Full name | Northern Football Club | |
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Union | Northumberland RFU | |
Founded | 1875 | |
Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England | |
Ground(s) | McCracken Park (Capacity: 1,000) | |
Chairman | Richard Kain | |
President | Nicolas Arnold | |
Coach(es) | 1st XV - Dave Guthrie & Jim Pollock | |
Captain(s) | 1st XV - | |
League(s) | Regional 2 North [1] | |
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Official website | ||
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Northern Football Club are a rugby union club that was founded in 1875, and is based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Their strip is coloured navy Blue, Red and White. They currently play in Regional 2 North, the sixth tier of the English rugby union system, having been promoted from Durham Northumberland One at the end of the 2021/2022 season. Northern field three senior teams. These are the first team, Northern Wanderers (2nd team) and Northern Panthers (3rd team). Northern have a very large successful mini and youth rugby set-up.