NOMINATED TOURNAMENT CHARITY
OFFICIAL SOUVENIR MAGAZINE
Tyne & Wear
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HEBBURN SPORTS & SOCIAL GROUND
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2014 Friday 11th July - Saturday 19th July
NOMINATED TOURNAMENT CHARITY Established in 1959, Cruse Bereavement Care offers support, advice and information to children, young people and adults following the death of someone close and works towards enhancing society's care of bereaved people Services offered by Cruse are free of charge and supports anyone who has been bereaved wherever or however the death has occurred. Cruses' services are available over the phone, online and face to face, ensuring there is somewhere for people to turn when someone they love dies. Throughout 2011 to 2012, Cruse provided 5,343 children and young people with oneto-one bereavement support. This includes 381 children under the age of 5.
In the last three years the number of people receiving one-to-one bereavement support from Cruse has risen by almost 41%, with over 32,400 supported in 2009/10. Cruse helps bereaved people to understand their grief, recognise the impact of bereavement and cope better with their loss. Other services include: support groups, a national helpline providing immediate access to support and information, email support to those preferring to communicate in this way and support for those bereaved through military and non-operational deaths. Cruse Tyneside, based at St Gabriel’s Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle , aims to one day be able to provide a bereavement support service in South Tyneside for children and young people of all ages which is why families who have been supported by Cruse are raising funds to help them in this endeavour.
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Organiser Notes First of all I would like to wish all the teams, club officials, supporters and football followers in general a warm welcome to this years Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup. The Summer Cup is a unique tournament, the two fantastic playing surfaces here at The Hebburn Sports & Social Complex and the facilities in general as second to none, a lot of hard work and organisation has went in to this years competition, the aims of the tournament are simple but to me important, they are to promote the facilities here at the home of Hebburn Town FC & Hebburn Reyrolle FC, establish links between non league football sides, provide a feel good family atmosphere before, during and after each match that takes place, and the main aim is to raise as much money as possible for a nominated charity, this years nominated charity will be Cruse Bereavement Care. I must also thank the people who’s hard work and dedication allow this tournament to go ahead, first of all I would like to say a massive thank you to our main tournament sponsors Tyne & Wear LGV, Colin and Terry Smith have supported the Summer Cup since day one, without the sponsorship that they provide the tournament would have never got off the ground, I would also like to thank Gordon Taylor for his hard work making sure that the playing surfaces here are in great shape, Val who provides the refreshments during the week for all the teams and supporters, Andy Hudson who has helped produce this years Summer Cup magazine with programme designer Nenad Mijaljević, I would also like to thank the hard working committee of Hebburn Town FC who will help with the day to day running of the tournament, I would like also to thank each and every one of you that will be attending this weeks festival of football, non league football followers in general make this tournament what it is today - a success. The tournament as a whole has went from strength to strength, each year the competition gets bigger and better, last years winners Jarrow Roofing have won the Summer Cup for the last three years, but I am sure if you ask Roofing’s manager Richie McLoughlin he will agree that its gets harder year by year to retain the cup, I am in no doubt that each and every team that is competing in this years competition will be trying their upmost to wrestle the cup from Richie’s grasp, come the end of the week there will be a winner of the cup, will it be retained by Jarrow Roofing? Or will there be a new name getting etched on the cup? time will tell, here’s me hoping that whatever the outcome the biggest winner of all will be the nominated charity. I hope you enjoy the week,
Colly
Tournament Organiser
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Jarrow Roofing BCA History The main sponsor of Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association FC is Mr Richard McLoughlin, the Managing Director of Jarrow Roofing Co. Richie has over 35-years experience in the roofing business. Richie has always been involved with football, initially as a Sunday League player with a local clubs around South Tyneside. Richie had a vision of sponsoring a club that could play a bit and progress through Saturday football. Jarrow Roofing were formed ready for their inaugural season of 1987-88, beginning life in the South Tyne Senior League. When this league broke up at the end of their first season, Roofing moved to the Tyneside Amateur League, winning the Bill Dixon Cup and the League Challenge Shield. Roofing were also runners-up in both the league and the Gateshead Charity Shield. Richie sought the help of friend Brian Marshall, who was Chairman of the local Community Association in Boldon Colliery where there was a bit of land that perhaps could just hold a football ground. Richie began to use his weekends and borrowed machinery to build a ground after Brian had persuaded his Committee that it was a viable project. The ground slowly took shape and the club moved to the Wearside League for season 1991-92 with a completed new ground at Boldon C.A. Sports Club. After finishing as runners-up the end of the first season, losing out on the title due to goal difference, Roofing were promoted to Division One. At the end of season 1995-96, the Roofers were runners-up in Division 2 having lost out on the title due to a three points deduction.
With Marske United, the champions, not having the ground facilities in place, Roofing were promoted to the Northern League Division 2. After one season, Roofing were promoted to the the Northern League Division 1, again finishing as runners-up, while the club also won the Craven Cup at the first attempt beating Shotton Comrades 4-0 on Tuesday 6 May 1997 at Moor Park, Chester-le-Street. During season 2004-05, the Roofers reached the semi-final of The FA Vase before losing 2-0 on aggregate to eventual winners Didcot Town. Jarrow Roofing remained in the Northern League Division 1 until a 22nd place finish during season 2007-08 brought the first relegation in the club’s history. In Division 2 Roofing finished 16th in 2008-09 but were promoted back to the Northern League Division 1 at the end of the 2009-10 season after finishing in third place. The 2010-11 season saw Jarrow Roofing maintain their place in Division 1 after finishing 19th, but were relegated the following season after finishing in 20th position. Roofing finished fourth, losing out on third place and automatic promotion by virtue of goal difference, in Division 2 at the end of the 2012-13 season. With Ryhope CW, who finished as runners-up, being classified as a relegated club due to failing their ground inspection, the Roofers were announced by the Northern League as promoted, yet this was against the league’s own rules and so Sunderland RCA were ultimately reprieved from relegation with Roofing remaining in Division 2. Last season brought a third successive Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup win for the Roofers which they followed up with promotion back to the first division after finishing third as well as Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup success.
