THE ANCHOR OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF STOCKTON TOWN FC
STOCKTON TOWN FC vs NORTHALLERTON TOWN 26/09/2020 3:00PM KICK-OFF 2020-21 SEASON
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WELCOME TO THE ANCHOR... STOCKTON TOWN vs NORTHALLERTON TOWN NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, 2020
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Main Contact Number 01642 604 915 Email info@stocktontownfc.com Website www.stocktontownfc.com twitter.com/stockton_townfc facebook.com/stockton.townfc instagram.com/stockton_townfc youtube.com/anchorstv CHAIRMAN Martin Hillerby SECRETARY Rob Sexton FIRST TEAM CO-ORDINATOR Lee Nicholson MANAGEMENT TEAM Manager: Michael Dunwell Assistant Manager: JD Briggs Coach: John Fielding GK Coach: Jason Hamilton Physio: Sam Higgins Kitman: Alan Farley
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MANAGER NOTES Manager Michael Dunwell gives his thoughts on the previous two games and about today’s opposition. CLUB NEWS The Young Anchors were narrowly beaten in the FA Youth Cup on Wednesday evening against a strong Gateshead side. THE MAIN FEATURE Dan McWilliams is the main feature and discusses life with Stockton, ambitions and the season ahead. MATCH REPORT - CONSETT The Anchors exited the Emirates FA Cup on Tuesday evening, read about the game in this issue. THE OPPOSITION - NORTHALLERTON TOWN Northallerton have made a good start to the 2020-21 season and are the visitors this afternoon. AWAY DAYS Having gone up against the Steelman in the FA Cup on Tuesday, the Anchors travel to face Consett in their next league game.
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MEDIA TEAM Head of Media: Andrew McDonnell Programme Editor: Andrew McDonnell Club Journalists: Jamie Beattie, James Cartwright Photographer: Harry Cook HONOURS FA Vase Finalists: 2017-18 Northern League Division Two Champions: 2016-17 Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup Runners-Up: 2016-17 Wearside League: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 Wearside League Cup: 2014-15, 2015-16 Runners-Up: 2011-12 Monkwearmouth Cup: 2014-15, 2015-17 Runners-Up: 2013-14 Shipowners Cup: 2014-15
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MICHAEL
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WELCOME TO THE MAP GROUP UK STADIUM FOR TODAY’S NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE MATCH AGAINST NORTHALLERTON TOWN
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warm welcome back to the MAP Group UK Stadium for this afternoon’s Northern League Division One game against Northallerton Town. I’m probably a little bit frustrated to be honest, but I’m not disappointed because we’re playing well. We just haven’t got that cutting edge, at the moment, to finish our chances off at the minute, but it’s more frustrating than anything and the players are as well. I said this the other night that we just can’t be angry with the players because they’re putting everything in and so are we, but it’s just not going our way at the moment. We’re creating plenty of chances without really conceding many chances or many goals. It’s just a matter of time before that turns. You can easily say that you make your own luck, but you look at last week’s game against West Auckland and we’ve hit the bar three times, had chances cleared off the line and missed one-on-one’s. It’s not that we haven’t been here before, we had a little spell last year, around October time, where we went three or four games the same as now. With the amount of games that we have coming up, we are capable of going on a run and we are aiming to start that on Saturday. The West Auckland game last Saturday, we were left a bit speechless after the game, especially afterwards. It was silent after, we were just astonished how we hadn’t won the game, but that’s the beauty of football, it’s never over until the last kick of the game. That’s what it was, the last kick, so we’ve got to see games out and put teams to bed earlier in the game through putting our chances stockton_townfc
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“YOU DON’T WIN GAMES IF YOU’RE NOT SCORING GOALS AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED TO START DOING, STARTING TODAY.” away. Moving onto Tuesday, if we had won the game, I don’t think anyone would’ve have any complaints. If you look at reports on social media, in the final 20 minutes of the game, we were on top, a lot more pressure than they did and just couldn’t get that final touch and score. It’s been the story of the last few games, but we’ve got too much quality in the squad for that to continue. The time in between games is so close, so it gives us time to put things right straight away. When there’s a large gap between games, you can think about things too much. The game against Northallerton is a bit of a derby and it’ll give us a chance to put things right. They’ve had a decent start to the season, sitting currently in the top half, and with teams in and around us playing each other as well, it gives us a chance to, I wouldn’t say catch up, but get a good result and kick on from there. Due to our success in the league last year, it’s our downfall how teams are approaching us. As we’ve shown so far, we can break teams down, but its just about getting that final touch and putting that ball into the net and also putting teams away. That’s the only thing that we’re just not doing at the moment. The sooner we start scoring goals, the better, because we’re not giving much away.
