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West Auckland Town 5 Sunderland RCA 1

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 20 November 2022
Saturday, 19 November 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

Andre Bennett in the thick of the action.

On our travels again this time to the Wanted Stadium to face West Auckland Town for this EBAC Northern League Division 1 fixture.

RCA were hoping to stop a run of six consecutive defeats while West Auckland has drawn three of their last four matches.

The RCA management team, without the services of Moan and Lavery through suspension and Hall injured, named an unchanged starting eleven.

The teams lined up as follows:

West Auckland Town: Cameron, Hegarty, Short, Potter, Brown, Harwood (c), Hume, Ellis, Blinco, Nicholson, Jackson. Subs: Lukeman, Heslop, McGeorge, Wright, Wade.

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Morris, Charlton (c), Allen, Hawkins, Nelson, Trewick, Bennett, Davison, Patton, Fryatt. Subs:  Lawrence, Annang-Colquhoun, Richards, Ezard, Ene.

West Allotment Celtic 3 Sunderland RCA 1

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 13 November 2022
Saturday, 12 November 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

Max Allen in action during the second half of the match.

RCA travelled to the East Palmersville Sports Pavilion for this Ebac Northern League fixture against West Allotment Celtic. The previous encounter between the two clubs earlier in the season ended in a 0-0 draw.

RCA’s injury list continues to grow with Mikey still out with an ankle Injury, Hall struggling with a groin/hamstring problem; Lavery also has a tight hamstring and Jakab suffering knee problems. Added to that the suspension of Moan meant that the management team had to rely on bringing in both Patton and Morris who haven’t played competitive football for two weeks.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Nelson, Charlton ©, Allen, Hawkins, Trewick, Fryatt, Bennett, Davison, Patton, Morris. Subs:  Lavery, Hall, Richards, Lawrence, Ezard

West Allotment Celtic: Gladstone, Higgins, Parkinson, Forster, Scott ©, Errington, Pearson, Kanda, Bates, Larmouth, Lowery-Matondo. Subs: Gaffney, Scott, Thompson, Conway, Martins.

To commemorate Armistice Day there was an impeccably observed minute's silence held before the match.

Sunderland RCA 1 Newcastle Benfield 2

Submitted by Rob Jones on Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Tuesday, 8 November 2022 - 7:30pm
Northern League 1

Daniel Hawkins hits the side netting with a second half volley.

Tonight we welcome our visitors Newcastle Benfield to Sunderland LGV Park for this Ebac Northern League Division I fixture.

The Management team made two changes to the team, with Hall replacing Madden and Hawkins installed as a make-shift centre forward to replace the injured Annang-Colquhoun.

After four straight defeats RCA were looking to get back to winning ways against a formidable Benfield team who have risen steadily up the table.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Nelson, Charlton, Allen, Hall, Trewick, Bennett, Moan, Hawkins, Fryatt, Lavery. Subs; Lawrence, Richards, Davison, Kharufa, Ezard.

Newcastle Benfield: Grainger, Varga, Watts, Errington, McNamara, Leech, Green, Dibb-Fuller, Brayson, Hayley, Gascoigne. Subs: Richardson, Leanard, Read, McGorrigan, Knight.

Guisborough Town 2 Sunderland RCA 1

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 6 November 2022
Saturday, 5 November 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

Keaton Marrs punches clear a Guisborough Town free kick.

Another trip into North Yorkshire this time to play Guisborough Town who are currently on a three game winning streak, while we have suffered three defeats in a row.

A massive selection problem for the management team in defence, with Allen the only recognised central defender fully fit, the late signing of Assistant Manager Dan Madden eased the situation although he has not played for over a year.

With suspensions and injuries we were once again down to the bare bones.

So the teams lined up as follows:

Guisborough Town: Cowey, Cann, Blackford, Hood ©, Frazer, O’Sullivan, Fielding, Mohammed, Diccico. Kiernan, Scaife-Wheatley. Subs: Blackburn, Bailey, Best, Dick

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Nelson, Charlton, Allen, Madden, Trewick, Bennett, Moan, Annang-Colquhoun, Fryatt, Lavery. Subs: Richards, Davison, Kharufa, Ezard.

Sunderland RCA 1 Northallerton Town 3

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 30 October 2022
Saturday, 29 October 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

Max Allen blocks a goal bound effort during the second half of the match.

Northallerton Town were the visitors for this Ebac Northern League Division 1 clash. After a shaky start to the season they have amassed seven points from their last five games and moved away from the relegation zone, although it remains tight with only five points separating the bottom five teams.

A difficult day last week at Pickering saw three players red carded and despite a spirited final 10 minutes we were unable to get an equaliser.

It will be said many times in dressing rooms in the Northern League that it is difficult enough to win a game with 11 men never mind with 10 or less. Every game in this league is competitive.

So to today’s game missing four players through suspension, two with injuries and two with work commitments it was very much a matter of who was fit enough to play. We welcomed back Daniel Hawkins after a long term injury.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Nelson, Lavery, Allen, Hawkins, Charlton ©, Ene, Bennett, Annang-Colquhoun, Fryatt, Lawrence. Subs, Richards, Davison, Jobling, Ezard.

Northallerton Town: Hassall, Snook, Hope, Ryder, Graham, Cocks, Stapley, Stephenson ©, Shepherd, Howard, Waters. Subs: Chidanyika, Lancaster, Parker, Rae, Jones.

Pickering Town 2 Sunderland RCA 1

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 23 October 2022
Saturday, 22 October 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

RCA made the long trip over the North Yorkshire moors to visit Pickering Town in this Ebac Northern League Division 1 clash. Pickering have struggled to find their form this season while RCA, after a fairly upbeat few weeks, were brought down to earth with a bump against league leaders Bishop Auckland.