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Jarrow Roofing Manager Notes by Richie McLoughlin After what seems a very short break here we are, with another season upon us and some football in the sun. The Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup is a great way to start the season off. First off: it’s very competitive, with every team always gaining considerable benefit from taking part. Secondly: it’s superbly run - the organisers always do a great job in getting everything sorted and it’s a pleasure to take part each year. Every one of us Roofers are looking forward to taking part in the competition. I think the lads will get a good work out from the three games we play as we look to scale up the preparations for life back in the Northern League Division 1. We’ve kept some real quality in our squad from last season and then added to that. And between me writing this column and
the first ball being kicked against Seaham Red Star, I’m hopeful that we can add further to the squad. I’ve deliberately targeted certain areas to add strength to what we already have; we certainly haven’t cast a net far and wide, bringing players in left, right and centre and then having to trim down. I know who I want and have worked hard to try and bring those players to play in South Tyneside. We’ll be playing in a very tough division next season, a league that is known for wanting to play good football, and I’d like to think that my squad of players will be up for the task when we start against Ashington and we make an impression now we’re back in the top flight.
Enjoy the tournament and ha’way the Roofers!
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Roofing’s road to promotion The 2013/14 season was bookended with cup success for the Roofers, with extended runs in both the FA Cup and FA Vase and promotion back to the Northern League Division 1 in between as Richie McLoughlin’s men celebrated perhaps their greatest ever season since their 1987 formation.
games for much of the season compared to their promotion rivals, but the squad stuck to their task – albeit with some late season wobbles – and eventually sealed a return back to the first division, after two years out, with one game to spare after defeating Willington 3-0.
Highlights of the promotion winning league campaign included Player of the Season Anth Myers Back in July of last year, Roofing held grabbing a hat-trick as Roofing completed a on to the Tyne & Wear LGV Summer South Tyneside derby double over South Cup for a third successive tournament Shields, along with a 10-0 spanking of following a 3-1 win over Seaham Red Esh Winning. Only fellow promoted Star in the final. clubs North Shields – on the opening day of the season – and West Allotment Celtic While there was no repeat of the 2005 late in the season kept a league clean as the run to the semi-final of the FA Vase, Roofers hammered in 118 goals from Jarrow Roofing BCA Roofing marched through four their 42 games to end the season in Football Club games in the competition before third place, with Andy Appleby and Boldon C. A. Sports Ground Newcastle Benfield eliminated Liam McBryde each scoring 30 goals Ebac Northern League D1 them at the third round stage in in all competitions. @TheRoofing December. Meanwhile, in the other #TheRoofAreOnFire national cup competition, it took an The season came to glorious end equaliser six minutes into added on here at Hebburn as Roofing clinched time for Guisborough Town to force a replay bethe Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup with a confore the team that would go on to finish in fourth trolled 1-0 win over Washington thanks to a Myers place in the first division saw off Roofing in North winner. After coming from behind to defeat ChamYorkshire in the second qualifying round of The FA pions-elect North Shields in a thrilling semi-final, Cup – with the Roofers matching their best ever Roofing emerged victorious in the final and their run from the 2009/10 season. name was etched on the cup that they had previous won back in 1997 while it was played in a different With the extended runs in the two cup comformat and known as the Craven Cup. petitions, Roofing were behind in their league
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Match officials
Greame Hopper
Steve Rutherford
Mark McMahon
Andy Botha
Lindsey Robinson
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Seaham Red Star History First formed as a Sunday League team in 1973, Seaham Red Star were named after a neighbouring pub rather than the exotic footballing luminaries of Belgrade. Under the guidance of secretary Ralph Pigg and Liam Phillips, the club’s first manager, Red Star progressed through the Houghton & District, Northern Alliance and Wearside Leagues after making the switch to Saturday afternoons. In 1979, with 62-goal Tommy Henderson and future Huddersfield, Derby County and Leeds forward Bobby Davison leading the line, they got as far as the fifth round of the FA Vase before losing 5-2 at home to eventual semi-finalists Whickham, then triumphed in the Philips Floodlit Trophy at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium, winning a set of floodlights for their Seaham Welfare ground. A year later Red Star defeated Boldon at Roker Park to lift the Durham Challenge Cup, eliminating a Tow Law Town and a gawky young winger by the name of Chris Waddle at the semi-final stage. In 1982, helped by Nigel Gleghorn, a fireman who would later turn out for Ipswich, Manchester City and Birmingham, and future New Zealand international striker Paul Nixon, Red Star once more made it to the fifth round of the Vase and pulled off a Wearside League and Challenge Cup double.
