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| Full name | Durham United Football Club |
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| Founded | 2012 [1] |
| Chairman | Mark Blackbourne [1] |
| League | Northern League |
| 2024-25 | Wearside League, Premier Division, 1st (Promoted) |
Durham United Football Club is a football club based in Durham, England. They are currently members of the Northern League, having won promotion to it as champions of the Wearside League in 2024/25. [2]
Formed in 2012 as Durham Federation FC, the club was originally affiliated with the Durham Federation school. They subsequently developed several youth teams, working across the local community. In 2015, a change in the management at the school led to a split, and the club was renamed Durham United. [1]
In 2021, they entered the Wearside League, winning promotion to the First Division (later renamed Premier Division) in 2022. [3] They subsequently partnered with Durham University Football Club, playing home matches at the university's sports ground. [4] The partnership both aimed to give leading University players experience of competing in non-league football, and to move up the divisions as Durham City's relegation from the Northern League had left Durham without a team in the national league system. [3] This was subsequently achieved with the club winning the Wearside League and earning promotion to the Northern League in 2025. [2]
Since 2022, they have played at the Graham Sports Centre, Durham, a facility owned by Durham University. [4]