 The town's football club Durham City A.F.C.once boasted membership of the Football League between 1921 and 1928 but has long been a non-league club, currently playing in the Northern League.Their home ground was New Ferens Park However, after a dispute with the Landlord Durham were forced out of New Ferens Park and made a deal to groundshare at Willington F.C..

Durham is also home to FA Women's Championship team Durham Women's F.C., a team founded in 2014, they are a collaboration between South Durham and Cestria Girls and Durham University, the team are nicknamed The Wildcats, who are coached by Steph Libbey and play their Home games at New Ferens Park.