Whickham F.C.

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Whickham

Full name	Whickham Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Home Guard or The Lang Jacks
Founded	1944
Ground	The Glebe Sports Ground, Whickham
Manager	Mark Convery
League	Northern League Division One
2020–21	Northern League Division One (season curtailed)
Home colours

Whickham Football Club are an English football club based in Whickham, Tyne and Wear, playing in the Northern League Division One in the English football league system. They won the FA Vase in 1981.

The team plays its home matches at the Glebe Sports Ground, Rose Avenue, Whickham.

History[]

Founded in 1944 as Axwell Park Colliery Welfare, the club first started playing in the Derwent Valley League. In 1974, they joined the Wearside League, and were league champions in two seasons, 1977–78 and 1987–88. The year 1981 was one of the most successful years in the club's history, when they beat Willenhall Town 3–2 in the final, after going 0–2 down, to win the FA Vase. At the start of 1988–89, they moved up to the Northern League Division Two. The first season saw them finishing third in the league, and they were promoted to Division One. 1991–92 saw them relegated back to Division Two. In 1995, they were promoted again, as league champions, but after relegation in 1997, they have since stayed in Division Two. Whickham were promoted to the First Division at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Squad[]

Updated 16 February 2020^{[citation needed]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Adam Bartlett — GK  ENG Kieran Proctor — GK  ENG Daniel Staples — GK  ENG Jack Wilson — DF  ENG Jonathan Burn — DF  ENG Charlie Exley — DF  ENG Kieran Galbraith — DF  ENG Matthew Grieve — DF  ENG Daryll Hall — DF  ENG Darren Hamilton — DF  ENG Tomas Howard — DF  ENG George Lindo — DF  ENG Stephen Little — DF  ENG Dylan McAvoy — MF  ENG Steven Bowey — MF  ENG Dale Burrell — MF  ENG Chad Collins — MF  ENG Daniel Cranston — MF  ENG Ricky Fenwick — MF  ENG Lewis Gibbons — MF  ENG Lee McAndrew — MF  ENG Conor Newton — MF  ENG Ross Peareth — MF  ENG Tom Scothern — FW  ENG Scott McCarthy — FW  ENG Scott Robson — FW  ENG Jamie-Lee Statt — FW  ENG Damien Stevens

Management[]

Updated 16 February 2020.

• Manager: Mark Convery
• Assistant Manager: Steven Bowey
• Director of Football: Neil Wilson
• Coach:
• Physio: Hed Correia

Committee[]

Notable former players[]

• Richard Brodie, currently at North West Counties League club Skelmersdale United F.C..
• David Rayner Now retired and runs his own sports business in New Zealand.

Honours[]

• Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup
  • Winners 2006–07
• Durham Challenge Cup
  • Winners 2005–06
• FA Vase
  • Winners 1980–81
• Wearside League Cup
  • Winners 1986–87
• Wearside League
  • Winners 1977–78
• Northern Combination
  • Winners 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74
• Northern Combination League Cup
  • Winners 1960–61, 1973–74
• Northern League Division Two
  • Champions 1994–95
• Vaux Challenge Cup
  • Winners 1986–87

Records[]

• Best league performance: 1st in Wearside League, 1977–78, 1987–88; 1st in Northern League Division Two, 1994–95
• Best FA Cup performance: 2nd Round Qualifying, 1995–96, 2003–04
• Best FA Trophy performance: 1st Round Qualifying, 1990–91, 1991–92
• Best FA Vase performance: Winners 1980–81

External links[]

• Official website
• Whickham at the Football Club History Database

Coordinates: 54°56′37.36″N 1°40′48.84″W / 54.9437111°N 1.6802333°W / 54.9437111; -1.6802333