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It has been confirmed that the funeral of Ray Baines will take place at St Paul's in Ryhope, on Monday, 5 September 2011 at 12.45.

Sadly, last night Ray Baines, one of our club Presidents, passed away.

Ray will always be remembered for his dedication to the cause with unbelievable effort and commitment. His ashes will be scattered at the ground as he requested. I will update about funeral arrangements as soon as possible.

We promised Ray that one day RCA would be top of the league. Well we got to that position on your final day on this pitch!

No doubt you will keep an eye on us from a very comfortable chair in Heaven!

Ray, the club will miss you. R.I.P.

Our 2010-11 Season Review, attached to this post, does what it says on the cover: looks back on our first season in the Northern League Division 1 since the 1987-88 season. After a difficult start, it was a successful campaign. Under the leadership of Neil Hixon and his team, we now have self-belief and want to progress as a club.

Enjoy the review and please forward it to anyone you think might be interested in the SRCA project.

Click here for a slideshow of photos from the match.

Through rain hard enough for Noah to have readied his ark, Durham City and RCA served up an entertaining performance of end-to-end football.

With the exception of defensive errors and missed opportunities in the second half, this was RCA's best performance in their pre-season run. Not that anyone would have guessed that in the first minute when Durham opened the scoring. Lee Owens equalised soon after and gave RCA the lead from the penalty spot after Brian Close was upended.