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Wearside league

IT looks as if Harton and Westoe have come to the end of the road and are about to resign from the Wearside League. They failed to fulfil their midweek fixture and today’s game at Wolviston has also been called off. Read

Northern Alliance

WITH their lease due to end in 18 months’ time and hope fading of a new home, Alnwick Town are facing a doubtful future. Read

Blue Square North

AFTER taking one point from their last three Blue Square North games, manager Ian Bogie is looking for a big improvement in Gateshead’s form when they line up against Witton Albion at the International Stadium in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup this afternoon.we progress to the next round. Not only will our fans expect us to win against a side from the UniBond League Premier Division, but financially there are big rewards if you move forward and especially if your reach the first round proper. Read

Skilltrainingltd Northern league

WHITLEY Bay and Newcastle Benfield Bay Plastics will this afternoon fly the flag on behalf of the Skilltrainingltd Northern League in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup. Read

Non-league round-up

GATESHEAD manager Ian Bogie handed a debut to the former Newcastle Blue Star prolific scorer Lee Novak but he was unable to prevent his new side from suffering a 1-0 defeat against Stafford Rangers in last night’s Blue Square North game at the International Stadium. Read

Winning all that counts for Wilson

CARLING Cup progress and not the prospect of a prestige tie is the motivation for Danny Wilson as he takes his Hartlepool team to Elland Road to meet Leeds United tonight. Read

Hartlepool United 3, Oldham Athletic 3

GAMES like this come along all too rarely, and when they do they leave players and fans breathless and managers with a few more grey hairs. Read

Clinical Leeds just too good

THE League One gold standard has been nudged up another notch this season and for all the summer improvements made under John Ward’s astute stewardship, Carlisle United still find themselves hanging on to the coat-tails of the division’s pace-setters. Read

Darlington 3, Accrington Stanley 0

DARLINGTON manager Dave Penney hasn’t set any sort of goal-scoring target for Saturday’s hero Billy Clarke. Read

Gateshead 1, AFC Telford 1

GATESHEAD were not at their best but were still good enough to take a point from AFC Telford in the Blue Square North game at the International Stadium. Read

Wearside league

ALL but two sides were involved in the Sunderland Shipowners’ Cup when nine ties produced a surfeit of goals. Read

Skilltrainingltd Northern League

Sunderland RCA, languishing mid-table in Division Two, spectacularly defeated First Division West Auckland Town but Billingham Town crashed out to Northern Alliance Premier Division team Peterlee Town. Read

Northern Alliance

THERE should be a full programme, weather permitting, with Newcastle University finally kicking off their season. Read

Skilltrainingltd Northern League

BIRTLEY Town have been forced to switch today’s FA Vase second qualifying round tie with Scarborough Athletic to Albany Park, Washington because the Birtley Sports Complex is flooded with contaminated water. Read

Cats boss is true legend, admits Mido

THE sales pitch Roy Keane mounted a year ago to try and persuade Mido to sign for Sunderland may not have met with much success, but it left an indelible mark on the Egypt striker. Read

Stylish Quakers desperate for points

DARLINGTON are playing much better football than the side which set the pace in last season’s League Two – but it is the consistency which got them there manager Dave Penney is searching for. Read

Gareth: We’ll do it our way

WHILE Roy Keane spent the best part of £40m recruiting players of proven Premier League pedigree this summer, Gareth Southgate’s budgetary constraints left him plotting much more gradual team-building. Read

Non-league round-up

CONSETT will replay their First Qualifying Round FA Cup tie at North Ferriby United next Tuesday after the sides shared an eight-goal thriller at Belle Vue Park last night. Read

Portsmouth 2, Middlesbrough 1

THERE were two winners at Fratton Park on Saturday – Portsmouth FC and Roy Keane. Read

Darlington 2, Port Vale 1

VERSATILE winger Franz Burgmeier shone on both flanks as Darlington won at home for the first time this season. Read

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