Newton Aycliffe Football Club is an

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football club based in

Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, the town sits about five miles to the north of Darlington and ten miles to the south of Durham. It is the oldest new town in the north of Engl ...

, County Durham. The club's ground is The SecuriCorp Stadium based at Newton Aycliffe Sports Club. In the season 23/24 they play at the highest level the club has ever been at, as members of the Northern Premier League

History

The club joined the

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in 1984–85 and spent just under a decade in that league, their best finish being in 1988–89 when they finished in seventh place. They folded in March of the 1993–94 season after picking up two points from their opening 20 games. The team competed in the

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in every season, their best run being in 1991–92 when they got to the third round. The club reformed and played in local football before joining the Durham Alliance. They won that league in 2007–08 and joined the Wearside League. The club was elected into the

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for the 2009–10 season, after finishing first in their previous season in the

Wearside Football League The Wearside Football League is a non-league football competition based in northern England. It consists of three divisions which sits at steps 7 to 9 (or levels 11 to 13) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Northern League Divi ...

. Finishing in ninth place in their first season in the second division of the Northern League, they went on to become the Champions of the division with three games remaining. Having anticipated the possibility months before, the team were required to make more improvements to the home ground to be eligible to play in the First Division of the Northern League. Upon ensuring their place in the top division, they finished in ninth place and participated in the

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for the first time. The club remained in the Northern League First Division for the next twelve years, winning the Durham FA Challenge Cup in 2016. In the 2019/20 season the club finished in its highest league position of fifth, despite the season being declared void following the outbreak of COVID-19. The following season saw The Newtonians sitting in fifth place, once again, when that season was curtailed following the second lock down period. The following season saw Newton Aycliffe finish in fourth place in the table. The 2022/23 season saw the club win the First Division title and promotion to Step 4 having seen off the threat of big-spenders Ashington to win the championship by five points. The club were promoted to the eighth tier in the 2022–23 season following becoming Division One Champions. The club reached the semi-finals of the Durham Challenge Cup in 2024 but were eventually knocked out by Whickham on penalties.

Honours

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**Winners 2015–16 * Durham Alliance **Champions 2007–08 *

**Champions 2008–09 *

Division One **Champions

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Division Two **Champions 2010–11

Records

**2nd round qualifying 2015–16 *

**Third round 1991–92 *

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**First Qualifying Round 2023-24

References

External links

Official websiteNorthern League website
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