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In 1983–84 Morpeth were Northern Alliance champions. They were runners-up the following season and then won both the Challenge Cup and the Northumberland Benevolent Bowl in 1985–86. After winning the league's Subsidiary Cup in 1986–87, the club were champions again in 1993–94, earning promotion to
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in 1936 and were runners-up in 1937–38, before winning the league's Challenge Cup in 1938–39. During the 1939–40 season, which saw the league reorganised into a wartime competition, the club were runners-up in the North Division and then finished third in the combined competition. After the league
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The club initially played at Stobhill Cricket Field, before moving to Storey Park in 1954. In 1994 they relocated to Craik Park, named for W and R Craik, who had been the club's secretaries between 1920 and 1985. Craik Park had been built in 1972 as an athletics venue with a 6-lane cinder track,
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which was used for training by Morpeth Harriers & AC. After the football club moved to the ground, they built a 100-seat stand and a new clubhouses, as well as erecting floodlights.
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saw them win Division One East, earning promotion to the Premier Division. They also won the Northumberland Senior Cup for the second time, defeating
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saw them finish bottom of Division Two, although the club avoided being relegated back to the Northern Alliance. In
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4–1 to win the competition. The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One of the Northern League the
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Over time the cinder running track has been removed. In 2021 the club installed an artificial grass pitch.
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2–1 in the final after extra time. The club won the Senior Cup again in 2022–23, beating
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they finished third in Division Two and were promoted back to Division One.
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3–2 in the final. They finished second from bottom of Division One in
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in the league and were promoted to Division One. The club won the
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Morpeth
Craig Lynch
Northern Premier League
2023–24
Northern Premier League
Home colours
Away colours
football
Morpeth
Northumberland
England
Northern Premier League
Northern Alliance
war
Northern League
second season
Northumberland Senior Cup
Blyth Spartans
2009–10
following season
2012–13
2015–16
FA Vase
Wembley Stadium
Hereford
following season
2017–18
Northern Premier League
following season

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