WHITLEY BAY 3 SUNDERLAND RCA 2 Tuesday 6th September When he returned to Hillheads earlier this year, Ian Chandler said he wanted his team to entertain the fans. With yet another late comeback they are certainly doing that but perhaps in a more nail biting fashion than he had imagined! Sunderland RCA came to...
SOUTH SHIELDS 4 WHITLEY BAY 2 Saturday 3rd September Whitley’s unbeaten start to the league season came to an end against big spending South Shields at Mariners Park but it was only in the final twenty minutes that the home side took control of the game, coming from behind after two goals from Adam Shanks...Continue reading
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
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
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
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....
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...
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
Norton & Stockton Ancients 2 Whitley Bay 1 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 their Extra Preliminary Round replay at Norton. On a...Continue reading
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