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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE FIRST MORTGAGE GLEBE FOR TODAY’S NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE MATCH WITH HEBBURN TOWN

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ood afternoon and welcome back to The First Mortgage Glebe for our second home game of the week. I’d like to start off by giving a warm welcome to the players, management, staff and committee of Hebburn Town.

I’m very happy at the moment. We had a great start, a little slump and we’ve got ourselves out of it. Last year, we would’ve probably been still in that slump because we didn’t have the personnel or the squad to get us out of it.

You can see things starting to come together.

It’s still going to take time, but we can see things coming together. We’re going in the right direction and I’m very happy.

I wouldn’t say there’s been a turning point, as such, because I thought we played well in the games, where we got beat with the exception of one game. We just kept at it and working hard. The changing room stayed together and that’s how we’ve gotten out of it.

A weak character will start to blame other people and start pointing the fingers. Whereas, good, strong characters will look at themselves first, continue doing their work and continue working hard. Everyone done that and things come together again. That’s been proven with what we’ve done recently.

We were in action during the week and, defensively, we were brilliant. I don’t think we ever looked like conceding a goal. I can’t remember Liam (Connell) actually having to make any real saves if I’m being honest. We created loads of chances. Yes, I would like to have scored more, but if someone said to me before the game that we’d win 1-0, I would have taken it. I would take that in any game.

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game, if you’ve only got that one goal lead, then all it takes is one mistake or one great finish or one bit of luck and that would be disappointing. Performance-wise though, we didn’t really have to be nervous because the lads dealt with everything.

The drama late on was just from their point of view. At the end of the day, if the lad is offside, then he’s offside. As soon as I saw the referee go over, I knew it would be to do with the ball coming off him.

More importantly, we’ve kept an excellent line for him to be offside from the free-kick. It takes a lot of discipline to hold that line when someone is taking that free-kick and it could’ve been easy to drop in. We didn’t and we stayed in that line. That excellent discipline, especially that late in the game when the lads are tired, it meant we come away with all three points.

I’m just really happy with how we’ve been defensively and how hard we’ve worked. That’s all come down to the hard work and that’s all me and Robin ask of the lads. There’s a lot of positives to take from the game and it sets us up nicely for this afternoon’s game.

As for the game today, Hebburn will be a good test. They were in the same position as us last year. They had a big turnover and brought some big names in and it took them a while to get together. They had a good end to the season. It’s a big game to get their teeth in to, big games are for the big players.

Enjoy the game!

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YOU CAN SEE SIGNS THAT THE TEAM ARE STARTING TO GEL. WE’RE NOWHERE NEAR THE FINISHED ARTICLE, BUT WE’RE GETTING BETTER EACH WEEK

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’m feeling confident that we can pick up a result today, against a very good Hebburn Town team. It hasn’t come as a fluke that we’re unbeaten in four games because we’ve been working hard.

I’m expecting a tough game, but I fancy our chances if we continue playing like we have been in the last few games. They’re definitely one of the favourites, Hebburn and Stockton will be up there and are favourites for the league.

They’re a good side and were a good side last year as well. It will definitely be a good test for us and it will show us how far we are away from competing with the top teams in the Northern League.

This will be our first Saturday league game of the season, at the end of September. I’ve been here for 10 years now and it happens and the start of the season is always hard for us.

Most of the games are away at the start of the season, so it’s always a tough start for us, but you’ve got to just get on with it.

We need to make our home pitch a fortress to be honest. If you don’t know how to play on the pitch, with that slope, then it’s a hard pitch to play on. I’ve played on it for years and years, whereas some of the younger lads, who are relatively new to it, have just got to learn how to play on it.

The newer lads haven’t played on it that much, but they battled well and played well on it. I wasn’t there for a few of the other games at home, but I feel like, after watching Wednesday’s performance, people are starting to get to grips with how to play on the pitch.

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can start that today against Hebburn. It’s going to take time for us all to gel together, I’ve said this since the start. You can start and see signs that people are starting to gel and long may it continue.

This is nowhere near the finished article, but you can just see, over the last few weeks, little things are getting better and better. We started well in the League Cup, two wins from two, but we need to start picking more points up in the league. We need to take our cup form into the league and start and pick more points up as we haven’t really done that in the last few weeks.

The league is the bread and butter.

The last thing we want to be doing is scrapping down at the bottom, we want to try and be comfortable. Last season, we were scrapping down at the bottom and it wasn’t nice. It’s important to start, today, picking up points and I think a point would be a great result as they’re a good team.

If we work hard, like we have done the last four or five games, I can’t see us not picking up points in games. From a personal stand-point, it’s pleasing to be in the team. When I came back, I thought it’d take me a few weeks. With Conor (Newton) getting injured, I’ve probably played more than I expected. I’m getting fitter and fitter each game and I feel like I’m doing alright. I’m taking it game by game and hopefully that continues that I continue having a good run in the team.

I hope you enjoy the game!

PEASY

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CLUB NEWS

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IT WOULD’VE BEEN ROBBERY IF PENRITH SCORED AN EQUALISER

ssistant Manager Andrew Bulford believes it “would’ve been robbery” if Penrith scored an equaliser in their Northern League Cup match.

He said: “In all honesty, they didn’t deserve to get an equaliser in my opinion. I thought we sussed them out early on. The defence dealt with it more than perfectly.

“The chances we had, they couldn’t have complained if we came away three or four-nil up. It’s the same thing, we’re just not getting that second goal. I’m not concerned because we’re creating the chances.”

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he date for the Durham Challenge Cup First Round match with National League North side Darlington has been announced.

Alun Armstrong will bring the Quakers to the First Mortgage Glebe on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 with kick-off being at 7:30pm.

Darlington will, hopefully, bring a lot of fans and we will be hoping Whickham turn out for the big game.

DEFENDER CLARK KAY BELIEVES THERE’S “LOTS OF POSITIVES” TO TAKE FROM PENRITH VICTORY D efender Clark Kay believes there are “lots of positives” to take from their League Cup victory over Penrith.

The full-back was pleased with the performance and was delighted to have picked up another three points in the competition.

Kay said: “As a whole team, not just as a back four, it’s nice to keep another clean-sheet. There’s lots of positives to take from the game, but, most importantly, we got the three points, which we really wanted.”

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The Lang Jacks dominated the game in large spells and had chances to put the game to bed throughout the first and second-half.

There was drama in injury time as Penrith had a goal disallowed, however, Kay believes the result was on the team deserved.

He added: “I think it was (deserved). In the secondhalf, they had more of the possession, but we defended really well as a team. We kept digging in and we got what we deserved, so I’m happy.”

