Whitley Bay 2 North Shields 2 Saturday 27th August For the third game in a row, Whitley earned a point with a late equaliser, Alex Kempster’s 89th minute strike ensuring that the North Tyneside derby ended all square. It was a fair result in a game that swung first one way then the other. Whitley had the...Continue reading
Wilkinson does it again as Bay hold Shildon
Shildon 2 Whitley Bay 2 Wednesday 24th August Whitley battled back strongly after conceding two first half goals and Ross Wilkinson’s late equaliser ended Shildon’s 100% record and extended Whitley’s unbeaten start to the league season. After Alex Kempster had a shot blocked inside the first minute, the league champions quickly got into their stride with some...Continue reading
Points shared in a six goal thriller
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
Greek defender signs for Bay
We have just signed Angelos Eleftheriadis, a 25 year old Greek defender who has played professionally for SV Wilhelmshaven in Germany and Omonia Aradippou in Cyprus. Angelos has come to the UK to study at Newcastle University and it is hoped that he will be available to play tomorrow against South Shields.
Record breaking opening game victory
Club statistician Lynn Bone has revealed that Whitley’s 5-1 victory over Ryhope CW was their biggest ever home win on the first day of a League season. 44 years ago on the opening day of the 1972/73 season they won 5-1 at West Auckland but the only times they exceeded that victory margin came in the Northern Alliance...Continue reading
Robertson double helps Bay see off Benfield
Whitley Bay 3 Newcastle Benfield 1 Tuesday 16th August Whitley made it two league wins out of two with a well deserved 3-1 victory over local rivals Newcastle Benfield at Hillheads. Tom Potter replaced the unavailable Adam Shanks in the only change from the side that scored five goals against Ryhope CW at the weekend....
Bay crush Ryhope CW in league opener
Whitley Bay 5 Ryhope CW 1 Whitley 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 interval but were swept...
South Shields game brought forward
Our Ebac Northern League game at home to South Shields has been brought forward to Saturday 20th August from 3rd September. The Mariners won the Second Division title last season and can be expected to bring a large following of fans to Hillheads for this game, which now comes just seven days before our local...Continue reading
Two for Chow as Bay start with a draw
WHITLEY BAY 2 CONSETT 2 Saturday 9th August Whitley began the new season with a hard fought draw at Hillheads against a Consett side who are strongly tipped to be among the front runners in the Northern League this year. Both of Whitley’s goals came from Paul Chow, starting his eighth season at Hillheads and...Continue reading
Full Northumberland Senior Cup draw
[fusion_text]The full draw for the Techflow Group Northumberland Senior Cup First Round is: Morpeth Town v Whitley Bay; Alnwick Town v Heaton Stannington; Ashington v Blyth Town; West Allotment Celtic v Team Northumbria; Newcastle Benfield v Bedlington Terriers; To be played week ending October 29th. Three clubs have byes to the next round: Newcastle United...Continue reading