Tyne Association F.C.
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Tyne Association F.C. was an English association football club, the first association club from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
History
The club was founded in 1877, by public schoolboys returning home from term; these included pupils from the leading association-playing teams such as Charterhouse School.{{cite web |last1=Kitching |first1=Gavin |title=Geordie Soccer Pioneers |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-ethnologie-francaise-2011-4-page-601.htm |website=Ethnologie Française |access-date=22 May 2022}} Being the first club in the town, the club's early games were internal matches between its members,E.g. Club v Bankers: {{cite journal |title=Football appointments |journal=Newcastle Daily Journal |date=6 November 1877 |page=4}} or matches against Northumberland Rugby Club under a mixture of codes.{{cite journal |title=Football appointments |journal=Newcastle Daily Journal |date=2 January 1878 |page=4}}
In 1879–80 the club entered the FA Cup and lost 5–1 in the first round to competition favourites Blackburn Rovers, the Tyne goal being a fluke as a corner clearance hit forward J. Bruce on the back and deflected through the posts.{{cite journal |title=Blackburn Rovers v Tyne Association |journal=Blackburn Standard |date=8 November 1879 |page=8}} In 1880–81, it was one of the clubs which entered the first Northumberland and Durham Association Cup, beating Corbridge 5–2 in the first round.{{cite journal |title=Northumberland and Durham Football Association Challenge Cup |journal=Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle |date=27 November 1880 |page=3}} In the semi-final Tyne lost 2–0 to eventual winners Newcastle Rangers.{{cite journal |title=Northumberland and Durham Association Cup |journal=Field |date=15 January 1881 |page=82}}
Tyne's only success in the competition came in 1882–83, getting revenge on Rangers in the first round (Rangers' first defeat in the competition),{{cite journal |title=Northumberland and Durham Association Cup |journal=Sporting Life |date=6 February 1883 |page=4}} and beating Sunderland in the final, thanks to second half goals from T. Redmayne and G. H. Ainslie.{{cite journal |title=Northumberland and Durham Football Association |journal=Newcastle Journal |date=2 April 1883 |page=4}} The growth of the competition required the local association to split into Northumberland and County Durham sections, and Tyne duly won the first Northumberland Senior Cup in 1883–84, again beating Rangers in the final, this time 4–1.{{cite journal |title=Northumberland Association Final Cup Tie |journal=Northern Echo |date=24 March 1884 |page=4}}
However Tyne remained amateur as other clubs in the area turned professional, and the club fell behind in the local pecking order. It did not enter the FA Cup again until 1886–87, losing once more in the first round, 4–0, to the professional side of Redcar.{{cite journal |title=Redcar v Tyne |journal=Northern Echo |date=1 November 1886 |page=4}} It was the club's last FA Cup entry, as at the end of the season the club was disbanded.{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Terry |title=Vain Games of No Value |date=2016}}
Colours
Ground
The club played at the Northumberland Cricket Ground in Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne.