# Whitley Bay F.C. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Whitley_Bay_F.C. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Whitley_Bay_F.C..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Bay_F.C. > Source revision: 1355360807 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Association football club in England}} {{about|a Tyne and Wear football club|a North Yorkshire club|Whitby Town F.C.}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Whitley Bay | image = Whitley Bay FC logo.svg | image_size = 150px | fullname = Whitley Bay Football Club | nickname = ''The Seahorses''
''The Bay'' | founded = {{start date and age|1897}} (as Whitley & Monkseaton F.C.)
{{start date and age|1950}} (as Whitley Bay Athletic F.C.)
{{start date and age|1958}} (as Whitley Bay F.C.) | ground = Hillheads Park, [Whitley Bay](/source/Whitley_Bay) | capacity = 4,500 | chairman = Paul McIlduff | manager = Jay Bates | season = {{English football updater|WhitleyB2}} | position = {{English football updater|WhitleyB3}} | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _whitestripes | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = 0000CD | body1 = 0000CD | rightarm1 = 0000CD | shorts1 = 0000CD | socks1 = 0000CD | pattern_la2 = _6thinyellowstripes | pattern_b2 = _6thinyellowstripes | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = FDFF33 | website = {{URL|https://whitleybayfc.com/}} }} '''Whitley Bay Football Club''', also known as '''The Seahorses''', or simply '''The Bay''', are an [English](/source/England) [football](/source/Association_football) [club](/source/Sports_club) based in the [seaside town](/source/seaside_town) of [Whitley Bay](/source/Whitley_Bay), in the [North East](/source/North_East_England) [county](/source/Counties_of_England) of [Tyne and Wear](/source/Tyne_and_Wear). Initially founded as Whitley & Monkseaton Football Club in 1897, the club took its present name in 1958. The team plays its home matches at Hillheads Park, which is adjacent to the [Whitley Bay Ice Rink](/source/Whitley_Bay_Ice_Rink) and has a maximum capacity of 4,500. Since 1958 the club has spent the vast majority of seasons in the [Northern Football League](/source/Northern_Football_League)'s Division One. The Seahorses first competed in the division for 30 years between [1958](/source/1958%E2%80%9359_Northern_Football_League) and [1988](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Football_League), before rejoining for the [2000–01 season](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_Northern_Football_League), where they have been ever since. Whitley Bay are the most successful club in [FA Vase](/source/FA_Vase) history, the national [cup competition](/source/Single-elimination_tournament) for more than 600 teams in the 9th and 10th tier of [English football](/source/English_football_league_system). They have won the competition a record four times, including three consecutive victories at [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium) in [2009](/source/2009_FA_Vase_Final), [2010](/source/2010_FA_Vase_Final) and [2011](/source/2011_FA_Vase_Final). The club has also won thirteen [Northumberland Senior Cup](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup)s, three [Northern Football League](/source/Northern_Football_League) championships, and a [Northern Premier League Division One](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Division_One) title. ==History== === Origins; formation and early years (1896–1958) === {{Expand section|date=August 2022}} A football club has existed in Whitley Bay since 1896. The first team was known as Whitley and Monkseaton F.C; later renamed Monkseaton FC and then again to Whitley Bay Athletic in 1950. In 1958 a limited company was formed, with 'Athletic' dropped from the title. From 1950 until 1955, Whitley Bay Athletic were members of the [Northern Alliance League](/source/Northern_Football_Alliance), winning the League Championship, League Cup (twice), and in 1952–53 became the first amateur team to win the [Northumberland Senior Cup](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup) in sixty years, beating rivals [North Shields](/source/North_Shields_F.C.) in front of 17,000 fans inside [St James' Park](/source/St_James'_Park). In 1955, The Seahorses briefly joined the [North Eastern League](/source/North_Eastern_League) wholly made up of professional sides,{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} === First appearance in the Northern Football League (1958–1988) === ==== Initial success (1958–1973) ==== Whitley Bay was elected to the [Northern League](/source/Northern_Football_League) by a winning vote of 11–3 on 14 June 1958. It was here that the club won two league titles (in [1964–65](/source/1964%E2%80%9365_Northern_Football_League) and [1965–66](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_Northern_Football_League)) and two [Northern League Cups](/source/Northern_League_Challenge_Cup) (in [1964–65](/source/Northern_Football_League) and [1970–71](/source/Northern_Football_League)). In addition, the [Northumberland Senior Cup](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup) was won eight times in twelve years between [1961–1973](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup). In the [FA Amateur Cup](/source/FA_Amateur_Cup) (the predecessor to the [FA