NEHL - A series of football grounds could be found at what is now Elsington Park in Gateshead. There were 4 in the area on both sides of the railway and the River Team. Their exact use and who used them is unknown, but aerial imagery does show they were used for football. It is likely amateur sides used these grounds.

Update 29/08 - I have found a plan from the 1880s of Eslington Park in use as an athletics ground and rabbit coursing ground. This was the site just to the west of the Teams, as per the illustration on the plan. It appears there was a fairly substantial grand stand against the river which was demolished before the 1890s, and a new pavilion was built slightly further north.

The winning post was on the side next to the Teams, and the entrance was located next to the Eslington Inn, which was still in situ in the 1890s.