Team Northumbria
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| Full name |
Team Northumbria Football Club |
| Nickname(s) |
Team North / TN |
| Founded |
1999 as Northumbria University F.C. |
| Ground |
Coach Lane Sports Ground Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Manager |
Paul Johnson |
| League |
Northern League Division Two |
| 2010–11 |
5th |
| Website |
Club home page |
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Team Northumbria Football Club are an English association football team based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, currently playing in the Northern League Division Two, having won promotion in 2006 from the Northern Alliance. They are the football team of Northumbria University, and were founded in 1999 as Northumbria University F.C., until 2003 when they took up their current name.
[edit] History
Founded in 1999 a Northumbria University F.C., they joined the Northern Football Alliance Second Division for the 1999–2000 season, finishing their inaugural year fourth out of fourteen team. Two years later in the 2001–02 season they finished runners-up, gaining promotion to Division One. They followed runners-up again a year later in the 2002–03 season, with promotion to the Northern Alliance Premier Division. They then changed their name to Team Northumbria.[1] In the Premier Division they finished second and third in their first two seasons, before being crowned Northern Alliance Champions in the 2005–06 season, gaining promotion to the Northern League Division Two where they have stayed since.[2]
[edit] Current squad
- As of 15 January 2011.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position |
Player |
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GK |
Andrew Jennison |
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GK |
Neil Postlethwaite |
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DF |
Gavin Donoghue (captain) |
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DF |
James Mobberley |
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DF |
Rob Story |
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DF |
Liam Clough |
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DF |
Thomas Davies |
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DF |
Jack Palmer |
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DF |
James Gunn |
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DF |
Tom Chipendale |
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DF |
Arran Brookbanks |
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DF |
Carl Robinson |
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MF |
Graeme Cairns |
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MF |
Mark Bertram |
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MF |
Nicky Deverdics |
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MF |
Christian Graham |
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MF |
Lewis Marr |
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MF |
John Sherlock |
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MF |
Graeme Carrick |
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MF |
Jonathan Redhead |
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MF |
Jake Richardson |
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MF |
Dan Riley |
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FW |
Dean Critchlow |
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FW |
Paul Burnham |
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FW |
Mark Fenwick |
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FW |
Peter Watling |
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FW |
Lee Scott |
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FW |
Mark McCutcheon |
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
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| Division One |
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| Division Two |
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Coordinates: 55°00′23.52″N 1°34′06.01″W / 55.0065333°N 1.5683361°W / 55.0065333; -1.5683361
