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A highly disappointing last couple of games from the lads, and a much needed turn around.

Hounded by injuries we turned up today with a bare 11, the gaffa as the only sub and a lad turning up at half time.

Game started much of the same as what we have seen in the last couple of games, going 1-0 down early doors, which was swiftly met with a 2nd goal conceded.

But for a change, heads didn’t drop and the lads dug deep. Compensating for LB Steve Hall who suffered every injury in the space of 45 minutes the lads found one back through a Steve ‘Beckham’ Langton free kick left the keeper scrambling to try and keep it out the top right corner. 2-1.

This was then followed up when Langton turned provider from another free kick finding the feet of Lewis Dodd who tapped the ball home. 2-2

Change of formation and a more positive approach and we took it to them from the off silencing the home teams sideline who were giving it the biggan on the sideline first half.

Lads pushed and eventually found a breakthrough. Steve Langton assisting once again, this time from a corner who found Liam Miller who flicked the ball through the keepers legs, he scrambled to keep the ball out but it had crossed line… definitely crossed the line 👀. 2-3

Lads seen it home and grabbed a vital 3 points, not for the league table but for our own mentality that we can come back from deficits and not drop standards.

Absolutely buzzing with the result and the performance to go with it.

Brad Mitchell somehow walked away with MOTM… some may say Steve Langton was robbed 👀

Onwards and Upwards



⚽️Steve Langton
⚽️Lewis Dodd
⚽️Liam Miller
🅰️🅰️Steve Langton
⭐️Brad Mitchell

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Catching up on posts

📆Sunday 15th March
⏰10:30am
🏠Park View School

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No words on this game
It’s in the past and we move on

⭐️ Lee Binyon

Quick turn around for the lads with a fixture on a Tuesday night, under the floodlights of Ford Hub to face Washington Athletic Westwood FC

Last time out finished with a penalty shootout in the cup

Lads will be looking to make up for the performance on Sunday and be at it from the start

📆 Tuesday 10th March
⏰ 8pm
🏠 Ford Hub

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Simply not at it yesterday
Extremely slow start
Had a good spell going into the second half
Fell off at the end

We move on

⚽️OG
⚽️Grant Mitchell
🅰️Liam Miller
🅰️Ben Pescod
⭐️Grant Mitchell

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No game this weekend due to our pitch being awful once again so we look to next week when come up against Birtley United away.

3 points last time out but we know this isn’t an easy game

📆Sunday 8th March
⏰9:20am
🏠Washington Hub

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Whiteleas Utd 0-4 The Alexandra

⚽️Kieran Peverley
⚽️Paul Teasdale
⚽️Lewis Dodd
⚽️Liam Miller
🅰️Paul Teasdale
🅰️Owen Hunt
🅰️Phil Little
🅰️Ben Pescod

⭐️Ben Pescod

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Next up we return to league action against a new opponent Whiteleas United

Hopefully with an improvement in weather this week, we get this game on

📆Sunday 22nd February
⏰10:30am
🏠Bents Park

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Well not the result we had hoped for yesterday but the lads did everything they could to try and get something out of the game.

A very good Jarrow side had us defending for most of the game. A huge shout out to the our defensive lineup for their performance.

Finishing 0-0 half time, we had our chances throughout but didn’t take them

More of the same in the second half before Jarrow finally unlocked us and scored from a corner after 70 mins.

We try to push for an equaliser but this opens us even more and Jarrow capitalised and went on to win 3-0.

That’s it for the cup competitions and we return our focus to the league.

⭐️ Lewis Dodd

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Next up for the lads is the 2nd round of the Norman & Lynne Nellins cup where we come up against Jarrow Crusaders FC

A win here will see the lads through to the quarter finals but will be a tough test this Sunday

📆Sunday 15th February
⏰11:20KO
🏠Ford Hub

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Positives and negatives to takeaway from the game on Sunday.

Low on numbers compared to previous weeks due to other commitments and injuries, hopefully we get back to bigger numbers shortly.

Lads stated the game well when we were awarded a penalty 10 minutes in which was converted by Lee Binyon

However the lads switched off and our opponents equalised a few minutes later.

Lads quickly found themselves 3-1 down at half time after once again switching off

HT 3-1

More of the same to start the second half and the lads conceded a fourth early on.

However this eventually lit something in the lads and the fight back started

We managed our second goal when a through ball by Matty Tiernan found the feet of Lewis Dodd who tucked it under the keeper

A third followed soon after when Ben Pescod played the ball down the line to Phil Little who managed to smash the ball into the top left stantion from a 10 degree angle on the right wing… still no idea how it went in.

Lads continued to fight and we had a few chances to equalise but it wasn’t to be

A disappointing result but good to see the lads show some fight to come back from 4-1 down, however this needs to be mentality from the off, and avoid putting ourselves in this position again

Best of luck to Farra for the rest of the season

⚽️Lee Binyon
⚽️Lewis Dodd
⚽️Phil Little
🅰️Matty Tiernan
🅰️Ben Pescod
⭐️Lee Binyon

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Next up for the lads is the first round of the Anth Topping Memorial Cup where we have been drawn to our Farra rivals FD The Grindon

Always a tasty game but played in good spirits!

📆Sunday 1st February
⏰11:20am
🏠Ford Hub

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