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CLUB HISTORY

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t all began back in 1944 when the club was formed under the name of Axwell Park Colliery Welfare, although they were colloquially termed the Home Guard Team.

Early on, the side played in the Derwent Valley League, before switching to the Northern Combination and, in 1974, to the Wearside League. Whickham enjoyed quite a degree of success at this level before joining the Northern League Second Division in 1988. Having reached the Semi-Final of the FA Vase in 197879, losing to Almondsbury Greenway, it was in 1981 that Whickham had their finest hour.

The club went all the way to the Twin Towers in the final of the FA Vase after a titanic struggle to overcome Windsor Eton in the semi-final.

An estimated 5,000 fans followed Whickham to Wembley. Willenhall FC, from the Midlands, awaited on the big day. In a gripping Final, Whickham came back from 2-0 down to level at 2-2 at full-time with goals from Alan Scott and Ronnie Williamson, taking the game into extra-time. Ecstasy followed when Billy Cawthra broke away to win it 3-2 to send the trophy back up to Tyneside.

After just one season in the Second Division, under the management of Billy Hodgson, the club gained promotion for the first time into the First Division in 1989 and spent three seasons there before being relegated in 1992.

Another promotion came in 1995 when they won the Second Division. A further two seasons was spent in the First Division before another relegation in 1997 back into the Second Division. Without the intervention of Tony Ainley in the 1999-2000 season, the club was in grave danger of going out of business.

Tony’s first two seasons were about survival and over the next three or four years, major changes happened and Whickham’s hard work was rewarded when they won the Durham Challenge Cup. Two late goals from Kenny Boyle and Ian Robson snatched the Lang Jacks an amazing victory against a very goof Billingham Synthonia side.

The following season, Whickham won the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup after defeating Penrith in an exciting shoot-out.

After Tony relinquished his managerial position, there was lots of chopping and changing before Robin Falcus was appointed in 2013.

The 2012-13 season was a tough learning curve for Robin and Kris Holmes, his assistant, but the club decided to stick with a plan. Robin began to build, and things took aim. The Lang Jacks finished sixth (the highest in six years) in 2017 after a rollercoaster season and in the following season, things turned to magic.

The aim was to Improve on the previous season and that was well and truly smashed. In a tough, competitive league, Robin managed to build a young and hungry side, which defied the odds and were a surprise package, finishing third in the league after a dramatic last day of the season.

Third was enough for the club to secure promotion into Division One for the first time in 21 years. In their first season back in Northern League Division One, it was a difficult campaign for the Lang Jacks, who finished second-bottom, but they still remained in the league and have built a strong squad ahead of the 2019-20 season - Robin’s eighth season in charge of Whickham.

Whickham FC celebrate winning the FA Vase at the old Wembley in 1981

The Lang Jacks celebrate clinching promotion to Division One in 2018

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MEET THE PLAYERS INTRODUCING OUR SQUAD FOR THE 2019-20 SEASON

Adam Bartlett

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Barts was the first signing of the summer. One of the best ‘keepers in non-league, he previously played for York City, Darlington, Gateshead and also Hereford United.

Lewis Gibbons

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Lewis also signed from Bishop Auckland this summer. He can play in defence or just in front of the back line and is a great addition to the squad.

Clark Kay

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Clark arrived from Consett last season and is a modernday full-back. He enjoys getting forward at every opportunity, but is also solid in defence.

Liam Connell

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Liam signed on loan from South Shields. He has won pretty much everything there is to win at this level, including the quadruple with the Mariners in 2017.

Matthew Grieve

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Matty is another former NUFC Academy player. He is solid at the back and is now into his second season with the club after signing from Newcastle Benfield.

Stephen Little

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Stephen also arrived from Consett last season and has experience in abundance.

The centre-back was also formerly of West Allotment, Bedlington and Blyth AFC.

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Charlie Exley

Kieran Galbraith

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Charlie signed with the club after arriving back to the region after a spell in Scotland with Queen of the South and Gretna. A dynamic and pacey full-back.

One of the best defender’s in the league, Kieran arrived from Bishop Auckland in the summer. He is a leader at the back and is excellent in the air and on the ground.

Tom Howard

Sam Hedley

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Sam is another player, who can play anywhere across the back line and always does an excellent job. One of the longest serving players at the club now.

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Tom is a former Sunderland youngster and has proved to be an excellent addition.

The full-back can get forward with pace, but is also fantastic defensively.

Chad Collins

Dale Burrell

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A playmaker in the middle of the park, Dale is in his second season with the club.

He enjoys the ball at his feet and also chips in with goals at crucial times.

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Chad signed back with the club in the summer and has shown quality from the start.

He is another player, who is always among the goals scoring or creating them.

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Conor Newton

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Conor is a very experienced midfielder, who was previously with Hartlepool United. He brings a level head and quality into the Whickham midfield.

Andrew Bulford

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A veteran centre-forward, who won the FA Vase with Dunston UTS. He is also the assistant manager of the team and will also continue playing this season.

Scott Robson

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The young forward exploded on the scene with goals in his first two games with the club. Scott has pace to burn and is a nightmare for opposition defenders.

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Matty Pattison

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Matty was formerly with NUFC and Norwich City and has also been capped by South Africa. The midfielder arrived at the club from South Shields.

Max Cowburn

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Max arrived from South Shields last season and is a real threat down the wing.

He will continue scoring goals and creating chances for his teammates.

Kelvin Thear

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Kelvin is another young winger, who provides real pace and threat down the flank. He signed from Dunston UTS and is in his second season with the club.

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Ross Peareth

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Ross is the longest-serving player at the club and has played over 300 games for Whickham. He leads by example in the middle of the park.

Carl Finnigan

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Carl is another marquee signing for the club, arriving from South Shields. The forward won the FA Vase back in 2017 and has played in a number of countries.

Robin Falcus

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Robin is now in his seventh season as manager of the club. He guided the Lang Jacks back to Division One after securig promotion back in 2018.

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Tom Scothern

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Another former Sunderland Academy player, Tom arrived at the club in the summer.

He played in the U18 Premier League and will be a key player this season.

Lee McAndrew

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Lee signed from Ashington this summer. The winger is a two-time FA Vase winner and will cause nightmares for opposition defender’s with his trickery.

Jordan Moore

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Jordan is in his third season with the club, having previously been with Ryton & Crawcrook Albion. He is now looking after a youth side at Sunderland AFC.

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MATCHDAY EXCLUSIVE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST FIXTURES THIS SEASON

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idfielder Dale Burrell believes the game against league-leaders Hebburn Town is going to be “one of the toughest fixtures, but is also expecting a big performance from the Lang Jacks.

