Tyneside Groundhopper

1st July 2023
Dr Pit Welfare Park
Friendly
Bedlington Terriers 0 Musselburgh Athletic F.C 1
Free entry
No programme or team sheet
Attendance - No Idea at least 100

My first ever visit to Dr Pit Welfare Park to see 1999 F.A Vase runners up Bedlington Terriers FC . Today’s opponents were East of Scotland league side Musselburgh Athletic. A decent size crowd we’re their to witness the visitors win a hard fought contest by a 1-0 scoreline.

Match 59 of 2022/23
20th Feb 2023
Estadio La Rosaleda
La Liga 2
Malaga 3 Real Zaragoza 0
Entry €15.00
Programme/Team sheet - Didn’t see any.
Attendance - 16164

First update for quite a while after I got out of the habit during corvid. In Malaga for a few days and noticed this game was taken place. Purchased tickets at the stadium 90 minutes before kick off. Both sides are currently languishing in the lower reaches of the Spanish 2nd tier, but on the day Malaga ran out 3-0 winners.

The statistics from another corvid affected year. Got out of the habit of updating this this page during the last 6 months or so. Might fill in the gaps over the next few weeks.

Match 44 of 2021/22
13th November 2021
Moor Park
Northern League Division 2
Chester-le-street Town 3 Willington 3
Entry - £5.00
Programme - £1.00
Attendance - 207

I had originally intended to go to the wearside league game between Silksworth C.W & Coxhoe Athletic, but a late change of plan resulted in me attending this game. Chester-le-street took the lead in the first couple of minutes, but poor defending resulted in them being 3-1 down by the half hour mark. They managed to pull themselves level with two goals just before half time which made it 3-3 at the break. A bad tempered second half saw no further goals and Willington were reduced to ten men for the last 20 minutes. Both sides had chances to take all three points, but had to settle for one point each.

Match 29 of 2020/21
Northumberland FA Benevolent Bowl Final
Whitley Park
28 May 2021
AFC Killingworth 1 Burradon & New Fordley 1 (Killingworth won on pens)
Entry - Free
Free Teamsheets
Attendance - 369

Hard fought match between two decent sides. A well organised and aggressive Burradon And New Fordley FC were reduced to ten men, but proceeded to go 1-0 up midway through the second half. They were later reduced to 9 men seconds before Dan Stephenson scored direct from a free kick to level the scores late in the game. Killy won on pens to take home the trophy.

Match 28 of 2020/21
19th May 2021
F.A Premier League
St James Park
Newcastle United 1 Sheffield United 0
Attendance - 10,000
Entry - £25.94
Programme available but did not buy

Reduced crowd of 10,000 due to corvid restrictions. Newcastle won 1-0 through a goal from on loan Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock.

Match 27 of 2020/21
North east combination Sunday league
9th May 2021
Heaton Terrace
Heeleys Heroes 3 Dunston Social 2
Attendance - 16
Price - Free
No programme or team sheet

Standard Sunday league match at Heaton Terrace. Refereed by 77 year old former Premier league whistler Ken Redfern.

Finally managed to watch some games after an enforced four month break!

Match 24 of 2020/21
3rd April 2021
Longbenton Sports Ground
Northumberland Benevolent Bowl
Newcastle Chemfica 2 Blyth Town 0
Entry - Free
No programme or team sheet
Attendance - 30 (Headcount)

No photos taken. Newcastle Chemfica advanced to the semi final of the Benevolent Bowl with a hard fought win over visitors Blyth Town.

Match 25 of 2020/21
7th April 2021
Northern Alliance Amateur Cup
High Flatworth Playing Fields
Willington Quay Saints 4 Cramlington Town 2
Entry - Free
No programme or team sheet
Attendance - 28 (Headcount)

No photos taken. Deserved win for Willington Quay Saints against a hard working Cramlington Town side. First time I’ve seen a match temporarily halted due to the arrival of traffic wardens. Players, coaches and spectators scrambling to move their vehicles before play resumed.

Match 26 of 2020/21
14th April 2021
Wearside League Division Two
Murton Welfare Park
Ryhope CW U23 1 Durham United U23 0
Entry - Free
No programme or team sheet
Attendance - 32 (Headcount)

A game of few clear cut chances at the former home ground of defunct former Northern League side Murton. Ryhope CW grabbed the only goal early in the second half to take the 3 points.

With my last match of 2020 done and dusted thought I’d share my futbology match stats for the year. Needless to say corvid has hindered match going this year.

Match 23 of 2020/21
28th December 2020
Northern Alliance Division 3
Newbiggin Sports Centre
Morpeth 2 AFC Newbiggin Central 1
Entry - Free
No Programme or Team sheet
Attendance - 65 (Headcount)

League leaders Morpeth FC conceded home advantage to their midtable opponents in a commendable effort to get the game played. They gained their reward by winning a scrappy game on a cold Northumberland afternoon.

Match 22 of 2020/21
20th December 2020
Durham Under 23 League
Chuter Ede Community Centre
Whiteleas Barcelona U23 4 Washington U23 1
Entry - Free
No Programme or Team sheet
Attendance -24

Durham under 23 league match played in awful conditions with driving rain throughout.

Match 20 of 2020/21
19 December 2020
Amberley Playing Fields
Northern Alliance Premier Division
AFC Killingworth 6 Percy Main Amateurs 0
Entry - £4.00
Online programme only
Attendance - 82 (Headcount)

Match 21 of 20/21
19th December 2020
Amberley Playing Fields
Northern Alliance Second Division
Wideopen 5 Ashington Reserves 1
Entry - Free
No Programme or Team sheet
Attendance - 38 ( Headcount)

League leaders AFC Killingworth dominated visitors Percy Main Amateurs from start to finish and could have won by a greater margin. I also watched the last 15 minutes of Ashington Reserves 5-1 defeat to Wideopen at the same complex.