Callum Guy and Mark Davison returned to the starting eleven replacing the suspended Denver Morris and the less than 100% fit Michael Annang-Colquhoun.

The teams lined up as follows:

Pickering Town: Richardson, Godden, Thornton, Mills, Roddam, Poole, Wright, Barnes, Jessop, Brooksby ©, Love. Subs: Dawes, Alongohuro, Ferreira, Cattaneo, Maeer.

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Lavery, Hall, Jakab, Charlton ©, Bennett, Moan, Davison, Fryatt, Guy. Subs: Annang-Colquhoun, Charmey, Nelson. Lawrence, Patton.

Sunderland RCA 0 Bishop Auckland 2

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 16 October 2022
Saturday, 15 October 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

Callum Guy has a shot blocked by Bishop Auckland goalkeeper Nick Liversedge.

'A Life of Pie', the Northern League blog is here.

RCA welcomed Bishop Auckland to Sunderland LGV Park for the second time this season having been defeated 3-2 in the FA Vase earlier in the season. Both teams have started the season well with Bishop at the top of the table while RCA are in a very creditable fourth so a strongly contested match was anticipated.

A late fitness test declared Hall fit enough to start, RCA’s management team made two changes to the starting eleven who took all three points away to Crook Town bringing in Lavery and Morris to replace Nelson and Guy.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Lavery, Hall, Jakab, Moan, Morris, Charlton (c), Annang-Colquhoun, Fryatt, Bennett. Subs: Trewick, Davison, Guy, Charmey, Nelson.

Bishop Auckland: Liversedge, Burlace, Risborough, McGoldrick, Errington, Daley, Weirs, Gott ©, Giles, Fairley, Whitfield. Subs: Elgie, Carling, Milburn, Banks, Croft.

Prior to the game there was a minutes silence held in honour of David Hall, former RCA & RCW Chairman and long time supporter of both clubs, who sadly passed away on Friday. His infectious smile will be sadly missed around the Northern League grounds.

Sunderland RCA 6 Darlington RA 1

Submitted by Rob Jones on Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Tuesday, 11 October 2022 - 7:30pm
Durham County FA Frank Pattison Challenge Cup

Jordan Lavery drives at the Darlington RA defence.

The Durham County FA Challenge Cup paired us with Darlington RA from the Wearside League and we welcomed them to Sunderland LGV Park for their first visit since their relegation from Northern league Division 1 in 2007.

The management team rested a number of players for this match giving other players much needed game time. Into the starting lineup came Ezard, Richards, Lavery, Best, Charmey, and Davison. There were also places on the bench for Trewick and Ene.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Ezard, Richards, Lavery, Nelson, Jakab, Best, Morris, Charmey, Davison (c), Fryatt, Bennett. Subs: Trewick, Annang-Colquhoun, Ene, Moan, Lawrence.

 Darlington RA: Dickinson, Craggs, Hastie, Pattison, Gann, Jackson, Charlton, Soakell, Frears, Scott, Howell. Subs: Chaman, Hetherington, Brown.

Crook Town 0 Sunderland RCA 2

Submitted by Rob Jones on Sunday, 9 October 2022
Saturday, 8 October 2022 - 3:00pm
Northern League 1

Goal scorer Kyle Fryatt whips in a second half cross.

More photos from the match are here.

RCA travelled to The Sir Tom Cowie Millfield, to play Crook Town in this Ebac Northern League fixture. Crook are having an indifferent season so far and recent results show that they have won two and lost two of their last four games while RCA have only lost one of their last four and were looking to follow up their emphatic 4-0 victory over Tow Law Town in mid-week.

With no injury concerns from Tuesday’s match the management team named an unchanged starting eleven with Lavery, Morris and Lawrence all named on the bench after short term injuries.

The teams lined up as follows:

Crook Town: C Lamb, Winstanley, Pilling, J Lamb, Mitton, Walker, Metcalfe, Brown, Johnson, Parnaby, Forster. Subs: Ball, Irvine, Nash, Harrison.

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Charlton (c), Jakab, Hall, Jakab, Moan, Bennett, Nelson, Annang-Colquhoun, Guy, Fryatt. Subs: Charmey, Best, Lavery, Morris, Lawrence.

Sunderland RCA 4 Tow Law Town 1

Submitted by Rob Jones on Thursday, 6 October 2022
Tuesday, 4 October 2022 - 7:30pm
Northern League 1

Kieran Charlton makes a super run to set up RCA's third goal of the match.

After the disappointing performance on Saturday, the team had an opportunity to put things right against a Tow Law team who have made a decent start to their first season in Division I for ten years. The Lawyers were one place above RCA before tonight’s match.

As Sunderland AFC and Seaham Red Star were both at home this evening, and perhaps as a consequence of the below par performance on Saturday, we had our lowest attendance of the season.

The RCA faithful who did turn up on a bleak, drizzly autumn evening were not to be disappointed.

The manager refreshed from his short break is still without both Davison and Johnson (it seems Sunderland forwards are in very short supply at the moment). Other injuries included Patton, Lavery, Hawkins and Morris.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Charlton (c), Hall, Jakab, Moan, Bennett, Nelson, Annang-Colquhoun, Guy, Fryatt. Subs: Charmey, Best, Richards, Ene, Ezard.

Tow Law Town: Orton, Goldsborough, Joynes, Page, Bateman, Renshaw, Hardy, Craggs, Ardelean, McAloon, Marriott. Subs: Hurworth, Anderson-DaCosta, Sinden, Mallaburn, White.

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