✔578 Castle View Enterprise Academy

Hebburn Town Res. 2-1 Darlington Res.

Total Sport Alan Hood Charity Cup - 1st Round

Saturday 12th August 2017

Hebburn Town Reserves were the only new club elected to the Wearside League this season. The reserve team will play midweek fixtures under the lights at the Hebburn Sports Ground, with their Saturday fixtures at the Castle View Enterprise Academy in Sunderland. The ground is in the Castletown area of the town, not far from the A19, just off Wessington Way. The Academy has two grass pitches and two 3G enclosures, with Hebburn using the pitch at the back of the main building.

This Alan Hood Charity Cup tie was a battle of the two reserves teams in the Wearside League, with Hebburn facing Darlington in the First Round. The home side took an early lead when James Talbot robbed the ‘keeper and finished well, before Ewan Simpson headed home a right wing free kick on 28 minutes. Darlington halved the deficit on the hour when Lewis Walton tapped in a Tom Young cross, but they couldn’t muster an equaliser to take the tie to penalties. This 2-1 win for Hebburn Town Reserves sets up an away tie at Leam Lane Rangers in the second round.

Matchday Stats
HTRes 2 (Talbot 11 Simpson 28)
DRes 1 (Walton 61)
Att.26hc
Admission £2

My Matchday - 2ST3G's

As the new season approaches, football pitches should be in prime condition at this time of year, but our traditional wet summer has played havoc with the regions grounds, resulting in clubs looking at alternative venues to host pre-season matches.

The most reliable surface to guarantee watching football are 3G pitches, two of which can be found in South Tyneside with both venues hosting games on the same day with convenient staggered kick off times. The question is though, can you count these grounds as a tick? My personal view is if two clubs in the non-league pyramid play a game in an enclosed pitch then that’s good enough for me, so a definite YES.

 Hebburn Town hosted West Allotment Celtic at the Clegwell Community Association 3G pitch which is the home base of Hebburn Juniors, found around a mile from the Hebburn Sports & Social Ground.

The match was an entertaining encounter with Hebburn playing some great passing football on the carpetesque surface, however it was Celtic, who themselves are traditionally a good footballing side, that took the lead with a two goal blast from Dean Lee and Liam Hudson before half time.
McBryde was introduced at the start of the second half and temporary halved the arrears before a mistake from the ’keeper allowed Hudson to make it 3-1 on the hour.
Hebburn finished the game strongly and McBryde was twice on hand to complete his hat-trick with a late brace to earn his side a well deserved share of the spoils.

I met up with Squad#121 Paul Johnson at the game and also have a bit craic with Squad#173 and Hebburn Town wordsmith Andy Hudson during the match.
The 1.15pm kick off meant there was enough time for me and Paul to jump in the car and take the 15 minute drive(probably quicker if you know the way) to the Mortimer 3G pitch in South Shields for our second match of the afternoon which was due to start at 3pm.

Mortimer Comprehensive has already hosted a few pre-season friendlies so far this season and today it played host to Birtley Town against Wearside League outfit Sunderland West End, which meant both today's game saw a team in green and white hoops playing a team in red shirts and black shorts.

On route to the ground I somehow missed the coining for the A194 so we arrived just after the start to learn that the game had kicked off a few minutes early and West End had already taking the lead with a goal from McQuillan.
However the teams made up for us missing that early strike with a goalfest as Birtley overturned the deficit with goals from Stafford and a 25 yard free kick from Allsopp to lead 2-1 at half time.
West End then conceded two penalties, the first one a bit harsh, but Marron confidently stepped up to strike both his penalties in the same spot, before Telford made it 5-1 on 67 minutes.
Fryatt got one back for the Wearsiders before Allsop made it six with the best goal I’ve seen so far(I know its only 5 games) this season, picking the ball up on the half way line he strolled past each defender as if they weren’t there before a cheeky chip over the advanced keepers body.
There was still enough time for another consolation goal by Fryatt before the final whistle and when I added it all up it came to a 6-3 win for Birtley Town.
The game appeared to be a bit of a rout on Birtley’s behalf but West End didn’t play too badly and they were handicapped by the fact their goalkeeper was on his honeymoon and didn't have a replacement, the position between the sticks occupied by the teams right-back!
So overall an enjoyable afternoon with two competitive and very entertaining matches with a total of 15 goals scored and best of all it cost us nowt!
 
