This month’s lucky winners are-
1st prize No 96 J Hands who wins £100
2nd Prize No 93 N Kelly who wins £75
3rd Prize No 2 C Scott who wins £25
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. Thank-you
Albion have a new stock of RACA scarves (Mark 3) which are slightly longer and wider than the two previous versions. These are available for sale for £12 at the clubhouse
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion will face Garstang at home in the Second Round Qualifying of the Isuzu FA Vase after receiving a bye in the First Round Qualifying. Garstang play in the North West Counties League Division One North, the same level as RACA (step 6). This tie is set to be played at Kingsley Park on Saturday 21st September 2024.
The following players have signed on for the Albion for the 2024/25 season so far-
Noah Adotey, Declan Bisset, Dale Burrell, Luca Cairns, Glenn Caygill, Brogan Colquhoun, Daniel Craggs, Jack Errington, Dylan Lawson, Jack Ledger, Liam Lowery, Fergus Lynch, Rhys McLeod, Jordan Palmer, Josh Skivington, Oliver Symons, Matthew Todd and Josh Walker.
The fixtures have been released for the 2024/25 Ebac Northern Football League Division Two season and Ryton & Crawcrook Albion will begin with a home match against Yarm & Eaglescliffe at Kingsley Park on Saturday 27 July.
Nathan Beckham’s side then face back-to-back away matches with a short trip to Prudhoe-based Newcastle University on Thursday 1 August followed by a visit to Esh Winning two days later.
There are ten league matches provisionally scheduled for the first five weeks of the season and seven consecutive midweek rounds in a packed opening two months.
The regular season is scheduled to conclude on Saturday 19 April 2025 with Jarrow visiting Crawcrook.
The league winners at the end of the season will again be promoted automatically to the Northern League’s top tier whilst a four-team play-off will be used to decide the second team to go up. The bottom three sides in the 22-team division will be “liable to relegation”.
Ryton & Crawcrook will visit neighbours Prudhoe YC Seniors on Boxing Day in the first Tyne Valley derby of the season at Essity Park, with the return scheduled as the first game of the new year on Saturday 4 January.
Albion will travel to the newly-promoted Alnwick Town (promoted from the Northern Alliance Premier Division) on 17 August, Grangetown Boys Club (from the North Riding Football League) on 20 August and Darlington Town (from the Wearside League) on 7 September.
The trio will visit RACA HQ on 1 February, 30 November and 15 February respectively.
The only club to be relegated from the First Division last term – Sunderland RCA – host RACA on 13 August while the return at NE40 will be on 23 November.
Aside from the quartet of new clubs, Albion will be visiting a couple of different grounds next season with Billingham Synthonia playing at Stockton Town and Chester-le-Street United deciding to return to the Sunderland Hub.
The full league fixture list is available on the season fixture graphic below. And you can sync all RACA’s 2024/25 fixtures directly to your calendar on your smart device here.
Please don’t forget, fixtures are subject to change. Please check the website Matches page and follow our social media channels (@RACAFC1970) for updates.
There are a number of “free” Saturdays (7 December, 1 March & 29 March) built into the fixture schedule to allow for any postponed fixtures to be rescheduled.
Meanwhile, the FA Vase First and Second Qualifying Rounds are scheduled for 24 August and 21 September respectively with the draw expected to be released on 5 July.
The Northern League will decide later in the season if its two cup competitions – the Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup and the Ernest Armstrong Memorial Cup – will go ahead after being scrapped for the last two years due to fixture backlogs.
And, the Durham County FA Challenge Cup is expected to kick off in mid-September.
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion are excited to reveal six pre-season friendly matches for next month in preparation for the 2024-25 season.
Manager Nathan Beckham and the rest of the coaching staff and squad of players will return to Crawcrook to commence pre-season training next week.
Their opening friendly will be against Northern Alliance Premier Division champions Wallington on Monday 1 July followed by newly-promoted Newcastle East End two days later.
Albion then face a trio of Northern League top tier sides. They travel to Newcastle Benfield on Saturday 6 July, Newcastle Blue Star on Friday 12 July before hosting Whickham at Kingsley Park on Friday 19 July.
RACA will wrap up their pre-season schedule with a trip to ambitious Alliance side AFC Newbiggin on 22 July in a final test before the new Ebac Northern Football League Division Two season is scheduled to kick off on Saturday 27 July.
More details will follow in due course.
* Pre-season fixtures, dates, kick-off times & venues are subject to change.
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion are thrilled to announce the list of players retained from last season for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign.
We would like to thank all of the departing players from last term for their contributions to the club and wish them the very best of luck for the future.
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion are pleased to announce that Season Ticket prices have been frozen for the upcoming 2024-25 season.
Season Tickets are available to purchase now for only £80.00 for Adults and £40.00 for Concessions.
The 2024-25 Season Ticket includes admission to all 21 of RACA’s home league games at Kingsley Park in the Ebac Northern Football League Division Two.
Both price categories represent excellent value, working out as the equivalent of 5 free adult or over 7 free concession entries when compared to the price of individual matchday tickets.
Matchday ticket prices for the new season also remain the same; Adults £5 and Concessions £3 per match.
You can order your Season Ticket now by contacting Mr John Thompson on 07805098265, or get in touch with us via email (info@racafc1970.com) or through our social media channels (@racafc1970).
You can also purchase the Season Ticket in-person from the Albion Clubhouse.
The new NL season is set to kick off on 27 July with fixtures expected to be released later this month.
Please note, admission to cup matches – such as the FA Vase, Durham County FA Challenge Cup and the Northern League’s two cup competitions – are not included in the Season Ticket offer.
Thank you for your loyal support!
This month’s lucky winners were-
1st Prize was Number 65 which is a spare number!
2nd Prize of £75 goes to Number 92 P Henderson
3rd Prize of £25 goes to Number 39 Peter Moore
Congratulations to the two winners & if you want to own No65 or any other spare number for just £5 a month, please get in touch at info@racafc1970.com
Ryton & Crawcrook Albion quartet Aaron Costello, Fergus Lynch, Glenn Caygill and Brogan Colquhoun all scooped honours at the club’s end of season awards on Saturday evening.
Costello was chosen as the Players’ Player of the Season by his fellow teammates, while he was also the pick for the Director’s Player of the Season award and took the Golden Boot for top goalscorer after scoring 34 goals in 35 games in all competitions.
Lynch, who featured 36 times, scoring 8 goals and many assists, was selected as the Manager Nathan Beckham’s Player of the Season.
Following a public vote, defender Caygill edged the Supporter’s Player of the Season award. He made 41 appearances for Albion scoring 4 times.
And goalkeeper Colquhoun, who was signed in January as injury cover, picked up the Young Player of the Season award after the 18-year-old impressed in the 19 games he featured in, keeping 7 clean sheets and many big saves.
The RACA Awards event was this year kindly sponsored by Gary & Victoria Stewart.
Well done to all of the award winners and thank you to everyone involved for their efforts this season. Thank you also to everyone who attended, supported & helped throughout the year!
