Spennymoor United Association Football Club was an

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club based in

Spennymoor Spennymoor is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is south of the River Wear and is south of Durham. The civil parish includes the villages of Kirk Merrington, Middlestone Moor, Byers Green and Tudhoe. History Origins The lan ...

, County Durham, England.

History

Spennymoor United Association Football Club was formed in 1904 as an amalgamation of Spennymoor Town and Weardale Ironopolis. Spennymoor Town was itself an amalgamation of two church football teams in the town, St. Paul's and St. Andrew's in 1890. Weardale Ironopolis was a relatively new club formed in 1901 as a sporting interest for the workers of the Weardale Iron & Coke Works. The “Nops” had a short and successful history in the Croxdale & District League. Spennymoor United spent the 1904–05 season in the Mid Durham League and secured the use of The Brewery Field the following season. The Brewery Field had until that time, been the home of the renowned Tudhoe Rugby Club and had hosted several inter county rugby matches at the ground. In 1905, they joined the

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and won the league title six times in their history. In the 1936–37 season, they reached the third round of the

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, where they lost to top-flight side

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. They also reached the semi-finals of the

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in 1978. However, misfortune struck the club in 2005 when they folded, causing controversy over unfulfilled fixtures. The club was reborn as

Spennymoor Town Spennymoor Town Football Club is a football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, in the North East of England. They currently compete in and currently play their home matches at The Brewery Field. The club began playing in the Northern L ...

, replacing Evenwood Town whose own future was in severe doubt and played at the Brewery Field albeit several leagues lower than previously. The "new" Spennymoor won the

Division Two in the 2006–07 season after a late winner against Penrith for a 1–0 victory and earned promotion to Division One.

Honours

* North Eastern League **Champions; 1909–10; 1944–45; 1945–46; 1956–57 *

**Champions: 1967–68; 1971–72; 1973–74; 1976–77; 1977–78; 1978–79 * Northern Counties East League **Champions: 1992–93 * Northern Premier League First Division **Runners-up: 1993–94; 2002–03 *

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**Winners: 1993–94

References

Sources

External links

Spennymoor United Official Website
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