WILLINGTON AFC is a football club based in Willington County Durham England They joined the Northern League in 1911 They have reached the 1st Rd of the FA Cup twice in their history In 1950 they won the FA Amateur Cup For the 2011/12 season they are members of the Wearside Football League They play at the Hall Lane ground in Willington Their traditional local rivals are Crook Town The club has had a number of famous players going on to play in the Football League England Internationals FA Cup Winners including Joe Banks-Spurs George Tweedy-Grimsby Town Billy Ashurst-Notts County Ray Pointer-Burnley Andy Graver-Lincoln City Managers including Malcolm Allison Alan Durban Eddie Kyle Alan Murray Alan Shoulder Stan Cummins The current manager is local lad Robert Lee
Ground Capacity 7000 Seated 350
Admission £2 Match Programme 50p
COLOURS
Home-Royal Blue/White Shirts Blue Shorts + Socks
Away-Orange Shirts Black Shorts + Socks
CLUB HONOURS
FA Amateur Cup Winners 1949-50 finalists 1938-39 semis 1927-28
Northern Lge Champions
1913-14 1925-26 1929-30 runnerup 1912-13 1957-58 1975-76
Lge Cup Winners
1924-25 1925-26 1927-28 1930-31 1931-32 1948-49 1956-57 1974-75 finalists 1913-14 1948-49
Durham Benevolent Bowl Winners 1948-49 1950-51 1957-58
Durham Auxiliary Memorial Cup Winners 1935-36
Wearside Football Lge Cup finalists 2011
Top 10 GOALSCORERS Lge/Cup post-1939
150 Brett Cummings 1992-08
130 John Boxer Taylor 1955-69
115 Tommy Holdon 1971-77
102 Bill Larmouth 1947-53
85 Stan Rutherford 1948-62
84 Brian Newton 1971-76
80 Mattie Armstrong 1948-52
72 Howard Murray 1966-79
50 John Tobin 1961-64
43 Trevor Ball 1998-08
GAMES PLAYED Top 12
407 Brett Cummings 1992-08
395 John Boxer Taylor 1955-69
392 Gordon Brown 1951-64
385 Stan Rutherford 1948-62
280 Jackie Foster 1969-75
273 Howard Murray 1966-79
233 Brian Newton 1971-76
219 Tommy Holdon 1971-77
210 Dave Taylor 1983-08
204 Eddie Taylor 1946-52
202 Bill Craggs 1945-52
200 Bill Larmouth 1947-54 | 