The Hornets, who are only in their second season back in Division One, have started the season strongly. Despite dropping points in their last two games, they sit top of the table having won eight of their 12 games so far.

“The game is going to be one of the toughest fixtures of the season,” he said. “Hopefully the home advantage goes our way a little bit. They’re used to playing on a big pitch, a nice surface. It’s a bit different coming up to Whickham.

“I definitely think this will be one of our toughest games. They’ve got one of the strongest sides in the league. With their squad, the talent they have, they’ll be looking for promotion. “ If you haven’t saw the goal that went viral in the last few weeks, where have you been? Burrell’s goal, from inside his own half, against Bishop Auckland was viewed by thousands of people and was also broadcasted on the likes of Sky Sports News, ITV Tyne Tees, BBC Looks North

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as well as numerous online news websites as well - like BBC Sport and Sport Bible.

Speaking about seeing his goal go viral, Burrell simply said that it was “nice” to have it on camera, but is hoping the club benefits from the clip being seen by thousands.

“It’s nice to see it and having something like that captured,” Burrell said. “There’s nothing worse than doing something like that, and I know a lot of people have been in that position and it hasn’t been on camera. It’s nice for it to be caught on video.

“For it to be then shared and for it to go viral, my thoughts were then for that promoting the club really. To get the club out there, put the club on the map. I’ve said in previous interviews that even if that gets 10 more people through the gate, per game, then it’s been worthwhile.”

He continued: “It’s crazy. A player at our level, if it does happen at all (going viral), it doesn’t happen very often. I’m over the moon with it, but, at the end of the day, it’s just a goal.”

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He added: “At the end of the day, the league is the bread and butter. Yes, it would’ve been nice to have big cup runs, but those cup runs usually do end at some point, so your main priority has to be the league.

“That’s where you need to be winning the games week-in and week-out, getting that good feeling every weekend from winning.

Although we are out of the FA Cup and FA Vase, it still is early on in the league. If we can continue our unbeaten run, there’s nothing to say that we can’t be up there at around Christmas time.”

With the Lang Jacks exiting both the FA Cup and FA Vase in the early rounds, it’s meant their cup focuses have turned to the League Cup and the Durham Challenge Cup. Whickham have won both of their opening two League Cup games in Group G, against Bishop Auckland and Penrith, and Burrell believes the team are in a great position to qualify for the knockout stage.

The midfielder said: “There’s two games remaining in the group now, in the League Cup. With the two wins, it means, not necessarily take our foot off the gas, but there’s not that pressure of needing to desperately win those two games to quality.

“A draw from those two games could be enough to see us through. The League Cup is important for everyone, especially with us being out of the two national cups. The remaining competitions are our focus, as well as the league. I believe that, on our day, we can beat anybody, so there’s no reason why we can’t make the League Cup a target.”

There’s a great blend of youth and experience at Whickham now. The likes of Scott Robson, Tom Robson and Tom Scothern have all came to the club and made a huge impression, while players that have been around a while have also made a big impact.

Burrell said he’s pleased with the way the younger players have come in and played with no fear and also spoke about how the team can progress this season.

He said: “I’m pleased with the young lads, who have come in and done really well. We are unbeaten in our last four games. I think we can be better, with the intensity, and we have a couple of people come back from suspension and injuries. For me, there’s plenty of positives to take from the last couple of weeks.”

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STARTING LINE-UP Liam Connell

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ale Burrell’s spectacular first-half strike turned out to be decisive as Whickham made it back-to-back victories in the Northern League Cup after a 1-0 win over Penrith.

During a lively start to the game at The First Mortgage Glebe, Peareth’s early effort, which had the ‘keeper beaten, brushed the outside of post. Connor Shields’ cross bounced off the crossbar before Ryan Errington was denied by Liam Connell.

Meanwhile, Penrith threatened at the other end when an effort went incredibly close. Both sides settled into the game quickly and the visitors went close, again, on 14 minutes.

Whickham took the lead on 21 minutes and, on the balance of play, it was a deserved goal. Chad

Collins played the ball across to Burrell, who took the ball into the area before rifling across and into the top corner.

Penrith’s Daniel Staples made two phenomenal saves on 63 minutes. The ‘keeper pushed away Robson’s strike before getting up and denying Tom Scothern moments later.

The hosts continued to create openings to put the game to bed, but there was drama right to the very end as Penrith were holding on.

In the fourth minute of additional time, the Bonny Blues had a goal ruled out as Grant Davidson’s free-kick came off a teammate, who was in an offside position. Adam Main was sent to the sin bin for dissent in the aftermath, but the hosts saw the game through.

POST-MATCH REACTION

ANDREW BULFORD: “There’s a lot of positives to take from the game and it sets us up nicely for the Hebburn game. This is a competition that we want to win. The FA competitions come before anything, but, I said at the start of the season, that we’d like to have a good cup run. We like to do well in the cups and then also compete in the league as well. Hopefully we can try and get some silverware because that would be great for the club and get some more fans in. It’s one game at a time though, we get back to the league and we won’t be thinking about the League Cup now until the next match comes around.

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HORNETS WITH AMBITION THE RISE OF HEBBURN TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB

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’ve always had a lot of time for Hebburn Town FC. One of my first jobs as a journalist was working on the old Herald & Post series, God rest its soul.

There was a South Tyneside edition and every Monday I’d take a call from Alan Armstrong, the press officer, who would relay the match report from the weekend over the phone.

It was Alan’s lunchtime and I had to decipher the action while he munched on an apple, and it continued when I moved to the Shields Gazette, always looking forward to his distinctive voice and honest appraisals.

Alan was one of a number of good men involved for many years at Hebburn. I often thought, as a club, it was very similar to Whickham - small budget, sharing a venue with the cricket club, fighting to attract crowds away from Newcastle and Sunderland. We often played each other on a Friday night, enjoyed some good cup and league battles against Tony Robinson’s teams and there was always a connection between the two clubs.

As with all clubs, the people involved eventually change and Hebburn’s old regime run by the likes of Bill Laffey & Co couldn’t

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go on forever. The big change came after the club came very close to going out of business a couple of seasons ago. One game was highlighted where they attracted just 16 paying punters and an appeal was put out to the community to step forward and help save the club.

The Gazette played a big role in that, with front and back page headlines highlighting the cause, and three years on the club is now unrecognisable from those tough times.

A consortium, including former sponsors Colin and Terry Smith, stepped forward and took control of the club, injecting business nous, finance and a strategy into turning this around. Hebburn were promoted the same season as us, and kicked on last season under Scott Oliver to finish second in the Northern League Division One after attracting some stellar non-league names to play for them, like Graeme Armstrong, Michael Richardson and Louis Storey.

