Tag Archives: Northern Football Alliance

50 Seats and Floodlights: A Wearside League Odyssey

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Author, Scarborough Town fan, programme contributor and Wearside League enthusiast, Chris Daniel is one of a growing band of bloggers writing about non-league football in the north-east of England. You mainly blog about the Wearside League. Is it something you’ve … Continue reading →

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Last Night in the Leagues

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

In another high scoring round of games, goals from Andy Hirst (2), Phil Lumsden, Mick Chilton, and Shaun Bell helped Benfield to a 5-0 win over Tow Law Town, putting the Newcastle club top of Northern League Division One. Billingham … Continue reading →

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Kick off

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

The 2011-12 Northern League season saw 98 goals scored in its 19 opening games. In one of the day’s lowest scoring fixtures, defending champions Spennymoor Town were held 1-1 at home by last season’s runners-up Consett, ex-Hartlepool United forward Michael … Continue reading →

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Non-League Day: Gosforth Bohemians

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

The second Non-League Day is scheduled for Saturday September 3rd, the day after England’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Bulgaria. Northern Football Alliance side Gosforth Bohemians are celebrating the initiative and their 60th year at their Benson Park ground with two … Continue reading →

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Famous Number Nines: Joe Dixon

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

Joe Dixon began his playing career with Dawdon Colliery Welfare Juniors in 1962, scoring 50 goals in a single season at the age of 17, and eventually retired in 1989, scoring twice before half-time for Durham Fire Brigade Over 40s … Continue reading →

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New Clubs in the Alliance and Wearside League.

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

With six clubs – Chopwell Officials Club, Cullercoats Custom Planet, Amble FC, Newcastle British Telecom, South Shields United and Peterlee Town – either folding or resigning from the league over the course of last season and Alnwick Town getting promotion … Continue reading →

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A Bohemian Tale: Gosforth Bohemians

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

You wouldn’t have thought there’d be any tradition of non-conformist behaviour in the Newcastle suburb which gave Alan Shearer, Greggs the Baker and Lord Justice Taylor to the world. But in 1894, in a Leazes Terrace front room, Gosforth Bohemians … Continue reading →

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Ground Guide: Gateshead Rutherford AFC

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Formed as Science and Art FC in 1878 and founder members of the Northumberland FA five years later, Gateshead Rutherford have been in continuous existence ever since. On September 25th 1896 they played the first of two Northumberland Senior Cup … Continue reading →

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Ground Guide: Forest Hall Juniors

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Founded in 1996, Forest Hall Juniors now have twenty-three teams across all age levels, two consecutive Northumberland FA Comunity Club awards and a brand new £1.2 million clubhouse, partly funded by North Tyneside Council and a Football Foundation grant. Promoted … Continue reading →

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The George Dobbins League Cup Final

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

Watched by the great, the good and the groundhoppers, a goal from Lawrence McKenna gave Heaton Stannington the 2011 George Dobbins League Cup with more or less the last kick of the Northern Football Alliance season at Killingworth Sporting’s Amberley … Continue reading →

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