Matchday stats
317 Clegwell 3G
Hebburn Town 3(McBryde 51,83,87) West Allotment Celtic 3(Lee 29 Hudson 32,59)att.45(HC)
318 Mortimer Comp.3G
Birtley Town 6(Stafford 18 Allsopp 30,76 Marron 52pen 65pen Telford 67) Sunderland West End 3(McQuillan 10 Fryatt 75,85) att.43(HC)
 
2ST3G's - Matchday Web album
(15 pictures 1-6 @Clegwell 7-15 @Mortimer)

My Matchday-151 Southend Road

Penrith Town 3v0 Hebburn Town
10th November 2007
Arngrove Northern League Division Two
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A successful trip to Southend Road, the home of the most Westerly based club in the Arngrove Northern League, after missing out the last time in seeing ‘The Blues’ in action, this was also the ideal fixture and excuse to make my escape from another game that was happening today.
Penrith were formed in 1894, apart from one unsuccessful season in the North Eastern League in 1907-08, the club enjoying a successful period during their early years winning many honours within the clubs home county of Cumberland. The Blues later gained entry to the Northern League in 1948; their first of two spells in the league, their major achievements during this era were runners-up to Stanley United in 1961/62 and reaching two League Cup finals.
The club joined the newly formed North Western Counties League in 1982 and won promotion to Northern Premier League Division One in 1988, their highest status within the league pyramid, but by the turn of the ‘90’s the club were relegated and after a gap of 15 years the club transferred over to Northern League Division One, the clubs true football home. Their first season back started with a 6th place finish, but the next season saw relegation, the club have alternated between the two divisions but have won their first ever trophy in the Northern League, winning the Craven Cup in 2001 with a thrilling 5-4 extra-time victory over South Shields.
This is maybe the last full season that football will be played at Southend Road, or to give it its brand name The World Group Stadium, the ground has two turnstile entrances, the main access is behind the Main Stand, where there is a small office and also the changing rooms and old club house which are both decorated in bright blue, behind each goal is open standing, with the Penrith Leisure Centre side housing port cabins representing the refreshment bar and clubhouse. The far side there is a covered standing, which has adequate room giving shelter to the middle third of the terrace, the away dugout is on this side along with the second turnstile in the far corner. The pitch has a slight slope running across the pitch, there’s three floodlight pylons on each side which were installed in 1975 and another ground feature is the Tannoy announcer, who sounded like his other occupation is the bingo caller at the local working men’s club, with his Cumbrian accent having a swaggering drawl to it.
The Main Stand is quite charming in appearance, with its blue frame and the club name and crest on its peak, inside it has a basic row of four wooden benches, but it’s high levitation gives good views of the match, below the stand is the home dugout and to either side on the white panel wall is the inscription “Winners make it happen” and “Losers let it happen” judging by the performance from the Blues this afternoon, it’s the former message that the team inspire to as they easily took care of Hebburn Town 3-0, with the club from South Tyneside lucky it wasn’t more.
Penrith bossed the game from start to finish taking the lead on quarter of an hour with a well taking goal from Michael Hodgson, who found himself with plenty of time in the box to chest the ball down and pick his spot, this was followed by a similar goal on 40 minutes with more slack marking from the visitors, this time it was Barry Irving who took advantage to give the Blues a 2-0 lead at half time.
The second half matched the first, with the home side looking to stretch their lead while Hebburn relied on scoring from a breakaway, but rarely threatened, a third goal finally arrived in the 68th minute when a right wing corner was flicked on to Wayne Robertson to nod home, Penrith could have extended their lead, wasting further opportunities but can be satisfied in making it 10 wins from the last 11 games.
Penrith look a very good side, with this win taking them up to 3rd in the table, 5 points behind leaders Birtley but with 4 games in hand; if it was possible to bet on this level of football then I would be piling on them now to win this Division, amongst this fine Penrith side one player shone; midfielder Derek Townsley ran the show and reminded me of a modern day Frans Thjssen, but without the Dutch forehead and the ‘70’s porn star tache.
I travelled across to Penrith by train and had an enjoyable day out in Cumbria; I stopped off at Carlisle on the way, where I spent time at a local tavern and enjoyed a pint and a valuable goal scored on the TV, so what personally could have been a depressing day for me (a defeat for you know who, by you know what) turned out great, I could enjoy my time in Penrith and look forward to returning next season in the clubs new ground, which on today’s evidence will be in Arngrove Northern League Division One.

