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Category Archives: North East
Club v Country
With the European Championships fast approaching, many football fans are looking forward to the forthcoming championships. Whilst some of these fans are keen followers of their country, others see it as something to fill the gap until the new season … Continue reading
Posted in European, North East
Tagged Club v Country, England, Euro 2012, Newcastle, Sunderland
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Its Coming – Northern League Ramblings
Regular readers and those who follow me on social media site Twitter will know that I am in the middle of a mission, for want of a better word, to visit all 44 STL Northern League clubs in the 2011/12 … Continue reading
Posted in Non League, North East
Tagged Author, Blogging, Book, Football, Non League, Northern League, STL
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Gateshead FC: Athletics Stadiums and The Prince Consort
Four weeks in to the new season and a club from the North East is sitting proudly above all the other clubs in their division. It is not one of the big three clubs of Newcastle, Sunderland or Middlesbrough, nor … Continue reading
The STL Northern League 2011/2012
102 days after Dunston UTS secured a 1-0 away win at South Shields in the final Northern League game of the 2010/2011 season, the new campaign will begin in ernest. With Newcastle United live on TV on Saturday evening and … Continue reading
Posted in North East, Northern League Day
Tagged Alnwick Town, Ashington, Bedlington Terriers, Billingham Synthonia, Billingham Town, Birtley Town, Bishop Auckland, Brandon United, Chester-le-Street Town, Consett, Crook Town, Darlington RA, Dunston UTS, Easington Colliery, Esh Winning, Gillford Park, Guisborough Town, Hebburn Town, Horden CW, Jarrow Roofing, Marske United, Morpeth Town, Newcastle Benfield, Newton Aycliffe, North Shields, Northallerton Town, Northern League, Norton & Stockton Ancients, Penrith, Ryton, Seaham Red Star, Shildon, South Shields, Spennymoor Town, Stokesley Sports Club, Sunderland RCA, Team Northumbria, Thornaby, Tow Law Town, Washington, West Allotment Celtic, West Auckland Town, Whickham, Whitehaven, Whitley Bay
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An Iceland Paradise?
An unfortunate facet of football is that the vast majority of players signed by clubs as youngsters will not progress to the promised land of the first team. Premiership clubs have such large squads at all levels and a sad … Continue reading
Posted in European, North East
Tagged BÍ/Bolungarvík, Clark Keltie, Darlington, David McCreery, Denmark, FC Hjørring, FC Thor, Football League, fotbolti, Gary Martin, IA Akranes, Iceland, Lincoln City, Mark Doninger, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Nick McCreery, Nicky Deverdics, NUFC, Rochdale, Tomi Ameobi
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Whatever happened to Brian Little?
During a recent (Football Manager 2011) press conference to announce my first game in charge of Harrogate Town, I was asked about my thoughts of the Gainsborough Trinity manager Brian Little. Unsure whether it was the Brian Little, formerly of … Continue reading
Posted in Football League, North East
Tagged Aston Villa, Blue Square Premier, Brian Little, Darlington, Doug Ellis, Football League, Gainsborough Trinity, Gary Charles, Glenn Hoddle, Hull City, Leicester City, Mark Draper, Play Offs, Savo Milosevic, Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers, West Brom, Wrexham
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Need a Footy Fix?
Its been a long old summer, and whilst there has been England U21, England U17 and England Women on varying screens over the last few weeks, it is now only a matter of time before the ‘regulation’ season kicks off … Continue reading
Posted in North East, Northern League Day
Tagged Birtley, Football Fans, Football Writers, Friendlies, Northern League, Onagawa, Pre-Season, Ryton, Tsunami
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3G or not 3G – The story of Durham City AFC
When speaking to someone from south of York, the answer to their second question after telling someone you hail from Durham is usually “about fifteen miles south of Newcastle”. However, whilst making the usual introductions one does as a fresher, … Continue reading
Posted in North East
Tagged Durham, Durham City, Durham City AFC, Esh Group, Evo Stik League, Ferens Park, Jeff Stelling, New Ferens Park, Northern League, Unibond League
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