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CLUB NEWS STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST NEWS FROM STOCKTON TOWN FC
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CHANGES MADE TO NORTHERN LEAGUE SCHEDULE FOR STOCKTON TOWN
he club can report a number of fixture changes the Northern League have made to accommodate changes to FA Cup and FA Vase games. The Anchors home game with Consett has been moved forward to Saturday 10 October (3pm kick off ) from February 27 2021. Stockton will then visit Consett for the reverse fixture on Tuesday 24 November (7.45pm kick off ). The game against Seaham Red Star, schedule for October 10, has been moved to a midweek and will now take place on
Wednesday 28 October (7.45pm kick off ). The Anchors will be hopeful to record a first league home win over Seaham Red Star since 2017. The trip to Newcastle Benfield which was supposed to take place last Wednesday has been moved to next Saturday 3 October (3pm kick-off ) after a free weekend became available following Tuesday night’s FA Cup exit. To keep up to date on all future fixture changes make sure to follow the club across social media and the website where all will be reported.
YOUNG ANCHORS BOW OUT OF FA YOUTH CUP AFTER NARROW DEFEAT TO GATESHEAD
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he under-18s FA Youth Cup campaign was ended on Wednesday when they were beaten by Gateshead in the First Qualifying Round. The young Anchors had lots of chances throughout the game, with Gateshead goalkeeper Thomas Thebe on top form to deny both Gary Mitchell and Sam Conway. Shortly after half-time they were stung when Nelson Ogbewe broke away to score the decisive goal. Coach Liam Cox said: “I don’t think there’s going to be many teams that good at this stage of
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the competition that are going to be entering. It was fairly one-sided with the chances created. “From the sideline it looked like we dominated in terms of chances but they had good players and the boys up front for them were excellent.” “I think as a club we can be very proud of what we’ve just witnessed from our boys.” Defeat means the under-18s exit at the First Qualifying Round stage for the fourth successive season. The under-18s are out of action this weekend.
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T H E M A I N F E AT U R E
DAN McWILLIAMS Dan McWilliams originally joined the club at 16, and spent a year with the Anchors before moving into the Northern League. The left-back rejoined the club in the summer of 2019 from Whitby Town, and has quickly become a fan-favourite among the Stockton faithful. As he passes 50 appearances since returning to Stockton, ‘super Danny Mac’ spoke to the media team about life at the club, his favourite moments and the season so far. When asked his feelings on reaching 50 appearances for his hometown club, Dan revealed: “It’s quite a good achievement to be honest, first I was happy to get through the season injury free, it had been a while since I managed a whole season [without injuries]. To get to the 50 as quickly as I have, is testament to that and I look forward to hopefully getting to the next landmark, in hopefully
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a year or so.The left-back has become a big fan favourite amongst the Stockton support, he believes the support was a big factor on his decision to return to the club: “When I first joined, one of the big things was the crowds that Stockton get, it’s just snowballed in recent times, we go to away games and sometimes have as many fans as the opposition do. It’s class to play in front of and it’s one of things you miss while all of this is going on. They’re a joy to play for.” When asked on his favourite moment in a Stockton shirt since returning home, Dan reveals there have been many memorable moments: “From a personal point of view, scoring my first goal which was at home to Shildon, in a big game which we won 1-0, people were questioning if it was an own goal, but I’m definitely claiming it! Another moment was in the FA Vase last season away at Knaresborough, when Kev banged it in the top corner in injury time to send us through, it was another of those games where we took more fans than they did. I was right behind Kev’s strike when it went into the top corner. “It was a special moment.” The Anchors have yet to hit top gear in the league so far, Dan insists it is still too early to be concerned: “It’s still early doors, if we weren’t playing well, there might be grounds for a little bit of worry. If you look at the games and performances it is fine margins. “At any level goals change games and you need little bits of luck here and there and it seems at the moment we are not taking our chances and at the other end the balls seem to be dropping against us. As soon as we can get that one performance in I think that will kick start us. The performances are there, we just need that luck and to keep knocking at the door.” Last season, Stockton only lost once in the league, whilst conceding only 14 goals all campaign, Dan believes we have set our expectations too high: “I think
