Newcastle Blue Star FC

Formed in 1930 as Newcastle Blue Star, the club were entered into the Newcastle Business Houses League two years later. The club would play in this league for six seasons before moving onto the North East Amateur League. Spells in the Tyneside Amateur League and Northern Combination would follow.

In 1973, under the name Blue Star Welfare, the club had advanced to the Wearside League. They were crowned champions during their first season in the league, they repeated the success in the 1975-76 season adding the championship to their name again. They also achieved victory in the FA Vase, beating Barton Rovers at Wembley 2-1.

By the 1979 season, the club were going under simply Blue Star. The early 1980s was a successful time for the club, they won the Wearside League in three consecutive seasons. Around this time they also reached the First Round proper of the FA Cup, they went out to York City losing 2-0 at Bootham Crescent.

The club entered into the Northern League Division Two for the 1985-86 season, emphatically winning it. They won 36 out of 38 games, only dropping points in two games (one a draw, the other a loss); also that season the club scored a very high 133 goals.[2] In 1986, the name was extended to the original title; Newcastle Blue Star.

Newcastle Blue Star had moved up to the Northern League Division One, and came very close to winning it in 1987-88. By the early 1990s, the club had a slump in the league, finishing generally in the lower half of the table. From 1994 until 1998, the club was known as RTM Newcastle, they soon changed it back to Newcastle Blue Star.

The club were relegated back down to Division Two for the 1999-00 season, but bounced straight back up with a runners-up spot. Unable to regain the form of previous years, Newcastle spent three seasons in the lower reigions of the table; the last of which was a bottom place finish and subsequent relegation.

In 2004-05, Newcastle Blue Star were promoted back into the Northern League Division One after ending the season in third place. Under the management of Eric Tait, Blue Star had a fantastic return to Division One, winning it for the first time in their history, not only that but they completed the double by capturing the Northern League Cup. Unfortunetly for the club, they were not promoted as their Wheatshead Ground did not reach league standards.

It has been announced that as of the 2007-08 season, Blue Star will share 10000 seater, Kingston Park with rugby side Newcastle Falcons. The ground change allows the club to progress to the Northern Premier League Division One North which stands at level 8 on the football pyramid.