Tag Archives: West Auckland Town

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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Northern League Round-up

Posted on December 11, 2011 by

Paul Chow’s 149th and 150th goals in a Whitley Bay shirt helped Ian Chandler’s side move up to third in the Northern League table after a hugely impressive 3-1 win at Ashington. Brian Smith headed the third for Bay, Ashington … 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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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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A Look Ahead in the FA Vase

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

It was a mixed draw for the eight Northern League sides left in the FA Vase, with the pick of the games at Spennymoor and Whitley Bay. When the third round ties are played on December 3rd, 1,351 days will … Continue reading →

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West Auckland Go Top

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

As long-time Northern League leaders Sunderland RCA slipped to defeat at Dunston UTS, West Auckland Town leapfrogged them to go top of the league after a 2-1 win away to Whitley Bay. Two late goals in a minute from Mattie … Continue reading →

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Northern League Round-up

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

After a storming start to the season, injuries, suspensions, poor form and sheer bad luck have conspired against Ian Chandler’s Whitley Bay side, who lost the season’s first Northern League Classico 2-0 at defending champions Spennymoor Town. After Spennymoor’s ex-Bay … Continue reading →

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Northern League Haiku

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

To mark World Poetry Day, a few thoughts on the world’s second oldest football league in seventeen syllables or fewer. Turin. On the pitch Eleven Durham miners Run rings around the world. The goalkick bounces. “Mine!” he yells, his eyes … Continue reading →

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Ground Guide: Darlington Road, West Auckland.

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

Northern League Day Fixture: West Auckland Town vs Norton & Stockton Ancients Before Spain’s tikka takka there was Zidane’s headbutt, Gazza’s tears and Maradona’s hand. Before that came Paolo Rossi and North Korea, Cruyff’s turn, Banks’s save and Bobby Moore … Continue reading →

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