South Bank East End F.C.
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| Full name | South Bank East End Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1908 | |
| Dissolved | 1953 | |
| Ground | Majestic Ground | |
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South Bank East End F.C. was an association football club from South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire.
The club was founded in 1908.[1] It was considered a nursery side for Middlesbrough for much of its existence and a number of Boro players cut their teeth with East End.[2]
The club entered the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup from 1920–21 to 1950–51; in its 30 years of entries, it never got beyond the first qualifying round.[3] It came close in 1936–37, holding town rivals South Bank in the first preliminary round, but going down 2–1 in the replay.[4]
It had more success in the FA Amateur Cup, which it entered over the same period, reaching the first round proper (last 64) in 1937–38; at that stage it lost 4–1 at home to Ferryhill Athletic.[5] Its greatest success came at local level, winning numerous amateur competitions at county level, including three Teesside Football League titles before the Second World War, and notably winning 5 trophies in the 1933–34 season alone.[6] It also reached the 1939–40 North Riding Senior Cup final, losing to Portrack Shamrocks at Ayresome Park.[7]
East End was nearly put out of business in 1939, as the local council threatened a compulsory purchase order over its ground;[8] ironically World War 2 saved the club temporarily. It continued playing to the end of the 1952–53 season,[9] but there is no record for it afterwards.
Colours
The club wore black and amber quarters.[10]