626. Swan Recreation Ground
Newcastle East End 0-6 Cullercoats
Northern Alliance Division One
Saturday 11th August 2018 (2.30pm ko)
The senior team joined the Northern Alliance in the middle of last season, switching over from Monkseaton, who in turn took over Lindisfarne Custom Planet. They joined the Northern Alliance Division Two from the Tyneside Amateur League in 2014 and won promotion in their debut season, before moving to Monkseaton in 2016.
The Swan Recreation Ground is a huge plot of land with four full size football pitches with good facilities. The ground has plenty of signs up, displaying the East End club name and crest, with the senior team playing on the far side pitch which runs parallel with the Metro line.
The Doves commanded the second half, increasing their lead when Chrissy Connor slid in a right wing cross, quickly followed by Eamon Nugent-Doyle latching on to a threaded through ball, before rounding the ‘keeper and finishing with confidence. They rounded off a cracking display which a chip shot by Williams and also a second goal for Paterson, capitalising on some slack marking to bring up the half dozen.
Matchday Stats
NEEFC 0
CFC 6(Williams 28,65 Paterson 40,70 Connor 50 Nugent-Doyle 60)
Att.18hc
627. Bedlingtonshire Community High School(4G)
Bedlington FC 5-0 Hexham
Northern Alliance Division One
Wednesday 15th August 2018 (6.30pm ko)
The club have moved grounds this season from Gallagher Park to Bedlington High School, using the 4G pitch, which is a standard cage affair, having one side of hard standing with the team dugouts opposite.
Before the break they doubled the lead when McLennan burst through the away defence to slot home his second. After the restart they quickly extended their advantage, when Sheldon White latched onto a through ball to fire home.
McLennan completed his hat-trick on 67 minutes when a fierce shot from 20 yards rattled off the underside of the crossbar and over the line, before he grabbed his fourth and Bedlington’s fifth from the penalty-spot after a handball incident. So a good start for Bedlington, two wins and ten goals and looking good for back-to-back promotions, even at this early stage of the season
Matchday StatsBFC 5(McLennan 38,44,67,78pen White 49)
HFC 0
Att.15hc
629. Axwell View
Winlaton Vulcans 5-1 Cullercoats
Northern Alliance Division One
Wednesday 22nd August 2018 (6.15pm ko)
Winlaton Vulcans joined the Northern Alliance last season taking over Ryton & Crawcrook Albion “A”who joined from the Tyneside Amateur League in 2016. Last season a third place finish in Division Two guaranteed promotion to this higher level.
Winlaton has previously hosted Northern Alliance football. Winlaton Hallgarth played in the league between 1989 and 1995, with thirteen consecutive seasons in the Premier Division, while Winlaton Queens Head made a brief appearance, playing for two seasons in the mid-eighties.
Cullercoats followed up that opening day route, with two 5-1 victories to give them maximum points from three games. For the third match running it was a 5-1 scoreline, but this time they were on the receiving end after a ace performance from the Vulcans.
They took the lead after just 70 seconds when Kieran Barker fired in from close range, and doubled their lead at the end of the half, when a right wing corner was met by a terrific diving header from Matty Baldwin.
Baldwin grabbed his second in the 53rd minute, again heading home from a corner kick, before Cullercoats got on the scoresheet when the right-back broke forward and fired home from the edge of the box.
As the visitors pushed for a second the hosts broke forward, with a breakaway goal started and finished by Derek Waters, with just over ten minutes remaining. The victory was sealed late on when Liam Henderson converted a penalty, with the only dampener coming in the final minute, when Waters received his second yellow card for dissent.
Matchday StatsWVFC 5(Barker 2 Baldwin 44,53 Waters 79 Henderson 87pen)
CFC 1 (TBC 60)
Att.27hc