New Workington A FC was born in 1921 and immediately joined the North Eastern League.
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11 Facts About Workington AFC
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On 3 April 1965, Workington AFC gave a debut to one of the youngest players ever to play in the Football League, Tony Geidmintis, who was only 15 years 247 days old.
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Mid-1960s saw Workington AFC give a debut to one of the earliest black professional footballers in the Football League.
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In 1966 Workington AFC had their best ever season in the Football League, finishing 5th in the Third Division and narrowly missing out on promotion to the Second Division.
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Workington AFC joined the club in 1969 and was transferred to Southport in 1974.
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Workington AFC were the penultimate team to fail the re-election process before it was scrapped in 1986 and replaced with automatic relegation to the conference National; Southport, who were voted out the season after Workington AFC, were the last club to lose their Football League status this way.
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Club's appearance record for the whole period that Workington AFC played in the Football League was achieved by Bobby Brown.
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Brown, who was selected for the Third Division North representative team while at Workington AFC, made a total of 469 league and cup appearances for the club between 1956 and 1967.
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Sure enough after winning the next 13 games Workington AFC squared up to league leaders Mossley at Borough Park in front of a 2,281 spectators, a league record only beaten by the formation of FC United of Manchester.
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Workington AFC became the first club to return to the NPL First Division at the first attempt.
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Workington AFC was unable to save the club from relegation as Workington finished 22nd in Conference North.
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