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Post by bigcbeat1 on Feb 3, 2024 6:48:55 GMT
I know Simon at Newbiggin , Your spot on Hoopy they are aiming for the Nl I for one believe they will make it in the 3 years. Ponteland Utd are also looking progress . There’s also Cramlington and Burradon & New Fordley with ambitions. Sometimes clubs ambitions crash and burn, like Killingworth spectacularly did with off field issues. Sometimes clubs just can’t afford to develop their grounds and other times there’s planning issues. But in my opinion all the clubs are years off from ever being in a position to even consider applying for promotion. Good luck to them all though. Newbiggin will be putting plans in place now and with Alnwick almost certain to return this season it wouldn’t surprise me to see them up next year.
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Post by handifan on Feb 3, 2024 21:37:51 GMT
To sum up the thread…..the unflushable northern league turd has finally floated to the top.
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Post by shieldsjoyrider on Feb 5, 2024 11:18:10 GMT
Realistically
I’d say Blyth and Spennymoor teams of 1970/1980 period
Blyth with their FA cup runs and Spenny’s FA Trophy run and their dominance of the league in this period
I DO not support either , but the fact Blyth left about 30 years ago and haven’t looked back - had further Cup runs and developed Croft park into a ground with cover on 4 sides
No club in NE has come close to this
All money spent on players
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 5, 2024 13:30:52 GMT
Realistically I’d say Blyth and Spennymoor teams of 1970/1980 period Blyth with their FA cup runs and Spenny’s FA Trophy run and their dominance of the league in this period I DO not support either , but the fact Blyth left about 30 years ago and haven’t looked back - had further Cup runs and developed Croft park into a ground with cover on 4 sides No club in NE has come close to this All money spent on players The Bishops' sides of the 80s. Winning the NL back to back in the mid 80s and then leaving shortly afterwards for the NPL - leaving the likes of Blyth and Spennymoor UNITED to follow in later years. Bishops' also reached the FA Cup Second Round in that period along with multiple First Round Proper appearances....and then another FA Cup Second Round appearance toward the end of the decade when in the NPL.
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 5, 2024 13:34:38 GMT
Realistically I’d say Blyth and Spennymoor teams of 1970/1980 period Blyth with their FA cup runs and Spenny’s FA Trophy run and their dominance of the league in this period I DO not support either , but the fact Blyth left about 30 years ago and haven’t looked back - had further Cup runs and developed Croft park into a ground with cover on 4 sides No club in NE has come close to this All money spent on players ....However, Blyth Spartans have not yet reached the lofty position of runners up at step 2 of the Non league pyramid system - something Bishops' attained in the 1996-97 season with 83 points. Neither did Spennymoor UNITED or have Spennymoor Town.
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Post by kentrebel on Feb 5, 2024 18:30:13 GMT
Realistically I’d say Blyth and Spennymoor teams of 1970/1980 period Blyth with their FA cup runs and Spenny’s FA Trophy run and their dominance of the league in this period I DO not support either , but the fact Blyth left about 30 years ago and haven’t looked back - had further Cup runs and developed Croft park into a ground with cover on 4 sides No club in NE has come close to this All money spent on players ....However, Blyth Spartans have not yet reached the lofty position of runners up at step 2 of the Non league pyramid system - something Bishops' attained in the 1996-97 season with 83 points. Neither did Spennymoor UNITED or have Spennymoor Town. To be fair, there were 3 step 2 divisions then as opposed to 2 today so not strictly comparable
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Post by mut on Feb 5, 2024 22:50:00 GMT
....However, Blyth Spartans have not yet reached the lofty position of runners up at step 2 of the Non league pyramid system - something Bishops' attained in the 1996-97 season with 83 points. Neither did Spennymoor UNITED or have Spennymoor Town. To be fair, there were 3 step 2 divisions then as opposed to 2 today so not strictly comparable Yep but 2 of them were down south!
