Category: Match Reports
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Watling signs off with equaliser
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…
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Bay start season in style
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…
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Battling Bay delight their fans with victory over West Auckland
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…
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Rampant Bay hit six past Cumbrians
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…
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Four for Chow as Bay hit seven at Crook
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…
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Bay score four in last 15 minutes to snatch dramatic victory
WHITLEY BAY 5 NEWCASTLE BENFIELD 3 Tuesday 25th November Whitley scored four times in an amazing last 15 minutes to snatch a dramatic victory in a keenly contested and thoroughly entertaining local derby against Newcastle Benfield that lightened up a cold November evening. With nine first team players unavailable, Leon Ryan brought several youngsters…
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Watling goal enough for Vase victory at Congleton
FA VASE 2nd ROUND CONGLETON TOWN 0 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 22nd November A first half goal from Peter Watling was enough to secure Whitley Bay a place in the 3rd Round of the FA Vase after a hard fought cup tie in Cheshire, a result that sees them drawn to face Dunston UTS at…
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Bay need extra time to overcome plucky Alnwick in 10 goal thriller
TECHFLOW GROUP NORTHUMBERLAND SENIOR CUP QUARTER FINAL WHITLEY BAY 6 ALNWICK TOWN 4 (AFTER EXTRA TIME) Tuesday 18th November Whitley eventually overcame a spirited Alnwick side to reach the semi finals of the Northumberland Senior Cup but they needed extra time and it was a far from convincing performance. Their Second Division opponents looked…
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A second heavy defeat for Whitley
WHITLEY BAY 0 SHILDON 5 Saturday 15th November Following a period when fortunes seemed to be improving, last week was a bad one for Whitley Bay, as they suffered two heavy defeats. On Saturday it was Shildon, one of the title favourites, who ran out deserved winners, capitalising on some poor Bay defending in the…
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Horror show as Bay exit League Cup
NORTHERN LEAGUE CUP 2nd ROUND SEAHAM RED STAR 6 WHITLEY BAY 2 Tuesday 11th November Finalists in the competition last season, Whitley suffered an embarrassing early exit from the League Cup at Second Division Seaham Red Star. The hosts came into the cup tie full of confidence having won 13 of their last 14 games…