1975-76 |
Formed,
played in the Northern Amateur League as Whickham Sports
FC, team manager founder John Thompson. |
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Played at Dunston Park. |
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1978-79 |
League
Champions, Won Northern Amateur League Cup, Gateshead
Charity Cup Winners. |
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1979-80 |
League
Position 2nd, League Cup runners up, runners up in the
Durham Minor Cup, League Shield Winners, |
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1980-81 |
League
Shield Winners, Heddon Holmes Cup Winners. |
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1981-82 |
Joined
Northern Combination League, League position 6th, League
Cup runners up, Durham County Cup Winners. |
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In 1988 the Northern Amateur League and the Northern
Combination League combined with the Northern Football
Alliance |
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(all under the name Northern Football Alliance) to
create a three-division format, which still exists
today. |
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1982-83 |
Changed name
to Dunston Mechanics FC, league position 3rd, new team
manager Tom Cooney. |
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1983-84 |
League
position 2nd, League Cup Winners. |
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1984-85 |
League
position 2nd, League Cup Runners Up, new team manager
Peter Quigley. |
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1985-86 |
League
position 2nd, League Cup Runners Up, played this season
at Marley Hill. |
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1986-87 |
Changed name
to Dunston Federation Brewery FC, moved to new ground
Federation Park, League position 1st,
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New
team manager Alan Stott. |
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1987-88 |
Moved up
into the Wearside League, League position 9th,
Sunderland Shipowners Cup Winners Highest attendance
1550. |
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New perimiter fence around ground. |
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1988-89.
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League
position 1st, first entry in the FA Vase. Aug 15 v NUFC
for official opening of Federation Park, opened by
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Newcastle
manager Iam McFaul, Fed lost 2-1. |
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1989-90 |
League
position 1st, team manager Peter Quigley returns,
Monkwearmouth Cup runners up. |
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1990-91 |
League
position 2nd, League Cup winners. August 27th Paul
Gascoigne "Gazza" Opens new stand which is named after
him. |
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1991-92
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Now in
Northern League Division 2, League position 5th, first
FA Cup entry v Guisborough won 1-0.
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January 6th,
official opening of the new floodlight system played
NUFC 1 Dunston Fed 2. |
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1992-93 |
League
Division 2 Champions promoted to Division One, reached round 6 of FA Vase.
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April 10th
ground hopper game v Evenwood at The Fed
we
won 3-0. |
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1993-94 |
League
position 11th, Division One enter FA Trophy instead of
the FA Vase. |
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1995-96 |
League
position 6th, League Cup runners up. |
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1996-97
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League
position 12th our lowest league position, In our FA Cup
tie against Hebburn on the 30.08.96 Fed won 5-0 Gary
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McDonald
scored all 5 goals. |
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1997-98 |
New team
manager Bobby Scaife. League position 4th, League Cup
Winners, Charity Shield runners up.
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Entry back
into FA Vase. |
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1998-99 |
League
position 4th, League Cup Winners, Charity Shield runners
up. |
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1999-00 |
League
position 3rd, League Cup Winners, Charity Shield
Winners. |
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2000-01 |
League
position 2nd, Charity Shield Winners. |
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2001-02 |
League
position 3rd.
Dunston join the internet age website launched by Ken
Fitzpatrick. |
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2002-03 |
League
position 8th, |
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2003-04
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April 20th
2004 Dunston played their 500th League game v Billingham
Town (A). 13th December 2003 R. Pitt scores Dunston's
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1000th
League goal at Bedlington Terriers. League position 1st,
League Cup Winners:- game won by golden goal scorer
David |
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Southern on
105th minute. 2-1.
Charity Shield Winners. |
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2004-05
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League
position 1st, League Cup Winners, Durham Challenge Cup
runners up. Dunston played 40 League games and only lost
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one game all
season, the very last one away at Bedlington. Charity
Shield Winners. |
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2005-06
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Fed obtain
new shirt sponsors for both home and away strips. Home
strip is Dunston Van & Truck Centre, away strip is
Astley |
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Signs, 13th
September Dunston won their 500th Northern League game
at home against Brandon Utd.
Dunston finish 3rd in the |
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League and became Northern
League Cup runners up.
Charity
Shield Winners |
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2006-07
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Manager
Bobby Scaife steps down Assistant Manager Perry Briggs
takes over with Billy Irwin as
assistant.. League position |
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7th.
Club
change name from Dunston
Federation Brewery FC to Dunston Federation F.C. |
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2007-08
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Dunston
finish 6th in the League, apply for the UniBond, in hope
for a sponsor and need to finish 6th to join.
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The Fed
withdrew their intentions for the UniBond for the lack
of a main sponsorship. |
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2008-09 |
Perry Briggs
stands down as team manager Billy Irwin
takes over with Tony Harrison as
assitant manager. |
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Dunston finish 6th again in the league. |
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June, the
club obtain new main sponsor, UTS Engineering Ltd are the new
sponsors and the club is renamed Dunston UTS
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Football
Club, ground name changed to UTS Stadium. |
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2009-10 |
Dunston UTS
finish the Northern League in 4th position under Billy
Irwin's first season as club manager. |
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2010-11
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Dunston UTS
finish the Northern League in 7th place, Dunston reach
the final of the Durham Challenge Cup beaten |
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by Gateshead Reserves,
Dunston also reached the last eight of the FA Vase. |
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With a
hectic season Dunston played 26 games within nine
weeks towards the end of the season
winning 14 and drawn 6. |
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Matty Annan
sports therapist sadly died. |
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Player of the season & goal of the season at Penrith
away Lee McAndrew, top goal scorer & Players player
Andrew |
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Bulford.