Their ambition is clear. Hebburn want to progress up the football pyramid and claim Vase and league success, but it isn’t just on the pitch where developments have been made.

I sat down with Colin and director of football

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Stephen Rutherford in May 2018 and they outlined their long-term vision for the club.

We were sat in their newly-refurbished clubhouse, overlooking the pitch, and the ambition was clear.

“I didn’t come in expecting to take it on,” said Colin. “We were asked to come in and help which I’ve done in the past as a sponsor.

But I thought if I’m going to help the town and the club progress, we are going to have to take control.

“This is something we are proud of. It’s involved from just a hobby and helping out to doing a lot more.

“The club was struggling to survive but with a little bit of direction, a push and business knowledge we’ve got it moving.

“We always said facilities are the biggest thing we need to work on. We took what was a run-down bar. Get this right and it will sustain the football. If you don’t get the infrastructure right you are going to constantly go cap in hand to local businesses asking to help you out every season.”

It’s not reinventing the wheel, just common business sense. Non-league football is a growth area and clubs who are using their facilities to raise income are the ones who can thrive. Consett are a great example, while Hebburn have been up front about using South Shields as a template for their development.

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football and had got disheartened with paying £30 a ticket at Newcastle and Sunderland,” added Colin. “There’s got to be something local for them. If we can tap into that, there’s 28,000 people live in Hebburn.

Let’s get people in the area supporting Hebburn.”

Another huge change at Hebburn has been the link up with the junior set-up, which was once two separate identities. Now, it has the feel of a community club.

“What was always missing was the gap between juniors and seniors and the pathway,” added Stephen. “The structure wasn’t right. Now we have a pyramid with the juniors, under-23s and reserves.

“That’s going to be key to the future success of the club, the idea that there’s 500 juniors underneath the first team, filtering through.

“The whole point of the refurbishment is that you are creating a matchday experience.

With the juniors involved, it is a family thing.

You are coming two hours before the football and two hours after.”

A community club. It’s a model that so many non-league sides, including Whickham, are looking to move towards. Some are further down the line, such as Stockton, Consett and Hebburn, and their success with it is clear to see.

Hebburn have come a long way over a short period of time, but have plans to go even further over the next few years.

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MATCHDAY

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nother victory on Wednesday evening means Whickham are coming into this afternoon’s match unbeaten in their last four games, in all competitions.

The scoreline finished 1-0 to the Lang Jacks against Penrith, but it didn’t reflect the performance or the chances that were created by the hosts. If they’d scored three or four, there’d have been no complaints from anybody. Nevertheless, their confidence will be high and they’ll be looking forward to testing themselves against the league-leaders.

MANAGER: ROBIN FALCUS

WHICKHAM FORM GUIDE: LAST SIX GAMES

WON 1-0 DREW 0-0 WON 5-0 WON 2-1 LOST 3-0 LOST 2-1 25/09/19 21/09/19 18/09/19 11/09/19 07/09/19 04/09/19 NLC eNL1 DCC NLC eNL1 eNL1

MAN IN THE MIDDLE MR JAMES BANCROFT

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oday’s referee started officiating back in 2013 and has been in the Northern League since January 2014. He started out as a Level 7 assistant referee in Division Two and has worked his way up.

This season is Mr Bancroft’s second season refereeing in Northern League Division One. His last game in charge of a Whickham match was the first game back in Div One after a 21-year absence.

He has been in charge of two cup finals in the last two seasons, including the League Cup in 2019. Bancroft was also officiating in the televised pre-season friendly between Southampton and Celtic, at South Shields.

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ebburn Town have been one of the teams, who were widely tipped to be one of the teams challenging for the league title this season.

They currently sit top of Division One, in just their second season back in the top flight of the Northern League, and look set to mount a real challenge this season.

They come into the game off the back of a heavy defeat to Thornaby, at home, and also a draw with Sunderland RCA during the week.

MANAGER: KEVIN BOLAM

HEBBURN TOWN FORM GUIDE: LAST SIX GAMES

DREW 2-2 LOST 4-1 WON 5-4 WON 5-1 WON 2-1 WON 6-1 25/09/19 21/09/19 17/09/19 14/03/19 10/09/19 07/09/19 eNL1 eNL1 eNL1 eNL1 NLC eNL1

LAST MATCH

vs SUNDERLAND RCA (A) - 25/09/19

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ebburn Town had to settle for a point in their last outing as a penalty, at the end of added time, consigned them to a 2-2 draw away to Sunderland RCA. It was the hosts that broke the deadlock, after just nine minutes, when Stephen Callen volleyed home Clayton Davis’ cross.

Hebburn’s pressure finally took

its toll on the hour mark as they scored an equaliser. Luke Sullivan produced a composed finish inside the box.

The Hornets thought they’d snatched all three points late in the game when Michael Richardson’s corner was guided home by Graeme Armstrong, in the 94th-minute.

However, RCA had other ideas and went to the other end

and won a penalty when Jack Donaghy committed a foul.

Dylan Elliott stepped up and kept his composure, slotting the spot-kick home.

Hebburn Town: Jennison, Groves, L.Storey (C), Donaghy, Lough, Taylor, Spence, Robson, Richardson, Sullivan, Armstrong Substitutes: Suddick, Dibb-Fuller, Martin, Simpson, Horner 21

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WHITLEY BAY

WHICKHAM

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hickham extended their unbeaten run to three games, in all competitions, as they played out a goalless draw with Whitley Bay. The first-half sprung to life in the closing stages and Dale Burrell’s low cross was turned onto the post by Luke Taylor.

Scott Robson’s effort, just before the hour mark, was cleared off the line by substitute Luke Salmon, but the sides cancelled one another out for most of the second-half.

Following the same pattern as the first-half, the game had an end-to-end finish. However, neither sides managed to find a breakthrough and a draw was a fair result.

MATCH STATS

STATS

8 2 6 3 7 5

TOTAL SHOTS SHOTS ON SHOTS OFF CORNERS FOULS OFFSIDES

13 11 2 2 17 1

Whitley Bay: Lister, Smith, Bexton, Lowery (Salmon, 55), Kerr, Taylor (Bramley, 76), Spooner, Orrell, Hird, Stephenson (Shanks, 69), Robinson Sub Not Used: Hubery Whickham: Connell, Howard, Kay, Gibbons, Galbraith, Grieve, Collins, Burrell (Scothern, 76), Robson (Bulford, 79), Peareth, Cowburn (Their, 64) Sub Not Used: Little Referee: Craig Dean Assistants: Stephen Beresford and Matthew Davidson Attendance: 317

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ebburn Town will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season, there’s no doubt about that. They’ll be up at the top challenging for the league title.

