Gateshead Association Football Club was a football club based in Gateshead, County Durham, England. The club was formed in South Shields in 1899 as South Shields Adelaide Athletic.[1] After success in the North Eastern League prior to World War I, they were voted into the Football League in 1919.[2] Financial problems in the late 1920s saw the club relocate to Gateshead in 1930, adopting the name of their new town.[3] They remained in the Football League until 1960, when they were surprisingly voted out of the Football League and replaced by Peterborough United, despite not having had to apply for re-election since 1937. They subsequently played in regional leagues before folding in 1973.[4] In order to replace them, another South Shields club was then moved to Gateshead, becoming Gateshead United.
| Season | League[4] | FA Cup | FA Trophy | Other Cups | Top scorer | |||||||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | ||||||||||
| 1930–31 | Div 3N | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 73 | 45 | 9th | R3 | DSP - W | Bill McNaughton | 27 | |||||
| 1931–32 | Div 3N | 40 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 94 | 48 | 57 | 2nd | R2 | Bill McNaughton | 22 | ||||||
| 1932–33 | Div 3N | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 67 | 47 | 7th | R3 | Jack Ranson | 24 | ||||||
| 1933–34 | Div 3N | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 76 | 110 | 33 | 19th | R3 | D3NC - R1 | Jack Wesley | 27 | |||||
| 1934–35 | Div 3N | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 96 | 34 | 19th | R1 | D3NC - R1 | Jim Spedding | 11 | |||||
| 1935–36 | Div 3N | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 56 | 76 | 40 | 14th | R1 | D3NC - R2 | Jack Allen | 12 | |||||
| 1936–37 | Div 3N | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 63 | 98 | 32 | 21st | R2 | D3NC - R1 | Joe McDermott | 13 | |||||
| 1937–38 | Div 3N | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 59 | 51 | 5th | R1 | D3NC - R3 | John Smith | 26 | |||||
| 1938–39 | Div 3N | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 67 | 42 | 10th | R1 | D3NC - R2 | Hughie Gallacher | 21 | |||||
| 1939–40 | Div 3N | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | N/A | N/A | Bob Birtley John Callender Peter Spooner | 2 | ||||||
| No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due toWorld War II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1945–46 | R3 | Billy Cairns Cec McCormack | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 1946–47 | Div 3N | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 72 | 38 | 14th | R3 | Cec McCormack | 21 | ||||||
| 1947–48 | Div 3N | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 75 | 57 | 49 | 4th | R1 | Len Small | 13 | ||||||
| 1948–49 | Div 3N | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 69 | 58 | 45 | 5th | R4 | DSP - W | George Wilbert | 15 | |||||
| 1949–50 | Div 3N | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 87 | 54 | 53 | 2nd | R2 | George Wilbert | 18 | ||||||
| 1950–51 | Div 3N | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 84 | 62 | 50 | 8th | R3 | DSP - W | George Wilbert | 18 | |||||
| 1951–52 | Div 3N | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 49 | 53 | 5th | R4 | Ian Winters | 19 | ||||||
| 1952–53 | Div 3N | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 76 | 60 | 49 | 8th | QF | George Wilbert | 16 | ||||||
| 1953–54 | Div 3N | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 55 | 55 | 4th | R1 | Ken Smith Billy Watkin | 12 | ||||||
| 1954–55 | Div 3N | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 69 | 52 | 7th | R3 | DSP - W | John Ingham | 17 | |||||
| 1955–56 | Div 3N | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 77 | 84 | 45 | 13th | R1 | John Ingham | 14 | ||||||
| 1956–57 | Div 3N | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 72 | 90 | 44 | 17th | R1 | John Ingham | 14 | ||||||
| 1957–58 | Div 3N | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 68 | 76 | 45 | 14th | R1 | Jack Hogg | 14 | ||||||
| 1958–59 | Div 4 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 56 | 85 | 40 | 20th | R1 | DSP - W | Bob Baldridge | 16 | |||||
| 1959–60 | Div 4 | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 58 | 86 | 33 | 22nd | R1 | Joe Armstrong | 10 | ||||||
| 1960–61 | NCOS | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 20 | 4th | R1 | Alan Trewick | 25 | ||||||
| 1961–62 | NCOS | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 34 | 29 | 5th | R2 | Alan Trewick | 15 | ||||||
| 1962–63 | NREG | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 55 | 29 | 11th | R2 | Bennett Steele | 22 | ||||||
| 1963–64 | NREG | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 79 | 47 | 45 | 1st | R2 | Frank McKenna | 22 | ||||||
| 1964–65 | NREG | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 43 | 41 | 4th | 4Q | Frank McKenna | 17 | ||||||
| 1965–66 | NREG | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 48 | 67 | 26 | 10th | R2 | Bennett Steele | 15 | ||||||
| 1966–67 | NREG | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 9th | 4Q | Cyril Martin | 14 | ||||||
| 1967–68 | NREG | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 37 | 16 | 6th | 1Q | J Cairns | 12 | ||||||
| 1968–69 | NPLP | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 37 | 11th | 1Q | Gerry Coyne | 20 | ||||||
| 1969–70 | NPLP | 38 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 94 | 22 | 20th | 2Q | 3Q | Arthur Lumsden | 11 | |||||
| 1970–71 | WEAR[5] | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 143 | 37 | 62 | 2nd | 3Q | 2Q | Len Smith | 72 | |||||
| 1971–72 | MID | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 53 | 39 | 8th | 3Q | 1Q | Billy Lynn | 17 | |||||
| 1972–73 | MID | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 68 | 34 | 9th | 3Q | 1Q | Billy Beat | 19 | |||||
| Gateshead AFC folded in 1973. Gateshead Town replaced Gateshead AFC Reserves in the Northern Combination League | ||||||||||||||||||
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