Hebburn Town Football Club is a football club based in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Hebburn Sports & Social Ground.
The club was founded in 1912 as a works team for the Reyrolles company. Playing under the company name, they joined Division Two of the Jarrow and District Junior League. After World War I they joined Division One of South Shields Combination League, before switching to the Tyneside Combination in 1923. They joined the Tyneside League in 1927, and were league champions in 1938âÂÂ39. During World War II they joined the Northern Combination in 1941, and after winning the Durham Challenge Cup in 1942âÂÂ43, they won the league title in 1943âÂÂ44. The club then joined the North Eastern League for the 1944âÂÂ45 season, before returning to the Northern Combination in 1945. The club remained in the Combination until rejoining a relaunched North Eastern League in 1959.
In 1960 Reyrolles joined the Wearside League, and were league champions in 1966âÂÂ67. In 1986 they were renamed Hebburn Reyrolles, before changing their name to Hebburn in 1988. In 1989 they moved up to Division Two of the Northern League, and after finishing fourth in 1991âÂÂ92, a season that also saw them win the Durham Challenge Cup for a second time, they were promoted to Division One. Despite finishing eleventh in 1994âÂÂ95 the club were relegated back to Division Two due to issues with their ground. They were promoted again after finishing third in 1999âÂÂ00 and then adopted their current name. However, they finished in the bottom two in their first season back in Division One and were relegated again.
A third-place finish in Division Two in 2011âÂÂ12 saw Hebburn promoted to Division One. However, they were relegated back to Division Two at the end of the 2013âÂÂ14 season. In 2017âÂÂ18 the club were Division Two runners-up, resulting in promotion to Division One. In 2019âÂÂ20 they won the FA Vase, beating Consett 3âÂÂ2 in a match that was delayed until May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the 2020âÂÂ21 season was also curtailed, the club were promoted to Division One East of the Northern Premier League. They won the Northern League's JR Cleator Cup in July 2021, defeating West Auckland Town 3âÂÂ1 in the final. The 2022âÂÂ23 season saw Hebburn finish third in Division One East, qualifying for the promotion play-offs and going on to lose 3âÂÂ2 on penalties to Long Eaton United in the semi-finals after a 2âÂÂ2 draw. In the same season the club won the Durham Challenge Cup for a third time, defeating Spennymoor Town on penalties in the final. The following season saw Hebburn win the Division One East title, earning promotion to the Premier Division.