Saturday's results and scorers. FA Cup first qualifying round. Bedlington 4 (og, Graham, Douglas, Richardson)Newcastle Benfield 0, Hebburn 2 (McBryde 2) Penrith 0, Kendal 1 Whitley Bay 0, Parkgate 1 Whitby 3, Shildon 0 Ashington 0
Darlington suffered another setback when they held at home by Hayes & Yeading and needed a late equaliser to avoid an embarrassing defeat. The visitors, a part-time outfit who had lost all four of their previous away matches this term, took
MARVIN Emnes hit the winner as ten-man Middlesbrough held on to beat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park – a result which took Tony Mowbray’s side top of the Championship.Boro had to hold on after losing Joe Bennett to a second yellow
TWO goals from Colin Nish and one from Nobby Solano put Hartlepool United into fifth in League One. Pools enjoyed a routine win over struggling Bury at Victoria Park as they extended their best ever start to a season to eight unbeaten games
NEWCASTLE UNITED and Aston Villa's unbeaten starts to the season continue, but it could have been even better for the Magpies.NEWCASTLE UNITED and Aston Villa's unbeaten starts to the season continue, but it could have been even better for the Magpies.Once
RUNNERS from around the world are in the North-East this weekend to take part in the 31st Great North Run. More than 54,000 people are expected to take part in the famous half-marathon between Newcastle and South Shields tomorrow. World 5,000m champion
TONY Mowbray makes one change to his Middlesbrough side for today's game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Faris Haroun comes in for Stephen McManus, with Rhys Williams dropping back into defence New signing Alex Nimely misses out after his
TWO friends who were convicted of rape following a sex attack on an intoxicated teenage girl have been jailed. A jury found Mark Gallagher and Scott Duggan guilty last month of raping the girl, who had been on a three-day drink and drugs binge, in
Tadhg Purcell comes in for his second Darlington debut as one of four changes as manager Mark Cooper seeks a reaction to consecutive defeats. The Irish striker has returned to the club on loan from Northampton Town, taking the number nine shirt
SUMMER signing Demba Ba has been recalled to Newcastle United's starting line-up at Aston Villa today in the battle to preserve unbeaten starts to the Premier League season.The Magpies' manager Alan Pardew has left out Shola Ameobi following his lacklustre
A FANTABULOUS word and some fantastic quotes have been used to describe this week's proposed redrawing of the constituency boundaries. The fantabulous word is "gerrymandering", which was coined in 1812 when Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts
PART of a town centre sealed off after a shop collapsed is unlikely to reopen until next week. A section of Newgate Street, in Bishop Auckland, had to be closed when the rear wall and three floors of the Mothercare store collapsed at 2pm on Thursday.
THE father of a girl whose life was saved by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has appealed for a rethink after councillors launched enforcement action at the service’s only base in North Yorkshire. The call follows a decision by Hambleton District councillors
FOUR robbers who carried out a professionally planned raid as cash was being delivered to a store are starting lengthy jail sentences. The quartet, wearing forensic suits and balaclavas, escaped with £115,000 after two security guards were manhandled
A LEARNER driver who had already killed a friend in a drunken motorbike smash was jailed for seven years yesterday after admitting causing the death by dangerous driving of his girlfriend while showing off in his sports car. Graeme Eden, 31, of Halesworth
JIMMY Gopperth has revealed Newcastle Falcons will be targeting his opposite number, George Ford, when Leicester Tigers travel to Kingston Park this afternoon. Today's game pits the bottom two sides in the Aviva Premiership against each other, with Leicester
Tadhg Purcell makes his second Darlington debut today hoping for the same outcome as on his first outing in Quakers colours. In January last year, the Irishman scored in a morale-boosting win at Rotherham and a repeat performance against Hayes & Yeading
Cameron Jerome is ready to battle for a regular starting spot in the Stoke side after marking his debut for the club with a goal in Thursday's 1-1 draw with Dynamo Kiev. Jerome was paired up front with Kenwyne Jones for the Europa League Group E opener
AFTER a two-year hiatus, Darlington boxer Chris 'Hightower' Burton will return to the ring when he takes on Rasani Hastings in the Summer Rumble at Rainton Meadows tomorrow night. The 30-year-old has been out of action since injuring his elbow while
TWO centres returning to their roots today are Fred Burdon with Blaydon and Shaun Richardson at Middlesbrough. Burdon, who played with Blaydon's junior sides while at Newcastle RGS, is a Cambridge Blue who played for England Under-16s. He recently trained
POLICE have arrested a man on suspicion of false imprisonment after a stand-off in Stockton overnight. A section of Yarm Road was cordoned off by police following a report of a disturbance at a house at 3.50pm yesterday. Two men, aged 31 and 43, were
THE William Hill Ayr Gold Cup is one of the most valuable and prestigious handicaps of the year and we at victorchandler.com are betting a quarter the odds for the first five places on this cracking betting heat. The draw was screened live by Racing
A 27-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear in court this morning charged with murder following the death of a 22-year-old from severe head injuries. Lee Lockwood, 22, was found injured at a house in Greencroft Walk, Park End, Middlesbrough. It is believed