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last season was a freak season, to concede only 14 goals, I’ve played Northern League football for 10 years and that is unheard of. Realistically, that was never going to be achievable this year. Not to say we shouldn’t be trying, defensively we should be looking to keep clean sheets, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t, but it’s almost impossible to concede only 14 goals again. In terms of only losing once, teams are now going to come to Stockton and having the mentality of it being a cup final, teams are going to want to take the scalp of us, we’ve got to raise our game to match. Getting the first goal in games is important for us now, we conceded first at RCA and they just sat in. If we can get that first goal, it will help us as it will draw teams out a bit more, and it should hopefully suit us a little more.” On this season’s FA Cup journey: “It was disappointing to go out on Tuesday night, there was probably something there for us, you’d like to go as far as you can in the competition, especially after last year, you never know who you might have drawn in the next round. At the same time, it stockton_townfc
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was a good game of football, Consett will have felt they’d done enough to win. It was good to have won a couple of games for the club to get some money from the FA Cup. The big one this year is the FA Vase, so all focus now on the league and FA Vase. We don’t start in the Vase until November so hopefully by then we will have a bit of momentum to go into the competition with. On the challenge of October, with five away games, including Hebburn and Shildon: “After the start we have had, we’re almost playing catch up a little bit. That’s the beauty of the league, we’ve got these teams to play and we’ve got to fancy ourselves whoever we are playing against. It’s going to be a big October for us so we need to get our heads down and hopefully get a few positive results.”
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MEET THE PLAYERS INTRODUCING OUR SQUAD FOR THE 2020-21 SEASON
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Callum Roberts Goalkeeper
Callum joined from Billingham Synthonia and he was at Preston NE for six years prior. The shot-stopper has also spent time higher up in non-league football.
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Dan McWilliams Defender
A local lad, Dan was released from Middlesbrough’s Academy at age 16. He has previous Northern League experience with Billingham Synthonia and Guisborough.
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Jordan Robinson Midfielder
Jordan is a very experienced defender, who played for Middlesbrough’s Academy before joining Wigan Athletic. He is a tall, strong midfielder, who is a huge asset.
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Michael Arthur Goalkeeper
‘Martha’ joined the club back in 2012 from Billingham Town as an outfield player. He was a vital member of the team that went all the way to the FA Vase final in 2018.
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Lewis King Defender
Lewis was a member of the Hartlepool Academy until 16, he then spend time with Burnley and then Spennymoor. A top prospect, athletic and gets forward.
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Max Craggs Midfielder
A product of the Stockton youth system, Max joined the squad age 17 and quickly became a regular. He had a season with Billingham Synthonia in 2015-16.
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Adam Nicholson Defender
Longest-serving player at the club, Adam came through the youth system. Captain of the team, he leads by example at the back and also has an impressive scoring record.
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Tom Coulthard Defender
Tom is a product Stockton’s youth set up. He broke into the first team when he was 17 and is a tough, strong, quick, thoroughbread of a centre back.
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Nathan Mulligan Midfielder
Nathan was with Middlesbrough until age 18. He played in the Football League with Darlington and has a wealth of Northern League experience.
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Dale Mulligan Defender
Dale re-signed for Stockton and links back up with brother Nathan after a spell at Shildon. He played for the Anchors during their Wembley run in 2017-18.
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James Risbrough Midfielder
‘Munchie’ returned home in 2017 after playing for several top clubs including Spennymoor, Marske and Guisborough as well as spending time in Sweden.
