History
The club was formed in 1896 as North Shields Athletic, and began playing in the South Shields and District League. The club moved to Appleby Park, Hawkey's Lane in about 1900.
In 1908, North Shields Athletic joined the North Eastern League. After the First World War, the club continued playing in that league, but the name was changed to Preston Colliery in 1918. The name was changed again, this time to North Shields, in 1928. Their record attendance was 12,800 for the local derby with South Shields in 1936. After the Second World War, the club had increasing success in amateur football, culminating in 1969 with winning the FA Amateur Cup by beating Sutton United at Wembley, and becoming joint winners of the European Amateur Cup.
In 1995, the club changed its name back to North Shields Athletic, and in 1999 back once again to North Shields. In 1992 the club went bankrupt and reformed almost immediately but in doing so dropped from the Northern Premier League to the Wearside League 2, a drop of 5 levels. They gradually achieved two promotions during their time in the Wearside league back into the Northern League last vacated in 1989. Anthony Woodhouse arrived as player-manager in 2009 from local rivals Whitley Bay and in his second full season the club finished 4th in the Northern League Second Division, the highest the "new" club had ever finished and just missing out on promotion from a strong mid-season position. Anthony Woodhouse was replaced by former Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa player Graham Fenton in April 2012.
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