Billingham Synthonia F.C.
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| Full name | Billingham Synthonia Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Synners |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Ground | Norton Sports Complex, Norton |
| Capacity | 1,970 (370 seated) |
| Chairman | David Hillerby |
| Manager | Conrad Hillerby |
| League | Northern League Division Two |
| 2016–17 | Northern League Division Two, 3/21 (promoted) |
Billingham Synthonia Football Club is a football club based in Billingham, , England. They are currently members of the Northern League Division Two and play at the Norton Sports Complex in Norton. Nicknamed "the Synners", their local rivals are Billingham Town.
The club was established in 1923 and was named after an agricultural fertiliser, Synthonia being a contraction of "synthetic ammonia", a product manufactured by ICI, with which the club was affiliated. They initially played in the South Bank & District League, later joining the Teesside League. They won the Teesside League Cup in 1934–35, the league title in 1936–37 and the League Cup for a second time in 1938–39.
In 1945 the club joined the Northern League. They reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in 1948–49, losing 5–0 to Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road. The following season saw them finish as Northern League runners-up and reach the first round of the FA Cup again, this time losing 3–0 at . After finishing as runners-up again in 1950–51, a season in which they did not concede a goal during their home league matches, the 1951–52 season saw them win the League Cup with a 1–0 win over Tow Law Town in a replay, finish as runners-up for the third consecutive season and reach the FA Cup first round for a third time, losing 5–0 at Scunthorpe & Lindsay United. They won the Northern League for the first time in 1956–57, a season which also saw another FA Cup first round appearance, resulting in a 6–1 defeat at Carlisle United. The following season they reached the first round again, losing 5–2 at Boston United.
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