Dunston UTS ran away at the top from everyone in the 2018-19 season, finishing 17 points ahead of the Hornets in second place.

However, this was Hebburn’s first season back in Division One. There’s been a lot of change on the pitch over the last two seasons, but off the pitch, the club have also invested in the facilities at Hebburn Sports Ground.

It’s fantastic to see another club in the North East with a lot of

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ambition, with the club looking to follow in the footsteps of South Shields, Morpeth Town and Spennymoor Town, who have all progressed up the pyramid from the Northern League.

Hebburn currently sit top of the table going into the game this afternoon, five points ahead of Stockton Town, who have played five games less.

Those two teams have been widely tipped to be the top two in Division One this season. Hebburn’s squad is stacked with talent, with the likes of Michael Richardson, Graeme Armstrong and Louis Storey having all played at a higher level and will be a threat in the game.

HONOURS

Wearside League Champions 1966-67 Northern Combination Champions 1943-44 Tyneside League Champions 1938-39 Durham Challenge Cup Winners 1942-43, 1991-92 Wearside League 1966-67 Best FA Vase Performance Fifth Round, 2018-19

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THE KEY PLAYERS

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GRAEME ARMSTRONG

MICHAEL RICHARDSON

LUKE SULLIVAN

One of the most lethal marksmen in non-league football, Armstrong has been around a while and has been scoring goals since day one.

The striker joined Hebburn Town in the summer of 2018, from neighbours South Shields.

Armstrong is an experienced professional, who knows just where the onion bag is.

Graeme has previously played for clubs such as Whitby Town, Blyth Spartans, Darlington and Gateshead and leads the line for the Hornets.

Richardson is a very talented midfielder, who could be playing at the top of nonleague football. His quality shines through in every game.

The midfielder signed for the Hornets in the summer of 2018, ahead of the 18/19 campaign.

Richardson was with the Newcastle United Academy growing up and, after his release, he went on to gain vast experience at teams such as Blyth Spartans and South Shields. Creative flair and certainly likes an assist.

Sullivan is another quality forward at the club and his goal-scoring record speaks for itself. During his time with Consett, he scored 136 goals in 206 games, which earned a move to South Shields.

Following on from that, he arrived at Hebburn as a quartet of signings back in the summer of 2018. Making the move back to the Northern League, Sullivan will provide more experience and quality to an already stacked team and is a danger man for the Hornets.

POSITION: Forward AGE: 35 LAST CLUB: South Shields

POSITION: Midfelder AGE: 27 LAST CLUB: South Shields

POSITION: Forward AGE: 29 LAST CLUB: South Shields

THE MANAGER KEVIN BOLAM

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ebburn Town have a new man at the helm this season and his name is Kevin Bolam.

It come as a bit of a surprise when long-serving manager Scott Oliver departed, but the Hornets are flying high in the Northern League once again

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this season. Bolam took over as manager in the summer and has plenty of experience behind him.

Having managed two leagues below in the Wearside League, he guided Hebburn Town Reserves to the league title in the 2018-19 season.

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INTRODUCING THE HEBBURN TOWN SQUAD FOR TODAY’S MATCH

CONOR GRANT

ANDREW JENNISON

DANNY CARSON

Grant joined Hebburn Town in the summer after five years with Ashington. The shotstopper likes to command his area and has also played for Dundee and Blyth Spartans.

Jennison signed for the club in September 2018 following spells at Whitley Bay, Seaham Red Star and Jarrow Roofing.

He arrived at Hebburn after living in Australia for a year.

A very popular signing this summer, Carson arrived after a successful spell with Morpeth Town. He’s an experienced centre-half, who has also played for South Shields.

GOALKEEPER

GOALKEEPER

DEFENDER

JACK DONAGHY

LUKE GILHESPY

DAN GROVES

Donaghy is a very versatile player, who can play anywhere on the pitch. He is a product of the Hornets Academy and he made his first-team debut back in 2017.

Gilhespy is another player, who can play anywhere. The defender signed for Hebburn in the summer of 2018 after spells with Seaham Red Star, Dunston and Bishop Auckland.

Another top player in the defensive ranks at Hebburn, Groves joined in the summer of 2018 from Shildon. A strong right-footer with bags of energy and he loves a tackle.

DEFENDER

DEFENDER

DEFENDER

DARREN LOUGH

EWAN SIMPSON

LEWIS HORNER

Lough is one of a number of former South Shields players in the Hebburn squad. He signed in 2019 and had spent four years in Iceland with KA Akureyri and IA Akranes.

Simpson will be looking to break into the first-team.

He has previously been with Hebburn Town Reserves and South Shields Reserves in the Wearside League.

Horner is an experienced midfielder, who joined on loan from Blyth Spartans this month.

His previous clubs include Hibernian, East Stirling and Inverness, in Scotland.

DEFENDER

DEFENDER

MIDFIELDER

JACK ROBSON

ROBBIE SPENCE

LOUIS STOREY

Robson is a pacey winger, who joined the club in October 2018 after graduating from the Newcastle United Academy that summer. Likes to get at defenders.

Spence is a very talented midfielder, who joined Hebburn in the summer of 2018 from Team Northumbria.

He is very versatile and can also do a job at right-back.

Storey is a strong midfielder with bags of experience. He joined in the summer of 2018 from South Shields. The NUFC Academy graduate was also named the captain this season.

MIDFIELDER

MIDFIELDER

MIDFIELDER

LEWIS SUDDICK

BEN DIBB-FULLER

OLLY MARTIN

Suddick is a pacey winger, who joined the club from Whitley Bay in January 2019. Having been with the Newcastle United Academy, he also had a spell with North Shields.

Dibb-Fuller is a prolific striker, who signed for Hebburn in the summer of 2018 following a successful spell with Team Northumbria. He is pacey and knows where the net is.

Martin is a versatile striker, who arrived at Hebburn in the summer of 2019 from Whitley Bay. Another NUFC Acadmey graduate, he has also had a spell with Jarrow Rofing.

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How long have you followed Hebburn Town?

I’ve followed Hebburn for a few years now as I moved to the area with my Dad and at the time we didn’t know many people or about the club.

Over the years, we started to go to the games and the stadium has progressed massively in the time we have been here.

What originally attracted

you to non-league football?

Non-league football is where you get to see the real desire and real passion of local people and players, who play because of the love and passion they have. It’s great to see it from a close-up perspective and how it brings people together.

Are there any Whickham players that you’re wary of?

