Many of last season’s stalwarts have signed for the club for the coming season though Danny Driver (Tow Law), Josh Skivington (Seaton Delaval) and Morgan Dart (Jarrow) have all left us.

Confirmed as signed on are (new players in bold) Louis Anderson, Ryan Bailey, Nathan Beesley, Oliver Bell, Ethan Bewley, Louis Calvert, Glenn Caygill, Callum Corkhill, Aaron Costello, Albe Fletcher, Joe Foalle, Joe Gascoigne, Charlie Grieveson, Joe Groves-Forbes, George Hayton, Rhys Hutchinson, Callum Johnston, Dylan Lawson, Fergus Lynch, Scott Oldfield, Dan Ord & Jordan Plunkett.

Albion host old rivals Whickham in a pre-season friendly tomorrow (Saturday) with a 1:30pm kick off hoping to keep the unbeaten pre season run going. The sides haven’t met competitively since Whickham’s promotion season of 2017/18 when the Lang Jacks did the double over us, so an overdue victory for RACA is hopefully on the cards. Whickham have played two away friendlies, drawing 1-1 with Jarrow and beating Esh Winning & Deerness Valley 1-0 at Waterhouses. Admission to this game is £3 for adults and free for under 16s

FT Ponteland United 0 RACA 3

Albion made it three wins and a draw in their pre-season with a 3-0 win over Alliance Premier Ponteland United, Rhys Hutchinson (2) and a triallist netting for Ryton. Next up is a home friendly against Whickham on Saturday.

Ryton travel to Northern Alliance Premier League side Ponteland United tomorrow (Wednesday) evening for our 4th pre-season friendly. Pont finished 7th in the table last season and have already beaten Prudhoe 4-1 in this pre season. The postcode for Ponteland Leisure Centre where Pont play is NE20 9EG. Kick off is 7pm

FT Newcastle East End 1 RACA 2

Albion’s unbeaten pre-season continued with a workmanlike victory over Northern Alliance outfit Newcastle East End, with goals from Rhys Hutchinson and Aaron Costello making it two wins and a draw so far in pre-season. It’s another Northern Alliance side next as we travel to Ponteland United on Wednesday evening.

After today’s draw, this month’s lucky winners are-

1st prize No 47 M Connelly who wins £100

2nd Prize No 78 S Lain who wins £75

3rd Prize No 74 S Connelly who wins £25

Next month’s draw is on 02/08/2026

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

Tomorrow (Monday) evening, Albion travel to Northern Alliance outfit Newcastle East End for our third pre-season friendly. East End finished 12th in the Northern Alliance Premier League last season and play at Northumbria University’s 3G pitches (NE7 7XA). Kick off for this game is at 7pm

FT EASINGTON COLLIERY 2 RACA 4

A positive afternoon at the Ford Hub as RACA twice came from behind in the first half of this friendly game against 1st Division Easington Colliery, Louis Calvert cancelling out goals from Elliott and Greenwood. Second half goals from Callum Johnston and Ethan Bewley secured the Ryton victory. Not long until the next friendly when we visit Northern Alliance Premier League side Newcastle East End

Albion’s second pre-season friendly is a match tomorrow (Saturday) against first division Easington Colliery at a neutral venue, namely the Ford Hub in Sunderland. Kick off for this one is at 2.15pm at Keelman’s Lane, Sunderland SR4 0RW

RACA have been drawn at home to fellow Division 2 side Sunderland RCA in the first Qualifying Round of the FA Vase to be played at the Oldhaulage Stadium on Saturday 15th August. The winners of that tie will host the winners of the Billingham Town v Crook Town tie on Saturday 12th September. While we’ve not met RCA in the Vase, we have played them in the FA Cup, twice in the County Cup & then only last year in that 5-4 thriller in the League Cup.