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Shane Henry Midfielder
Shane’s nickname is ‘The Bull’ and that becomes clear when you see him play. He joins his hometown club after six seasons playing higher up with Spennymoor Town
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Tom Portas Midfielder
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Tom signed from West Auckland and has previous experience with Guisborough, Whitby and Darlington. A fantastic midfielder, elegant on the ball.
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Jonathan Franks Forward
Jonathan started his journey at Stockton and has represented England from U15s through to U20s. The forward has played for a number of top clubs.
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Michael Dunwell Manager
After a successful playing career, he was appointed Stockton manager in 2014, after a year of being a playercoach. He now enters his seventh season as manager.
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Cieran Jackson Forward
Cieran signed for the Anchors Spennymoor Town and also has international honours to his name when he was called up to the England Schools Under-18 squad in 2018.
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Kevin Hayes Forward
Kevin forced his way into the title-winning team in 2017 and has gone on to cement his place in the first team. A lightning quick wide man, likes to get at defenders.
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JD Briggs Asst Manager
JD also had a great playing career, in non-league. He turned to coaching and became Michael’s assistant in the 2014 and has been with the club ever since.
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Fred Woodhouse Forward
Another Stockton youth product, Fred won the Second Division title with Newton Aycliffe and was part of the Marske United squad that won the title in 2015.
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Michael Roberts Forward
Another Stockton lad, Mikey has also played at Guisborough, Spennymoor, Whitby and Marske. He also has a Division One title under his belt.
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Jamie Owens Forward
Jamie is now in his third spell with the club and is a product of the Stockton youth system. He has a wealth of experience and won the league title with Marske in 2015.
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Nathan Steel Forward
Nathan arrived from Shildon and is an experienced Northern League striker, who has had successful spells at clubs like Guisborough and Billingham Synthonia.
John Fielding Coach
John joined Stockton as an assistant with the U18s and was promoted to first team coach in 2018. He guided the youth team to a league and cup double in 2017.
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- MATCH REPORT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 / EMIRATES FA CUP - FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING / BELLE VIEW STADIUM
CONSETT Carr, 60
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tockton Town exited the FA Cup at the First Qualifying Round with a 1-0 defeat to Consett. Stockton had beaten Shildon and Billingham Town to progress to this stage, whilst Consett emerged victorious over Ryhope and Ossett United. The game started tight, with both sides enjoying spells of possession in a competitive opening 15 minutes. Consett began to create a few chances and were close to going ahead through Dale Pearson, the striker hitting the post from inside the area. Just before the break, a well-structured counter attack from the Anchors presented Hayes with a chance that was saved by his namesake in the
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Consett goal. The visitors started the second period the brighter of the two sides, and could have taken the lead when a shot from Portas took a deflection that required a good save from the Consett ‘keeper. Consett took the lead on the hour mark when Darren Holden laid off Carr for a calm finish into the bottom corner. Stockton began to push for an equaliser, and created two good opportunities. First, Henry had an effort saved by the feet of Hayes, then Mikey Roberts had a shot cleared off the line from King’s cross. As the minutes ticked down, the Anchors couldn’t manage to find the equalising goal to bring a penalty shoot-out.