I saw a few weeks ago that Whickham signed a former Newcastle United midfielder (Connor Newton), who is WHICKHAMFC

undoubtedly going to have quality that will cause Hebburn problems and, of course, the lad (Dale Burrell) who hit the headlines for the long-range screamer, which featured on Sky Sports.

What can we expect from this Hebburn team today?

Today, you will find out that Hebburn are a side who like to play out from the back and have a very solid team, especially at the back. The two centre-halves are very physical and will win everything, but in front of them, you have the captain, who controls the game very well. He will look to control the tempo and bring the game to Whickham through the wingers, who have deadly speed and tricky feet that will look to cause Whickham problems down the right-hand side and expect to see some thumping challenges.

Who would you say is your key player?

The main man for Hebburn today would have to be Richardson, who is a favourite of mine. The tall and athletic midfielder has the ability to pick out a fine pass to break down defences, while picking the ball up and driving the team forward with his great technical ability and with a

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keen eye for goal. Whickham will have to watch out for him What do you think Hebburn can achieve this season?

Last season, Hebburn Town were playing brilliantly and achieved a good finish towards the end and would have been delighted with the season overall. This season, in Division One, I think we at Hebburn will be Pushing toward the top three or four, at the very least, by the end of the season as we’ve got off to a flying start.

If you could persuade football fans to come watch non-league, what would you say to them?

To anyone football fans out there that haven’t come out to watch this level of football, I suggest they do so as it brings us, as fans, so much closer to the game we love. You get to see the fighting for every ball and determination from a different point of view than you do at higher levels, so I would definitely recommend.

Finally, score prediction for the game?

I think this will be a tough game for both sides as both teams have quality players, but I think this will be a 2-2 draw this afternoon.

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t’s been a while since our last social media feature, so let’s take you through the best of what’s been going on, on the digital front.

There’s only one real place to start with this and that’s with Dale Burrell’s goal going viral in the days following the Bishop Auckland game.

Luckily, it was captured on video for us to share, and we really didn’t expect it to take off in the way it did.

As you can see, upper and lower right, there are two examples of news outlets, who picked up on Dale’s goal and shared it. Not only did BBC Sport, Guardian Sport and Sport Bible, among many other online news platform, pick it up, but it was also broadcasted live on tele too.

The first to pick it up and broadcast it was BBC Look North, quickly followed

by ITV Tyne Tees. The momentum kept building and building and, eventually, Sky Sports News picked it up.

For all of that 40 seconds, little

Whickham Football Club were on the biggest sports news channel in the world.

Jim White commentated over the goal and, at the end, said ‘you have to love that’. We do Jim, ww certainly do. It wasn’t just broadcasted in this country, a news outlet in Qatar showed it, one in Australia and we’d like to thank everyone for giving us our moment. The goal of the season competition should just stop right now.

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TEAM

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W

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L

F

A

GD

PTS

1

Hebburn Town

12

8

2

2

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18

+19

26

2

Stockton Town

7

7

0

0

23

2

+21

21

3

Consett

12

6

3

3

25

15

+10

21

4

Guisborough Town

9

6

0

3

14

10

+4

18

5

Shildon

10

5

2

3

28

16

+12

17

6

Billingham Town

9

5

2

2

18

17

+1

17

7

Sunderland RCA

9

5

1

3

17

16

+1

16

8

Newton Aycliffe

8

5

1

2

15

14

+1

16

9

West Auckland Town

11

4

2

5

20

15

+5

14

10

North Shields

10

4

2

4

17

18

-1

14

11

Bishop Auckland

12

4

2

6

23

26

-3

14

12

Newcastle Benfield

8

3

2

3

18

15

+3

11

13

Ryhope CW

9

3

2

4

13

18

-5

11

14

Whickham

9

3

2

4

8

13

-5

11

15

Ashington

10

3

1

6

12

20

-8

10

16

Whitley Bay

10

2

3

5

11

18

-7

9

17

Northallerton Town

9

2

0

7

8

21

-13

6

18

Penrith

9

1

2

6

11

20

-9

5

19

Seaham Red Star

8

1

2

5

9

23

-14

5

20

Thornaby

7

1

1

5

8

20

-12

4

TOP GOALSCORERS POS

PLAYER

TEAM

GOALS

1

Graeme Armstrong

Hebburn Town

9

2

Adam Preston

Thornaby

7

3

Kevin Hayes

Stockton Town

6

4

Billy Greulich-Smith

Shildon

6

5

Craig Hutchinson

Billingham Town

6

6

Jamie Owens

Stockton Town

5

7

Dennis Knight

Newcastle Benfield

5

8

Andrew Johnson

Bishop Auckland

5

9

Christopher Winn

Bishop Auckland

5

10

Calvin Smith

Consett

5

11

Adam Burnicle

West Auckland Town

4

12

Dean Thexton

Newton Aycliffe

4

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FIXTURES & RESULTS Tuesday, Setpember 24, 2019 Northern League Cup A: Seaham Red Star 3-2 Heaton Stannington B: Ryhope CW 2-2 Billingham Town C: Ashington 1-4 West Allotment Celtic H: Birtley Town 4-1 Durham City H: Whitley Bay 2-0 Chester-le-Street Town Tuesday, Setpember 24, 2019 Stockton Town 1-0 Shildon Sunderland RCA 2-2 Heburn Town Northern League Cup A: Billingham Synthonia 4-3 Newcastle Uni B: Crook Town 3-0 Washington C: Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 0-1 Esh Winning D: Newcastle Benfield 3-1 Thornaby E: Redcar Athletic 2-3 Easington Colliery F: Guisborough Town 3-1 Carlisle City F: Willington 0-2 Tow Law Town G: Jarrow 1-1 Sunderland West End G: Whickham 1-0 Penrith Saturday, Setpember 28, 2019 Ashington vs Ryhope CW Newcastle Benfield vs Guisborough Town Newton Aycliffe vs Whitley Bay North Shields vs Billingham Town Northallerton Town vs Bishop Auckland Shildon vs Seaham Red Star Stockton Town vs Consett Sunderland RCA vs West Auckland Town Thornaby vs Penrith Whickham vs Hebburn Town Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Newton Aycliffe vs Ryhope CW Northern League Cup B: Billingham Town vs Washington D: Thornaby vs Brandon United F: Carlisle City vs Tow Law Town H: Birtley Town vs Hebburn Town H: Chester-le-Street Town vs Durham City Wednesday, November 2, 2019 Northern League Cup A: Billingham Synthonia vs North Shields A: Heaton Stannington vs Newcastle Uni B: Crook Town vs Sunderland RCA C: Ryton & Crawcrook Albion vs Stockton Town C: West Allotment Celtic vs Esh Winning D: Bedlington Terriers vs Consett E: Northallerton Town vs Easington Colliery E: Redcar Athletic vs West Auckland Town F: Willington vs Shildon G: Jarrow vs Bishop Auckland G: Penrith vs Sunderland West End

