Road Ground

Record Attendance : 13,000 v Bishop Auckland, FA Amateur Cup

Ferryhill still hold the record for the biggest Post-war victory in the FA Cup competition (all rounds) : Ferryhill Athletic 18 Skinnigrove Works 0 1st Qual Rnd, 26 Sep 1953

Ferryhill Athletic joined the Northern League in 1923-24 and spent 68
seasons there. They now play in the Wearside League.

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FERRYHILL ATHLETIC

1923-24 Joined Northern League. Northern League runner-up
1937-38 Northern League Champions
1939-40 Resigned from Northern League on 16/12/1939 and record deleted
1947-48 Northern League Champions (2nd time)
1957-58 Northern League Champions (3rd time)
1960-61 Missed runner-up spot on goal difference
1990-91 Three points deducted
1992 Escaped relegation by goal difference
1994-95 Three points deducted
1996 Relegated to Division Two
1997 Membership of Northern League suspended
1998-99 Joined Wearside League in newly reformed Division Two

SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A Pts POS

1923-24 NORTH 28 15 9 4 69 36 39 2/15
1924-25 NORTH 28 12 3 13 70 60 27 7/15
1925-26 NORTH 26 14 4 8 62 42 32 4/14
1926-27 NORTH 26 16 3 7 76 37 35 3/14
1927-28 NORTH 24 7 5 12 52 73 19 9/13
1928-29 NORTH 24 10 4 10 47 55 24 7/13
1929-30 NORTH 24 11 2 11 53 59 24 7/13
1930-31 NORTH 24 4 3 17 41 66 11 13/13
1931-32 NORTH 26 12 3 11 66 63 27 7/14
1932-33 NORTH 26 12 4 10 64 51 28 5/14
1933-34 NORTH 26 12 4 10 63 61 28 4/14
1934-35 NORTH 26 16 3 7 69 43 35 3/14
1935-36 NORTH 26 9 7 10 65 64 25 8/14
1936-37 NORTH 26 11 3 12 62 66 25 8/14
1937-38 NORTH 26 21 0 5 81 36 42 1/14
1938-39 NORTH 26 9 4 13 62 65 22 9/14
1939-40 NORTH RESIGNED FROM LEAGUE - RECORD EXPUNGED
World War 2
1945-46 NORTH 22 5 3 14 44 76 13 11/12
1946-47 NORTH 26 13 3 10 77 66 29 6/14
1947-48 NORTH 26 20 4 2 90 40 44 1/14
1948-49 NORTH 26 14 3 9 53 49 31 4/14
1949-50 NORTH 26 11 5 10 64 67 27 7/14
1950-51 NORTH 26 7 7 12 53 79 21 10/14
1951-52 NORTH 26 10 6 10 60 67 26 8/14
1952-53 NORTH 26 11 7 8 51 43 29 6/14
1953-54 NORTH 26 17 5 4 56 27 39 3/14
1954-55 NORTH 26 9 8 9 58 57 26 8/14
1955-56 NORTH 26 8 5 13 42 62 21 11/14
1956-57 NORTH 26 14 4 8 63 48 32 4/14
1957-58 NORTH 26 20 3 3 90 41 43 1/14
1958-59 NORTH 28 10 5 13 60 72 25 9/15
1959-60 NORTH 28 13 4 11 76 46 30 6/15
1960-61 NORTH 30 18 4 8 80 56 40 3/16
1961-62 NORTH 30 13 3 14 66 68 29 9/16
1962-63 NORTH 30 6 14 10 51 59 26 12/16
1963-64 NORTH 30 13 7 10 64 60 33 5/16
1964-65 NORTH 34 15 7 12 79 62 37 8/18
1965-66 NORTH 34 13 7 14 57 88 33 11/18
1966-67 NORTH 34 10 7 17 56 75 27 14/18
1967-68 NORTH 34 6 7 21 57 94 19 16/18
1968-69 NORTH 34 3 9 22 33 83 15 17/18
1969-70 NORTH 34 5 6 23 32 83 14 * 18/18
1970-71 NORTH 38 22 6 10 75 58 50 3/20
1971-72 NORTH 38 16 8 14 60 58 40 11/20
1972-73 NORTH 38 21 4 13 60 56 46 6/20
1973-74 NORTH 38 14 7 17 47 69 35 14/20
1974-75 NORTH 36 9 12 15 52 72 39 13/19
1975-76 NORTH 38 8 9 21 51 73 33 18/20
1976-77 NORTH 38 12 10 16 42 58 46 14/20
1977-78 NORTH 38 8 8 22 30 69 32 18/20
1978-79 NORTH 38 10 5 23 43 74 35 17/20
1979-80 NORTH 38 9 7 22 38 60 34 17/20
1980-81 NORTH 38 17 10 11 71 49 61 6/20
1981-82 NORTH 38 16 6 16 57 59 54 11/20
1982-83 NORTH-1 36 14 12 10 53 42 54 12/19
1983-84 NORTH-1 34 9 6 19 47 61 33 16/18
1984-85 NORTH-1 34 8 8 18 39 70 32 14/18
1985-86 NORTH-1 38 11 6 21 62 94 39 18/20
1986-87 NORTH-1 38 7 9 22 42 80 30 18/20
1987-88 NORTH-1 38 12 7 19 58 75 43 14/20
1988-89 NORTH-1 38 15 7 16 72 65 52 8/20
1989-90 NORTH-1 38 14 4 20 63 79 49 13/20
1990-91 NORTH-1 38 16 9 13 55 50 54 * 8/20
1991-92 NORTH-1 38 10 10 18 45 60 40 16/20
1992-93 NORTH-1 38 6 10 22 51 97 28 17/20
1993-94 NORTH-1 38 11 8 19 47 67 41 13/20
1994-95 NORTH-1 38 9 6 23 34 80 30 * 17/20
1995-96 NORTH-1 38 0 5 33 27 146 5 20/20
1996-97 NORTH-2 36 1 2 33 16 177 5 19/19

