Tyneside Amateur League

Tyneside Amateur League
Tyneside Amateur League crest
Founded
1949
Folded
2019
Nation
England
Feeder To
Northern Alliance Division Two
Divisions
Division One
Number of Teams
12
Levels on Pyramid
Level 14
Cups
John Hampson Memorial Trophy
North East Amateur Challenge Shield
Selcray Bowl
Tyneside Amateur Challenge Shield
Last Champions (2018-19)
Haltwhistle Jubilee

The Tyneside Amateur League was a football competition based in England. It had one division, which sat at level 14 of the English football league system. It was a feeder to the Northern Alliance.

The League was formed in 1949 and was 60 years old in 2009. To celebrate this, the League held a dinner with John Beresford as the guest speaker on 12 June at The Lancastrian Suite of the Dunston Federation Brewery. The League ceased after the 2018–19 season.[1]

Final member clubs

  • Gosforth Bohemian Reserves
  • Haltwhistle Jubilee
  • Morpeth FC
  • Newcastle Benfield Reserves
  • Newcastle Chemfica Amateurs
  • Newcastle Medicals
  • Ponteland United Reserves
  • Red House Farm
  • Swalwell Juniors
  • Wallsend B.C. Senior Development
  • West Jesmond
  • Wideopen

Champions

Season Division One Division Two
2002–03 Felling Greyhound Willington Quay Saints
2003–04 Winlaton Vulcan Inn The Bush Wallsend
2004–05 Winlaton Vulcan Inn Ryton Reserves
2005–06 Winlaton Vulcan Inn Blyth Town Reserves
2006–07 Winlaton Vulcan Inn Forest Hall
2007–08 Forest Hall Killingworth YPC Town
2008–09 Killingworth YPC Town Blakelaw Crofters Lodge
2009–10 Wincanton Vulcan Inn Whickham Lang Jacks
2010–11 Whickham Lang Jacks Blyth Isabella
2011–12 West Jesmond Winlaton Queens Head
2012–13 New York Chopwell
2013–14 Lindisfarne Custom Planet Hazlerigg Victory
2014–15 Hazlerigg Victory
2015–16 Bedlington Juniors
2016–17 Ponteland United Reserves
2017–18 Ellington FC
2018–19 Haltwhistle Jubilee

References