Matty Annan memorial trophy Ben Cattanach. |
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Admission charges £4.50 |
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2011-12
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Dunston UTS FC are the
2012 FA Vase Winners after beaten West Auckland 2-0 at
Wembley on the 13th May, Andrew Bulford
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scored both goals he was
also award man of the match, Andrew also became all time
top league scorer for Dunston after ending |
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the season on 89 goals
beaten previous leader Andrew Fletchers record of 86
goals Andrew Bulford scored his 87th goal on the
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31st January 2012 against
Marske United. Andrew also became Dunston's all time top
scorer with 134 goals in all competitions |
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passing Andrew
Fletchers record of 119. In the League Dunston UTS come
3rd seven points behind the champions. |
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2012-13
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In the league Dunston UTS
finished 5th, Dunston also
won the Northern League
Division One Fair Play and Good Conduct
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awards,at the clubs annual
presentation night
Michael Robson, Kane
Young and Steven Pickering were awarded for their |
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long service after
calling it a day. |
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Andrew
Bulford top goal scorer, Michael Dixon was voted player
of the season and committee player of the season |
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with
Dale Burrell voted players player of the season. |
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2013-14
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Dunston UTS finished 7th in the League.
Reached round 6 of the FA Vase. At
the clubs presentation night, club captain Ben
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Cattanach was voted the Player of the
year and the Committee's player of the year. Lee
McAndrew was voted Players Player of |
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the year and Andrew Bulford clubs top
goal scorer. Admission £5:00. |
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2014-15
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New Club house built and
opened by Gateshead FC manager Gary Mills on the 21st
July. |
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Dunston UTS finished 6th in the League. |
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Reached Round 5 of the FA Vase, Lee
McAndrew re-joins. Steve Wraith joins club as Commercial
Manager, |
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Pavel Srnicek became club’s first honorary vice-president. |
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Player awards :- Player of the Season
and Committees player Luke Gilhespy, Players Player Dale Burrell. |
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Top Goalscorer Andrew Bulford,
Admission prices are £6:00 |
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2015-16 |
League
position 11th, reached Round 5 of the FA Vase, Players
Awards, Player of the Season Michael Pearson, Players
Player
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Dan
Smith, top goals scorer and new club record Malcolm
Morien with 37 goals, Pavel Srnicek died December 2015. |
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June 2016 Tony Harrison leaves and
Steve Bowey becomes assistant manager. |
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2016-17 |
Mangaer Billy Irwin steps down in October and Chris
Swailes named as new manager 26th October.
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Dunston UTS
finished 15th in the league, top goal scorer Scott
Heslop. Player of the season Dale Burrell. |
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July 2017 assistant manager
Steve Bowey
leaves club. |
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2017-18 |
Dunston
UTS reach final of Durham Challenge Cup but are beaten
4-2 by Consett AFC, |
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Our 300th
home league win was 24th March 2018 beaten Newton
Aycliffe 2-1. |
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Dunston UTS
win the Northern League Cup for the 6th time beaten
Bishop Auckland 1-0 at Consett AFC. |
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Finish 10th
in the league. Reached Round 2 of the FA Vase. |
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2018-19 |
Northern
League Division One Champions, Promoted to the Northern
Premier League, |
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Reached Round 4 of the FA Cup. |
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Reached
Round 2 of the FA Vase. |
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Ground
attendance record broken 2,520 attended FA Cup R4, game
live on Match of the day. |
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April to July 2019 ground upgrade, new fence around
pitch, ground perimeter fence, new dug-outs and entrance
booths. |
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2019-20 |
Reached 3QR of the FA Cup, League
stopped all games from 16th March 2020 due to Coronavirus
Epidemic. |
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Admission
prices £7:00 and £4:00 |
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2020-21 |
Due to
Covid-19 no spectators allowed to watch first four
pre-season friendlies which started 8th August, |
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Dunston UTS had to withdraw from the FA Cup before playing a
game due to couple players with Covid 19 virus. |
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11th August Assistant manager
Chris Errington leaves. |
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Online programmes intoduced. |
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Floodlights upgraded and standing stand area raised. |
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League started September 19th then stopped mid-October
no more games played. |
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Astley
Sign withdraw sponsorship, UTS Engineering Ltd
sponsor second shirt which now becomes steel-silver. |
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New third
shirt introduced red shirt with white sash.. |
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9th March,
Jon McDonald comes in as
assistant manager. |
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2021-22 |
July, fitness coach
Ben Sherwood leaves club. |
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Oct, Fred Foulis committeeman sadly dies. |
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Nov, Phil Turnbull appears world wide in the media after
his attempt to fix floodlights at Marine FC. |
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Dunston FC finish sixth in the league. |
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Player awards. Craig
Baxter wins Players Player, Committee
player and management player of the season. |
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2022-23 |
Lee
Kennedy comes in as goalkeeper coach.
Admission prices £9:00. |
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FA Cup reach 2QR, FA trophy reached 1R, DC Cup
reached semi final. |
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Ian Irving fitness coach leaves
November 2022 in comes
Mark Scott. |
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UTS Pipe mascot introduced. (Mark
Thompson) |
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100th home league goal scored 1st Feb
2023 v Shildon by Michael Pearson |
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100th NP League game played 4th March away
to Brighouse Town. |
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April team manager
Chris Swailes
steps down. |
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May 3rd Jon McDonald
becomes team manager in comes
Andy Wright as
assistant manager. |
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2023-2024 |
July 5th, Club Chairman
Malcolm James ,Vice Chairman
Alan Stott and treasurer
Frank Rankin all step down. |
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Billy Irwin
and Tony Cleugh become Co-Chairmen,
Ian Hodgson becomes club treasurer. |
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