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| Full name | Heaton Stannington Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Stan[1] | ||
| Founded | 1910 | ||
| Ground | Grounsell Park,High Heaton | ||
| Capacity | 2,000[2] | ||
| Chairman | Scott Lyndon & Neil Drummond | ||
| Manager | Dean Nicholson | ||
| League | Northern Premier League Division One East | ||
| 2024–25 | Northern Premier League Division One East, 12th of 22 | ||
| Website | https://heatonstan.co.uk | ||
Heaton Stannington Football Club is a semi-professionalfootball club based inHigh Heaton,Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They are currently members of theNorthern Premier League Division One East and play at Grounsell Park.
The current club was established in 1910, although an earlier version of the club was playing in the Newcastle and District Amateur League until resigning in December 1904.[3] They did not join a league until 1913, when they entered the Tyneside Minor League. After one season the club switched to Division Two of the Northern Amateur League.[3] After gaining promotion to Division One, the club won the league's Challenge Cup in 1935–36 before winning the league title the following season.[3] They then moved up to the Tyneside League, finishing as runners-up in 1938–39.[4]
In 1939 Heaton Stannington were elected to theNorthern League. They finished bottom of the league in1948–49 and1949–50, and after two more bottom-three finishes, the club left the Northern League in 1952 to join theNorthern Alliance.[5] After four seasons in the Alliance, they returned to the Northern Amateur League.[3] The club joined the relaunchedNorth Eastern League in 1959, but left after a single season to join the Northern Combination, where they played until joining theWearside League in 1973.[6]
Financial problems led to Heaton Stannington resigning from theWearside League and joining theTyneside Amateur League in 1982, where they played as Heaton United for the 1982–83 season.[3] They were league champions the following season and moved up to the Northern Amateur League, which they won in 1985–86.[3] They then moved up to the Northern Alliance.[7] When the league gained extra divisions in 1988 the club became members of the Premier Division, which they played in until being relegated to Division One at the end of the 1995–96 season.[8]
A fourth-place finish in Division One in 1998–99 saw Heaton Stannington promoted back to the Premier Division.[8] However, they were relegated again at the end of the 2000–01 season. After finishing as Division One runners-up in 2003–04 the club were promoted to the Premier Division.[9] The 2011–12 season saw the club win the Premier Division, and after retaining the title the following season, they were promoted to Division Two of the Northern League. In the buildup to the2012 Summer Olympics the club played theGabon Olympic team in a friendly, losing 4–0.[10] In2021–22 they were runners-up in Division Two, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. After beatingEasington Colliery 2–0 in the semi-finals, the club defeatedTow Law Town 2–1 in the final to earn promotion to Division One.
In2023–24 Heaton Stannington finished third in Division One of the Northern League. In the subsequent play-offs they defeatedBirtley Town 1–0 in the semi-finals and thenWest Auckland Town 3–0 in the final to earn promotion to Division One East of theNorthern Premier League. The following season saw them win theNorthumberland Senior Cup for the first time, beatingMorpeth Town on penalties in the final.[11]
The original Heaton Stannington club played at Miller's Lane.[3] When the club was re-established, they played at Paddy Freeman's Park before moving to the Coast Road ground.[3] In October 1935 they moved to their current ground, which was known as Newton Park until being renamed Grounsell Park in 2007 in honour of Bob Grounsell.[3] The ground was built on a disused quarry.[12]
As of November 2025
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager |  Dean Nicholson |
| Assistant manager | Andy McBride |
| First Team Coach | Nick Cassidy |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Tom Flynn |
| Physiotherapist | Jordan Dean |
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