SHIRTS signed by former Premiership footballers will be auctioned at a fundraising night next month.

Durham County Football Club's end-of-season dinner takes place in the Swallow Three Tuns Hotel, in New Elvet, Durham City, on Friday, July 9.

A Newcastle United shirt signed by Paul Gascoigne and England strips autographed by Premiership football stars from the 1990s will be up for auction.

PC Paul Lavender, beat officer for Gilesgate in Durham City, and a coach at club, said: "All funds will go to the club, to assist in taking our players away in tournaments next year."

Speakers at the dinner will be former Darlington FC skipper Kevin Smith and David Speedie, a former Scotland international who played for Chelsea, Coventry and Liverpool.

Durham County Football Club was set up in 1992 and, with 260 members, is the biggest club in the Russell Foster League, the country's largest youth league.

Teams from under-eights to under-17s train at Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre, in Gilesgate Moor.

Tickets, price £30, are available from Jane Wilson on 07765 176591.

For more details, log on to the website, www.comm unigate.co.uk/ne/durham countyfc