How the golden amateur era of south Durham came to an end

IN THE 1960s and 1970s, it was all change in the FA Amateur Cup competition with Bishop Auckland and Crook Town, former giants of the competition, nothing more than also-rans. The southern clubs cleaned up with Hendon winning the Cup in 1965 and 1972, Wealdstone in 1966, Enfield in 1967 and 1970, Leytonstone in 1968, Walton and Hersham in 1973 and Bishops Stortford, in 1974, the last Amateur Cup competition.

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