Category: Match Reports
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Potter’s equaliser earns Bay another replay
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…
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Robertson’s double sees Bay to victory
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…
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Unbeaten record comes to an end
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…
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Excellent second half display as Bay crush Ryhope
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…
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League season opens with hard fought victory
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…
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Stoppage time agony as Bay go out of FA Cup
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…
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Impressive Bay cruise through in FA Cup
FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND REPLAY WHITLEY BAY 4 SEAHAM RED STAR 1 Tuesday 8th August Whitley cruised into the next round of the FA Cup with an impressive victory over Seaham Red Star to set up a visit to Penrith in the Preliminary Round a week on Saturday. Having failed to complete the job…
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Bay taken to a replay in FA Cup
EMIRATES FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND WHITLEY BAY 2 NORTON & STOCKTON ANCIENTS 2 Saturday 6th August An equaliser four minutes from time denied Whitley victory in their FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round tie against Norton & Stockton. On a warm and sunny afternoon at Hillheads, the visitors looked much the livelier side in the…
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Kempster’s late goal sees honours even in local derby
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.…
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Bay held to a draw at Seaham
FA CUP EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND SEAHAM RED STAR 1 WHITLEY BAY 1 A hard fought FA Cup tie at Seaham ended all square so the sides will meet again at Hillheads for the right to visit Penrith in the next round. Whitley started in positive style and a ball in from the left wing by…