Newton Aycliffe return to action this week after a short break. On Tuesday they travel to Thornaby while we have a derby double bill on the Bank Holiday weekend. On Saturday 24 August West Auckland Town will be the visitors to the Beaumont Landscapes Stadium at Moore Lane. West have some new faces this season including former Aycliffe skipper Dan Mitton. Kick off is 3.00pm.
Aycliffe will also be at home to local rivals Shildon on Bank Holiday Monday. Like West, Shildon have a former Aycliffe player among their ranks with Kurt Matthews having signed during the close season. That game kicks off at 1.00pm. For both games admission is £6 adults, £4 concessions with accompanied under 12s free.
The Newtonians will be looking to put the disappointment of their FA Cup exit behind them. Newton Aycliffe went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 2-0 at home to Northallerton Town. They started positively, and had Northallerton pinned in their own half for most of the first half hour. Dean Thexton put a header wide five minutes in, and Kevin Carr had a low shot saved by Dawson in the Northallerton goal. Johnson Ballan made great run, dribbling past four players before putting his shot over the bar.
Northallerton had their first chance on the half hour, but Graeme Pickering in the Aycliffe goal made a good save. A minute later Proctor missed a good chance for the visitors when he headed wide. Aycliffe came back but still couldn’t keep their shots down, as Barnes, Carr and Thexton all shot over the bar from good positions.
Northallerton took the lead on 58 minutes when a very long kick from their keeper led to a mixup in the Aycliffe defence, and Hudson snook in for a gift of a goal. Aycliffe didn’t recover from that shock, and never looked like breaking down the packed Northallerton defence after that. To make matters worse, the visitors broke out and counterattacked in injury time, with Blackburn getting their second goal, leaving Aycliffe to regret their wayward shooting.

Next games:
Ebac Northern League Division One:
Saturday 24th August
(KO 3.00pm)
Newton Aycliffe v West Auckland Town

Monday 26th August
(KO 1.00pm)
Newton Aycliffe v Shildon