Consett: Hayes, Metz (Jakab, 80), Wilkinson, Purewal, Holden, Green, Smith, Orrell, Carr (Marriott, 85), Pearson, Alshabeeb (Cornish, 70). Subs Not Used: Mackay, Bridge, Lawson, Allen. Stockton Town: C. Roberts, King (Craggs, 79), McWilliams, Portas, Nicholson, Coulthard, Hayes, Robinson (N. Mulligan, 73), M. Roberts, Henry, Franks (Owens, 73). Subs Not Used: D. Mulligan, Risbrough, Mitchell, Arthur. Goals: 1-0 (Carr, 60) Attendance: 300 stockton.townfc
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POST-MATCH REACTION
MICHAEL DUNWELL: “The game was evenly matched. They had chances and we had chances, but they took one of their chances when they were on top. That was the difference between the two teams. If you look at the first-half, they’ve hit the post, but then Kev has got in behind twice, Franks has got in and then in the second-half, Shane has gone through, we’ve had one cleared off the line and it’s hard to have a go at them because it’s not that we’re not playing well. It’s just getting that ball in that net when we’re on top. That’s what we haven’t done in the last three games and that needs to change.” stockton_townfc
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L A S T T H R E E R E S U LT S
WON 2-0 vs BILLINGHAM TOWN (H)
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LOST 3-0 vs SHILDON (A)
WON 1-0 vs WHICKHAM (H)
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OPPOSITION PROFILE
NORTHALLERT ON T OWN Northallerton Town sit in the top ten following a solid start. With the team bottom of the league when it was declared null and void last season, they have certainly made a positive start. Their positive start can be put down to their defence, which has kept four clean sheets in six games in all competitions. This was an area they strengthened in the summer as the experienced Tommy Marron arrived from Guisborough Town and Matthew Crust came in from Thornaby via Billingham Synthonia. Up front, more experienced was added in former Pools striker Michael Rae. Last time out they beat Billingham Town 2-0 to progress in the FA Vase- revenge as Billy Town had knocked them out of the FA Cup. This is the club’s second meeting at the Map Group UK Stadium, back on the run to the Division Two title the Anchors beat Northallerton 2-0 here. Northallerton did deny Stockton a double that season with a penalty shootout win in the EA Cup Final. Last season, Stockton won twice at the Calvert Stadium - once in the FA Cup and once in the league.
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- MATCH REPORT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 / NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE / THE MAP GROUP UK STADIUM
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94th minute penalty West Auckland cancelled out Mikey Roberts’ opening strike to salvage a point for the visitors. West had the first chance of the match, Anthony Bell broke through the Stockton defence but his effort was well saved by Callum Roberts on his 50th appearance for the Anchors. The hosts gained control of proceedings, first Hayes headed over from Franks’ cross then the winger cut inside from the right to get a shot away that was blocked. Henry was very unlucky not to put the Anchors ahead with a fierce strike that shook the crossbar and bounced away. The second half started slowly but the Anchors
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picked up the tempo and created three good chances in succession; first, Nicholson hit the crossbar with a header from Hayes’ free kick. McWilliams found space on the left flank to feed Mikey Roberts who’s turn and shot was straight at the keeper, King whipped in a cross onto Roberts’ head but his flashing header was just wide. Stockton deservedly broke the deadlock just under 20 minutes from time, quick passing and movement allowed Mikey Roberts time and space to turn and slot the ball into the corner. Deep into injury time, West Auckland were awarded a spot kick for an alleged foul on Patton, who stepped up to level the game and leave the Anchors frustrated.
Stockton Town: C. Roberts, King, McWilliams, Portas, Nicholson, Coulthard, Hayes, Robinson, Henry, Owens (M. Roberts, 62), Franks (Risbrough, 80) Subs Not Used: N. Mulligan, Craggs, D. Mulligan West Auckland Town: Flynn, Hegarty, Hoganson, Harwood, Bythway, Hunter, Bell, Dodds, Blinco, Knight (Fryatt, 58), Scott (Patton, 75) Subs Not Used: Ball, Hurworth, Connor Goals: 1-0, 62 min, M.Roberts. 1-1, 90+4 min, Patton (Pen) Referee: C. Keightly Attendance: 300 stockton.townfc
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POST-MATCH REACTION
JD BRIGGS: “I thought we played really well throughout the game and created enough chances to win the game comfortably, but just couldn’t put them away. We were also solid and didn’t give a lot way to West Auckland. When we finally did score, which was a superb move and finish from Mikey Roberts, and I expected us to score again or at least see it through at 1-0. I though the penalty looked very soft from where we were and it was pretty much the last kick of the game, so that’s hard to take.” stockton_townfc
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FIXTURES & RESULTS
Saturday 19 September, 2020 Consett 2-2 Newcastle Benfield Seaham Red Star 0-4 Hebburn Town Stockton Town 1-1 West Auckland Town GD PTS Buildbase FA Vase - First Round Qualifying Bedlington Terriers 1-2 Heaton Stannington +11 12 Birtley Town (4) 1-1 (1) Squires Gate +7 10 Bishop Auckland 1-5 Billingham Synthonia +6 7 Carlisle City 3-5 Nelson +1 7 Crook Town 1-0 Albion Sports Garforth Town 5-1 Sunderland West End -1 7 Guisborough Town 3-0 Washington +5 6 Newton Aycliffe 4-0 Barnoldswick Town +1 6 North Shields 3-0 Tow Law Town 0 6 Northallerton Town 2-0 Billingham Town +2 5 Ryton & Crawcrook Albion 2-4 Ashington +1 5 Shildon 2-1 Chester-le-Street Town Steeton AFC (8) 2-2 (9) Jarrow +2 4 West Allotment Celtic (6) 3-3 (7) Penrith +1 4 Whitley Bay 1-4 Newcastle University 0 4 Willington 0-4 Whickham
