Updated 4:53am 17 May 2012

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Steve Brown

Steve Brown

Dunston UTS Bully way to FA Vase victory

YOU can’t beat a bit of Bully. Not even if you are West Auckland.Read

Dunston UTS players deserve every bit of credit

BILLY IRWIN last night heaped praise on his Dunston UTS FA Vase winners, and declared the victory the "proudest moment of my managerial career".Read

Killer touch passed from father to son Michael Dixon

ON the odd occasion Michael Dixon shoots and misses, someone will invariably observe that ‘Your dad would have scored that!’.Read

It’s better late than never for Chris Swailes

INADVERTENTLY, the FA Vase kick-started Chris Swailes’ football career. Even at 41, he is determined this Sunday’s final – and the school run – won’t end it.Read

Paul heeds call, and is now living the dream in FA Vase

ON an idle Saturday after parting company with Birtley Town, Paul Foster was watching horse-racing in the William IV Hotel, up that way, when he received a call that has, ultimately, made a dream come true.Read

Michael Robson finally gets FA Vase chance

AT 21, Michael Robson walked into Dunston UTS – the Fed, then – and won back-to-back trebles.Read

FA Vase final

AS much as Shaun Reay, Ged Dalton and Robbie Dale, more so even, Mark Bell was the hero of Blyth Spartans’ giant-killing FA Cup run of 2008-09.Read

FA Vase final eagerly awaited by Andrew Clark

TICKING another item off his bucket list, Andrew Clark can’t wait for the FA Vase final. And he’s not even likely to play, writes STEVE BROWN.Read

Laws hoping for a clean break in final

RACHEL Laws has kept six clean sheets in nine games this season. One more would be perfect.Read

Darlington FC saved, but future is in the air

THE future of Darlington Football Club was secured yesterday, but where that future lies – geographically, and in which division – remains to be seen.Read

West Auckland Town look to make that final step

BUOYED by a balance of hope and expectation, some of West Auckland Town’s committee members believed they’d be Wembley-bound long before they actually were.Read

Ian Herron delighted he did not retire

TWO years ago Ian Herron was considering retirement, from the STL Northern League at least.Read

Newcastle Reserves 4 Team Northumbria 4

IT has been a season of no little graduation, and there may be more to come.Read

Students can prove they’re a class act

NEWCASTLE United reserves have won it a record 35 times, and twice in the last three years. Willie Donachie expects to win it again.Read

Bogie call to send Gateshead fans out on a high

AS a season of frustration-tinged progress ends, Ian Bogie has told his players to send Gateshead fans home with high hopes for next term.Read

Sunderland Women keen to be top of the class

SUNDERLAND Women face their final FA Women’s Premier League examination tomorrow, with teacher Nicola Devine keen to see her side finish top of the class.Read

Six-month slog is at its end for Darlo boss Liddle

A TRAUMATIC, six-month slog is, mercifully, nearing an end, Craig Liddle having managed Darlington with “both hands tied behind my back, my legs tied together and blind-folded!”.Read

Ian Bogie says Luton Town visit is a "massive game"

THE play-offs are beyond Gateshead, but Ian Bogie insists tonight's visit of Luton Town remains a "massive game".Read

Hinckley Utd 1 Blyth Spartans 3

FOR possibly the first time since becoming manager, Tommy Cassidy enjoyed a Blyth Spartans game on Saturday.Read

Darlington FC priority is to get one more win

DOWN but not, yet, out of business, Darlington have been challenged to end the season with a long-overdue win.Read

Author Profile

Steve Brown is a sports writer, specialising in non-league football. He joined the company in 1999 after two years at the Berwickshire News, and covered Middlesbrough for a decade before his promotion to grassroots sport.

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