✔817 Blaydon Leisure Centre

Blaydon Community 1-10 Hartlepool Pools Youth Seniors

Wearside League Division 3

Saturday 12th March 2022

Blaydon Community FC currently run two sides, playing in the Wearside League and the Northern Alliance. I saw the NORA team win away at Fawdon in the Alliance 3rd Division last month, and they play their home games at Shibdon Park, the previous base of Winlaton Vulcans.  

The Wearside League outfit play further along Shibdon Road at the Blaydon Leisure and Primary Care Centre. The centre has a 4G cage with a spectator section, surrounded by a running track. There is also a grass football pitch and a rugby ground at the sides. 

Blaydon Community 1(tbc 75)

Hartlepool Pools Youth FC Seniors 10

(Turner 3,6,41,80 Wilson 47 Cross 70,75,84 McLean 76 Smith 78)

Wearside League matchday 14v11

10th v 5th

2pm ko

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A first half hat-trick from Lee Turner set Pools on their way to a double digit away win. The centre-forward was on hand to put his side two goals up within 6 minutes, before grabbing his third with a 30 yard free kick just before half time. 

The second half began with a fine left footed finish from Leon Wilson, before an unsavoury incident in the 52nd minute. A Blaydon player saw red when he was given a red card for dissent, and his anger at the decision saw him attack the referee. The home team were beginning to get more into the match but after this affair they fell apart. 

Nathan Cross got the fifth for Pools, before a good run and nice finish from the Blaydon left put them on the scoresheet with fifteen minutes left. That consolation goal seemed to give Pools a kick up the backside, as they were lethal in front of goal in the last period of the game. Two goals in a minute by Cross and Jay McLean followed by a stunning 30 yard strike from Ollie Smith made it 8-1. There was still time for Turner to grab his fourth and Cross completed his hat-trick with a lovely 25 yard curler to complete the scoring.

✔812 High Tunstall College

Hartlepool Pools Youth Seniors 3-2 Billingham Town Reserves

Wearside League Division 3

Wednesday 2nd February 2022

High Tunstall College of Science is a coeducational secondary school located in the West Park area of Hartlepool. The school was originally built to amalgamate Hartlepool Boys Technical School and Brierton Hill Technical High School for girls in 1973, following changes in the British schools system.

Hartlepool Pools Youths formed in 2006 and use the all weather cage pitch, which has spectator access down one side and floodlights.

High Tunstall College of Science, Elwick Rd, West Park, Hartlepool TS26 0LQ

#Heedhopper

28 mile drive door-to-door

Current Wearside League grounds visited 35/38

 

The senior side at Hartlepool Pools Youths joined the new Wearside League Division 3 at the start of the season. The team have had a decent first half of the season, winning 6 of their 8 league games and progressing to the semi-finals of the Durham County Minor Cup.

Hartlepool Pools Youth FC Seniors 3(Turner 8,48 Weighill 33)

Billingham Town Reserves 2(Shilman 31 Noble 69)

5th v 1st Wearside League Division 3 matchday 11/9

7pm ko

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Sent off: Ben Thacker (2 yellows)

 

Pools are the only team to beat the league leaders this season, and they did it again with another 3-2 win.

After early pressure from the away team, Pools took the lead when Lee Turner fired in from a tight angle in the 8th minute. Mitchell Noble looked suspiciously offside when he equalised just after the half hour mark, but moments later Ben Weighill restored their lead with a header at the far post.

Pools extended their advantage early in the second half when a corner was nodded back into the path of Turner, who fired in from close range. Joshua Shilman slid in at the far post to make it 3-2 with twenty minutes remaining, but the hosts comfortably held on, even though Ben Thacker was sent off in stoppage time.