The Wearside Football League is a non-league football competition based in England. It consists of a single division which sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System and is a feeder to the Northern League Division Two. Following the 2007–08 season, Whitehaven moved up to the Northern League, as did Newton Aycliffe in 2008–09 and Ryhope Colliery Welfare in 2011-12. The league has had a second division in the past but currently only operates with one. For the 2012–13 season, 22 clubs are competing in the league. The Wearside League is fed by the Durham Alliance.
Despite its name, the league covers a much larger area than just Wearside; for the 2011–12 season it includes clubs as far south as North Yorkshire and as far west as Cumbria.
The league also operates three cup competitions: the Monkwearmouth Charity Cup and the Shipowners' Charity Cup, both of which have been contested since the 1890s, and the League Challenge Cup, which came into being in the 1930s.
Read more about Wearside Football League: Member Clubs For 2012–13 Season, History, Past Champions
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