 was founded in 2014 as a collaboration between South Durham & Cestria Girls and Durham University.Prior to that, Cestria, founded in 2006 as a youth team by Lee Sanders, had become perennial achievers, winning the World Peace Cup in Oslo in 2010 and finishing runners-up at the 2011 Gothia World Youth Cup.In their only season as a senior side before the merger Cestria won the 2012–13 Northern Combination Women's Football League.