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Post by Terrierdave on Feb 7, 2024 11:09:35 GMT
Realistically I’d say Blyth and Spennymoor teams of 1970/1980 period Blyth with their FA cup runs and Spenny’s FA Trophy run and their dominance of the league in this period I DO not support either , but the fact Blyth left about 30 years ago and haven’t looked back - had further Cup runs and developed Croft park into a ground with cover on 4 sides No club in NE has come close to this All money spent on players ....However, Blyth Spartans have not yet reached the lofty position of runners up at step 2 of the Non league pyramid system - something Bishops' attained in the 1996-97 season with 83 points. Neither did Spennymoor UNITED or have Spennymoor Town. Maybe not, but Blyth have never had to come back to the Northern League either
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Post by shieldsjoyrider on Feb 7, 2024 11:15:19 GMT
Blyth and Whitby - two strong teams of 1980’s ( my era ) have never come down
Bay , Bishops , Spennymoor , Shields have all come down , the latter both went bust too
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Post by Terrierdave on Feb 7, 2024 11:22:15 GMT
Blyth and Whitby - two strong teams of 1980’s ( my era ) have never come down Bay , Bishops , Spennymoor , Shields have all come down , the latter both went bust too Definitely - I wasn't deliberately forgetting Whitby, just responding to the questioning of Blyth's achievements
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Post by shieldsjoyrider on Feb 7, 2024 11:58:00 GMT
Blyth and Whitby - two strong teams of 1980’s ( my era ) have never come down Bay , Bishops , Spennymoor , Shields have all come down , the latter both went bust too Definitely - I wasn't deliberately forgetting Whitby, just responding to the questioning of Blyth's achievements No probs Dave I’d forgotten about Bishops titles in 1990’s Must be an age thing 😱 I’m NOT a blyth fan But their cup run in 1977 takes some beating ( not that I was or am jealous 🤣🤣) And How many if that squad when Professional Shoulder Carney Mutrie Houchen That’s some achievement They invested in Croft park with Fed shed And with further cup runs roofed both ends Croft Park puts NL grounds to shame Most if lucky have 1 seated stand North Shields ‘ new’ ground was a disgrace in my opinion Not up to standard
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 7, 2024 14:18:20 GMT
Blyth and Whitby - two strong teams of 1980’s ( my era ) have never come down Bay , Bishops , Spennymoor , Shields have all come down , the latter both went bust too Indeed, however both Blyth and Whitby made the step up to the NPL AFTER Bishops' did, actually both almost a whole decade after Bishops left.
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 7, 2024 14:19:43 GMT
Definitely - I wasn't deliberately forgetting Whitby, just responding to the questioning of Blyth's achievements No probs Dave I’d forgotten about Bishops titles in 1990’s Must be an age thing 😱 I’m NOT a blyth fan But their cup run in 1977 takes some beating ( not that I was or am jealous 🤣🤣) And How many if that squad when Professional Shoulder Carney Mutrie Houchen That’s some achievement They invested in Croft park with Fed shed And with further cup runs roofed both ends Croft Park puts NL grounds to shame Most if lucky have 1 seated stand North Shields ‘ new’ ground was a disgrace in my opinion Not up to standard Did you mean Bishops' titles in the 1980s? No league titles were won by Bishops' in the 1990s or to this day (of course just a few months to go until our next does drop in!!) - however some very strong seasons in the NPL Premier Division were achieved - 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed finishes to name the most impressive. To add to this there were x2 FA Trophy Quarter Final Replay eliminations during this period and multiple DCC wins.
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Post by shieldsjoyrider on Feb 7, 2024 15:16:05 GMT
No probs Dave I’d forgotten about Bishops titles in 1990’s Must be an age thing 😱 I’m NOT a blyth fan But their cup run in 1977 takes some beating ( not that I was or am jealous 🤣🤣) And How many if that squad when Professional Shoulder Carney Mutrie Houchen That’s some achievement They invested in Croft park with Fed shed And with further cup runs roofed both ends Croft Park puts NL grounds to shame Most if lucky have 1 seated stand North Shields ‘ new’ ground was a disgrace in my opinion Not up to standard Did you mean Bishops' titles in the 1980s? No league titles were won by Bishops' in the 1990s or to this day (of course just a few months to go until our next does drop in!!) - however some very strong seasons in the NPL Premier Division were achieved - 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed finishes to name the most impressive. To add to this there were x2 FA Trophy Quarter Final Replay eliminations during this period and multiple DCC wins. It was just as Bishops and Bay left to join Unibond Bay had cup run viva 1989 So I was guessing Bishops won league 1986-88 I moved out area with work so lost track on NE non league for about 10 years Wasn’t diss’ing BA achievements Think they only came down due to ground regs Again my memory may be wrong
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Post by rodentcatcher on Feb 7, 2024 16:05:09 GMT
Did you mean Bishops' titles in the 1980s? No league titles were won by Bishops' in the 1990s or to this day (of course just a few months to go until our next does drop in!!) - however some very strong seasons in the NPL Premier Division were achieved - 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed finishes to name the most impressive. To add to this there were x2 FA Trophy Quarter Final Replay eliminations during this period and multiple DCC wins. It was just as Bishops and Bay left to join Unibond Bay had cup run viva 1989 So I was guessing Bishops won league 1986-88 I moved out area with work so lost track on NE non league for about 10 years Wasn’t diss’ing BA achievements Think they only came down due to ground regs Again my memory may be wrong No probs. Yeh Bishops won the NL title back to back in mid 80s then the season after left for the NPL after finishing in the top 6 I think. We were 'homeless' between 2002 - 2010 and our on field performance struggled due to this resulting in eventual relegation back into the NL in 2006. Been a long hard slog to get back to being a leading side on the pitch apart from several promising seasons in 2012-13 (6th place league finish & DCC winners) 2016-17 (FA cup 4th Qualifying Round) and 2018-19 (3rd place league finish). Last seasons 3rd place finish and obviously this season where we look a couple of classes above anything else in the league, gives hope that promotion back into the NPL is just around the corner.
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