Admitted to the second division of the Northern League, Seaham were promoted behind Stockton in 1988 and finished fifth in 1993, when they won the Northern League Cup and sold their 17-year-old goalkeeper to Newcastle United. “I played a dozen games in the Northern League, a tough league with some good players but a learning experience for a young lad,” Steve Harper recalled in an interview with the Daily Mail. “I was spotted by Peter Kirtley and asked to play for Newcastle’s youth team.” Third the following season, the Star finished as high as second behind champions Bedlington Terriers in 2000, but were relegated with just twenty points in 2002. It took another five seasons for Seaham to return to the top flight, and only two more before they plummeted once again after their main financial backer abruptly withdrew all funding just weeks in advance of the 2008-2009 season. After two season of struggle, the Star appointed the successful Hebburn Reyrolle management duo of Mark Collingwood and Simon Johnson in 2012. A post-Christmas stumble saw Seaham drop out of promotion contention to eventually finish tenth in their first season, an improvement of ten place and 34 points on 2011-12. Last season the Star improved further and just missed out on promotion, finishing in fourth place. The coming season, and the future, promises even better things.
Michael Hudson
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Seaham Red Star Manager Notes by Mark Collingwood The Summer Cup offers ideal preparation for when the league starts on August the 9th. The games are played in a competitive manner at normally a high tempo and all clubs are guaranteed three games on two fantastic playing surfaces. Last season was Seaham Red Star’s first year competing in this great tournament and everyone involved with The Star found it an enjoyable festival of football. Last year we lost out in the final against a very good Jarrow Roofing side, the aim this year is to go one better and try to win it. This year we have been drawn in the same group as last year’s tournament winners and newly promoted Jarrow Roofing as well as Wearside League outfit Sunderland West End, two excellent clubs that will prove to be tough nuts to crack. It’s been a busy summer for us as a club. Lewis Wing, Josh Allan and Conor Winter have all left the club for pastures new, three superb players, and last season’s top goalscorer Adam Johnston is no longer available week in week out due to work and family commitments, so four players have left the club and four players have been brought in. Young centre forward Grant Pressling has been signed from Jarrow FC, another forward Sonny Andrews has joined the club from Spennymoor Town, left full-back Davy Gordon and central midfielder Craig Price
have also joined the club from Crook Town. This week will see all four players feature at some point. This week allow managers the opportunity to have a look at different players and different formations, it also helps to establish good links between different clubs. This is Non-league football at its finest, yes there will be a winner of the tournament come 5pm on Saturday the 19th, but here’s me hoping that the nominated tournament charity will be the biggest winner.
Colly
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Red Star - story of last season The 2013/14 season started with the hope of a top six placing in the table. The previous campaign, which was the new management team’s debut season in the Northern League, brought a lot of credibility back to the Star and saw the club moving in the right direction. The league season started really well and by the end of September the side had won 8 games and lost twice, however, cup ties saw us knocked out of the FA Cup, FA Vase and League Cup. The month of October had a big say in the Star’s season with 3 league defeats and a draw that saw the side slide out of the top six.
Seaham Red Star
Football Club We also lost Seaham Town Park interest in the Ebac Northern League D2 Ernest Armstrong Cup, however, we @FCseahamredstar did manage to win #FollowTheStar our one and only cup tie of the season, a challenge cup win at Darlington RA. Colly got the side back on track in November with 5 wins and a draw that lifted the Star back into the promotion places. Only three games were played in December and only 1 point gained. The defeat against Brandon was double-edged as we also had 3 points deducted from our tally for playing an illegible player. The decision appeared to bond the squad even further and the lads went on an unbeaten run to the end of the season.
Lee Kerr We finished in fourth place with 85 points (a total that would have won promotion in any of the previous 8 seasons). The manager put together a strong side with some very good players and this pre-season Mark and new assistant manager Chris McCabe have added to the quality of the side with some astute signings. We are definitely looking at a top three place to keep the momentum going and look forward to the coming season.
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Ricky Bainbridge on the local lads who reached the top
Wilf Milne
Hebburn legend
Perhaps the least well known of all Hebburn born football legends but he is certainly very well-known and respected in Swansea. Wilfred Milne (born 24 March 1899 in Hebburn). A one-club man, Milne spent his entire professional career with Swansea Town where he holds the club record for most appearances in the Football League. After winning the Northumberland Senior Cup, Milne signed for Swansea Town in May 1920 from local junior side Walker Celtic for the price of a fish tea and a cup of tea (2/9d). Manchester United and West Ham United were also interested in the player at the time. He did not play in the clubs› first game in the Football League at Portsmouth, but six games later replaced the injured William Ogley at left back. He became the clubs’ first choice left back for the next sixteen seasons, making at least 30 league appearances in thirteen of those seasons, and was ever present in the 1930–31 season. Milne scored his first Swansea goal on his 501st appearance for the club, a penalty, and went on to score a further six goals. His is final two appearances for Swansea came in the 1936–37 season as an emergency goalkeeper, replacing the injured Stan Moore for games against Leicester City and Nottingham Forest. At the age of 38 he was released at the end of that season, and joined Milford United as player-manager, but only lasted half a season before returning to Swansea. He died in Swansea in November 1977. Milne played a total of 586 league games
while at Swansea, which is a record to this day, while only two other players have managed to top 500. He is so special to Swansea City that recently produced retro strips have his name printed on the sleeve.
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Sunderland West End History Sunderland West End Football Club was formed in 2006 by a group of friends and entered into the Wearside Combination 2nd Division, originally called Jolly Potter FC. The new club was promoted to the Wearside Combination Premier Division in the following year and then finished 6th before winning the league for three consecutive years, along with cup success with both the Alan Hood and Aged Minor trophies. The club merged with Houghton Town and entered into the Wearside League for season 2011/12, renamed as Sunderland West End. The club finished in fourth place in their first season in the Wearside League but then didn’t progress as they had hoped, finishing eighth and ninth over the following two seasons. All through the club’s history, local youths and local players have been the foundation of the playing squad and everyone at Sunderland West End is looking forward to this 2014/15 season with a new committee structure in place along with a new three-man management team.
