A LOOK AT RACA’s POST COVID SEASONS
While the 24/25 season undoubtedly finished with a whimper, it gave the lasting impression of a worse season than it actually was. Albion’s final league form was-
P42 W19 D9 L14 F74 A63 PTS 66 Finishing Position 7th while the 23/24 season finished as below
P42 W19 D5 L18 F99 A68 PTS 62 Finishing Position 11th
So we gained 4 more points and finished 4 places higher than the previous season despite badly missing the goals of Aaron Costello. We also broke our record home attendance for a league game against Prudhoe on 23/08/24 when 475 spectators attended that game beating our previous high of 473 against Whickham during the Northern League Groundhop back in April 2014.
Just for info the two other post COVID seasons finished as below
2022/23 P40 W11 D8 L21 F56 A91 PTS41 Finishing Position 17th
2021/22 P40 W23 D5 L12 F87 A60 PTS74 Finishing Position 6th
Some stats that may be of interest to Albion fans from last season
Players who started more than 10 times in our 51 league and cup games– B Colquhoun 47 +1, L Calvert 42, F Lynch 40+1, J Skivington 37+5, S Oldfield 37+3, J Errington 36+1, J Ledger 31+5, M Dart 30+3, R McLeod 28+5, G Caygill 28 +4, D Burrell 26+3, J Groves-Forbes 23+10, M Hayton 21+5, C Grieveson 20+6, D Bissett 18+5, M Harrison 15+9, D Craggs 14+8, A Salim 11+12
Goalscorers in our 51 games- L Calvert 22, A Salim 11, M Dart 10, G Caygill 7, M Hayton 6, R McLeod 6, D Burrell 5, M Harrison 4, F Lynch 4, J Errington 3, M Todd 3, D Craggs 2, J Groves-Forbes 2, L Page 2, N Adotey 1, D Bissett 1, Fletcher 1, D Lawson 1, J Skivington 1
Durham Challenge Cup- Preliminary Round H Darlington Town Won 3-0, 1st Round H Horden CW Won 2-1, 2nd Round H FC Hartlepool Lost 0-2
FA Vase- 2nd Qualifying Round H Garstang Won 5-2, 1st Round H Barnoldswick Town Won 3-0, 2nd Round H West Didsbury & Chorlton Lost 0-2
League Cup- 1st Round H Kendal Town Lost 1-3
Ernest Armstrong Cup- 1st Round H Billingham Town Won 2-0 (RACA awarded game after opponents refused to finish the game following floodlight failure) 2nd Round H Billingham Synthonia Lost 1-3
Note that all 9 cup ties were drawn at home!