Hebburn Town Club Profile and History

Hebburn Town

Hebburn Town, known as the Hornets, is a South Tyneside club with deep links to Hebburn’s industrial and community identity. Its black-and-yellow presence is centred on the Hebburn Sports & Social Ground, also known commercially as The Trustmark Group Stadium. The club’s profile combines regional non-league football, a Wembley FA Vase heritage and an unusually broad grassroots ecosystem. This team page brings together its identity, recorded competitions, movement history and available squad and coaching information.

Xtra rating
1336
Conservative: 715
Rank club
2890
Updated: 24 October 2026

Hebburn Town Upcoming matches by league

National League - North

  • - National League North - 15
    Hebburn Town
    No H2H
    Harborough Town
  • - National League North - 16
    Merthyr Town
    No H2H
    Hebburn Town
  • - National League North - 12
    Spalding United
    No H2H
    Hebburn Town
  • - National League North - 17
    Hebburn Town
    No H2H
    Marine

FA Trophy

  • - Round of 128
    Hebburn Town
    No H2H
    Guiseley AFC

Hebburn Town Last matches by league

National League - North

  • - National League North - 13
    AFC Telford United
    2 - 2
    Hebburn Town
  • - National League North - 14
    Hebburn Town
    0 - 2
    Scarborough Athletic
  • - National League North - 11
    Hebburn Town
    0 - 3
    Oxford City
  • - National League North - 10
    Darlington 1883
    Hebburn Town

FA Trophy

  • - 1/128-finals
    Dunston UTS
    Hebburn Town
  • - 3rd Round Qualifying
    Whitby Town
    Hebburn Town
  • - 3rd Round Qualifying
    Hebburn Town
    United of Manchester
    The Energy Check Sports Ground
  • - 1st Round Qualifying
    Brighouse Town
    Hebburn Town
    The Yorkshire Payments Stadium

FA Cup

  • - 2nd Round Qualifying
    Hebburn Town
    1 - 4
    Guiseley AFC
  • - 2nd Round Qualifying
    Curzon Ashton
    Hebburn Town
  • - 1st Round Qualifying
    Hebburn Town
    Longridge Town
    The Energy Check Sports Ground
  • - 2nd Round Qualifying
    Chester
    Hebburn Town
    Deva Stadium

Friendlies Clubs

  • - Club Friendlies
    Blyth Spartans
    Hebburn Town
  • - Club Friendlies
    Hebburn Town
    Hartlepool
  • - Club Friendlies
    Hebburn Town
    Gateshead
  • - Club Friendlies 5
    Hebburn Town
    Spennymoor Town

Non League Premier - Northern

  • - Regular Season - 42
    Hebburn Town
    Rushall Olympic
    The Energy Check Sports Ground
  • - Regular Season - 41
    Bamber Bridge
    Hebburn Town
    Sir Tom Finney Stadium
  • - Regular Season - 40
    Cleethorpes Town
    Hebburn Town
    The myenergi Stadium
  • - Regular Season - 39
    Hebburn Town
    Stockton Town
    The Energy Check Sports Ground

Hebburn Town Team Roster

No players are recorded for Hebburn Town, leaving the listed roster at zero. A reliable position-by-position balance therefore cannot be stated, with no supported basis for identifying a goalkeeper, defensive unit, midfield group or attacking line. The absence of names should not be read as evidence that the club has no playing squad; it indicates only that player details are not available here. Roles, appearances, squad leadership and the balance between established and younger players consequently remain unreported.

position Goalkeeper

position Defender

position Midfielder

10 Matthew Cornish
Matthew Cornish
MID England
14 Robert Briggs
Robert Briggs
MID England
14 Elliot Forbes
Elliot Forbes
MID England
15 Joao Gomes
Joao Gomes
MID Portugal
19
40 Alfie Henderson
Alfie Henderson
MID England

position Attacker

7 Thomas David Allan
Thomas David Allan
FWD England
15
16 Josh David Donaldson
29
80

Last Hebburn Town Coachs

No coaching appointment is recorded in the available timeline for Hebburn Town. Without a dated managerial entry, the page does not identify a current head coach or reconstruct an earlier sequence of appointments. Any coaching assessment, tactical description or claim of continuity would therefore go beyond the documented team history.

Coach since
Coach until
History
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Hebburn Town Transfers

The latest recorded arrivals include J. Waters from Sunderland Under-21s on loan on 2 March 2026 and C. Darcy from Hartlepool on loan on 13 January 2026. K. Foreman also arrived from Hartlepool on loan on 17 November 2025, while R. Briggs joined from South Shields as a free agent on 15 October. D. Cameron is listed from Sunderland Under-21s on loan on 18 August 2025, and Nelson Ogbewe from Gateshead on loan on 1 July 2021. These grouped entries are not a complete seasonal total.