Sunderland West End’s Chris Pearson
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Sunderland WE Manager Notes by Anthony Nelson Myself and the club were privileged to be accepted into such a fantastic and worthwhile tournament. It will provide a great start to our pre-season preparation with three fantastically, competitive games. Our pre season aim is to improve on last seasons ninth place finish in the Wearside League, and, hopefully, do well in a cup competition. We hope to bring to the tournament some great family support off the pitch and a hard test, and hopefully some upsets, on the pitch to the teams in our group. Our group is a tough one but whatever the results we will
enjoy ourselves during the week and hopefully help contribute to a very worthwhile, charitable, cause.
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Sunderland West End Last season Sunderland West End went through a bit of a transitional period, long-term manager Gary Gettins had to leave and the club appointed ex-Easington manager Andy College.
club had lost in previous cup competition to Silksworth and a semi-final defeat to eventual league champions Stockton Town.
Our league form last year was consistently up and down all season and our top 5 aim slowly slipped Andy had a good start to being away resulting in us finishing 9th, west end boss and brought a more although the clubs top 5 and cup professional approach to the club final finish wasn’t reached last season along with some top playand although there was a lot of Sunderland West End ers including prolific striker changes going on there was still Barry Turton but unfortunately Ford Quarry Complex a lot of positives to take from things didn’t work out later last year especially the quality of Wearside League in the season and by mutual players that came in and the four @Westend_FC consent Andy left the club on 16 year old local lads who came good terms. in to the squad gaining experience and playing time, the clubs aims are the same as last year n In came local lad Anthony Nelson, unthat is to move forward, hopefully together we fortunately Anthony’s first game in charge can achieve this. ended west ends last hope of cup glory being beat by Redcar Town FC in extra time, as the
Gary Gettins
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John Dixon
Hebburn legend
The veteran inside-forward had just played one of the games of his life, proving colossally influential as the Midlanders had upset the form book by overturning the First Division champions Manchester United, thus denying Matt Busby’s exhilarating young side the achievement of becoming the first in the 20th century to win the League and Cup double. Dixon set up both Villa goals in the 2-1 victory for Peter McParland, who wasbarracked by enraged United fans following a controversial incident in the sixth minute on which, arguably, the outcome of the contest was to turn. This incident involved another Hebburn legend, Ray Wood, who was in goal for the famous Busby Babes. McParland had bundled Ray into the net and fractured his jaw in the process, The goal would not have been awarded and would have definitely resulted in a red
John Dixon third left in front row in the great Reyrolles team in the 1940s
The game of his life: Dixon holds the FA Cup aloft after Aston Villa had beaten Manchester United 2-1 in 1957 card in the current game, for McParland. Yet central though that occasion was to the Dixon career, it should not be allowed to obscure the scope of his attainments at Villa Park, which extended for nearly a quarter of a century from the moment in the summer of 1944 when he was recruited as an amateur from non-League Spennymoor United where he had moved to from Reyrolles. After 18 months of impressive displays in unofficial wartime competitions, he accepted professional terms in January 1946. He would go to make 430 appearances for Villa and score 144 goals. Sadly, he was never to be awarded the cap he coveted, suffering an injury shortly after being called up by the national manager Walter Winterbottom for one training squad and never getting another chance.
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History of the Summer A Summer Cup tournament was the idea of then Hebburn Reyrolle management team Mark Collingwood and Duncan Donnelly back in 2009. The Hebburn Sports & Social Club, where both Reyrolle and Hebburn Town are based, was not doing as well as in previous years so Colly suggested that a pre-season competition should be held to both generate revenue for the social club and promote nonleague football in South Tyneside. The competition would also establish links between local clubs with a local charity benefiting from the tournament. Last year Duncan had to step down due to work commitments so Colly drafted in Andy Hudson to help organise the competition with him, though the now Seaham Red Star manager continues to be the main driver in organising and promoting the competition. The original teams invited to take part in the summer of 2009 were: l Hebburn Reyrolle l Hebburn Town l Jarrow Roofing BCA l Jarrow FC The first winners of the Summer Cup were Jarrow FC with the runners-up being Hebburn Town. The following year a decision was made to extend the tournament, and so in 2010 the six teams competing were: l Hebburn Reyrolle l Hebburn Town l Jarrow Roofing BCA l Boldon CA
l West Auckland Town l Jarrow FC. The winners were Jarrow Roofing BCA who defeated their close neighbours Boldon CA in the final. In 2011 the Summer Cup competing teams were: l Hebburn Reyrolle l Hebburn Town l Ryhope CW l Jarrow Roofing BCA l Boldon CA l Whickham l Ryhope CW Jarrow Roofing BCA retained the cup while the runners-up were Hebburn Reyrolle. Unfortunately, the 2012 edition of the competition was postponed due to torrential rain, and so, after a one year hiatus, the tournament returned last season with the following clubs making up the invitation list: l Hebburn Reyrolle l Hebburn Town l Ryhope CW l Harton & Westoe CW l Jarrow Roofing BCA l Seaham Red Star After a number of keenly contested games, Ryhope needed
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Stuart Nicholson heads Roofing into the lead in last year’s final penalties to clinch third place after drawing with Hebburn Town before the Roofers secured the trophy for the third time in a row when they saw off Seaham Red Star 3-1 in the final. Stuart Nicholson fired the Roof into an early lead but the Star equalised through a Shaun day penalty. Jamie Marshall and Andy Appleby added to Roofing’s goal tally to seal the win with the Player of the Tournament going to the winning team’s central defender Kev Leighton. With Ryhope not taking part this season, Sunderland West End make their tournament debut as one of five teams looking to prevent Roofing from winning the Summer Cup for a fourth successive time.
