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June 2003 News

22 June 2003

Slightly later than promised CLICK HERE to see Consett's league fixtures for the 2003/04 season in full.

A couple of pre-season games have been arranged so far. On Saturday 27 July there will be a benefit match at Consett, when a Consett Select XI will play a Referees XI, kick off 2.00 pm.  This match is to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation and is being played in memory of referee John Challoner, who died in April. Then on the following Saturday, 2 August, Consett will entertain a Sunderland XI at Belle Vue.

8 June 2003

Consett appoint their new manager
Consett have announced that their new manager is Ray Lish. Ray is an experienced Northern League manager who will be joining the club from his former position as manager of Murton.  He has previously been assistant manager at Jarrow Roofing and has also spent time at Washington and Horden CW.  We all hope that Ray will be leading us back into the First Division next season.

New fixture list
The new fixtures for the 2003/04 season were released yesterday and Consett begin their campaign with the long trek up to Alnwick, something we should be thankful we are able to do on a Saturday afternoon in August rather than on a bleak Tuesday night in January!  Consett's first three fixtures of the season are:

Sat 16 Aug 2003 Alnwick Town (A)
Sat 23 Aug 2003 Hebburn Town (H)
Mon 25 Aug 2003 Willington (A)

Hopefully I'll be posting the full fixture list in the next day or two, however we couldn't really have hoped for a much easier start to the season as all three sides were in the bottom half of Division Two last season, and Willington only survived dropping out of the league altogether due to Eppleton's 15 point deduction - their goal difference of minus 82 was by a huge distance the worst in the league.

Also, in the draw for the League Cup, Consett have been given a bye to the second round where they will face Washington at home, whom they faced at the same stage in this competition last season. 

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Albany Northern League Div 1
Pos Team Pl GD Pts
1 West Auckland 26 32 61
2 Whitley Bay 30 38 59
3 Sunderland RCA 28 30 57
4 Spennymoor Town 25 37 56
5 Dunston UTS 24 34 54
6 Newton Aycliffe 31 20 54
7 Bedlington 28 42 47
8 Ashington 25 24 47
9 Bishop Auckland 29 9 45
10 Billingham S 27 3 41
11 Newcastle Benfield 27 9 37
12 Norton and Stockton Ancients 30 -1 37
13 Marske United 28 -12 37
14 Shildon 25 13 35
15 Guisborough 27 -15 32
16 South Shields 28 -12 31
17 CONSETT 25 -4 29
18 Penrith 24 -20 26
19 Billingham T 28 -24 24
20 Jarrow Roofing 30 -49 21
21 Tow Law Town 27 -40 16
22 Stokesley 28 -114 1