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TEAM
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A
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Hebburn Town
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0
0
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2
North Shields
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1
0
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Shildon
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2
1
1
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3
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Whickham
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2
1
2
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Northallerton Town
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Consett
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Thornaby
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0
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Newcastle Benfield
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Stockton Town
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4
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Newton Aycliffe
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2
0
4
3
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Ryhope CW
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0
4
2
12
Sunderland RCA
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2
1
13
Guisborough Town
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1
2
10
10
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Whitley Bay
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2
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Ashington
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5
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Penrith
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1
0
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3
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3
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Seaham Red Star
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3
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West Auckland Town
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3
2
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Bishop Auckland
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Easington Colliery
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Bedlington Terriers
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10
4
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Crook Town
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Redcar Athletic
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Newcastle University
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Tuesday 22 September, 2020 Hebburn Town 2-1 Whickham Emirates FA Cup - First Round Qualifying Consett 1-0 Stockton Town Stalybridge Celtic 3-0 Bishop Auckland Sunderland RCA 0-4 Prescott Cables West Allotment Celtic 0-5 Hyde United West Auckland Town (2) 0-0 (3) Runcorn Linnets Whitley Bay 3-2 Witton Albion Wednesday 23 September, 2020 Guisborough Town 2-4 North Shields Penrith 0-2 Ashington Saturday 26 September, 2020 Ashington vs Billingham Town Bishop Auckland vs Seaham Red Star Newcastle Benfield vs Ryhope CW North Shields vs Shildon Penrith vs Guisborough Town Stockton Town vs Northallerton Town Sunderland RCA vs Whitley Bay Thornaby vs Newton Aycliffe Whickham vs West Auckland Town
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SEA
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PEN
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RYH
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SEA
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SHI
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STO
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THO
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4-0
5-1
WES
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1-0
2-1
WHI
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SQUAD STATISTICS
All stats up to date as of 26/09/20
2020-21 SEASON STATISTICS PLAYER
POS
LEAGUE APS GLS
CUP
CAREER RECORD
TOTAL
TOTAL
APS GLS APS GLS
APS
GLS
Adam Nicholson
DEF
3
0
3
0
6
0
394
94
Callum Roberts
GK
4
0
3
0
7
0
51
1
Cieran Jackson
FOR
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
2
Dale Mulligan
DEF
2
0
0
0
2
0
50
3
Dan McWilliams
DEF
4
0
3
0
7
0
52
2
Fred Woodhouse
FOR
0
0
0
0
0
0
203
45
James Risbrough
MID
2
0
2
0
4
0
177
12
Jamie Owens
FOR
4
1
2
0
6
1
140
92
Jonathan Franks
FOR
4
0
3
1
6
1
15
3
Jordan Robinson
MID
4
0
3
0
7
0
66
5
Kevin Hayes
FOR
4
0
3
1
7
0
152
48
Lewis King
DEF
4
0
3
0
7
0
51
1
Max Craggs
MID
3
0
1
0
4
0
309
87
Michael Arthur
GK
0
0
0
0
0
0
243
27
Michael Roberts
FOR
4
2
3
1
7
3
93
33
Nathan Mulligan
MID
3
2
2
2
5
4
126
28
Nathan Steel
FOR
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
Shane Henry
MID
4
0
3
0
7
0
7
0
Tom Coulthard
DEF
4
1
3
0
7
1
330
45
Tom Portas
MID
2
0
2
0
4
0
49
1
TOP SCORERS 20/21
THE BREAKDOWN: GOALS Shots
Headers
Penalties
Own Goals
10
1
0
0
GOAL TIMES
Nathan Mulligan 4 Goals
Michael Roberts 3 Goals
Jamie Owens 1 Goal
MOST APPEARANCES 20/21
Callum Roberts 7 Apps
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Lewis King 7 Apps
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Shane Henry 7 Apps
For
Against
0-15
1
0
16-30
3
1
31-45
1
0
46-60
0
2
61-75
1
1
76-90
5
1
Extra-Time
0
0
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AWAY DAYS
DATE: 03/10/20 // NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE // GROUND: BELLE VIEW STADIUM
THE GROUND Consett play at Belle View Stadium, and have done so since 2013, after moving there following a host of postponements at their former Belle Vue Park. Newcastle United were the first visitors to Belle View, winning 2-1 in front of a crowd of 3,054.
