Disco Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 12 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said: NUFC away that day, Heaton Stan away as well. I'll definitely go to this. Excellent draw for them as well. Macclesfield will bring loads. As good as you could hope for really. Home draw against the lowest rank team who’ll also bring the most fans up with them. Great chance for the Heed to get back to Wembley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Gateshead v Macclesfield in the FA Trophy Semi-Finals. Very good chance of going back to Wembley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Blyth vs Darlington is a big match tonight. Less than 4 weeks ago on Feb 17th, Darlington were 17 points behind Blyth, but if they were to get the 3 points, they would be level on points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Good win for Gateshead. Stay 6th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Starting to look really ominous for Blyth. Darlington won 2-1. Just 2 points from their last 10 games. Darlington in contrast have won 5 of their last 6, or 6 of their last 8, whereas they had only won 6 of their first 31 games. The bottom 2 looked knackered, and Banbury have lost 6 in a row, so hopefully they'll continue that form, but Blyth possibly favourites to drop at the moment considering their awful form, and possibly concerns with the takeover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Good week for Hebburn with three wins out of three and it’s should be the play-offs again! Stockton should take the automatic promotion spot although if Dunston win their three faves in hand then they go two points behind them! Good to see four North East teams in the top five! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 North Shields won 2-0 at Tow Law, on Tuesday night. Saturday - at home to top of the pile, Bishop Auckland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 hours ago, Big Geordie said: North Shields won 2-0 at Tow Law, on Tuesday night. Saturday - at home to top of the pile, Bishop Auckland. Miracle! Haway the Robins! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/JNpDtofvZVJWwezv/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Huge win for Blyth, just when things were looking massively bleak. 3-2 away at adjacent Southport. Darlington won again, and Kings Lynn beat Rushall, which was probably the best result there for the North East sides. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Went to North Shields v bishop Auckland. A good game, but it felt very much men against boys. Shields had a wee lad playing 10 that would have been lucky if he was 16 - other young lads too, BA won 2-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) On 30/12/2023 at 21:10, Paullow said: Spennymoor's interim manager Lewis Dickman has now left the club. Their away match at Chorley was abandoned today after 70 odd mins. John Askey has left Hartlepool as well, so 5 of the 6 NE clubs at steps 1 and 2 have had a change of manager this week, and the other (Gateshead) has an interim manager. Hartlepool, South Shields, Spennymoor, Darlington, and Blyth all appointed new managers in and around the new year, mixed fortunes, but Spenny and Darlo have really benefited from their respective appointments. Took a bit of time for Graham Lee at Spenny. They had only taken 1 point from 6 games before he arrived, and Lee only gained 2 points from his first 5 games, so as a club they had 3 points, and no wins, from 11 game, but since then they have won 8 and drawn 1 from their last 10 games, or 5 wins in a row, or 22 points from 24, whichever sounds better, and have gone from looking like getting sucked into a dog fight to just 4 points off the playoffs, with 1 or 2 games in hand on most. They have 5 of their last 8 games at home including matches vs 19th, 22nd, and 23rd, so hopefully they can sneak in. I'll try and get to one of their final home matches before the end of the season. Darlington looked absolutely doomed under Gowling, but they have now won 6 of their last 7 matches (only defeat coming to fellow in form Spennymoor) and are 5 points clear of the drop. I can't find any sites that will show a table from earlier in the season, but a crazy turnaround under Steve Watson. Massive match for them on Saturday away at Rushall, the team directly below them in the league (and in the final relegation spot) - win and they will go 8 clear and that should be them safe, but within just 2 points if they were to lose. Edited March 18 by Paullow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) Perfect - went on a Darlington forum and under the thread 'we've come a long way', spotted this: So since then, Spennymoor are now on 58 points from 38 matches, so an incredible 22 points from 8 games, and Darlington are now on 46 points from 40 games, so they have got 21 points and 7 wins from their last 9, incredible turnaround from both. Darlington were 9 points behind Rushall less than 5 weeks ago, but they are now 5 clear of them, so a 14 point gain. Looking at both tables, King's Lynn have got 14 points from the 6 games since (4W 2D) so they are also in good form, but poor Banbury were on 37 points after 30 games, and looking OK, but 7 games later they are still on 37 points. Incredible that they were above Spennymoor on Feb 13th, but on March 16th they were 21 points behind them. Crazy! Scarborough, Farsley, and Blyth have had very poor spells, but the latter got a huge win the other day. https://www.darlofc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52334&start=60 Quite interesting that thread of Darlington's recent defeat to Spennymoor and that some fans think of them as irrelevant, and that it will always be Hartlepool, but some fans think of them as rivals. They haven't played Hartlepool since 2007, but have been in the NLN north with Spenny for the past 7 years, and then were battling with them in the Northern League (from 2012) and the NPL prior to that, so will have played them most seasons for the past 12 years. I'd often wondered what might happen if Middlesbrough and Sunderland were both in the Championship for the next 10 years or so, never playing us, and if that rivalry might become a lot fiercer than it is now. Edited March 18 by Paullow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Another good win last night for Blyth - 3-2 at home to Buxton. Should seem them pull further away from the relegation zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Some win for The Heed if they can hold on. 3-2 away to Altrincham who were ahead of them in the Play-Offs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Some win for The Heed if they can hold on. 3-2 away to Altrincham who were ahead of them in the Play-Offs. Full-time. Great comeback! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Another good away win for South Shields as well........they are creeping back to the playoffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 16 minutes ago, Jinky said: Another good away win for South Shields as well........they are creeping back to the playoffs. Huge match between them and Spennymoor on Friday, at Shields. If it was at Spenny, I would have gone. Spennymoor won their 6th match in a row and have completely turned their season around and also have a chance for the playoffs. Looking like 7 teams going for the last 3 spots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) Not great at the other end though. Rushall beat Darlington 3-2, so they are right back in a dogfight, whereas they could have gone 8 points clear. Doesn't help Blyth much either, who let in a 90+9 equaliser down at Peterbrough, who had 10 men at the time. Blyth probably just need 2 or 3 more points to be fair, as the bottom 3 look down, and I can't see all of Farsley, Rushall, and Darlington all getting past 52/53 points, but still a kick in the teeth for them. Edited March 23 by Paullow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Good point on the road for Blyth, but disappointing they couldn't hang on. Seems to be an issue with conceding late goals this season. Ashington lost 1-2 at home to Grimsby Borough and North Shields got a 0-0 draw at West Allotment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Was at Brewery Field today, good win for Spennymoor against a very poor Gloucester City side. 3 second half goals without reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 5 hours ago, Jinky said: Full-time. Great comeback! I see Willo has loaned them a keeper. No idea how they keep doing it but they do. Would be great if they could get into the EFL, could see us sending 1-2 to them on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Five wins in a row for Hebburn and a big game against Dunston at home on Tuesday night! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 14 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: I see Willo has loaned them a keeper. No idea how they keep doing it but they do. Would be great if they could get into the EFL, could see us sending 1-2 to them on loan. To be honest I don't see why we couldn't have sent those three lads we binned in January there. Would have been a great shop window for them, they didn't exactly get great clubs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Hebburn vs Dunston should be a good match tonight - 2nd vs 3rd! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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