Roofing skipper Dan Kirkup received the 2013 Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup from Ronnie Tatum
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Sunderland RCA History Sunderland RCA FC started its life as Ryhope Youth Club. Its first season was in the Seaham & District League in 1963. The first game was against Seaham UDC at the Seaham CW ground, now home to Seaham Red Star, and it was a 3 - 3 draw. The first seeds had been sown three years earlier, in 1960, when the Ryhope Youth Club Centre opened in the Welfare Hall. In 1965 the club moved to the Colliery Welfare ground and in 1971 changed its name to Ryhope Community Association. Competing in the Seaham, then Houghton & District Leagues, the club enjoyed success with eight cup wins and four league titles.
a Ryhope team already played in it, the club folded after the 1975-75 season. Re-formed three years later, the club joined the Northern Alliance in 1978 and won the League Challenge Cup at St James Park in Newcastle, in only their third season. Ryhope CA were also league runners up that year, even though they were reduced to playing on a school field. After some persuasion, the ambitious club convinced the council to lease then some derelict land - Meadow Park was underway. Financial help was obtained from Sunderland and Tyne and Wear Councils and the Sports Council to build a football ground. The club members and community joined together to carry out the building work, resulting in the enclosed ground where football games are played and enjoyed today.
Rejected by the Wearside League because In 1982 the club was a founder member of the Northern League Second Division, achieving promotion as runner up in the 1983-84 season. Despite achieving a league placing of tenth the next season, survival proved difficult and the club was relegated in 1988. In 1999 a new era commenced with the amalgamation with Kennek Roker of the Wearside League to form Kennek Ryhope Community Association. The seasons from 2003 onwards were tough, but for the season 2006-07, the club joined forces with Springboard Sunderland and a new era as Sunderland RCA FC began.
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Sunderland RCA Manager Notes by David Lee For ourselves, Sunderland RCA, to be invited and play in this Hebburn tournament is fantastic. It is a good opportunity for players to play competitively before the season begins and is an ideal opportunity for our new signings to become more familiar with existing players and be tested by decent opponents. We as a club will be taking it very seriously and looking for players to do the same and show what they are capable of. This is our first year in the Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup and myself and my assistant manager, Stephen Halliday, are looking forward to the week ahead. The players are also looking to get some competitive minutes under their belts as we
step up our preparation ahead of the upcoming 2014/15 campaign. We have signed a few new players ahead of this season as we look to improve on last season’s 19th place finish.
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RCA story of last season It was an interesting season for RCA, who went into August 2013 having just survived relegation the previous season, and with long serving managerial and coaching team, Neil Hixon and George Herd departing early in the season.
together a good enough run of form to keep us clear of the relegation places, if sometimes too close for comfort. Highlights of the season were excellent away wins at Consett and Bishop Auckland, and the ability to win games against those around us near the foot of the table was vital. Several young players developed well through the season, Former assistant manager Dava and the team spirt built up alongLee stepped up to take on the side the extra experience earned, Sunderland RCA job, helped by long term player bodes well for the coming season. Football Club Stephen “Buddy� Halliday as his RCA will continue to concentrate Meadow Park assistant and, after a difficult first Ebac Northern League D1 on finding local young players half of the season, put together and giving them an early chance @SunderlandRCA a young side which, although to shine in the top level of local sometimes inconsistent, managed to string non league football.
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Jack English
Hebburn legend
In this photograph of the Sheffield United 1915 FA Cup winning team Jack English is second on the left of the back row, and Billy Cook, mentioned later, is in the second row on the left. John (Jack) English, probably the least known of famous Hebburn born footballers was born on 13th December 1886, and started his senior playing career with Hebburn Argyle in the 1900’s. He moved to Wallsend Park Villa for a brief spell before commencing at Football League level in 1910 with Preston North End. Following a two-year spell, he had a season at Watford before moving to Sheffield United in 1913. With the onset of the First World War, football was in a state of flux and the 1915 F.A. Cup was held outside of London for the first time, at Manchester’s Old Trafford stadium. Sheffield beat Chelsea 3-0 in front of 70,000 fans who were labelled the “Khaki” crowd because of the number of spectators in army uniform. Jack English played at left back in this final and was judged to be the finest in the league in this position during the 1915 season. A feint version of the Cup Final Program shows English and Cook as the two full backs for Sheffield United. An interesting point is that in the 1915 Cup final his full back partner was Billy Cook, who had actually replaced Jack English in the
Hebburn Argyle side before following him to Sheffield United. Billy was born at Usworth in 1890 and made over 300 appearances for Sheffield, winning a second F.A. Cup winner’s medal in 1925. Jack English had previously been selected to represent England against Wales in 1914 but his club strangely refused to release him. He made 73 appearances for Sheffield but did not re-sign after the war and in 1919 he moved to Darlington as player-manager. He remained there until 1928, during which time he steered them to the North Eastern League title in 1920/21 and to Third Division North champions in 1924/25. Jack moved on to manage Nelson, Northampton Town and Exeter City before the Second World War, before returning briefly to manage Darlington in the 1945/46 season. Jack English died in 1953 at the age of 66.
