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FA Vase final 2012: The real winner is the League says George Courtney

THERE will be a winner and there will be a loser.Read

Peter Dixon: My local side are Wembley enemies

AT a family function recently, West Auckland Town manager Peter Dixon couldn’t stop thinking about the FA Vase.Read

Will Mattie Moffat be West Auckland Town’s masked marvel?

IT is 50/50, up to him. An operation to fix a fractured cheekbone - sustained in the recent league defeat at Ashington – was postponed last week to allow him optimum opportunity to take part.Read

Billy Irwin's Dunston UTS boys fulfil vow

WHEN Dunston UTS’ FA Vase dream died at the hands of Whitley Bay last year, Billy Irwin vowed his side would be back.Read

Prison guard Andrew Bulford grabs Wembley by the horns

RESPONSIBILITY comes easy to Andrew Bulford. The 25-year-old works as a guard at Hassockfield young offenders’ prison, in Consett.Read

York City trophy success a boon for Gary Mills

GARY MILLS last night toasted York City’s FA Trophy triumph – then challenged his players to make it a Wembley double next Sunday against Luton Town in the Conference play-off final.Read

Newport County 0 York City 2

TIDY, as they may no longer say in Newport. They can stuff their dragons in a sack, too.Read

Sunderland's James McClean

James McClean earns wings in rise at Black Cats

MARTIN O’NEILL knows a winger when he sees one. He wasn’t such a bad one himself, though not perhaps in the same out-and-out, swashbuckling style of some.Read

Players determined to thank the Sunderland fans

IN 1968, the last time Manchester City won the top-flight title, they did so with victory at Newcastle United on the same day Sunderland won at Manchester United.Read

European Championships no pull for Martin O'Neill

MARTIN O’NEILL admits he may resist the chance to attend the European Championships in person – insisting such events no longer offer the scouting opportunities of the past.Read

Basketball: Fab backs Newcastle Eagles to do it

A NIGHTMARE, a stinker. Awful, horrible. Yet Fabulous Flournoy still backs his Eagles to soar.Read

Papiss Cisse a great signing says Martin O'Neill

IT might win him few friends on Wearside, but Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill has hailed arch-rivals Newcastle United’s season as “great . . .”Read

Ashington 3 West Auckland Town 1

AND so to Monday, as this absorbing, ever-fluctuating title race goes on. A first defeat in 16 games leaves West spent, on 95 points. Victories for Spennymoor and Dunston yesterday put them on 94 and 90 respectively. Read

Tickets available for Dunston v West Auckland final

TICKETS for the FA Vase final between Dunston UTS and West Auckland Town at Wembley on Sunday, May 13 remain on sale.Read

Fundraiser for Blyth Spartans old boy Scott Bell

IT has been a rotten season at Blyth but, unfailingly, real life puts football in perspective. Around a year ago, former Spartan Scott Bell was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and on Saturday the club is hosting a benefit match – and accompanying activities – to raise funds for him and his family. Read

FA Vase final promises to be just the ticket

TICKETS for the FA Vase final – between Dunston UTS and West Auckland Town at Wembley on Sunday, May 13 – have gone on sale.Read

Alan Pardew

Pardew: Newcastle must aim for fourth spot

ALAN PARDEW insists Newcastle’s near-certain qualification for the Europa League will not stop them pushing for a Champions League spot.Read

Newcastle United link-up opens the gate for us states Heed supremo Bogie

IAN BOGIE has hailed the “massive, fantastic” link-up between Newcastle United and Gateshead.Read

Ex-Toon ace Ian Bogie keen to take on former club

NEWCASTLE will play a pre-season friendly against Gateshead – if Ian Bogie gets his way.Read

Blyth Spartans 2 Gainsborough 3

THE Great Escape has ended, incomplete. Mission aborted. Spartans are sunk, for the first time in their 113-year history.Read

Author Profile

Steve Brown is a sports writer, specialising in non-league football. He joined the company in 1999 after two years at the Berwickshire News, and covered Middlesbrough for a decade before his promotion to grassroots sport.