WHITLEY BAY 1 ASHINGTON 2 Tuesday 20th October For the second time in a week, Whitley let a winning position slip, conceding twice in the closing stages. Last week Shildon fought back to take a point in a 2-2 draw, but this time it was even more agonising as Ashington snatched all three points with...
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Bay come from behind to claim victory at Seaham
SEAHAM RED STAR 2 WHITLEY BAY 3 Saturday 17th October Whitley twice came from behind to claim all three points at mid table Seaham, a side captained by former Bay legend Lee Kerr. On a bright and sunny afternoon Whitley made a poor start and went a goal behind in the third minute due to...
Late goal denies Bay victory
WHITLEY BAY 2 SHILDON 2 Tuesday 13th October An injury striken Whitley Bay side came within three minutes of inflicting a rare defeat on league leaders Shildon on Tuesday night but in the end had to settle for a share of the points in their first league game for more than three weeks. In a...
Battling Bay edged out in classic cup tie
EMIRATES FA CUP 3rd QUALIFYING ROUND WHITLEY BAY 2 CHORLEY 3 Saturday 10th October Despite a tremendous battling display, Whitley Bay, the last remaining Northern League side in the competition, were knocked out of the FA Cup on Saturday, narrowly beaten by a side three divisions above them in the non-league pyramid. Whitley emerged with...
Kempster on target as Bay leave it late in the fog
TECHFLOW GROUP NORTHUMBERLAND SENIOR CUP 1st ROUND WHITLEY BAY 1 TEAM NORTHUMBRIA 0 Tuesday 6th October A goal from Alex Kempster deep into stoppage time took Whitley Bay through to the next round of the Northumberland Senior Cup on a foggy night at Hillheads. Visibility steadily deteriorated through the second half amid fears that the...
Bay cruise past Allotment
FA VASE 2nd QUALIFYING ROUND WHITLEY BAY 5 WEST ALLOTMENT CELTIC 1 Saturday 4th October Three goals in the opening seventeen minutes set four time winners Whitley Bay on their way to a surprisingly comfortable FA Vase victory over local rivals West Allotment Celtic, thereby extending their unbeaten run to an impressive eight games. Remarkably,...
Chow fires Bay to victory
NEWTON AYCLIFFE 0 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 27th September A goal from Paul Chow, the Northern League First Division’s top scorer, midway through the first half was enough to give Whitley a well deserved victory at Newton Aycliffe and lift them up to sixth place in a tightly packed top half of the table....
Bay come from behind for another FA Cup win
EMIRATES FA CUP 2nd QUALIFYING ROUND WHITLEY BAY 2 CONGLETON TOWN 1 Saturday 26th September Whitley came from behind to see off the challenge of Congleton Town and earn their place in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the FA Cup for the first time in five years. After a lethargic first half display, Paddy Atkinson’s...Continue reading
Bay let two goal lead slip as Colliers roar back to claim victory
WHITLEY BAY 3 ASHINGTON 4 Tuesday 23rd September Whitley surrendered a two goal interval lead as Ashington fought back to win this local derby in dramatic style with Marc Walton grabbing all four of the Colliers’ goals. Whitley were in total control in a one sided first half and but for the heroics of Ashington’s...Continue reading
Narrow defeat ends Bay’s unbeaten start
DUNSTON UTS 1 WHITLEY BAY 0 Saturday 22nd August Whitley Bay’s unbeaten start to the season came to an end at Dunston but they can count themselves extremely unfortunate not to have taken a share of the spoils from what was a very closely contested game. Indeed, it took a tremendous goal from prolific striker...Continue reading