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Hebburn Town History Hebburn was very different back in 1912, the year the football club was formed. The collieries that had changed it from a small agricultural hamlet to a cosmopolitan but pretty grimy industrial town were nearing peak employment of 1,864 men; the shipyards launched by Andrew Leslie were in full vigour; and the town, eleven years earlier, had welcomed a diminutive Frenchman called Alphonse Reyrolle. Reyrolle opened an engineering works, which initially employed just 50 men, in the former dye factory next to St Aloysius’s church. At its peak, Reyrolles would employ 12,000 men from a wide range of backgrounds, religions and cultures, and export to 70 countries being known worldwide. The company also started a football team, and, encouraged by industrialist and mine owner Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, another famous name in Hebburn history, he provided the sports ground on which team still plays on in the Northern League. The football team formed in 1912 were elected to the second division of the Jarrow and District Junior League. There had been plenty of football teams in the before 1912, most notably Hebburn Argyle – who kicked off in 1882 by Father Toner, the priest at St Aloysius’s. The town had so many Scots, they became known as the Tyneside Highlanders. Pre-World War 1 derby games with Jarrow would attract crowds of 8,000. The Geordie town also had shinty and curling clubs and even an annual Highland Games which was organised by the Hebburn Celtic Society. This 1912 team progressed, and flourished in the 1930s, followed by a wartime season in the North Eastern League, won the Durham Challenge Cup in 1943, and then returned to the
Northern Combination where they stayed until 1958. In 1959-60, Reyrolles as we were still known as, had another season in the terminally ailing North Eastern League but finished bottom with just eight points. The Tyneside club then had 28 pretty indifferent seasons in the Wearside League, though they won the league in 1966 and the Monkwearmouth Cup in 1968. In 1988 the name was changed to Hebburn and an application was made to join the Northern League – though it was before the days of automatic promotion and relegation and there wasn’t a vacancy. The ground was improved, other clubs canvassed and then Hebburn got a lucky break when North Shields created a vacancy by deciding to play elsewhere. The team which had finished fifth in the Wearside League and then played its first Northern League game on August 19 1989, winning 2-1 at Shotton Comrades, before winning promotion and the Durham Challenge Cup in 1992 before being relegated – contentiously – for failing to meet ground criteria. The club then won the Craven Cup in 1999-2000. In the 2011-12 season, Hebburn Town reached the FA Cup fourth qualifying round and a dream tie at neighbours Gateshead, from whom they were separated by 125 league places. This was the club’s furthest ever run in the competition and the Hornets also secured promotion to the Northern League Division 1 for their centenary year. After finishing 18th in the first season back in the first division, the Hornets, under new manager Scott Oliver, finished in 22nd after a difficult campaign in 2013-14 and were relegated to the second division.
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Hebburn Town Manager Notes by Scott Oliver As a club we are happy to take part in this important competition which is held at our ground. The tournament offers managers, players and spectators high tempo football with no holding back and each team treating each game as if the season has already started. From Hebburn’s point of view, we are looking to win the tournament as it will be a great boost for the season ahead. Last season we beat Harton & Westoe, lost by the odd goal to Seaham, and then lost on penalties to Ryhope CW after a 2-2 draw. As usual the standard of the teams taking part are high and I guarantee some good football will be played as the standard of both pitches at our
ground are as good as I have seen them. From my club’s point of view we hope to get into a habit of winning games on a consistant basis - something we did not do last season.
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Hebburn Town FC 2013/2014 After a season of consolidation in their return to the first division the club were looking forward to the new campaign when they were hit with a bombshell in the pre-season build up. Movement of management and players is common place in the Northern League, but Hebburn actually lost its management team and all the players to other clubs before the season started.
at the time, and were defeated 1-0 by a late winner; we travelled to Celtic Nation and, with an outfield player in goal, lost a good game by only two goals; the team were applauded off the field by the travelling hordes of Celtic supporters. They were many other close encounters including two draws against Bishop Auckland, a 0-0 draw against high-flying Shildon and a last minute defeat to Ashington when we could easily have secured all three points.
The club was extremely fortunate that Scott Oliver and his mate Davy Oliver stepped into the breach and miraculously assembled a squad of players for the first fixture at home to Guisborough Town. The team managed a 1-1 draw against a team who would finish 4th in the league and have the league’s top goal scorer.
However, the highlight was when our young and largely inexperienced lads took on the might of Peter Dixon’s West Auckland and beat them 2-1 on their own soil. The game at the end of November was their only home defeat of the season and what’s more we were good value for the victory. West Auckland would eventually finish as runners-up in the FA Vase final. Hebburn Town
Unfortunately, we could not maintain this level of performance Football Club throughout the season and the club Of course we also faced one or Hebburn Sports was relegated. However, although two heavy defeats but the lads nev& Social Ground disappointed, we were not downer dropped their heads. Scott and Ebac Northern League D2 hearted. Scott and Davy faced many Davy continued with their philoso@HebburnTown challenges throughout the campaign, phy of blooding young players and particularly with regard to playing young lads coming through from budgets. They had to rebuild on two or three Hebburn Town Juniors were not too overawed occasions but not once did their heads go down. when playing against the best in the country. They and the team received plaudits most weeks for their playing style, determination, enthusiasm and ‘never say die’ attitude. Remember, the Northern League First Division contains some of the best teams and best players in the country at this level. We visited Spennymoor, the FA Vase holders
Scott has managed to retain most of last season’s squad and added to it with more young, local talent and we are looking forward with anticipation to the Summer Cup and the new season. We would ask the town to get behind Scott, Davy and the boys.
