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Plans for major new football hub with all-weather and grass pitches
Prison football coaching scheme aims to tackle reoffending in County Durham
Referee 'saved player's life' by stopping game after injury as bleed found on brain
North Yorkshire club make plans for new women’s football team
Joy as Darlington charity completes annual 33-mile walk for mental health awareness
North East football legend surprises new parents at hospital maternity unit
Inspirational autobiography about fan's love for Darlington FC is set for launch
Football club 'on the brink of folding' saved by well-known food company
Darlington-born sportsman nicknamed 'Billy Lightning' dies aged 100
'Definitely coming home': Darlington family gear up for England Euro final
Two goalkeepers who stood tall for Darlington celebrated with England Euros mural
Seven new signings for Northallerton Town ahead of new season
Darlington born sportsman teases football comeback as he celebrates 100th birthday
Thornaby FC announces new chief exec with plans to bring back women's team
Justice First Football Tournament returns for Refugee Week
Thornaby FC Women's team axing 'not taken lightly' says former chief exec
'Utter shock': How Thornaby FC Women under 15s learnt of axe hours after victory
Grassroots football community in uproar after North East club axe women's team
Lioness fans pay tribute to Darlington schoolgirl after tragic mudslide death
Young footballers take to Riverside pitch for special charity match
North East football club move step closer to rebuild after arson attack
£5,000 boost for football club appeal thanks to coaches charity match
Why a piece of County Durham footballing history could be about to disappear
Stockton hoping it will be third time lucky in sell-out play-off final
Plans to build new Darlington FC stadium delayed by relegation scrap and site issues
Children's TV legend in Darlington making film about pioneering footballer
Inclusive junior football club wins praise from Rishi Sunak
Legendary footballer returning to North East for presenter's nostalgia event
Marske United secure financial survival - but are forced to withdraw from league
'Save Our Club': North East football club needs £120,000 to 'save' itself
Agony for Guisborough as Birtley edge seven-goal thriller
Funeral of North East footballer: How his legacy will help protect future generations
Darlington sack Alun Armstrong as manager after poor start to season
Memorial match for football stalwart raises over £1,000 for charity
Giant-killing Guisborough stun Pontefract in FA Cup preliminaries
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Curtis Fleming on his tough upbringing, life in football, and combatting racism
Darlington and Scarborough Athletic fined after abuse of female match official
Darlington FC ambition to build stadium at Skerningham in doubt over planning rule
Footballers' fundraiser in memory of teenager at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium
Seeds sown for new community football pitch in North Yorkshire
Clean sweep for Fielding as Guisborough Town FC present annual awards
Bedale AFC reserves crowned league champions without kicking a ball
Concerns over £3.7m sports village
'Idiotic' Darlington fan behaviour slammed with club braced for FA punishment
Masked raiders damage football pitches used by children
Tributes pour in for father and football fan Chris Collier
Fundraiser launched for Darlington footballer who suffered brain bleed
Darlington football fan banned for 12 months after hurling sexist abuse at official
Darlington to launch investigation into alleged misogynistic abuse at Scarborough
Let’s keep pushing girls – Beth Mead wants women’s sport to continue to rise
North Yorkshire's Beth Mead strong favourite to win Sports Personality of the Year
Marking Manny - the man who discovered Arthur Wharton
Sky blue thinking as football team gifted new kit