WHITLEY BAY 2 BISHOP AUCKLAND 1 Tuesday 13th August A rousing second half performance culminating in a goal three minutes from time by Angelos Eleftheriadis gave Whitley a well deserved first victory of the season. It was a dramatic turn around after a poor first half display when slack defending had allowed Bishop Auckland to...
We are delighted to announce that prolific striker Adam Shanks has returned to Hillheads. In his first season at the club, in 2015/16, he scored 42 goals, the only player ever to have topped 40 in their first season at Whitley Bay. He went on to score a total of 52 in 77 appearances, an...
Shortly after the game Manager Nathan Haslam spoke about Whitley’s FA Cup exit at the hands of Hebburn Town. “It was a very positive start, I think for 40 minutes until we kind of pressed the self-destruct button with some poor decisions I thought we were in control and were the better team. So that’s...Continue reading
EMIRATES FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND WHITLEY BAY 1 HEBBURN TOWN 7 Saturday 10th August Whitley are out of the FA Cup after suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of Hebburn Town but the final score told only part of the story and was not a fair reflection of the game. It was a...
WHITLEY BAY 0 BILLINGHAM TOWN 3 Tuesday 6th August Three goals in the last half hour condemned Whitley to a disappointing first defeat of the season at home to newly promoted Billingham Town. Once again there was a lack of cutting edge in attack with attempts on goal mostly restricted to set pieces. Hampered by...
WHITLEY BAY 1 NEWCASTLE BENFIELD 1 Saturday 3rd August Whitley were held to a draw by local rivals Newcastle Benfield in their opening game of the season. It was a game of few chances and was preceded by an immaculately observed one minute silence in tribute to Tommy Moody, a magnificent servant to the club,...
Craig McFarlane has been named as Whitley’s club captain for the coming season. The popular defender, one of Whitley’s triple FA Vase winners, has spent the great majority of his playing career at Hillheads and made his 350th appearance for the club towards the end of last season. Now aged 31, ‘Macca’ was clearly thrilled...Continue reading
Saturday’s game in Leeds against Yorkshire Amateur ended in a 2-0 win for Whitley and rounded off the club’s pre-season fixtures. Manager Nathan Haslam was pleased with the progress made during pre-season but admitted that he’ll face a selection headache when the season starts in earnest this weekend when Whitley are at home to Newcastle...Continue reading
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Speaking after Tuesday’s 3-3 draw with Ryton & Crawcook Albion, Bay manager Nathan Haslam was upbeat with how pre-season was going. “I’m happy, in pre-season it’s not so much about the results. We’ve had three games against teams two levels lower than us where I think we’ve got the benefits in terms of keeping possession....Continue reading