BISHOP AUCKLAND 4 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 23rd August This was Whitley’s first league defeat of the season and it could hardly have been more emphatic. Bishop Auckland have viewed Whitley as their bogey team in recent years, winning only once in their previous 16 league contests. They must have seen this as the ideal...
FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND REPLAY WHITLEY BAY 0 BRIDLINGTON TOWN 1 Tuesday 19th August Whitley crashed out of the FA Cup in extremely cruel and controversial circumstances on Tuesday evening. With just a minute of normal time remaining, and the game still goal less, extra time was looking inevitable but then Robbie Bird fired...
FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND BRIDLINGTON TOWN 1 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 16th August Whitley earned a midweek replay at Hillheads after this closely fought FA Cup tie ended all square at Bridlington’s Queensgate stadium on Saturday. Robbie Bird put the Bay in front early in the second half but they were pegged back less...Continue reading
EMIRATES FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND WHITLEY BAY 1 SUNDERLAND RYHOPE CW 1 Saturday 15th August After conceding an early goal, Whitley Bay looked to be on their way out of this year’s FA Cup until for the second time in less than a week and with just nine minutes remaining, skipper Michael Laws delivered...Continue reading
BEDLINGTON TERRIERS 1 WHITLEY BAY 2 Wednesday 13th August All the excitement in this local derby was reserved for the final twenty minutes, when there were three goals, three players sent off and a plethora of yellow cards brandished by referee Terry Fletcher. Once again Whitley went into the game with an under strength side...
DURHAM CITY 2 WHITLEY BAY 2 Tuesday 11th August A thoroughly entertaining game saw Whitley stage a tremendous second half come back after going two goals down shortly before half time. Appropriately it was Peter Watling, playing his final game before his move to Dubai, who got the equaliser with a stunning 20 yard shot...
WHITLEY BAY 3 WEST AUCKLAND TOWN 0 Saturday 8th August Whitley Bay made the best possible start to their Northern League season with a comfortable victory at Hillheads over one of last season’s high fliers West Auckland. On his farewell home appearance before he leaves for a new job in Dubai next week, striker Peter...Continue reading
WHITLEY BAY 2 WEST AUCKLAND TOWN 1 Tuesday 24th March Whitley put a severe dent in West Auckland’s championship hopes with this surprise but thoroughly deserved victory. The visitors, lying second in the table just one point behind leaders Guisborough, were hoping to return to top spot but a battling Bay side sent their fans...Continue reading
CELTIC NATION 1 WHITLEY BAY 6 Tuesday 10th March After an evenly matched opening 45 minutes, a rampant Whitley completely overwhelmed their Cumbrian hosts in the second half of this game, recording an emphatic victory and their third win in ten days. Celtic Nation were Northern League runners up last season but since then...
CROOK TOWN 0 WHITLEY BAY 7 Saturday 29th November Paul Chow scored four times as Whitley Bay overwhelmed bottom of the table Crook Town 7-0 on Saturday, to record their biggest win for more than two years. In more than 50 years of visits to the Millfield Ground, this was by far Whitley’s most decisive...