[5] After World War I the club continued in the Northern League, finishing bottom of the table in 1926–27, 1931–32 and 1933–34.

[5] In 1934 the club were forced to fold as they were unable to pay rent to the parish council;[3] they resigned from the league on 5 October after four matches and their fixtures were taken over by West Auckland Town.

[7] The original Esh Winning played at the Stags Head Recreation Ground.

The ground's record attendance of over 5,000 was set in 1910 for a match against Newcastle United reserves and equalled in 1921 when the club lost 5–4 to Bishop Auckland in the FA Amateur Cup quarter final.

[2][3] The modern club bought the welfare grounds in Waterhouses (a village to the south-west of Esh Winning) from the National Coal Board when the mine was about to be closed down.