Unfortunately our game at Billingham Town this afternoon has fallen foul of the weather. We’re building up a backlog of games that need to be rescheduled in midweek & we’ll let you know once this one has been re-arranged. Next up is a trip to Birtley Town in the League Cup on Tuesday but that is very much dependent on the weather.
Saturday’s Division 2 Results
Darlington Town 2 (Mallaburn, Brown) Seaham Red Star (Shodeinde)
Durham United 2 (Bedson-McMann, Williams) Tow Law Town 1 (Farrier)
Albion hope to get back to competitive action where we last had a game three weeks ago at Bedford Terrace. On Saturday we are due to face the landlords Billingham Town hoping for a better outcome than we did against the tenants Yarm & Eaglescliffe on January 24th. Town had been on a decent run of four straight wins until Tuesday’s surprise 0-3 home defeat to Sunderland RCA, in which a victory for the Teessiders would have seen them move above us in the league. We’ve played Town 23 times in Division 2 fixtures over the years, and while we’ve suffered four pastings in that time, our best result was the 5-0 win at home in September, with Louis Anderson and Callum Johnston scoring a brace each and Jamie Poole’s own goal completing the rout. Let’s hope this one goes ahead as the rain hasn’t been quite as intense on Teesside as it has been on Tyneside & if you are planning to head down, the address and postcode of Bedford Terrace is oddly- 67 Surrey Terrace, Billingham TS23 4AG. Howay the RACA!!
Another ‘copy & paste’ but again news that tonight’s game at home to Boldon CA has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. Details of the re-arranged date will be announced as soon as we get it. Thanks
Wednesday’s Division 2 Result
Redcar Town 8 (Smith 2, Carmichael 3, Robinson-Coley 2, Rowe) Esh Winning 0
If the rain keeps away Albion host Boldon CA on Wednesday evening in what will be our first game since the defeat against Yarm on 24th January. Boldon have played once since then, a 3-1 defeat at home to Alnwick and aren’t completely clear of danger despite being in 17th place. RACA boast an unbeaten record against ‘Villa’ since their promotion to the Northern League in 2021, having won six and drawn three of our nine clashes, including the goalless draw on South Tyneside in August. Alnwick’s win over Boldon meant we dropped back into 9th place in the table, but a win on Wednesday would see us leapfrog The Wick back into 8th and within sight of the play-offs again. Kick off at the Oldhaulage Stadium is at 7:30pm, hope you can make it. Howay the RACA!
Tuesday’s Division 2 Results
Billingham Town 0 Sunderland RCA 3 (Lukeman 2, Pye)
Grangetown BC 2 (Mahoney, Martin) AFC Newbiggin 2 (Johnstone, Smith)
Sunderland West End 0 Yarm & Eaglescliffe 4 (Williams, Atkinson, Marshall, Larkin)
Tuesday’s Durham Challenge Cup Semi Final Result
Shildon 5 Seaham Red Star 1 (Gray)
This month’s lucky winners are-
1st prize No 34 R Cunningham who wins £100
2nd Prize No 8 K Thompson who wins £75
3rd Prize No 83 C Stygal who wins £25
Next month’s draw is on 01/03/2026
Well done to our three winners, if you’d like to take part in this monthly fundraiser from just £5 a month, please contact us via the usual channels on the foot of the homepage or contact Paul le Patourel on 07720 413390. Thank-you
The persistent rain has not surprisingly resulted in today’s game at Essity Park against Newcastle University being called off & no doubt it won’t be the only Northern League casualty today. The new date for the fixture is Thursday 26th March.
Saturday’s Division 2 Results
Billingham Synthonia 0 Redcar Town 1 (Carmichael)
Sunderland West End 0 Chester-le-Street Town 2 (Robson 2)
After a fortnight without a game, next up for Albion is the short trip to Essity Park to face Newcastle University who progressed to the semi finals of the Northumberland Senior Cup at Alnwick Town on Tuesday evening. The Students might be in 12th place in the table but have a load of games in hand which if won would propel them right into the play-off mix so let’s hope we don’t give our neighbours a helping hand. A repeat of the result at the Oldhaulage Stadium in September would be agreeable as we won that 4-0 with goals from Jack Salkeld 2, Joe Groves Forbes and Declan Bissett though our cause that day was helped by Adam Redford being dismissed for the Uni. That was our first win over the Students since beating them on penalties in the 2022 Ernest Armstrong Cup Final in Birtley. Our opponents come in to our game in fine form having just lost one of their last nine games in all competitions, so it won’t be an easy task to do the double over them.
Tuesday Night’s Division 2 Result
Yarm & Eaglescliffe 0 Sunderland RCA 0
Tuesday’s Northumberland Senior Cup Quarter Final Result
Alnwick Town 0 Newcastle University 2 (Pennington 2)
Two new dates for your diary- Due to Alnwick’s Northumberland Senior Cup game against Newcastle University being moved to Tuesday evening, our league game at St James Park has been pushed back to Tuesday 24th February, while our postponed Ernest Armstrong Cup home game against Chester-le-Street Town has been rescheduled for Wednesday 11th March. With a free Saturday for RACA and our midweek game being moved, our next game is a week on Saturday for the derby game at Essity Park to face Newcastle University
Saturday’s Division 2 Results
Billingham Town 3 (Mitchell, Watt, Robinson) AFC Newbiggin 0
Chester-le-Street Town 2 (Robson, Wright) FC Hartlepool 1 (Stott)
Boldon CA 1 (Cowburn) Alnwick Town 3 (Anderson 2, Clark)
Darlington Town 3 (Cocks, Jackson, Brown) Sunderland West End 2 (Alajon, Aranda)
Yesterday’s heavy rain has made the Kingsley Park pitch unplayable for our cup game against Chester-le-Street Town tonight. A new date for the game will be confirmed in due course.
If you still want your footy fix in NE40, the clubhouse will still be open tonight for the live screening of Newcastle United’s UEFA Champions League match against PSG.
Wednesday Night’s E Armstrong Cup Result
FC Hartlepool 2 (Burrows, Spalding) Alnwick Town 2 (Smith, Clark) (FC win 10-9 on penalties)
Wednesday night sees regular opponents Chester-le-Street Town visit the Oldhaulage Stadium in the 2nd Round of the Ernest Armstrong Cup and this will be the third time that we have met The Cestrians in the Second Division’s showcase tournament. Back in 2018 we lost 0-2 in the final that was played up in Consett, then, on our own way to winning the trophy in 2022, we knocked Chester out 3-2 at home at the same stage, Konnor Lamb, Rhys McLeod and Joe Thompson on target for RACA. Town beat Grangetown 3-0 on Teesside in this season’s 1st round while we of course despatched neighbours Prudhoe YC 4-1 to earn this last 16 tie, but we’ll need to do much better than we did in the corresponding league game in late September when we were trounced 0-4, our heaviest defeat this season, Ryan Wright (2), Owen Kingsland and Scott Robson were the men on target that day for Town.
Kick off is at 7:30pm but as an extra treat, the PSG v Newcastle United match is on in the clubhouse for a choice of viewing if for some reason you prefer black and white stripes to black and blue ones, United being in some Mickey Mouse Cup apparently. Hope to see you there, Howay the RACA!
