Whitley Bay F.C.

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Whitley Bay

Full name

Whitley Bay Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Seahorses
The Bay

Founded

1897 (as Whitley & Monkseaton)

Ground

Hillheads Park, Whitley Bay

Capacity

4500

Chairman

Paul McIllduff

Manager

Ian Chandler

League

Northern Football League
Division One

2012–13

Northern Football League
Division One, 3rd

Home colours

Away colours

Whitley Bay Football Club (also known as The Bay, or The Seahorses) are an English football club based in the North-East of England. The present Whitley Bay Football Club was formed in 1950 and was known as Whitley Bay Athletic. Whitley Bay play their home matches at Hillheads Park, which is adjacent to the Whitley Bay Ice Rink in Whitley Bay and has a maximum capacity of 4,500. The club spent most of the 1990s playing in the Northern Premier League, since then, the club suffered following financial problems and they were relegated. They now play in the Northern League Division One.

History

There has been a football club in Whitley Bay since 1896 founded by Liam Patrick Mattimore ex Brazilian Captain. The first team was known as Whitley and Monkseaton F.C, it was later renamed to Monkseaton FC and then again renamed to Whitley Bay Athletic in 1950, after many years in the minor leagues.

From 1950 until 1955, Whitley Bay Athletic were members of the Northern Alliance League, in which the club had a great run of success. During these five seasons they won the League Championship, the League Cup (twice), and in 1952–53 they became the first amateur team to win the Northumberland Senior Cup in sixty-years; beating North Shields in front of 17,000 fans inside St James' Park. In 1955 the club decided to join the powerful North-Eastern League which was wholly made up of professional sides and for three seasons Whitley Bay struggled at the foot of the table. In 1958 a limited company was formed, the Athletic dropped from the title and a successful application to the Northern League was accepted on 14 June 1958 by a winning vote of 11–3.

Marc Wamsley (Ashington #3), Iain Nickalls (Ashington #6) and Phil Bell (Whitley Bay) contest a ball at the Northumberland Senior Cup 2010 Final at St James' Park.

During the 1960s Whitley Bay became one of the best amateur clubs in the country. They won the Northern League title in 1964–65 and 1965–66, as well as the Northern League Cup in 1964–65. Whitley Bay also won the Northumberland Senior Cup six times in the space of 10 years, and they were also runners up on another occasion. It was in the Amateur cup, the predecessor of the FA Trophy, that they rose to national prominence; twice reaching the semi-finals and reaching the quarter-finals four times. The quarter-final in 1965 saw Whitley Bay play Hendon, which set a club ground record, when 7,301 supporters made their way into the stadium, only to be disappointed by the final outcome which saw Hendon winning the match 3–1. March 18, 1968 saw the birth of the floodlights at Hillheads Park, Whitley Bay's first fixture to be played under them was a friendly match against Newcastle United.

The early 1970s saw Whitley Bay's success continue with even more silverware: winning the League Cup in 1970–71, and the County Cup in 1970–71 and 1972–73. With the demise of amateur football, the club's fortunes took a nosedive, culminating in them having to re-apply to the League in 1979–80. During the beginning of the 1980s, the club slowly began to turn their troubles around and the board of directors decided to appoint former player Bobby Graham as the team-manager in 1986. After this appointment the team's performances gradually started to improve. During Bobby's first season in charge he achieved Whitley Bay's highest league position in 15 years, finishing 5th. The club also enjoyed their best ever F.A Trophy run, as they reached the round of the last-sixteen. Finally, to finish a memorable season in charge, Whitley Bay also won the Northumberland Senior Cup, beating Newcastle Blue Star 2–1 at Hillheads Park.

In 1987–88, Whitley Bay were looking likely to become champions of the Northern League for most of the campaign. Unfortunately a bad run of injuries halted Whitley Bay's chances and later prevented them from winning the league. With the club's progress and success increasing rapidly, an agreement was made, and the club decided to apply to join the H.F.S. Loans League. The application was successful

During the 1989–90 season, Whitley Bay recorded their best ever F.A. Challenge Cup run, when they got to the third-round proper, beating Scarborough and Preston North End, only to lose 1–0 to Rochdale.

They became champions of the Northern Premier League First Division in the 1990–91 season, gaining promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division it wasn't until three seasons after gaining promotion that they achieved their highest ever final league position of 11th in the 1993–94 season. In 1994–95, the club was relegated from the Northern Premier League Premier Division back to the Northern Premier League First Division. It wasn't until five years later that Whitley Bay's supporters witnessed their club being relegated again, this time to the Northern Football League in 1999–2000.

