| Full name | Willington Athletic Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | by 1891 |
| Dissolved | after 1918 |
| League | Northern Alliance |
| 1914–15 | Northern Alliance, 3rd |
Willington Athletic Football Club was an English football club based in Willington Quay, Northumberland. The team played at a ground next to Howdon railway station.
Willington Athletic joined the Northern Alliance in 1891–92,[1] and won that league's championship for the first time in 1899–1900, repeating the feat in 1904–05, 1905–06 and 1909–10.[2][3] Its team first entered the FA Cup in 1891–92 – they lost to Shankhouse in the second qualifying round after a replay – and entered each season until competitive football was abandoned for the duration of the First World War.[4] In 1899–1900, they reached the fifth qualifying round, in which they lost to Jarrow, also after a replay.[5] They won the Northumberland Senior Cup in 1896 and 1897.[6]
The club applied for election to the Football League in 1903, but received only one vote.[7][8]
When the Northern Alliance resumed after the war, Willington Athletic initially intended to continue in membership, but by the time the 1919–20 season began, they had dropped out.[1]