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DIRECTIONS From the ground, turn right onto Bishopton Road West, turn left at the lights on Bishopton Avenue. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto Durham Road/A177. Continue on the A177 until the A689 roundabout, take the first exit onto A689, continue on A689 until the A1(M) roundabout. At the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto A1(M) slip road to Newcastle/ Durham Road. At Junction 62, take the A690 exit to Sunderland/Durham/Consett. At the roundabout take the third exit onto Leazes Road/A690, then turn right at Millburngate. At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Southfield Way/A691. Follow the A691 until the A692 roundabout, take the first exit onto A692 then follow until you reach the stadium.
THE OPPOSITION Consett ended the null-and-void 2019/20 campaign 6th in the table and have competed in the Northern League Division One since promotion in 2005/06. The Steelmen have twice reached the FA Cup First Round Proper. LAST TIME OUT 22.09.20 Consett 1 Stockton Town 0 The Steelmen progressed through to the next round of the Emirates FA Cup after a narrow victory on Tuesday evening. Luke Carr’s goal in the second-half separated the two sides in a closely-fought game.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT From Sixth Form college, take the 59 bus to North Tees Hospital, walk to Knitsley Walk and take the X12 bus Max to Durham. Take the 16A Durham Diamond from the bus station to Arch Park Road. Walk 2 minutes to Arch - Eden Terrace and take the 78 Coast & Country to Front Street, then walk 0.5 miles to Belle View Stadium. stockton_townfc
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season stats 2020/21 DATE
OPPOSITION
All stats up to date as of 26/09/20
F/A
ATT
POS
1
2
3
4
5
3-0 2-2 3-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 0-1
300 300 300 300 165 300 300
6 4 10 9 -
C.Roberts C.Roberts C.Roberts C.Roberts C.Roberts C.Roberts C.Roberts
King King King King King B King King
McWilliams McWilliams McWilliams McWilliams McWilliams McWilliams McWilliams
Henry Henry Henry Portas Henry Portas Portas
Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson Nicholson D.Mulligan Nicholson Nicholson
SEPTEMBER 2020 Wed 2 Sat 5 Wed 9 Sat 12 Tue 15 Sat 19 Tue 22 Sat 26 Wed 30
Shildon (FAC) Guisborough Town Ashington Billingham Town (FAC) Sunderland RCA West Auckland Town Consett (FAC) Northallerton Town Whitley Bay
OCTOBER 2020 Sat 3 Tue 6 Sat 10 Tue 13 Sat 17 Wed 28 Sat 31
Newcastle Benfield Billingham Town Consett Hebburn Town Shildon Seaham Red Star Whickham
NOVEMBER 2020 Sat 7 Sat 14 Sat 21 Tue 24 Sat 28
North Shields Bishop Auckland Newton Aycliffe Consett Ryhope CW
DECEMBER 2020 Sat 5 Sat 12 Sat 19 Sat 26
Thornaby Penrith Ashington Shildon
JANUARY 2021 Sat 2 Sat 9 Sat 16 Sat 23 Sat 30
West Auckland Town Sunderland RCA Newcastle Benfield Whitley Bay Billingham Town
FEBRUARY 2021 Sat 6 Sat 13 Sat 20
Guisborough Town Hebburn Town Northallerton Town
MARCH 2021 Sat 6 Sat 13 Sat 20 Sat 27
Seaham Red Star Whickham North Shields Bishop Auckland
APRIL 2021 Sat 3 Sat 10 Sat 17 Sat 24
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Newton Aycliffe Ryhope CW Thornaby Penrith
