NEHL - A full 18 hole golf course was established around Pontop Pike Lane in 1907, though was later reduced to 9 holes with each one extended. It appears to have reduced before WWI, but extended to 12 holes in the late 1920s. The club was opened by a Mr J Burgoyne Johnson of Greencroft Park, who was the president of Annfield Plain Golf Club.

The holes were named as per a report in the Chronicle of May 1908. The names are - Spion Kop, Success, Pike, Pike Lane, Fort Arthur, The Copse, the Moor, the Pond and the Camp. They appear to either be named by local features such as the old Success coal pit and a nearby pond, or military history. Spion Kop was the site of a battle during the Boer War of 1900, and is the reason why many football stands are named so due to their steep nature.

The club house stood to the eastern extremity of the course here - 54.864195, -1.758607.

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