Wallsendmag Posted Sunday at 19:49 Share Posted Sunday at 19:49 Went to Berwick Rangers v East Stirling yesterday. 2 former football league teams who've sadly hit hard times. Berwick were diabolical, which has been the case every time I've seen them, and that's 2 loses from 2 with 0 goals scored and 7 conceded since the new manager took over, but as usual the hospitality was spot on and we had another very enjoyable day. FT Berwick 0-4 East Stirling Attendance 412 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted Sunday at 20:29 Share Posted Sunday at 20:29 Tough times for Berwick, it's hard to see how they can run that stadium getting 412 in but it's quite expensive entry and I suppose the speedway must bring a bit in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted Sunday at 20:50 Share Posted Sunday at 20:50 Spennymoor through to the quarter final of the FA Trophy with a pens win at home to Boston, they were 0-2 down, but drew 2-2. Boston are a league above after getting promoted last year, but are in the relegation zone, and Spenny were slight faves to advance, but a great achievement to make the last 8 when you have all the National Premier teams involved. QF draw tomorrow. Crook and North Shields both lost in the FA Vase, so a 5th successive year with no Northern League representation in the final (or even QF this year) after largely dominating the previous 12 years. Probably to do with all the promotions to the NPL in recent years and so many stronger sides (and players) leaving the Northern League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted Sunday at 20:58 Share Posted Sunday at 20:58 23 minutes ago, OpenC said: Tough times for Berwick, it's hard to see how they can run that stadium getting 412 in but it's quite expensive entry and I suppose the speedway must bring a bit in. It's a tenner for adults and U16s are free so not bad at all really. They seem to do pretty well with things like sponsorships etc. Reading through the programme I think just about every player has a sponsors and they seem to do really well with their corporate hospitality as it's always packed in there and must bring in a few quid. I think a bigger problem for them is Geography. There's quite a small pool of players to choose from. Just a bit too far north to attract Northern League players without having to pay well over the odds to compensate for the extra travelling. I'm told they have quite a few players from Edinburgh and that they actually train up that way as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted Tuesday at 12:03 Share Posted Tuesday at 12:03 was not sure which thread to put this is on, but its Non league related. spennymoor have signed "james huntley" on loan for the rest of the season. i dont follow the reserve teams, says hes played for the u21's. what kind of midfielder is he? he any good etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted Wednesday at 13:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 13:30 https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13303455/national-league-clubs-launch-campaign-for-three-promotion-places-to-english-football-league Seems sensible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted Wednesday at 19:11 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:11 5 hours ago, Yorkie said: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13303455/national-league-clubs-launch-campaign-for-three-promotion-places-to-english-football-league Seems sensible. I've thought this should be the case for absolutely ages. The season when it was Wrexham and Notts County neck and neck all year about 20 points ahead of the rest highlighted how mental it was that only first place gets automatic promotion. I know the point of play-off places is to give teams a chance to go up without having the best side in the league but you had Notts Co in second place on 107 points in the playoffs whilst 7th placed Bromley were in there with 71, it was a bit ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted Wednesday at 19:29 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:29 (edited) On 04/02/2025 at 12:03, Chris L said: was not sure which thread to put this is on, but its Non league related. spennymoor have signed "james huntley" on loan for the rest of the season. i dont follow the reserve teams, says hes played for the u21's. what kind of midfielder is he? he any good etc? My best mate's nephew. Plays as a centre-mid - had injury problems this season though. Think he's around 20 years old. in other news, Blyth lost again on Tuesday night. 1-0 at home to Stockton Town. Edited Wednesday at 19:30 by Big Geordie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted Wednesday at 20:00 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:00 Top class coupon busting win for Alnwick last night against high flying Jarra. Great game and we were frankly fucking brilliant. Really hoping we can survive in NL Division 2 now, there are definitely three worse teams (and realistically only a couple are likely to be relegated) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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