1998-99 WEAR-2 24 10 4 10 50 56 34 8/13
1999-00 WEAR-2 21 8 5 8 69 45 29 5/8
2000-01 WEAR 38 16 4 18 92 89 52 11/20
2001-02 WEAR 32 6 3 23 41 114 18 17/17
2002-03 WEAR

Cup Competitions

F.A. CUP
1926-27 4Q CROOK TOWN A 0-1
1935-36 1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC A 1-6
1938-39 4Q NORTH SHIELDS H 3-7
1945-46 1Q SHILDON H 1-3
1946-47 PRE BLACKHALL COLLIERY WELFARE H 2-1
1Q CHILTON & WINDLESTONE H 3-1
2Q SPENNYMOOR UNITED A 0-2
1947-48 PRE CONSETT H 3-2
1Q SHILDON H 1-0
2Q EVENWOOD TOWN H 4-0
3Q EASINGTON COLLIERY WELFARE A 3-3
3Qr EASINGTON COLLIERY WELFARE H 3-1
4Q STOCKTON H 1-1
4Q STOCKTON A 2-3
1948-49 PRE SOUTH HETTON COLLIERY WELFARE A 1-1
PREr SOUTH HETTON COLLIERY WELFARE H 1-2
1949-50 PRE HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE A 4-8
1950-51 EP CROOK TOWN H 2-2
EPr CROOK TOWN A 4-4
EPr2 CROOK TOWN H 0-4
1951-52 1Q SOUTH BANK H 3-4
1952-53 1Q SKINNIGROVE WORKS H 7-0
2Q WHITBY TOWN H 4-0
3Q BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA A 0-5
1953-54 1Q SKINNIGROVE WORKS H 18-0
2Q HEAD WRIGHTSONS H 7-1
3Q BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA A 2-1
4Q SOUTH SHIELDS{2} H 2-0
1 WORKINGTON A 0-3
1954-55 1Q COCKFIELD A 1-1
1Qr COCKFIELD H 2-1
2Q EVENWOOD TOWN H 3-0
3Q STANLEY UNITED A 1-3
1955-56 2Q MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE A 2-0
3Q DURHAM CITY A 0-0
3Qr DURHAM CITY H 0-2
1956-57 1Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE H 0-3
1957-58 1Q SPENNYMOOR UNITED A 2-2
1Qr SPENNYMOOR UNITED H 4-2
2Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE A 1-3
1958-59 1Q MORPETH TOWN H 1-1
1Qr MORPETH TOWN A 2-0
2Q SPENNYMOOR UNITED A 3-3
2Qr SPENNYMOOR UNITED H 2-1
3Q TOW LAW TOWN A 0-2
1959-60 1Q BRIDLINGTON TOWN H 0-0
1Qr BRIDLINGTON TOWN A 2-1
2Q CONSETT H 2-4
1960-61 1Q EVENWOOD TOWN H 3-2
2Q SOUTH BANK A 4-3
3Q ASHINGTON H 2-1
4Q SCARBOROUGH A 0-1
1961-62 1Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE H 0-1
1962-63 1Q BOLDON COLLIERY WELFARE A 2-1
2Q RYHOPE COLLIERY WELFARE H 2-2
2Qr RYHOPE COLLIERY WELFARE A 0-1
1963-64 2Q RYHOPE COLLIERY WELFARE H 4-1
3Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE A 2-3
1964-65 1Q BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA H 5-0
2Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE A 1-4
1965-66 1Q STANLEY UNITED H 1-3
1966-67 1Q ANNFIELD PLAIN A 2-2
1Qr ANNFIELD PLAIN H 2-2
1Qr2 ANNFIELD PLAIN A 2-3
1967-68 1Q BEDLINGTON COLLIERY WELFARE H 2-1
2Q SPENNYMOOR UNITED H 0-0
2Qr SPENNYMOOR UNITED A 2-4
1968-69 1Q MURTON COLLIERY WELFARE A 0-1
1969-70 PRE BOLDON COLLIERY WELFARE H 2-0
1Q CROOK TOWN A 3-3
1Qr CROOK TOWN H 0-1
1970-71 1Q CROOK TOWN H 3-1
2Q DURHAM CITY H 1-0
3Q GATESHEAD{1} A 0-0
3Qr GATESHEAD{1} H 2-0
4Q SCARBOROUGH A 0-3
1971-72 1Q BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA A 2-0
2Q NORTH SHIELDS A 1-3
1972-73 1Q DURHAM CITY A 2-1
2Q BISHOP AUCKLAND H 3-2
3Q WILLINGTON H 1-5
1973-74 1Q SHILDON A 1-2
1974-75 1Q TOW LAW TOWN H 0-3
1975-76 1Q EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE A 0-1
1976-77 1Q NETHERFIELD H 0-1
1977-78 1Q SPENNYMOOR UNITED H 2-4
1978-79 1Q WALLSEND TOWN A 0-1
1979-80 PRE WILLINGTON H 2-1
1Q NORTH SHIELDS A 2-4
1980-81 1Q EVENWOOD TOWN H 2-2
1Qr EVENWOOD TOWN A 1-2
1981-82 1Q CHESTER-LE-STREET H 2-2
1Qr CHESTER-LE-STREET A 1-2
1982-83 1Q BARROW H 0-1
1983-84 PRE GUISBOROUGH TOWN A 1-2
1984-85 PRE GUISELEY H 1-2
1985-86 PRE WEST AUCKLAND TOWN H 2-2
PREr WEST AUCKLAND TOWN A 2-1
1Q BISHOP AUCKLAND H 0-3
1986-87 PRE DARLINGTON CLEVELAND BRIDGE H 1-2
1987-88 PRE LANGLEY PARK WELFARE H 3-0
1Q GRETNA H 1-2
1988-89 PRE CROOK TOWN A 4-0
1Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE A 2-0
2Q SPENNYMOOR UNITED H 0-2
1989-90 PRE CONSETT A 3-1
1Q CLITHEROE A 2-2
1Qr CLITHEROE H 1-1
1Qr2 CLITHEROE A 4-3
2Q GATESHEAD A 0-3
1990-91 PRE BLACKPOOL MECHANICS H 3-1
1Q SOUTH BANK H 1-1
1Qr SOUTH BANK A 0-1
1991-92 PRE PENRITH A 0-1
1992-93 PRE SPENNYMOOR UNITED H 2-3
1993-94 PRE EVENWOOD TOWN A 1-3
1996-97 PRE YORKSHIRE AMATEUR H 1-2