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Home games in bold | Goalscorers in bold B = Booked | R = Sent-Off | Sub One = Name | Sub Two = Name | Sub Three = Name 6
7
8
Coulthard Coulthard 1 Coulthard Coulthard Coulthard Coulthard Coulthard
Franks 1 Franks Franks Hayes 1 Franks Hayes Hayes
Robinson Robinson Robinson Robinson Robinson Robinson Robinson
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9
10
M.Roberts 1 B N.Mulligan 1 M.Roberts 1 N.Mulligan Craggs Owens 1 M.Roberts N.Mulligan 1 Craggs Owens Henry Owens M.Roberts Henry
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11
SUB 1
SUB 2
SUB 3
Risbrough Risbrough Hayes Risbrough Hayes Franks Franks
Hayes Hayes D.Mulligan Franks N.Mulligan M.Roberts 1 N.Mulligan
Craggs Craggs M.Roberts Owens M.Roberts Risbrough B Owens
Owens Owens N.Mulligan 2 Henry Portas Craggs
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PARTING SHOT
IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE ANCHOR, WE CONCLUDE WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPHER SELECTING HIS FAVOURITE IMAGE FROM THE LAST WEEK
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t’s now time to round off another issue of The Anchor with a ‘parting shot’ which is the stand-out image from the previous week. Stockton Town have had two games, one in the league and one in the Emirates FA Cup, since the last issue. The image above shows midfielder Shane Henry being closed down by a West Auckland Town player last weekend, a game, which the Anchors dominated in large spells.
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Mikey Roberts handed the home side the lead in the second-half and it looked like the Anchors were going to get back to winning ways until West scored a penalty in the 94thminute. It was a sucker punch for the home side, who had created numerous chances, hit the woodwork on three occasions and created so many openings in the game. Stockton will be looking to get pick up a win in the league this afternoon against Northallerton. stockton.townfc
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STOCKTON TOWN
NORTHALLERTON TOWN
MANAGER: MICHAEL DUNWELL COLOURS: YELLOW AND BLUE
MANAGER: DARREN TROTTER COLOURS: BLACK AND WHITE
Michael ARTHUR Sam CONWAY Tom COULTHARD Max CRAGGS Jonathan FRANKS Kevin HAYES Shane HENRY Cieran JACKSON Lewis KING Dan McWILLIAMS Dale MULLIGAN Nathan MULLIGAN Adam NICHOLSON Jamie OWENS Tom PORTAS James RISBROUGH Callum ROBERTS Michael ROBERTS Jordan ROBINSON Nathan STEEL Fred WOODHOUSE
Lee BROCKBANK Stephen CHEESEMAN Matthew CRUST Thomas DAWSON Kieran EZARD Charlie GRAHAM David HILLERBY Shaun HUDSON Daniel JONES Thomas MARRON Joe MARTIN Ryan McKENDRY Kieran McWATERS Brad PLANT Michael RAE Gary SHAW Andrew SHEPHERD Nathaniel SKIDMORE Callum SMITH Anthony SNOOK Nathan STEPHENSON Jackson WALLER
TODAY’S MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE: CHRIS JOYCE
ASSISTANT: CRAIG JINKS
ASSISTANT: NIGEL BAMFORD
NEXT AT HOME
NEXT AWAY GAME
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 KICK-OFF 7:45PM NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2020 KICK-OFF 3:00PM NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
WHITLEY BAY
NEWCASTLE BENFIELD