They went on to win the F.A. Vase in the 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. They are the only team to have won the F.A. Vase four times.^[1]

Classic matches

Whitley Bay's home stadium Hillheads Park

On the 19 March 1966, Whitley Bay played Hendon in the F.A. Amateur Cup, Semi-Final at Roker Park. This was the first time that Northumberland had an amateur team to compete in the semi-final, and a crowd of just under 15,000 attended. The final match ended; Whitley Bay 2–1 Hendon.
In 1990, Whitley Bay beat Preston North End 2–0 at Hillheads in the second round of the F.A. Cup, reaching the third-round proper, only to be knocked out by Rochdale.
On the 11 May 2002, Whitley Bay won the FA Vase for the first time in their history, beating Tiptree United 1–0 in extra-time in the final at Villa Park.
Sunday 10 May 2009, they won the FA Vase for the second time, with a 2–0 victory over Glossop North End, where 12,212 supporters watched the kick-off inside Wembley Stadium.^[2] Whitley Bay manager Ian Chandler said that the win 'feels even better' ^[3] than when he last won the FA Vase back in 2002 as a player for Whitley Bay.
In 2010, Whitley Bay achieved a cup double. First they won the Northumberland Senior Cup, beating Ashington 2–1 at St. James` Park, and they also retained the FA Vase for the second year running, and the third time in their history. They beat Wroxham 6–1 at Wembley Stadium.^[4] A record for the quickest ever goal scored in Wembley's history was overwritten when Paul Chow opened the scoring after just 21 seconds into the match.
In 2011 Whitley Bay won the FA Vase for an unprecedented fourth time, and became the first team to win three FA Vases in succession and the first team to win three trophies consecutively at Wembley. They won 3–2 against Midland Alliance side Coalville Town with a brace from Paul Chow and a goal from Lee Kerr, making them the first two players to have scored in three FA Vase finals in a row.^[4]
On Sunday 10 February 2013, Whitley Bay played Ukrainian Premier League team Metalist Kharkiv ahead of the latter's Europa League game against Newcastle. The final result was 1-1 which was an excellent result for the Northern League side, Lee Paul Scroggins put them in front before Brazilian striker Cleiton Xavier equalised for the visitors. When the Ukrainians played Newcastle in the 1st leg 4 days later they held them to a controversial 0-0 draw after Papiss Cisse had two goals controversially ruled out for offside, the Magpies did however win the 2nd leg 1-0 in Kharkiv thanks to a Shola Ameobi penalty.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Tom Kindley
		GK	Micheal Hammond
		DF	James Novak
		DF	Liam Harris
		DF	Leon Ryan
		DF	Chris Reid
		DF	Craig Smith
		DF	Bradley Brooking
		DF	Ryan Lindsay
		MF	Craig McFarlane
		MF	Jarret Rivers
		MF	Chris Fawcett

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Stephen Buzzeo
		MF	Callum Anderson
		MF	Chris Moore
		MF	Michael McMullen
		MF	Alex Kempster
		MF	Dillon Blake
		FW	Andy Robertson
		FW	Paul Chow
		FW	Phil Airey
		FW	Tomi Ameobi

Certain information unknown.
Last updated – 14 January 2014

Club officials

Chairman: Paul McIlduff
Vice Chairman: Peter Siddle
Manager: Ian Chandler
Assistant Manager: Brian 'ANGRY MAN' Rowe
Coach: (VACANT)
Physiotherapist: Glen Martin
Goal Keeping Coach: (VACANT)
Kit Man: Dave Sproat
Reserve Team Secretary: Richard Stretton
Reserve Team Manager: Marc Nash
Academy Director: Chris Hutchinson

Finishing positions

League Results:^[5]^[6]

Key:

Honours

FA Vase
- Winners 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011
Northern Premier League
- Division One Champions 1990–91
- Division One Cup Winners 1988–89, 1990–91
Northern League
- Champions 1964–65, 1965–66, 2006–07
- Runners-up 1959–60, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70
- Challenge Cup Winners 1965, 1971
Northumberland Senior Cup
- Winners 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1987, 2005, 2010
- Runners-up 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1986, 1991, 2003, 2013

Records

Attendances

Record Attendance, (Hillheads Park) – 7,301 (v. Hendon – FA Amateur Cup, 1965)
Record Attendance, (Roker Park) – 14,109 (v. Hendon – FA Amateur Cup Semi-Final, 19 March 1966)

Results

Record Win – 12–0 (v. Shildon, 1961)
Record Defeat – 8–1 (v. Bishop Auckland, 1979)

Goals

Most goals scored in a season – 112 (1964–65)
Fewest goals scored in a season – 31 (1979–80)
Most goals conceded in a season – 90 (1979–80)
Fewest goals conceded in a season – 26 (1969–70)

Player

Record Appearances – Brian Oakley – 441
Record Goalscorer – Billy Wright – 307
Most goals scored by a single player in a season – Billy Wright – 51 (1964–65)
Most goals scored by a single player in a match – Ken Bowron – 6 (1961–62)
Record transfer fee received – £10,000 for Kevin Todd to Berwick Rangers

References

↑ "Whitley Bay FC Club History". WBFC.
↑ http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFAVase/Results.aspx
↑ Monday, 11 May 2009 (2009-05-11). "Chandler's Vase pride". TheFA.com. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "History as Bay clinch third Vase". The FA. 2010-05-09. Retrieved 201-05-12.
↑ Northern League Archives, Northern League Official Website, 2010.
↑ Rundle, Richard. Whitley Bay, Football Club History Database, 2006.

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