Match reports

Taylor Richardson drives at the North Shields defence during the first half of the match.

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Following Saturday’s home defeat to Northallerton Town, Sunderland RCA made the short trip up the A19 for what, on paper at least, looked to be the toughest test of the season so far.

RCA made four changes to the side beaten on Saturday: into the starting XI came Ball, Allen, Best and Johnson, replacing Marrs, Thompson, Swansbury and Annang-Colquhoun.

The teams lined up as follows:

North Shields: Purvis, Cassidy, Walker, Ormston, Myers, Brannen, Forster, Cunningham, Wilson, Robinson, Brooks. Subs: Carr, Leonard, Smith, Lamb,Cartright.

Sunderland RCA: Ball, Allen, Carr, Jakab, Errington, Hawkins, Hennis, Best, Davison, Johnson, Richardson. Subs: Croft, Lawrence, Annang-Colquhoun, Pinder, Coghlan.

Michael Annang-Colquhoun slots home RCA's fifth goal of the match.

Sunderland RCA welcomed Bishop Auckland to Sunderland LGV Park for this Extra Preliminary round of the FA Cup. Both sides have enjoyed good runs in this competition in recent years and would be looking to kick start another run today.

The pitch looked in superb condition and the forecast of rain before kick off did not materialise. So the stage was set for an entertaining afternoon of football.

The management team made three changes to the team with Carr, Swansbury and Richardson replacing the injured Lawrence, Coghlan and Thompson. Both Thompson and Johnson were not fully fit but were included on the bench.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Jakab, Carr, Errington, Swansbury,    Hawkins ©, Hennis, Fairley, Davison, Annang-Colquhoun, Richardson. Subs: Thompson, Ball, Lennox, Pinder, Johnson, Carling, Partridge.

Bishop Auckland: Liversedge, Rutherford, Pilling, Martin, Oakley, Gardner, Ameen, Lane, Winn, Hewson, Murphy. Subs: Malcolm, C Lamb, J Lamb, Taylor, Nixon, Harland.

Match winner Mark Davison warms the hands of Ryhope CW's James Winter during the first half of the match.

A very warm welcome back to football to our supporters who have been denied access to league matches since last December.

Since the start of the enforced lockdown there have been a number of changes at Sunderland LGV Park. The refurbished stand and re-painted clubhouse front are looking superb while the pitch is looking immaculate thanks to the magnificent efforts of the groundstaff. Dave, George and Graham ably assisted by Norman.

There have also been many changes to the team with the resignation of Martin Swales, his successor Steve Riley brought in Leon Carling and Dan Madden to assist him and they have quietly gone about the process of rebuilding the team with a mixture of Youth and Experience.

The league season began with the visit of neighbours, Ryhope CW to Sunderland LGV Park for the first local derby of the season.

A decent crowd of 168 were in attendance for the start of this long awaited resumption of competitive football.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Carr, Jakab, Errington, Coghlan, Hennis, Hawkins ©, Johnson, Davison, Annang-Colquhoun. Subs: Best, Milburn, Richardson, Lawrence, Thompson.

Ryhope CW: Winter, Wade, Gordon, Riding, Garside, Trewick, Vincent, Wallace, Hird, Bird, Scothern. Subs: Morris, Harkess, Dart, Watson, Slack.

Sunderland RCA travelled to Willington fr this pre-season friendly. With the manager on holiday and a number of players working or injured the team lined up as follows:

Ball,Lawrence, Cox,Carling, Errington, Coghlan,Milburn, Best, Annang-Colquhoun, Thompson, Richardson. (4-3-3). Subs: Fairley, Dorward, Wilson, Lennox, Bell, Partridge, Moncur, 

The game kicked off with Willington taking advantage of the slope and although RCA had the better of the opening 10 minutes they were unable create anything in the final third.