They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One East and play at the UTS Stadium.

The club was established as a works team by John Thompson and other HMSO employees in 1975 and were originally known as Whickham Sports.

[4] At the end of the season they were renamed Dunston Federation Brewery and moved up to the Wearside League.

[5] After winning three successive League Cups in 1997–98, 1998–99 and 1999–2000,[4] the club finished as Division One runners-up in 2000–01.

After success in the Newcastle City Amateur League, the club leased land from Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, which was to become the Wellington Road ground.