sentences:  The team played at a ground next to Howdon railway station.Willington Athletic joined the Northern Alliance in 1891–92, and won that league's championship for the first time in 1899–1900, repeating the feat in 1904–05, 1905–06 and 1909–10.Its team first entered the FA Cup in 1891–92they lost to Shankhouse in the second qualifying round after a replayand entered each season until competitive football was abandoned for the duration of the First World War.