Latest player transfers from
Player Team from Transfer type Transfer date
D. Cameron
Gateshead
Free agent 24 September 2026
D. Cameron
Gateshead
Free agent 23 September 2026
J. Waters
Sunderland
Free agent 6 August 2026
I. Allan
Sunderland U21
Loan 5 August 2026
J. Waters
Sunderland
Free agent 5 August 2026
A. Henderson
Salford City
Free agent 2 August 2026
A. Henderson
Salford City
Free agent 1 August 2026
J. Donaldson
Hartlepool
Loan 17 July 2026
K. Foreman
Hartlepool
Loan 13 July 2026
T. Allan
Darlington 1883
- 30 June 2026
J. Charles
Whitby Town
Free agent 30 June 2026
J. Waters
Sunderland
Loan 2 March 2026
J. Waters
Sunderland U21
Loan 2 March 2026
C. Darcy
Hartlepool
Loan 13 January 2026
K. Foreman
Hartlepool
Loan 17 November 2025

C. Darcy and J. Waters returned to Hartlepool and Sunderland Under-21s respectively on 30 May 2026, following loan spells. K. Foreman returned to Hartlepool on 20 January 2026, and D. Cameron returned to Sunderland Under-21s on 15 September 2025. G. Da Silva moved to Gateshead on 19 October 2025, while Nelson Ogbewe departed for Gateshead on 14 April 2022. Earlier free departures took Chris Bannon and S. Forster to Morpeth Town on 1 July 2020; N. Harrison moved to Blyth Spartans on 1 July 2014. The entries are not a complete departure total.

Latest player transfers to
Player Team to Transfer type Transfer date
J. Waters
Sunderland
Return from loan 30 May 2026
J. Waters
Sunderland U21
Return from loan 30 May 2026
C. Darcy
Hartlepool
Return from loan 30 May 2026
K. Foreman
Hartlepool
Return from loan 20 January 2026
K. Foreman
Hartlepool
Return from loan 1 January 2026
C. Darcy
Hartlepool
Return from loan 9 December 2025
G. Da Silva
Gateshead
- 19 October 2025
D. Cameron
Sunderland U21
Return from loan 15 September 2025
A. Purewal
Stockton Town
Free agent 10 May 2025
Adam Richardson
Sunderland
Return from loan 18 October 2024
Nelson Ogbewe
Gateshead
N/A 14 April 2022
C. Bell
Preston Lions
Free agent 30 December 2021
S. Forster
Morpeth Town
Free 1 July 2020
Chris Bannon
Morpeth Town
Free 1 July 2020
N. Harrison
Blyth Spartans
N/A 1 July 2014

Transfers Synthesis

The movement picture is defined by temporary recruitment and subsequent returns rather than a documented pattern of permanent turnover. Recent arrivals include loans from Sunderland Under-21s and Hartlepool, with C. Darcy and J. Waters later recorded returning to their parent clubs on 30 May 2026. K. Foreman’s January 2026 loan was followed by a return to Hartlepool seven days later, while D. Cameron’s 2025 loan ended with a return to Sunderland Under-21s. The record also includes R. Briggs joining from South Shields as a free agent and earlier loan activity involving Nelson Ogbewe from Gateshead. Departures to Gateshead, Morpeth Town and Blyth Spartans provide additional regional links, although their entries do not always specify a movement type. This chronology covers selected movements and does not represent every squad change or explain sporting intent.

Leagues Hebburn Town has participated in

Hebburn Town has a recent recorded presence in the FA Cup, spanning 2011 to 2025, and the FA Trophy, recorded from 2021 to 2025. Friendlies Clubs are likewise included among the recent competitions from 2021 through 2025, while the Non League Premier Northern record runs from 2024 to 2025. These recent entries do not establish a 2026 fixture list, standing or outcome. Earlier historical participation appears in Non League Div One Northern East from 2022 to 2023 and its play-offs in 2022. The competition footprint is domestic and regional, spanning national cups, league football and pre-season fixtures.

More about Hebburn Town

Hebburn Town is an English football club from Hebburn in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear. The club is widely known as the Hornets, with black and yellow colours and a crest built around a hornet motif. Its identity is closely tied to the town’s industrial and community character.

The club’s early history is associated with the Alphonse Reyrolle engineering works. It was long known as Reyrolle FC, later becoming Hebburn in 1988 before adopting the Hebburn Town name. That lineage gives the club a distinctive local story within the North East non-league game. Its recorded honours include the FA Vase at Wembley, as well as regional success in the Northern Premier League and the Durham Challenge Cup.

Home matches are staged at the Hebburn Sports & Social Ground, commercially known as The Trustmark Group Stadium, on South Drive. The venue operates as more than a football ground, with the Sportsy clubhouse and social facilities helping connect matchday activity with the surrounding neighbourhood.

Hebburn Town is described as a members-only, unincorporated, not-for-profit association. Governance is entrusted to an elected voluntary Management Committee under the club constitution, rather than a conventional private ownership model. Its wider community work follows a One Club, Our Community philosophy, linking the senior side with a substantial grassroots network that includes developmental, girls, women’s recreational and pan-disability teams.

The football operation sits within the regional English non-league pyramid and has no recorded continental competition footprint. The black-and-yellow strip, the Hornets identity and the bridge between youth football, community participation and senior competition remain central to the club’s culture. This combination of industrial heritage, voluntary governance and broad local involvement defines Hebburn Town beyond its first-team results.

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