West Hartlepool Amateur Football & Athletic Company Limited was an

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football club formed in

1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The ...

. The club played in amber and black halved shirts, black shorts, and black socks. At the time of formation, they were the town's biggest football club, remaining so until the founding in

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Hartlepools United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartl ...

. The club's greatest achievement occurred on 8 April 1905 when the club won the

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beating Clapton, 3–2 at

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. They joined to the

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, playing in Division Two for two seasons before that division was disbanded, and then admitted to the single division in

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. They remained in that company until their demise, their highest finishing position being 4th in the 1907–08 season. They competed for a number of years in the qualifying rounds of the

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, with their highlight being a run to the Fourth Qualifying Round in the 1905–06 season, when they were eliminated by Barrow. In June

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Ci ...

, after 29 years, West Hartlepool Football Club folded. All the club's assets and liabilities were taken over by Hartlepools United.

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History of West Hartlepool F.C.
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