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, Birtley

Capacity

200+ (50 seats in stand)

Manager

Mark Pae

League

Northern Alliance Premier Division

2015–16

Northern League Division Two, 21st (relegated)

Home colours

Birtley Town Football Club is a football club based in Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. They are currently members of the Northern Alliance Premier Division.

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	CRAIG JONES	GK	DANNY LISTER
GK	PHIL MILLS	DEF	GRAEME BARBER
DEF	OLIVER BONE	DEF	REECE CHAPMAN
DEF	JAMIE DIXON	DEF	MARTIN GUY
DEF	SIMON HAY	DEF	JACK PEARSON
DEF	COLBY MOFFATT	DEF	PHIL QUIGLEY
DEF	MATTHEW SLATER	DEF	JASON SNOWBALL
MID	JAMES ALLSOPP (CAPTAIN)	MID	JACK ARMSTRONG
MID	TONY FERNANDEZ	MID	DANIEL HILL
MID	DAN IRVING (VICE CAPTAIN)	MID	CHARLIE LAMB
MID	CHRIS LAMB	MID	RICHI CUNNINGHAM
MID	SHAUN TODHUNTER	ATT	JOSHUA CLARK
ATT	LEE CUTHBERTSON	ATT	AARON MCEWEN
ATT	CHRIS MORRIS	ATT	TONY SMITH
ATT	STEVEN TELFORD		ANDREW CLARKSON

^[7]

Youth teams

There are a wide range of youth teams from under 7's up to under 18's with the under 18 side of the 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 have also been some footballers that have made it professionally from Birtley such as current Bolton Wanderers FC striker Gary Madine and former 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: First Round – 2010-11 ^[8]
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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↑ http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/birtleytownfc/teams/120401/the-team
↑ http://www.fchd.info/BIRTLEYT.HTM

External links

Birtley Town at the Football Club History Database

Northern League

Division One	Ashington Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Town Consett Dunston UTS Guisborough Town Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association Marske United Morpeth Town Newcastle Benfield Newton Aycliffe North Shields Penrith Ryhope Colliery Welfare Seaham Red Star Shildon South Shields Sunderland Ryhope Community Association Washington West Allotment Celtic West Auckland Town Whitley Bay

Division Two	Alnwick Town Bedlington Terriers Billingham Synthonia Billingham Town Blyth Town Brandon United Crook Town Darlington Railway Athletic Durham City Easington Colliery Esh Winning Heaton Stannington Hebburn Town Northallerton Town Norton & Stockton Ancients Ryton & Crawcrook Albion Stockton Town 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 2016–17

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