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Ricky Bainbridge on the local lads who reached the top
Raymond Wood
Hebburn legend
Raymond Ernest Wood was born in Hebburn on 11th June 1931. His football career started with Reyrolle’s Juniors, whilst employed as an apprentice in the factory adjoining the ground. He then played for Newcastle United as an amateur, for a brief period before moving to Darlington, in the Third Division North in 1949. He made a great start at Darlington, and within three months started living the dream with a £5000 transfer to Manchester United, managed by Matt Busby. Because of injuries to senior keepers, he was immediately thrust into the limelight in a first division 1-1 draw against Newcastle United at St James Park on December 3rd 1949, at the tender age of 18. However, it was some time before he made the leap up to regular first team football and join the formative years of the Busby Babes. Ray strangely played three games for the ‘A’ team scoring six times, using the pace developed back in the north east as a “professional” sprinter. Ray finally made the breakthrough in the 1953/54 season, when his performances attracted the attention of the national selectors and although a broken wrist prevented a role in the 1954 World Cup, he made his debut for England in a 2-0 victory over Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in October 1954. He was never England’s first choice but certainly made the Manchester United number one spot his own and excelled as they clinched the league title in 1955-56 and 1956/57 seasons; the latter was to take them on their ill-fated trip to
Europe and the Munich disaster. In the 1957 Cup Final, the whole world expected the scintillating Busby Babes to become the first club in the 20th century to compete the double. Hebburn’s John Dixon was captain of the Villa side. However, events involving Ray Wood would play a major part in deciding otherwise. After just six minutes of the final, Peter McParland, the Villa winger, challenged Ray Wood, knocked him unconscious and fractured his cheekbone. With no substitutes Ray played as a passenger for all except the final eight minutes, being replaced in goal by Jackie Blanchflower. Ironically McParland scored twice, when in today’s game he would have been sent off, and a late goal from Tommy Taylor was not enough and Villa took the Cup with a 2-1 victory. In February 1958, an event occurred which would stay for ever in everyone’s memory – the Munich Air Disaster – and would re-write the history of English football. The tragedy claimed 23 lives including 8 Busby Babes. Ray himself suffered head and leg injuries from which he made a speedy recovery. Ironically it was Harry Gregg who pulled Ray from the wreckage, as Harry a record £23,500 signing from Doncaster had by now replaced him as first choice keeper. Following his recovery, Ray joined Bill Shankley at Huddersfield Town where again he enjoyed an excellent career until 1965, after which he played for Bradford City and Barnsley before retiring in 1968. In total he played 208 games for Manchester United and won three England caps.
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Hebburn Reyrolle History As a result of my club Heaton Stannington’s retention of the Northern Alliance Premier Division title, the club were promoted to the Northern League Division 2 last summer, which when combined with the usual resignations and renamings that go on each close season, meant that the Alliance accepted 5 new teams for 2013/2014. Alongside Newbiggin and West Allotment Reserves, other new faces included the returning Chopwell, a Gateshead Leam Rangers side that will be of a supposed parallel standard to their Wearside League outfit and Whitburn Athletic (the one near Souter Point, not the one halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh). While in the past there have been such seemingly anomalous members of the Alliance such as the East Durham trio Peterlee Newtown, Murton and Easington Colliery, these latter 3 neophytic outfits that joined Swalwell in Division 2, alongside Birtley St. Joseph’s and Gateshead Redheugh 1957 in Division 1, combined with Gateshead Rutherford and Hebburn Reyrolle in creating the largest presence of clubs in the South Tyneside and Gateshead area in recent memory. However, it must be acknowledged that both Rutherford and Reyrolle hung on to their Premier Division status in somewhat fortuitous circumstances; finishing well adrift from the rest in the bottom two places, the duo were spared the ignominy of relegation because of the resignations of both Amble United and Harraby Catholic Club. Hebburn Reyrolle are a club with a proud history as they were formed as long ago as 1923, originally going under the name of Reyrolle Staff F.C. The club played their football mainly in the North East Amateur League until they were accepted in to the
Northern Football Alliance in 1992, where the 3 three seasons have been of particular interest. Having won the 2010 Stan Seymour League Cup Final by defeating Heddon 3-1, but losing to Percy Main in the same season’s Combination Cup Final, Reyrolle set the bar even higher during the 2010/11 season, when they completed a historic treble under the management of Mark Collingwood and his assistant Simon Johnson as they won the Division One title, The Combination Cup and The Durham County Trophy. In 2011/2012, they retained the Durham Trophy when they defeated Coundon & Leaholme after extra time. Were it not for a crucial home defeat by Percy Main on May Day 2012, Reyrolle could well have pipped Heaton Stannington to the Premier Division title; such glory seemed far away during their first campaign without Colly, who moved to Seaham Red Star in the summer of 2012. In fairness, 2012/2013’s disastrous season for Reyrolle did include some excellent results, including thrashing Percy Main Amateurs 4-1. It is indeed a tribute to Reyrolle that they showed such stoicism in the face of adversity and made it through to the end of the season after losing much of their playing squad when Colly moved down the A19, from which time they’ve managed to regroup. Last season saw the club under the stewardship of then newly installed manager Aiden Finnigan (father of former Newcastle United reserve and current striker for Dundee Carl Finnigan) and hopes were high of a Reyrolle renaissance with a youthful squad. However, it was a long and difficult season with the club finishing second from bottom, one point better off than Percy Main who were rooted to the bottom of the Premier Division.
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Hebburn Reyrolle Manager Notes by Aidan Finnigan Despite having possibly the youngest squad at the Summer Cup I am looking forward to testing ourselves against some top class opposition. Last year was a tough one from a club and playing point of view but i am sure that the squad will be more prepared for this upcoming campaign, our aims this season are to improve on last season’s final league position and hopefully have a decent cup run. We struggled for sponsorship last year but to date we have secured help from Adam at The Mill Tavern, Ski (Steve) at the Rattler and Wardles, Tony at Tony Little Contruction,(TLC) Lee Hughes at The Red Hackle pub and Alan and Andy at Armah Switchgear, much appreciated
and needed help and a huge thank you from the management team to you all. A huge thank you to Gordon and Jeff who kept the team afloat last season and as all managers know it is the thankless and unnoticed tasks which these lads have performed over the season.
