WHITLEY BAY 3 SOUTH SHIELDS 3 Saturday 20th August A thoroughly entertaining game that swung first one way then the other ended all square thanks to a stoppage time equaliser from Ross Wilkinson. South Shields arrived at Hillheads as Second Division champions and strengthened by a number of high profile summer signings. Whitley’s latest signing...Continue reading
If they can beat Penrith in tomorrow night’s replay, Whitley will be at home to Newcastle Benfield in the Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round on Saturday 2nd September.
“I was proud of the players efforts yesterday as we eventually gained a positive result despite extremely difficult circumstances. We were patched up against Morpeth in midweek and then we lost Josh Nearney on Friday due to a bad foot infection so we had to change formation because of the personnel available. We started the...Continue reading
FA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND PENRITH 1 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 19th August An injury ravaged Bay side have a second opportunity to win this tie after Tom Potter’s goal eleven minutes from time earned them a replay after a closely contested game at Penrith. The day started badly for Whitley when their team coach developed...Continue reading
WHITLEY BAY 3 NEWCASTLE BENFIELD 1 Tuesday 16th August Whitley made it two league wins out of two with a well deserved victory over local rivals Newcastle Benfield. Tom Potter replaced the unavailable Adam Shanks in the only change from the side that scored five goals against Ryhope CW at the weekend. On a...
Reflecting on the game at Morpeth, where Whitley suffered their first defeat since January, Marc Nash commented “Everyone is disappointed that our run has come to an end. It was always going to be a tough ask with the amount of first choice players missing. I’ve never ever had to field a completely different back four...Continue reading
MORPETH TOWN 5 WHITLEY BAY 0 Wednesday 16th August A severely depleted Bay side suffered their first defeat since January, a run of 14 competitive games, but they held out gamely for more than an hour before three goals in a five minute spell proved decisive. Against a Morpeth side with a 100% home league...
WHITLEY BAY 5 RYHOPE CW 1 Saturday 13th August Whitley Bay got their Northern League season off to a flying start thanks to an excellent second half performance against First Division newcomers Ryhope CW. The cliché ‘a game of two halves’ was never more appropriate than in this contest, as Ryhope deservedly led at the...
WHITLEY BAY 2 STOCKTON TOWN 0 Saturday 12th August Whitley got their league season off to a winning start with a hard fought victory over newly promoted Stockton Town. Following their excellent midweek FA Cup win, it was no surprise that it was an unchanged starting eleven that took to the field with conditions having...
FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND REPLAY NORTON & STOCKTON ANCIENTS 2 WHITLEY BAY 1 Wednesday 10th August There will be no repeat of last season’s FA Cup heroics for Whitley as they crashed out of the competition at the first hurdle, beaten in agonising fashion through an own goal four minutes into stoppage time in...Continue reading