Birtley Town F.C.

Birtley Town

Full name

Birtley Town Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Hoops, Green and White Army, Super Greens

Founded

1993

Ground

The Birtley Sports Complex,

Capacity

300+ (80 seated)

Manager

Tony Boakes

League

Northern League
Division Two

2014–15

Northern League
Division Two, 17th

Home colours

Birtley Town F.C. is a football club based in Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. They play in the Northern Football League Division Two.

History

Although a side from Birtley competed in the inaugural season of the Northern League in 1889–90, the current team were only founded in 1993, when they joined the Wearside League. The reformed side won their first major trophy in 1998 when they defeated Annfield Plain in the League Challenge Cup Final.^[1] Four years later they narrowly missed out on a clean sweep of the Wearside League's three cup competitions, winning both the Monkwearmouth and League Challenge Cups but losing in the final of the Sunderland Shipowners' Cup to Jarrow FC. In the same year they merged with Birtley St Joseph's Juniors, expanding the club to include junior sides from the ages of seven to eighteen while adding girls, ladies and reserve teams. This led to the award of FA Charter Standard Club status in 2004.^[2]

Despite ending the town's 57 year wait for a league championship by lifting the 2003–04 Wearside League title, Birtley were unable to move up to the Northern League as their ground did not meet the required standard. Following the addition of floodlights and changing facilities, they won the 2006–07 Wearside League, finally gaining promotion to Division Two of the Northern League.^[3] In their first season they finished eleventh ^[4] and reached the quarter – final of the Northern League Cup.

During the 2008–09 season Birtley Town made their first appearance in the FA Vase. Given a bye in the First Round, they were drawn at home to Scarborough Athletic, the visitors winning the game 3–2 in front of a crowd of 240. They consolidated their position in the Northern League, improving their final league position to eighth ^[5] with 61 points from 38 matches.

Before starting their 2009–10 campaign, however, the club's main sponsor pulled out, leading to an exodus of players and a season in which they lost thirty of their thirty-eight matches, winning four, drawing four and ending the season with a final goal difference of minus seventy-four. They were knocked out of the FA Cup by Billingham Synthonia, losing 3–1 in a home Extra-Preliminary Round replay.^[6]

Current Squad

Position	Player	Position	Player
GK	MARK FISH	GK	DOM McMAHON
DF	GAVIN LISLE	DF	ANDREW BRUCE
DF	MATHEW SOULSBY	DF	CHRIS KILLEEN
MF	SCOTT ARNOTT (CAPTAIN)	MF	JAKE NICOLSON
DF	OWEN LANCASTER	MF	ALEX GRAHAM
MF	MARK BAILES	MF	JAK MITCHELL
MF	ROBERT SMITH	MF	ANDY TOWNEND
FW	ANDREW CLARKSON	FW	ANTHONY WARD
MF	MATHEW ALLISON	DF	BAILEY HUNTER
DF	GRANT BOYD	FW	LEE BEST
FW	DAMON ELLIS	MF	CALLUM BOAKES

Youth teams

There is a wide range of youth teams form under 7's up, with the under 18 side of 2012/2013 season entering the FA Youth Cup the first Junior Birtley side to do so beating Scarborough at home 3-0 before losing their next game 1-0 at Bedlington Terriers there has been some professional footballers that have made it from Birtley such as Sheffield Wednesday and Ex Carlise Gary Madine and Chelsea Reserve Vice-Captain Carl Magnay.

Honours

Wearside League Division One Champions – 2002–03, 2006–07
Wearside League Division Two Champions – 1994–95
League Challenge Cup
Winners – 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06
Finalists – 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
Monkwearmouth Cup Winners – 2001–02
Shipowners' Cup Finalists – 2001–02

Records

FA Vase best performance: Second Round Qualifying – 2008–09, 2009–10
FA Cup best performance: Extra-Preliminary Round – 2009–10
Northern League best league position: 8th, Division 2 – 2008–09

References

↑ "1990's". Wearside-football-league.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
↑ "Tyne - Junior Football - News & Talk". BBC. 2004-04-05. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
↑ "Club Details". Northern League. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
↑ "Northern League Archive Division Two Table". Northernleague.org. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
↑ "Northern League Archive Division Two Table". Northernleague.org. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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External links

Birtley Town at the Football Club History Database

Northern League

Division One	Ashington Bedlington Terriers Bishop Auckland Consett Dunston UTS Durham City Guisborough Town Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association Marske United Morpeth Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Norton & Stockton Ancients Penrith Seaham Red Star Shildon Sunderland Ryhope Community Association Washington West Allotment Celtic West Auckland Town Whitley Bay

Division Two	Alnwick Town Billingham Synthonia Billingham Town Birtley Town Brandon United Chester-le-Street Town Crook Town Darlington Railway Athletic Easington Colliery Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Ryhope Colliery Welfare Ryton & Crawcrook Albion South Shields Stokesley Sports Club Team Northumbria Thornaby Tow Law Town Whickham Willington

Seasons	1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015-16

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