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in 1896, and at the turn of the century became the strongest non-league side in the area; it won the League every year from 1900–01 to 1903–04, and in the first of those seasons also won two local competitions (the
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near to the home of one of the boys' grandparents. As the side grew and aged together, the players looked for more competitive football, and was a founder member of the
Wearside Alliance in 1892, winning the title in 1894–95; the club increasingly used the name
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took over its ground in April 1918, and the club's failure to send a representative to a meeting of the new
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had recovered to mid-table status. However, the club's existence ended during the War, as the
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Scott - was still vice-captain for the club as late as the 1904–05 season.
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The club's 1901–02 season record, Sunderland Daily Echo, 3 May 1902
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265:football for fourpence; the boys chose the name
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937:Association football clubs established in 1884
870:"Sunderland & District Wednesday League".
483:, outside-left, played for the club in 1908–09
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664:"The English Cup - Final Qualifying Round".
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515:in 1905
432:1894–95
398:Honours
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249:History
243:England
232:English
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