Northern Football Club
Welcome to Northern FC
Newcastle upon Tyne's premier amateur rugby football club.
Northern Football Club was founded in 1875.
It was originally called Elswick Football Club but was renamed in it's second season changing colours to red white and blue which are still the colours to this day.
Northern originally played at Mill Inn, Westgate and moved to a number of different sites including the Town Moor. A period of 60 years passed without a 'home ground'.
In October 1937, McCracken Park was officially opened by Ald. G. B. Bainbridge. It was named after the then Club President Angus McCracken.
In 1956, an addition to the clubhouse was made when to squash courts were built and in 1961, a cocktail bar was added. Squash became so successful that a third squash court was added in 1974.
On December 18th 1994, the present clubhouse was opened at a cost of £1 million. It included a fourth glass-back squash court, a new members bar and a functions bar.