Jarrow F.C.

Association football club in England

Football club

Jarrow

Full name| Jarrow Football Club
Ground| Perth Green, Jarrow
Manager| Kennie Malia
League| Northern League Division Two
2022–23| Northern League Division Two, 18th of 21
Website| Club website

Home colours

Jarrow Football Club is a football club based in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England. They are currently members of the Northern League Division Two.

## History[edit]

The original Jarrow club were formed in 1894 after Jarrow Rangers folded.[1] Having initially been accepted into the Tyneside League, the new club successfully applied to join the Northern Alliance for the 1894–95 season.[2] Their first match on 22 August was a friendly against Bill Quay Albion, with Jarrow winning 3–0.[1] The club were Northern Alliance runners-up in 1897–98 and won the league the following season,[2] also reaching the first round of the FA Cup; drawn away to First Division club Everton, they lost 3–1.[3] In 1899–1900 they reached the first round again, losing 2–0 at home to Millwall Athletic in front of a crowd that reached 8,000.[1][3] The season also saw them win the Durham Challenge Cup, beating Sunderland 'A' 1–0 in the final.[1] Having turned amateur in 1901, Jarrow left the Northern Alliance at the end of the 1901–02 season and subsequently disbanded.[1] Although the club was reformed and rejoined the Northern Alliance in 1903, they resigned from the league in March 1909 with their record expunged.[2]

At the start of the following season a club named Jarrow Croft joined the North Eastern League.[4] Croft had previously played in the South Shields Junior League and the Northern Amateur League, before winning the Newcastle Amateur League in 1909–10.[1] The club were renamed Jarrow in 1912,[5] and for the first two years of World War I they played in the North Eastern League–Tyneside Combination. After the war the club were renamed Palmers Jarrow, before reverting to simply Jarrow in March 1920.[1] They finished bottom of the North Eastern League in 1923–24, and moved to Campbell Park in Hebburn the following season; plans to rename themselves Jarrow and Hebburn were dropped after the Durham FA refused permission.[1] In 1930–31 another FA Cup first round appearance ended in a 1–0 defeat at Third Division North club Crewe Alexandra.[3]

Jarrow won the Durham Challenge Cup for a second time in 1932–33, beating Spennymoor United 2–1 in the final.[1] They retained the trophy the following season with a 1–0 win over Cockfield in the final and were also North Eastern League runners-up.[6] The loss of their Campbell Park ground to the army in March 1939 led to the club resigning from the league at the end of the 1938–39 season.[1][6] After World War II Jarrow rejoined the Northern Alliance, but they withdrew from the league during the 1948–49 season after 23 matches.[7] They dropped into the Northern Combination and subsequently disappeared.[1]

The club was reformed in 1980.[8] They joined Division Two of the Wearside League in 1991 and a third-place finish in 1992–93 saw them promoted to Division One.[9] However, they finished bottom of Division One the following season and were relegated back to Division Two.[9] The league was reduced to a single division in 1996 and the club finished bottom of the league in 1996–97. A second division was readded in 1998 and Jarrow finished bottom of Division One in 1999–2000,[9] but avoided relegation as the league was reduced to a single division again.[10] In 2007–08 Jarrow were Wearside League runners-up. They won the league in 2016–17, earning promotion to Division Two of the Northern League.[3]

## Ground[edit]

The original Jarrow initially played at a cycle track at Monkton, which had been opened by Jarrow Amateur Bicycling Club in 1891.[1] The ground became known as the Monkton Stadium and was taken over by the Jarrow Cycling, Athletic and Football Ground Company Limited in 1896.[1] Jarrow Croft played at Simonside, before moving to Jarrow Caledonian's Curlew Road ground in 1913.[1] In the early 1920s the club built a new 15,000-capacity ground in nearby Hebburn named Campbell Park, with the first match played there on 1 September 1924, a 1–1 draw with Newcastle United.[1] In 1939 the ground was commandeered by the army for conversion into a drill hall for the 87th Anti-Aircraft Regiment.[1] After the war the club returned to the Monkston Stadium.[1]

## Honours[edit]

* Wearside League
* Champions 2016–17
* Northern Alliance
* Champions 1898–99
* Durham Challenge Cup
* Winners 1899–1900, 1932–33, 1933–34

## Records[edit]

* Best FA Cup performance: First round, 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1930–31[3]

## See also[edit]

* Jarrow F.C. players
* Jarrow F.C. managers

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Jarrow Donmouth
2. ^ a b c Northern Alliance 1890–1915 Non-League Matters
3. ^ a b c d e Jarrow at the Football Club History Database
4. ^ North Eastern League 1906–1933 Non-League Matters
5. ^ Jarrow Croft at the Football Club History Database
6. ^ a b North Eastern League 1933–1964 Non-League Matters
7. ^ Northern Alliance 1919–1960 Non-League Matters
8. ^ Take a shot at club Shields Gazette, 12 May 2014
9. ^ a b c Wearside League 1988–2000 Non-League Matters
10. ^ Wearside League 2000–2012 Non-League Matters

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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Northern League

2023–24
clubs|

| Division One|

* Birtley Town
* Bishop Auckland
* Boro Rangers
* Carlisle City
* Crook Town
* Guisborough Town
* Heaton Stannington
* Newcastle Benfield
* North Shields
* Northallerton Town
* Penrith
* Redcar Athletic
* Seaham Red Star
* Shildon
* Sunderland Ryhope CA
* Tow Law Town
* West Allotment Celtic
* West Auckland Town
* Whickham
* Whitley Bay

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Division Two|

* Bedlington Terriers
* Billingham Synthonia
* Billingham Town
* Blyth Town
* Boldon Community Association
* Brandon United
* Chester-le-Street Town
* Chester-le-Street United
* Easington Colliery
* Esh Winning
* FC Hartlepool
* Horden Community Welfare
* Jarrow
* Newcastle Blue Star
* Newcastle University
* Prudhoe Youth Club
* Redcar Town
* Ryton & Crawcrook Albion
* Sunderland West End
* Thornaby
* Washington
* Yarm & Eaglescliffe

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