A MAN convicted yesterday of murdering his teenage nephew after they had a petty argument over a mobile phone has been told he will be jailed for life. Alan Cooper knifed 14-year-old Jordan Cooper to death in front of the victim’s grandmother – the killer
MANY of Yorkshire trainers name The William Hill Ayr Gold Cup as the race they would like to win the most, and many of them are quite good at working out what it takes. In the last 12 years Dandy Nicholls has made a habit of winning it - six times it
JO Pavey is hoping tomorrow's Bupa Great North Run proves a significant stepping stone on the route to next year's Olympic marathon in London. Pavey is currently the only British runner to have achieved the qualifying time for next summer's Olympic event
WHEN it comes to British distance running, nowhere does it quite like the North-East. Hebburn-born Brendan Foster won Olympic bronze, European gold and set the world two-mile record. Northumberland's Mike McLeod claimed Olympic 10,000m silver and won
A TRUCK driver has died after being thrown across his wagon by a strong gust of wind during Monday’s gales. An inquest will be opened into the death of John Hind, 62, of Darlington on Monday. Mr Hind, who worked for Roadstone Aggregates, based in
IT'S almost 20 years since Hartlepool United had a start to the season anywhere near as successful as this one and Mick Wadsworth and co have re-introduced the feel-good factor to the club. Not since Alan Murray's side went six games unbeaten at the
NEW Sunderland striker Nicklas Bendtner believes regular first-team football at the Stadium of Light will help him fulfill his ambition of becoming the top goalscorer in the Premier League. Bendtner swapped north London for Wearside on transfer deadline
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish is pondering a change of formation and personnel as the club look to pick up their second Barclays Premier League win of the season at home to Newcastle today. Villa will be without Emile Heskey for up to three weeks
UNDER-FIRE Sunderland boss Steve Bruce insists he has a good relationship with owner Ellis Short, but admits he will not take his support for granted if results don't improve. The Black Cats are still looking for their first win of the campaign after
SENIOR Newcastle United officials have been quick to express their unhappiness at the way certain national media organisations reported Asamoah Gyan's surprise loan move from Sunderland to Al-Ain last weekend. On the whole, reports tended to focus on
JO Pavey is hoping tomorrow's Bupa Great North Run proves a significant stepping stone on the route to next year's Olympic marathon in London. Pavey is currently the only British runner to have achieved the qualifying time for next summer's Olympic event
AS someone who made his Middlesbrough debut back in December 2004, Matthew Bates has seen more than his fair share of difficult times on the banks of the Tees. The trauma of relegation from the Premier League, the downward spiral during the dark days
A DARLINGTON soldier who returned to Afghanistan as a replacement for a wounded comrade has been killed while on patrol. Lance Corporal Jonathan James McKinlay, who previously served as an instructor at the Infantry Training Centre, at Catterick Garrison
THEY may have missed out on signing a striker on transfer deadline day but in Leon Best, Newcastle have a player determined to prove himself as a top goalscorer in the Premier League. Much was made of Newcastle's failure to land a forward after eight
MORPETH veteran Ian Hudspith looks set to give himself an early birthday present by winning the prize for the first North-East finisher in tomorrow's Great North Run. The former Great Britain international - 41 next Friday - lost out in the big half
ROO'S THAT GUY? Manchester United entertain Chelsea in the biggest Premier League clash of the weekend tomorrow, and all eyes will be on the in-form Wayne Rooney. The Manchester United striker will be out to secure a hat-trick of hat-tricks after recording
JIMMY Gopperth has revealed Newcastle Falcons will be targeting his opposite number, George Ford, when Leicester Tigers travel to Kingston Park this afternoon. Today's game pits the bottom two sides in the Aviva Premiership against each other, with Leicester
TOP-CLASS rallycross will return to the region later this year after Croft Circuit was selected to host the prestigious British Rallycross Grand Prix on Sunday, November 6. The event will mark the popular sport's return to North Yorkshire after a two-year
WHEN it comes to British distance running, nowhere does it quite like the North-East. Hebburn-born Brendan Foster won Olympic bronze, European gold and set the world two-mile record. Northumberland's Mike McLeod claimed Olympic 10,000m silver and won
CRYSTAL Palace midfielder Darren Ambrose reckons the club's current crop of youngsters are as good as any in the Championship. Middlesbrough travel to Selhurst Park this afternoon with Tony Mowbray expected to name a side packed with Academy products
MIDDLESBROUGH are expected to include 20-year-old striker Alex Nimely in their squad for this afternoon's Championship away game at Crystal Palace. Boro officials rushed through the Manchester City forward's three-month loan yesterday in an attempt to
HUNDREDS of office workers facing an uncertain future at the headquarters of Southern Cross Healthcare are expected to retain their jobs providing services to the new operators of its homes. Since announcing in July it was closing the business, the