Ground no.151 Southend Road – Matchday Web Album.(16 pictures)

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Update May 2008 - Penrith Town went on to win Division Two ahead of second placed South Shields by two points.
They also announced a merger with Northern Alliance Division One club Penrith United and from next season they are dropping the ‘Town’ from their name and reverting back to plain Penrith F.C.

My Matchday - 142 Hebburn Sports & Social Ground

Hebburn Town 1v3 Tow Law Town
FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round
18th August 2007
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Hebburn is a small town in the district of South Tyneside, the towns’ biggest employer Reyrolles formed a works team in 1912, playing in the Jarrow & District League up until the First World War, between the two wars the club played in various leagues on Tyneside, winning their only championship in the Tyneside League in 1938-39, as well as success in winning many local cup competitions.
In 1960 the club began playing in the Wearside League, where they had 28 unbroken seasons including winning the title in 1966-67, they didn’t add Hebburn to their name until 1986 when the club raised their ambitions, making ground improvements and hopes of stepping up into the Northern League, this was achieved in 1989-90, as they became the first club from South Tyneside to gain entry (South Shields and Jarrow Roofing were to follow) like the factory the famous Reyrolle name by then was no more, just basic Hebburn until the Town bit was added in 2000.
The club won promotion in their third season, their first of two spells in the First Division resulted with a best finish of 11th, ‘The Hornets’ last relegation was in 2001 and have remained in the Second Division since, but today it wasn’t about league action, only 90 days have gone by since the FA Cup Final, so it’s time to get this seasons competition under way with the Extra Preliminary Round.
Hebburn Sports & Social Ground is exactly that, it’s a Sports Ground with a Social Club within the complex, as well as being the home of Hebburn Town FC there’s a cricket field, all weather 5-a side pitches, tennis court and even a bowling green which are all situated bordering the football pitch, the ground has one covered main stand, which has approx 100 blue flip seats and behind each goal are small narrow standing areas.
The main part of the social club (the drinking bit) is up a flight of stairs and has a great window view, looking down on to the cricket pitch and across towards the football ground, the exterior is also used as the cricket scoreboard, the changing rooms are further back near the main car park, which favours the cricketers but is a bit of a walk for the footballers. The ground could do with making the grounds bordering walls a bit bigger, the number of times the ball got kicked on to the main road which runs past the ground or towards the neighbouring houses, had the clubs officials and committee men’s piss boiling, it’s funny but with one side of the ground adjoined by a cricket pitch I can’t remember seeing the ball booted in that direction.
Wembley may well be at least a million miles away for these two teams, but the game was just as competitive as any game you’ll see in the 3rd round in January, played on a lush Wembleyesque pitch, Tow Law came away with a place in the next round with a fabulous second half display, leading but a single goal at half time thanks to a free-kick by Craig Tate on the edge of the box and a missed penalty from Hebburn’s Garry McCartney, the Lawyers overcame the setback of allowing Hebburn’s Michael Younger to equalise in the 52nd minute to totally dominate the last half hour. The victory was achieved with a brilliant individual effort from Craig Tate, who made space for himself on the edge of the box to fire past the keeper before setting up Peter Watling to give Tow Law a 3-1 win, but it should have been at least six if it wasn’t for their Arsenal type ‘fancy-Dan-like’ finishing.
With the Toon v Villa game kicking off at 5.15, I was able to attend this game and get into Newcastle just in time for kick-off, seeing the black and whites stripes of Tow Law winning may as acted as an omen for what lay ahead in my first Premier League attendance of the season, but I’m afraid it wasn’t to be, as that game lacked a Man of the Match display and a moment of magic to win the game, maybe someone in the Craig Tate mould could have done the trick.

Ground No.142 Hebburn Sports & Social Ground – Matchday Web album(15 pictures)