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BIS

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WBY

WHI

WES

THO

SUN

STO

SHI

SEA

RYH

PEN

NOR

0-3

2-1

2-1

2-3

2-2

2-3

0-3

1-2

5-2

1-0

GUI

1-5

1-2

2-5

HEB

1-2

3-1

NBF

0-1

1-2

NAY

0-3

2-1

NSH

2-4

6-1

1-0

3-1

NOR

3-2

3-0

1-1

PEN

2-1

2-0

4-1

RYH

2-1

1-2

0-2

4-5

2-2

1-1

2-3

3-2 1-2

5-0

0-5

1-1

2-1

3-1

3-0

0-2

2-2

5-1

2-0

2-2

6-1

2-2

SEA

1-5

SHI

1-1

4-0

1-0

3-1

3-2

2-3

0-0

CON

NSH

1-1

4-1

BIS

2-2

2-2

BTN

NAY

2-0

5-1

HEB

NBF

2-1

GUI

CON

2-1

BTN

ASH

ASH

0-4

1-2

0-6

STO

1-2

1-2

1-2

3-1

SUN

2-0

8-1

1-4

1-1

THO

1-3

3-0

1-0

3-2

1-0

2-1

WES

0-0

1-2

2-0

1-0

0-3

5-0

WHI

1-0

1-1

1-2

WBY

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MATCH THE CLUB 1

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FC Baltimore

Colorado Rapids

Lane United FC

New Mexico Utd

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USLC

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USL2

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1. Which team do Newcastle United face tomorrow afternoon? ___________________________________ 2. Tottenham Hotspur lost to who in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening? ___________________________________ 3. Which Premier League club are facing expulsion from the Carabao Cup? ___________________________________ 4. Who are currently sitting top of the League One table? ___________________________________ 5. Hosts Japan came from behind to beat which team this morning? ___________________________________

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We’ve made our word search bigger and better this season, can you find all the words?

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He always delivers in the big games and steps up for his team. He always looks confident and is always wanting to have the ball in the spot light.

RONALDO

Ronaldo is the all-round athlete. He works hard for everything and has a winning mentality. The Juventus forward only settled for the best and he’s the best player in the world.

THE STADIUM ANFIELD

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TEAM STATISTICS

SQUAD STATS

ALL INFORMATION CORRECT UP TO AND INCLUDING 25/09/19

2019-20 SEASON STATISTICS PLAYER

POS

LEAGUE

CUP

APS

GLS

APS

WHICKHAM FC CAREER RECORD

TOTAL

LEAGUE

CUP

TOTAL

GLS APS GLS APS GLS APS GLS

APS

GLS

Adam Bartlett

GK

6

0

4

0

10

0

6

0

4

0

10

0

Andrew Bulford

FOR

4

0

2

0

6

0

49

28

9

2

58

30

Dale Burrell

MID

8

0

6

4

14

4

38

4

10

5

48

10

Chad Collins

MID

5

0

4

0

9

0

123

31

30

5

153

36

Liam Connell

GK

3

0

2

0

5

0

3

0

2

0

5

0

Max Cowburn

FOR

6

0

4

2

10

2

27

7

5

2

32

9

Charlie Exley

DEF

1

0

1

0

2

0

1

0

1

0

2

0

Carl Finnigan

FOR

7

2

4

5

11

7

7

2

4

5

11

7

Kieran Galbraith

DEF

7

0

6

0

13

0

7

0

6

0

13

0

Lewis Gibbons

DEF

3

0

4

0

7

0

3

0

4

0

7

0

Matthew Grieve

DEF

5

0

4

0

9

0

27

1

6

0

33

1

Sam Hedley

DEF

2

0

1

1

3

1

86

2

16

1

102

3

Tom Howard

DEF

8

0

6

0

14

0

8

0

6

0

14

0

Clark Kay

DEF

8

0

4

1

12

1

13

1

4

1

17

2

Stephen Little

DEF

7

0

2

0

9

0

25

1

5

0

30

1

Lee McAndrew

FOR

7

1

6

1

13

2

7

1

6

1

13

2

Conor Newton

MID

6

0

4

0

10

0

6

0

4

0

10

0

Matty Pattison

MID

7

1

4

4

11

5

26

3

7

4

33

7

Ross Peareth

MID

2

0

3

0

5

0

252

18

55

1

307

19

Tom Scothern

MID

7

0

4

0

11

0

7

0

4

0

11

0

Scott Robson

FOR

7

3

5

1

12

4

7

3

5

1

12

4

Kelvin Thear

FOR

3

1

4

1

7

2

13

3

9

1

22

4

TOP GOALSCORERS

CARL FINNIGAN

7 GOALS

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MATTY PATTISON

5 GOALS

DALE BURRELL

4 GOALS

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AWAY DAYS

DATE: 08.10.19 / NORTHERN LEAGUE CUP - GROUP G / GROUND: NISSAN SPORTS COMPLEX

THE GROUND

SUNDERLAND WEST END DIRECTIONS

Get onto Rectory Lane towards Millfield Road. Continue on Gateshead Road and then Pennyfine Road. Continue on Haggs Lane. At the roundabout take the first exit onto Lamesley road and then merge onto the A1. After two miles take the A1231 towards Washington/Sunderland. Stay on the A1231 for a series of roundabouts before taking the 1st exit for Ferryboat Lane. Turn left onto Washington Road then continue on the A1290/Downhill Lane. Turn Left/Left/Right at consecutive roundabouts and arrive at the ground.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

It’s a ground many Northern League, and also non-league, fans will know quite well.

Sunderland West End play their home games at the Nissan Sports Complex, former home of Washington FC, who now play at New Ferens Park in Durham. On the site of the Nissan factory, the ground has a big stand, bar and an excellent food hut.

THE OPPOSITION

Anthony Nelson’s side were promoted into the Northern League for the first time in West End’s history for the 2019-20 season.

They finished second in the Wearside League last season, behind eventual champions Redcar Athletic, who currently sit top of the Division Two table, last term.

West End have made an unspectacular start to Northern League life with two wins and eight points from their opening seven games. In the Northern League Cup, where the Lang Jacks take on West End, the latter have played one game and that ended in a 1-1 draw with Jarrow. Chris Tarn put West End ahead, but they conceded late on.

From The First Mortgage Glebe, the first part of your journey is to walk to Rectory Lane Bus Station and get on the 97 Green Arrow towards Newcastle, but then get off at Gateshead Interchange. From platform J, get on the 56 Fab bus towards Sunderland.