F.A. AMATEUR CUP
1925-26 QF ST ALBANS CITY A 1-4
1963-64 QF KINGSTONIAN H 0-1

F.A. TROPHY
1974-75 PRE HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE A 2-4
1975-76 PRE CROOK TOWN A 0-1
1976-77 1Q BRIDLINGTON TRINITY A 0-1
1977-78 1Q HORDEN COLLIERY WELFARE H 2-3
1978-79 1Q RADCLIFFE BOROUGH A 1-2
1979-80 1Q FRICKLEY ATHLETIC H 1-2
1980-81 1Q EMLEY H 3-2
2Q GATESHEAD A 0-5
1981-82 1Q EVENWOOD TOWN A 0-0
1Qr EVENWOOD TOWN H 8-0
2Q ROSSENDALE UNITED H 1-1
2Qr ROSSENDALE UNITED A 0-3 @ Droylsden
1982-83 1Q BYE
2Q TOW LAW TOWN H 1-4
1983-84 1Qr MORECAMBE A 1-2
1984-85 1Q WORKSOP TOWN H 2-2
1Qr WORKSOP TOWN A 1-4
1985-86 1Q FORMBY A 2-3
1986-87 1Q HORWICH R M I A 2-3
1987-88 1Q NORTH SHIELDS H 1-4
1988-89 1Q BRANDON UNITED H 0-3
1989-90 1Q MORECAMBE H 2-0
2Q SEAHAM RED STAR A 2-2
2Qr SEAHAM RED STAR H 1-3
1990-91 1Q NORTH SHIELDS H 0-0
1Qr NORTH SHIELDS A 2-0
2Q EMLEY H 0-0
2Qr EMLEY A 1-4
1991-92 1Q WHITLEY BAY H 0-2
1992-93 2Q STOCKTON A 2-10
1993-94 1Q BRIDLINGTON TOWN A 0-4

F.A. VASE
1995-96 2Q YORKSHIRE AMATEUR H 0-1
1996-97 2Q NORTON & STOCKTON ANCIENTS A 4-3
1 POULTON VICTORIA A 0-7

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