Category Archives: Clubs

West Allotment Celtic: Keeping Local Football Alive

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Last season was a disaster for West Allotment Celtic: three managers in nine months and a first ever relegation for a club that was founded in 1928. This season – Allotment’s eighth in the Northern League – has been one … Continue reading →

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Whitley Bay’s Four Year Cup Run Finally Comes to an End

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

Whitley Bay hadn’t lost an FA Vase game in 1,420 days and twenty-nine ties. Paul Chow had scored in thirteen successive rounds of the competition and won at Wembley three seasons in a row. It was the club’s seventh time … Continue reading →

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Easington Are Not Yet Dead

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

“Easington Fold” the Northern League’s official website announced the evening the bottom-of-the-table side were beaten 14-0 at Team Northumbria. “The news is terribly sad but hardly unexpected,” Northern League chairman Mike Amos stated. “The club has been beset with problems … Continue reading →

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New Year in the Northern League

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

“Five goals, four bookings, two sendings-off and reports of a racist comment made by a player. Not your usual day,” tweeted Newcastle Benfield after their 3-2 home defeat to Guisborough Town. Already 1-0 down when keeper Andy Grainger was sent … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day Matches

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

Boxing Day started badly at Tow Law Town, staff arriving at the ground to find thieves had broken in overnight and made off with the whole stock of spirits in the social club bar. On the pitch at least there … Continue reading →

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The Northern Alliance Story So Far

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Like most of Europe’s other top leagues, the Northern Football Alliance started its winter break after the weekend’s round of fixtures. Non-league football watcher and Percy Main fan Ian Cusack’s take on the season to date: The Northern Alliance is … Continue reading →

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The Northern League at Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

With most of Saturday’s games falling victim to the wintry weather, Sunderland RCA’s 2-2 home draw with Billingham Town on Friday night ensured they’ll be spending Christmas Day at the top of the Northern League tree. Behind West Auckland Town … Continue reading →

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FA Vase: The Final 32

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

For once, the luck for Northern League teams in the FA Vase was spread across the board, all six of the region’s team managing to avoid each other in the draw for the fourth round. Whitley Bay, 7/2 favourites to … Continue reading →

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Northern League Clubs in Crisis

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Ryton, Gillford Park and Billingham Town last season, the North Yorkshire Moors and Easington this. Along with the continuing problems at Stokesley Sports Club – where financial difficulties have resulted in the loss of long-serving manager Ted Watts, the kit … Continue reading →

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Vase and Northern League Round-up

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Make that 1,351 days for Whitley Bay, who brushed aside Bridlington Town 5-1 at Hillheads to make it into the last 32 of the FA Vase, a competition they haven’t lost in since the spring of 2008. Four goals up … Continue reading →

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