A.F.C. Newbiggin
{{Short description|English football club}}
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| fullname = AFC Newbiggin
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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2010}}{{cite web |title=24 Newbiggin Sports Centre |url=https://100groundsclub.blogspot.com/2016/05/524-newbiggin-sports-centre.html |publisher=Heed Hopper |access-date=15 June 2025}}
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| league = Northern League
| season = 2024-25
| position = Northern Football Alliance, Premier Division, 2nd (Promoted)
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AFC Newbiggin is a football club based in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, England. They are currently members of the Northern League, having won promotion to it as runners-up of the Northern Alliance in 2024/25.
History
Past football clubs in Newbiggin, Newbiggin Colliery Welfare{{cite web |title=Newbiggin Colliery Welfare |url=https://fchd.info/NEWBIGCW.HTM |publisher=FCHD.info |access-date=15 June 2025}}{{cite web |title=Extracts from the 1969 Annual Report |url=http://www.dmm.org.uk/welfare/1969b-01.htm |publisher=Durham Mining Museum |access-date=15 June 2025}} and Newbiggin Central Welfare{{cite web |title=Newbiggin Central Welfare |url=https://fchd.info/NEWBCENW.HTM |publisher=FCHD.info}} date back to 1911,{{cite web |last1=Bew |first1=Janet |title=AFC Newbiggin's ambitious plans take a step forward after planning approval granted |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/sport/football/afc-newbiggins-ambitious-plans-take-a-step-forward-after-planning-approval-granted-4456184 |publisher=Northumberland Gazette |access-date=15 June 2025}}{{cite web |title=Minutes of the Town Council Meeting held on Wednesday 20 September 2017 |url=https://www.newbiggintowncouncil.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/minutes170920.pdf |publisher=Newbiggin By The Sea Town Council |access-date=15 June 2025}} with Central Welfare having folded in the mid-2000s.{{cite web |last1=Ternent |first1=Paul |title=The Chairman's views |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/afcnewbiggin/news/the-chairmans-views-2753449.html |publisher=AFC Newbiggin |access-date=15 June 2025}} AFC Newbiggin were founded in 2010 to fill the gap following Central Welfare's collapse, and joined the North Northumberland League and then the second division of the Northern Alliance in 2013.{{cite web |title=AFC Newbiggin |url=https://fchd.info/AFCNEWBI.HTM |publisher=FCHD.info |access-date=15 June 2025}} They won promotion to the Premier Division in two seasons, but briefly returned to the North Northumberland League in 2018, before resuming their journey in division two of the Northern Alliance again in 2019, returning to the Premier in 2022.
After seeking to develop a new ground elsewhere in 2020,{{cite web |last1=O'Connelll |first1=Ben |title=Northumberland football club AFC Newbiggin wins planning permission for new pitch and clubhouse |url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/council/northumberland-football-club-afc-newbiggin-wins-planning-permission-for-new-pitch-and-clubhouse-1635999 |publisher=Northumberland Gazette |access-date=15 June 2025}} Newbiggin were able to expand the facilities at Newbiggin Sport Centre in 2023, creating the possibility of playing at a higher level. In 2025, they were duly able to gain promotion to the Northern League after finishing second in the Northern Alliance.{{cite web |title=FA announces league allocations for new season |url=https://www.northernfootballleague.org/news/fa-announces-league-allocations-for-new-season/ |publisher=Northern League |access-date=15 June 2025}}
=Honours=
- Northern Alliance
- Second Division Runners-Up 2013-14
- First Division Runners-Up 2014-15
- Premier Division Runners-Up 2024-25
Ground
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Northern League (football)}}
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Category:Association football clubs established in 2010
Category:2010 establishments in England
Category:Football clubs in England
Category:Football clubs in Northumberland