Gateshead A.F.C.
| Full name | Gateshead Association Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1899 |
| Dissolved | 1973 |
| Ground | Hartington Terrace Stanhope Road (–1908) Horsley Hill (1908–1930) Redheugh Park (1930–1973) Gateshead Youth Stadium (1973) |
| 1972–73 | Midland League, 9th |
Gateshead Association Football Club was a football club based in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The club was formed in South Shields in 1889 as South Shields Adelaide Athletic. After success in the North Eastern League prior to World War I, they were voted into the Football League in 1919. Financial problems in the late 1920s saw the club relocate to Gateshead in 1930, adopting the name of their new town. 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. In order to replace them, another South Shields club was then moved to Gatehead, becoming Gateshead United.
The club was established in 1899 by Jack Inskip and was named South Shields Adelaide Athletic after the Adelaide Street area of the town where the founders were from. Success in their early years saw the club win the South Shields Junior Alliance, the 'A' Division of the South Shields Juvenile League, the Shields & District League in 1904–05 and then the Tyneside Junior League. In 1905 they were founders of the Tyneside League and were its inaugural champions. After retaining the title the following season, they joined the Northern Alliance in 1907. After finishing fourth in their first season, they were accepted into the North Eastern League. The club were runners-up in their first season in the league.
In 1910 the club was renamed South Shields after it became a limited company. Former England international Arthur Bridgett was appointed manager in 1912 and they were runners-up again in 1912–13, and applied for election to the Football League. However, they failed to receive a single vote. The following season saw them win the league title, after which they applied for Football League membership again, receiving a single vote. The club retained the league title the following season; another attempt at gaining entry to the Football League was more successful as they finished third with 11 votes, but the two clubs up for re-election, Leicester Fosse and Stoke received 33 and 21 votes respectively. The club's two championship winning seasons saw them lose only four matches and score 293 goals in 76 games. During World War I the club played in the Tyneside Combination, which they won in 1915–16, and the Northern Victory League.
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