Hoppers do it Anywhere
Crowd Hopping This week, we will revisit the Scotswood Sports Centre, also known as the KD Stadium, home of Newcastle Blue Star. The game against Carlisle City will be a part of the weekend’s Northern League Hop, which started on April 2nd with West Auckland Town v Thornaby – FT 4-0. Full Weekend Itinerary: Friday…
By Hook or by Crook Last weekend, despite severe weather warnings for much of the country, I was determined to keep my FA Vase run going, with a game at Crook Town. Unfortunately, the weather, with Storm Darragh as its champion, won the battle – with the Millfields pitch waterlogged. So I did what every…
Gardening Time After last week’s trip to Northallerton Town, we switch our attention to the Allotment. Don’t worry, we haven’t gone all green-fingered and tending to the turnips and cabbages. Allotment is the nickname for one of Newcastle’s Northern League teams, West Allotment Celtic. In recent years, they have led a nomadic life since leaving…
A United City The city of Carlisle is home to two football clubs. Everyone knows about Carlisle United and we had a great day out when we visited Brunton Park back in January 2023 – Hopper Tales #53. However, like Manchester, Carlisle has a United and a City Football Club and today we will be…
This is the second edition of the Northern League round-up which follows the games played on the 15th and 16th of September in Divisions One and Two. Content supplied by Andy S, who runs the Northern League Fan Page on X (Twitter) Division One We start off with Friday’s action at Grounsell Park as Heaton…
This is the very first edition of our Northern League round-up which is following the games played on the 9th of September in Divisions One and Two. Content supplied by Andy S, who runs the Northern League Fan Page on X (Twitter) Division One We start off with current Northern League leaders Birtley Town who…