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Pitch maintenance is underway at Hillheads thanks to a generous sponsorship deal. The work is being carried out by Turfcare Specialists and began less than 48 hours after the last game of the season, Saturday’s Corinthians League Cup Final. When complete it should ensure that the pitch is in the best possible condition for the…

Mark Taylor is organising a tenth anniversary reunion of the players from Whitley’s 2006-07 Northern League Championship winning side.  No one who was at the Durham City game on the final day of that season will forget the scenes of celebration on the pitch when news came through that Sunderland Nissan had lost and Whitley had won…

Three more pre-season friendlies have been announced:  Saturday 15th July Seaton Delaval (a), Wednesday 19th July Royal Marines (h), Friday 21st July West Allotment Celtic (a). These are in addition to the two already confirmed: Tuesday 25th July Hartlepool United (h) Saturday 29th July Carlisle City (a).

Whitley Bay FC are pleased to announce that Tom Flynn, Aiden Haley, Tom Potter, Thibault Charmey and Callum Patton have all agreed one year contracts with the club with an additional one year option.  In addition, Callum Anderson still has a year to run on his current contract. Manager Marc Nash commented “The club is…

Well another season is over but things are very different from the previous six years I’ve had at the club. After being asked to take charge of the first team at the end of October it was clear there was a lot of work to do with changing a culture that was happy to accept second best and…

The awards were shared around with six players picking up trophies at the Club’s annual Presentation Night at Hillheads yesterday. Club captain Chris McDonald was named Player of the Year and is pictured receiving his award from Commercial Director Ann Barkas.  The Golden Boot award for the leading scorer was won by Callum Patton, while Callum Anderson…

The Club’s AGM will be held on Wednesday 12th April at 7.00pm in the Clubhouse. The Annual Presentation Night has been arranged for Saturday 29th April at 7.00pm and all supporters are invited to attend.

We regret to announce that striker Adam Shanks has left Whitley Bay after just under two seasons at the club.  He suffered ankle ligament damage in the game at Sunderland RCA in December, an injury that left him sidelined for more than two months. As part of his recovery programme he played twice for the reserves but has been unable to…

Whitley Bay FC are pleased to announce that Hillheads Park has been named as the venue for the Northern League Cup Final between North Shields and South Shields. The game will be played on Saturday 6th May, kick off 3.00pm. With the local derby between two of the league’s best supported clubs already attracting huge interest,…

Last week the club held a party to celebrate the 80th birthday of Tommy Moody. Tommy has been a tremendous servant to Whitley Bay Football Club for well over 30 years. He was club secretary for 10 years and later became a director. For many years he ran the canteen and souvenir shop and organised…