After the disappointing defeat at Dunston, Marc Nash gave his thoughts on the game. "After the euphoria of Tuesday night, there was always a danger of an ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ type performance. Frankly, we were poor first half and got out-fought in the early stages which set the tone for the whole half. [...]
DUNSTON UTS 2 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 26th August In marked contrast to the drama of Tuesday’s FA Cup victory, Whitley failed to take their chances in this league game and slipped to a disappointing defeat at Dunston. Not surprisingly, it was an unchanged side that took to the field on a pleasantly warm and [...]
Manager Marc Nash was clearly thrilled with his team's performance and highlighted the value of having a Reserve team to draw on. "It was the classic cup tie - I know there was a dramatic FA Cup game during Paddy's reign a couple of years ago (against Matlock Town) but last night will come close [...]
WHITLEY BAY 3 PENRITH 1 FA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND REPLAY Tuesday 22nd August In one of the most dramatic cup ties seen at Hillheads in recent years, Whitley came from behind, scoring three times in the last ten minutes to beat Penrith 3-1 and secure their place in the First Qualifying Round of the [...]
If they can beat Penrith in tomorrow night's replay, Whitley will be at home to Newcastle Benfield in the Emirates FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round on Saturday 2nd September.
"I was proud of the players efforts yesterday as we eventually gained a positive result despite extremely difficult circumstances. We were patched up against Morpeth in midweek and then we lost Josh Nearney on Friday due to a bad foot infection so we had to change formation because of the personnel available. We started the [...]
FA CUP PRELIMINARY ROUND PENRITH 1 WHITLEY BAY 1 Saturday 19th August An injury ravaged Bay side have a second opportunity to win this tie after Tom Potter’s goal eleven minutes from time earned them a replay after a closely contested game at Penrith. The day started badly for Whitley when their team coach developed [...]
Reflecting on the game at Morpeth, where Whitley suffered their first defeat since January, Marc Nash commented "Everyone is disappointed that our run has come to an end. It was always going to be a tough ask with the amount of first choice players missing. I've never ever had to field a completely different back four [...]
MORPETH TOWN 5 WHITLEY BAY 0 Wednesday 16th August A severely depleted Bay side suffered their first defeat since January, a run of 14 competitive games, but they held out gamely for more than an hour before three goals in a five minute spell proved decisive. Against a Morpeth side with a 100% home league [...]
WHITLEY BAY 2 STOCKTON TOWN 0 Saturday 12th August Whitley got their league season off to a winning start with a hard fought victory over newly promoted Stockton Town. Following their excellent midweek FA Cup win, it was no surprise that it was an unchanged starting eleven that took to the field with conditions having [...]
