Alex Kempster has signed for National League North side York City. The 22 year old has been attracting interest from a number of higher ranked sides and recently spent a week on trial at League Two club Port Vale. This week he was offered a trial at York City and scored a hat trick for...Continue reading
Manager highlights naive defending
Poor starts to both halves cost Whitley the points as they went down 3-2 at home to Jarrow Roofing and that was the aspect of the game that manager Marc Nash highlighted in his assessment of the game. “It’s a feeling we dont want to get used to after another home defeat. I thought we...Continue reading
Poor start proves costly as Roofing take the points
WHITLEY BAY 2 JARROW ROOFING BCA 3 Saturday 10th February Whitley’s poor run of home form continued with a narrow defeat by Jarrow Roofing. The wintry weather once again badly affected the Northern League fixtures and this game went ahead with players having to contend with difficult conditions on a very heavy pitch. Despite their...Continue reading
“We’ve dug in for a great three points”
After the 1-0 win at Sunderland RCA Marc Nash praised his depleted squad for the quality of their defending. “Clean sheets for us have been hard to come by but the one we got yesterday was the result of some very hard work and resolute defending. That was the foundation to a great win against...Continue reading
Patton goal earns Whitley the points at RCA
SUNDERLAND RCA 0 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 3rd February A first half goal from Kyle Patton proved decisive as Whitley maintained their excellent away form with a hard fought victory over Sunderland RCA. It was their first win at Meadow Park for five years and with three of the top six sides losing, it enabled...
Chow’s Wembley record is beaten
Paul Chow’s record as scorer of the fastest goal at Wembley has been broken after almost eight years. The former Bay legend scored after just 21 seconds in the 2010 FA Vase Final against Wroxham, a record that was finally beaten by Tottenham Hotspur’s Danish international midfielder Christian Eriksen, whose goal against Manchester United tonight...Continue reading
Bay go out of League Cup on penalties
NORTHERN LEAGUE CUP 3RD ROUND WHITLEY BAY 0 PENRITH 0 (PENRITH WIN 4-3 ON PENALTIES) Tuesday 30th January Whitley Bay suffered the agony of defeat in a penalty shoot-out after their Northern League Cup 3rd Round tie against Penrith ended goal less. It was a frustrating way to exit the competition especially after striking the...
Whitley to host football talk-in at Hillheads
Whitley Bay Football Club are organising a Football Talk-in at Hillheads on Tuesday 6th March in aid of “Show Racism the Red Card”. The Talk-in will be hosted by Lee Ryder and will feature former Newcastle United stars Steve Howey and Olivier Bernard together with former Sunderland captain Gary Bennett. In December last year, Oliver...Continue reading
“Nobody saw this coming”
Whitley’s 3-1 defeat by Dunston UTS at Hillheads brought this response from a clearly disappointed Marc Nash. “It took a bit of time to reflect on this game as there was huge disappointment immediately after the final whistle. We were on a good run in the league and nobody saw this coming especially after half...Continue reading
Bay blown away by Dunston
WHITLEY BAY 1 DUNSTON UTS 3 Saturday 27th January After an encouraging start, Whitley’s hopes of victory over Dunston were blown away on a windy afternoon at Hillheads. It all began very well for Whitley as they immediately pushed forward and put the visitors under pressure. Liam Brooks was at the heart of the action,...Continue reading