Get off at the Nissan factory and follow signs for the ground, which is around a fiveminute walk from where the bus stand is.

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THE GLEBE

VITAL STATISTICS FIXTURES & RESULTS 19/20 DATE

OPPOSITION

RES

AUGUST 2019 Sat 3 Newton Aycliffe 3-0 Wed 7 North Shields 0-1 Sat 10 Harrogate Town (FAC) 10-1 Wed 14 Thornaby 2-0 Sat 17 Sunderland RCA 2-1 Wed 21 Stockton Town 0-2 Fri 23 Thornaby (FAC) 1-2 Tue 27 Consett 0-5 SEPTEMBER 2019 Sun 1 Squires Gate (FAV) 1-2 Wed 4 Shildon 1-1 Sat 7 West Auckland Town 0-3 Wed 11 Bishop Auckland (LC) 2-1 Wed 18 Silksworth CW (DCC) 5-0 Sat 21 Whitley Bay 0-0 Wed 25 Penrith (LC) 1-0 Sat 28 Hebburn Town OCTOBER 2019 Sat 5 Penrith Tue 8 Sunderland West End (LC) Sat 12 North Shields Wed 16 Jarrow (LC) Sat 19 Bishop Auckland Wed 23 Darlington (DCC) Sat 26 Ashington NOVEMBER 2019 Sat 2 Newcastle Benfield Tue 5 Seaham Red Star Sat 9 Guisborough Town Sat 16 Ryhope CW Sat 23 Northallerton Town Sat 30 Billingham Town DECEMBER 2019 Sat 7 Thornaby Sat 14 Stockton Town JANUARY 2020 Sat 4 Newton Aycliffe Sat 11 Shildon Sat 18 Sunderland RCA Sat 25 Consett FEBRUARY 2020 Sat 1 West Auckland Town Sat 8 Seaham Red Star Sat 15 Whitley Bay Sat 22 Hebburn Town Sat 29 Penrith MARCH 2020 Sat 7 Billingham Town Sat 14 Bishop Auckland Sat 21 Ashington Sat 28 Newcastle Benfield APRIL 2020 Sat 4 Guisborough Town Sat 11 Ryhope CW Sat 18 Northallerton Town

POS

ATT

1

2

3

4

5

4 7 4 2 4 9

166 340 102 173 98 417 296 449

Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett Bartlett

Howard Howard Howard Howard Howard Oliver Howard Howard

Kay B Kay Hedley 1 Kay Kay Kay Kay Kay

Grieve B Grieve Little Little Little Little Grieve Grieve

Galbraith Little B Galbraith Galbraith Galbraith Grieve Galbraith Galbraith

9 12 14 -

248 225 151 204 46 317 103

Bartlett Connell B Connell Connell Bartlett Connell Connell

Howard Howard Howard Howard Howard Howard Howar

Exley Exley Hedley Pattison Kay Kay B Kay

Burrell Galbraith Little Galbraith B Little Galbraith B Gibbons B Galbraith B Grieve Galbraith Gibbons Galbraith Gibbons Galbraith

ALL INFORMATION CORRECT UP TO AND INCLUDING 25/09/19

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THE GLEBE Competitions FA Cup = FAC FA Vase = FAV League Cup = LC Durham Challenge Cup = DCC 6

7

8

9

10

11

SUB 1

SUB 2

SUB 3

Burrell Burrell Burrell 1 Newton B Newton Newton Newton B Newton

Thear 1 McAndrew McAndrew McAndrew

Newton Newton Newton Burrell McAndrew 1 Burrell Robson Scothern B McAndrew Burrell B McAndrew Burrell

Finnigan 2 Finnigan Finnigan 4 Finnigan B Bulford Bulford Finnigan Finnigan

Collins Collins Pattison 3 Pattison 1 Pattison Thear Pattison 1 Robson

McAndrew Thear B Thear 1 Collins Thear Cowburn Thear R Pattison

Cowburn Cowburn Cowburn Thear Gibbons Burrell Robson Little B

Scothern Pattison B Scothern Robson 1 Finnigan Pattison Bulford Scothern

Scothern Grieve Cowburn Robson 1 Finnigan Cowburn Oliver

Gibbons Burrell B Peareth B Grieve Gibbons Grieve B Little

Cowburn Scothern McAndrew Collins Collins Collins Scothern

Newton B Finnigan 1 Gibbons Robson 1 B Pattison R Robson Burrell 1 B Finnigan R Burrell 1 Robson 1 Burrell Robson Burrell 1 Robson

Pattison Pattison Finnigan Newton Scothern Peareth Peareth

McAndrew Robson Scothern Collins/Bulford Cowburn Hedley McAndrew Scothern Bulford Collins Kay McAndrew Peareth Kay 1 Robson Cowburn 2 Peareth Sub McAndrew 1 Thear Cowburn Thear Scothern Bulford Collins Thear McAndrew

Home games in bold | Goalscorers in bold | B = Booked | R = Sent-Off | Sub One = Name | Sub Two = Name | Sub Three = Name

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MANAGER ROBIN FALCUS

MANAGER KEVIN BOLAM

ASSISTANT MANAGER ANDREW BULFORD

ASSISTANT MANAGER MICK MULHERN

COLOURS: BLACK AND WHITE SHIRTS

Adam BARTLETT (GK) Andrew BULFORD Dale BURRELL Liam CONNELL (GK) Chad COLLINS Max COWBURN Charlie EXLEY Carl FINNIGAN Kieran GALBRAITH Lewis GIBBONS Matthew GRIEVE Sam HEDLEY Tom HOWARD Clark KAY Stephen LITTLE Lee McANDREW Conor NEWTON Matty PATTISON Ross PEARETH Scott ROBSON Tom SCOTHERN Kelvin THEAR

START

SUB

COLOURS: WHITE SHIRTS START

SUB

Graeme ARMSTRONG Danny CARSON Charlie CHALMERS Ben DIBB-FULLER Jack DONAGHY Jack ELLIOTT Luke GILHESPY Conor GRANT (GK) Dan GROVES Lewis HORNER Andrew JENNISON (GK) Darren LOUGH Olly MARTIN Michael RICHARDSON Jack ROBSON Ewan SIMPSON Robbie SPENCE Louis STOREY Lewis SUDDICK Luke SULLIVAN Carl TAYLOR

TONIGHT’S MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE: JAMES BANCROFT

NEXT AT HOME

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NORTH SHIELDS SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2019 KICK-OFF 3:00PM NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

ASSISTANT: MATTHEW MORTON

NEXT AWAY GAME PENRITH

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2019 KICK-OFF 3:00PM NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE