However, they failed to receive a single vote.[6] The following season saw them win the league title, after which they applied for Football League membership again, receiving a single vote.[6] The club retained the league title the following season;[5] another attempt at gaining entry to the Football League was more successful as they finished third with 11 votes, but the two clubs up for re-election, Leicester Fosse and Stoke received 33 and 21 votes respectively.[6] The club's two championship winning seasons saw them lose only four matches and score 293 goals in 76 games.[5] During World War I the club played in the Tyneside Combination, which they won in 1915–16, and the Northern Victory League.[4]