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Hebburn Reyrolle Last season was certainly a learning curve for all concerned with the team except of course the old man Gordon Taylor (Club Secretary) who warned us in pre-season it would be a long haul with all young players and that it certainly was. The team started well and picked up some good points but a 3 point deduction from the league and a team which Reyrolle beat while near the bottom being unfairly removed from the league which lost us a further 3 points left us in a precarious position (bottom) towards the end of the season.
ground with a strong North Shields FC contingent but went away tail between thier legs after a dominating performance from the lads beating them 3-1. Next up second top Killingworth Station away who were second and in a good position to win the league but came up against a determined and gritty Reyrolle team who put in the performance of the season beating them 5-2 in front of a large crowd expecting an easy Killingworth win.
Hebburn Reyrolle Football Club We had picked up 6 of the points Hebburn Sports required for safety but that was & Social Ground enough as Percy Main were beaten Northern Alliance Division 1 @reyrolle_fc
Reyrolles needed 7 points from our last 3 games and came good firstly at home to second bottom Percy Main who came to our
last game of the season to be sunk instead of us so we achieved our goal only just, of survival and now we are able to build for this season.
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George Armstrong Hebburn legend
George Armstrong was born in Hebburn in 1944, as part of a large footballing family. His brothers Norman and Joe both played top level professional football. George (Geordie), started his footballing life at St Aloysius School, before moving on to Leslies Boys Club where he was spotted by Arsenal’s North East scout. George was also a star in the Jarrow, Hebburn & Felling Boys side shown below in a picture below taken in front of the club house at Hebburn Sports Ground with George on the front row at the right.
pool. Many believe that the sole reason for his absence of international caps were Alf Ramsey’s reluctance to play without wingers and Alan Ball’s illustrious career; he is generally acknowledged as one of the best player never to win a full cap, although he won many youth and under 21 caps.
Although on the small side, 5’6” and just over eleven stone when he was at the peak of his career, his talent, skills and enthusiasm were never in doubt; he had the heart of a lion.
In 1970 he achieved European success with a Fairs Cup medal. He was on the losing side in the F.A. Cup finals in 1968 and 1969. In 1977 he parted company with Arsenal during Terry Neil’s regime to join Leicester City where he played 15 games before finishing his career in 1979 at Stockport County with 34 appearances. His coaching career started in the Middle East where he managed the Kuwait National side before he returned to England to coach Aston Villa and Fulham.
Geordie made his debut for Arsenal’s first team in 1961 at the tender age of seventeen, the start of 621 first team appearances spanning fifteen years. This record was only surpassed by David Leary (722) and Tony Adams (624). The major highlights of this outstanding career were in the 1971 double winning side when he appeared in all 42 championship games and in the final against Liver-
Inevitable because of his strong and emotional links with Arsenal, George Graham was able to easily persuade him to return home to Highbury. Unfortunately, after a very successful spell at Arsenal, where he was responsible for bringing many players through the ranks, he collapsed with a brain hemorrhage at Arsenal’s London training centre and died in Hemel Hempstead Hospital on November 1st 2000 at the age of 56.
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Rules nnn MATCH DURATION
Group games are 40 minutes per half. Play-off games are 45 minute per half. The Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup Final is 45 minutes per half and, if required, two periods of ten minutes as extra time and then penalties.
nnn GROUP STAGE
Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat. Goal difference will be used to determine group positions. If teams are level on goal difference, the head-to-head result between those teams will be used. If teams cannot be split, the drawing of lots will be the final option to determine group positions.
nnn SUBSTITUTES
A total of seven substitutes can be named by each team for each game. Only five of these substitutes can be used during the game.
nnn C AUTIONS
AND DISMISSALS The Tyne & Wear LGV Summer Cup tournament is registered with the Durham FA. All cautions, dismissals or any other disciplinary action taken will be dealt with in accordance with the Durham FA’s rules and guidelines.
nnn TOURNAMENT DISMISSALS
Any player, substitute or member of a team’s management who is dismissed during or after a game will then be immediately banned from the following match.
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Friday 11th July
Monday 14th July
Wednesday 16th July
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Sunderland RCA Hebburn Reyrolle
Sunderland WE Jarrow Roofing BCA
Hebburn Town Hebburn Reyrolle
Referee M. McMahon, Assistants S. Rutherford, G.Hopper 4th A.Botha
Referee S. Rutherford Assistants M. McMahon, G. Hopper 4th L. Robinson
Referee G. Hopper Assistants M. McMahon, S. Rutherford 4th L. Robinson
8.00pm
8.00pm
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Jarrow Roofing BCA Seaham Red Star
Hebburn Town Sunderland RCA
Seaham Red Star Sunderland WE
Referee G. Hopper Assistants S. Rutherford, M. McMahon 4th A. Botha
Referee L. Robinson Assistants M. McMahon, G. Hopper 4th S. Rutherford
Referee L. Robinson Assistants M. McMahon, S. Rutherford 4th G. Hopper
Saturday 19th July (Finals Day) 11.00am – 5th & 6th Place Play-Off
1.00pm – 3rd & 4th Place Play-Off
3 A 3rd B
2nd A 2nd B
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3.00pm KO - Final Winner Group A
Winner Group B
Referee G. Hopper Assistants S. Rutherford, A. Botha 4th M. McMahon