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| Full name | West Auckland Town Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | West | ||
| Founded | 1893 (as West Auckland) | ||
| Ground | The Wanted Metal stadium (Darlington Road), West Auckland | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 (75 seating) | ||
| Manager | Gary Forrest | ||
| League | Northern League Division One | ||
| 2023–24 | Northern League Division One, 5th of 20 | ||
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West Auckland Town Football Club is a football club from West Auckland, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England, competing in the Northern League, in the ninth tier of the English football league system. The club is most famous for being the winners of the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, one of the world's first international footballing competitions, twice, in 1909 and 1911.