Vase](/source/FA_Vase)), The Bay twice reached the semi-finals, and quadrice the quarter-finals; A 1965 quarter-final appearance of which holds the club record attendance (7,301) in a 3–1 loss to [Hendon](/source/Hendon_F.C.). On 18 March 1968, floodlights were installed around Hillheads Park; marked by a friendly match against [Newcastle United](/source/Newcastle_United_F.C.). ==== Decline and then recovery (1973–1988) ==== thumb|Whitley Bay's home stadium Hillheads Park Fortunes began to fade from the mid-1970s before having to re-apply to the Northern League as a result of coming last in the [1979–80](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_Northern_Football_League) campaign. Success remained limited in the aftermath of re-election, with successive finishes of [19th](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_Northern_Football_League), [19th](/source/1981%E2%80%9382_Northern_Football_League), [13th](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_Northern_Football_League), and [9th](/source/1983%E2%80%9384_Northern_Football_League)—during the early 1980s. Former player, Bobby Graham, was appointed first team manager in 1986. Graham's first season marked Whitley Bay's highest league position in 15 years ([5th](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Football_League)), their best-ever FA Trophy campaign (reaching the [final sixteen](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Trophy)) and their first Northumberland Senior Cup since 1973 (beating [Newcastle Blue Star](/source/Newcastle_Blue_Star_F.C.), [2–1](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup), in the final at Hillheads Park). The team then sustained a title challenge for the majority of the [following season](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Football_League) before finishing 4th in midst of numerous injuries{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}. === Northern Premier League members (1988–2000) === ==== Division One (1988–1991) ==== Whitley Bay left the [Northern Football League](/source/Northern_Football_League) after 30 successive years in the division, applying for promotion to the second tier of the [Northern Premier League (NPL)](/source/Northern_Premier_League) at the end of the [1987–88](/source/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Football_League) season. In their [debut season](/source/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Premier_League) in the NPL Division One, The Seahorses finished 5th. The team then followed it up with 4th place [the season after](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_Northern_Premier_League), in a campaign that also saw them record their best–ever [FA Cup](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_FA_Cup) run, when they reached the Third Round Proper, beating [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_F.C.) of the fourth tier and [Preston North End](/source/Preston_North_End_F.C.) of the third,{{Cite web |title=Whitley Bay FC > WBFC-TV > Whitley Bay v Preston North End |url=http://www.whitleybayfc.com/tv/external.asp?id=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914200918/http://www.whitleybayfc.com/tv/external.asp?id=6 |archive-date=14 September 2014 |access-date=14 September 2014}} before losing 1–0 to [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_F.C.). In only [their third season](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Northern_Premier_League), Whitley Bay became champions of the [Northern Premier League Division One](/source/Northern_Premier_League_First_Division), gaining promotion to the [Northern Premier League Premier Division](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division). ==== Premier Division (1991–1995) ==== Whitley Bay only spent four seasons at the club's zenith. 17th in both the [first](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_Northern_Premier_League) and [second](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_Northern_Premier_League) season, the highest-ever final league position to date of 11th in the [third](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_Northern_Premier_League), before 21st place relegation in the [fourth](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_Northern_Premier_League) sent the club back to [Northern Premier League Division One](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Division_1) ==== Division One (1995–2000) ==== Following relegation at the end of the [1994–95 season](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_Northern_Premier_League), Whitley Bay returned to the [NPL Division One](/source/Northern_Premier_League_Division_One), finishing 8th in [their first season](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_Northern_Premier_League) back. The Seahorses then followed it up with 12th in the [second season](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_Northern_Premier_League), 13th in the [third](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_Northern_Premier_League), and 19th in the [fourth](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Northern_Premier_League). The Bay then finished 22nd and bottom in [1999–2000](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Northern_Premier_League), being relegated back to the [Northern Football League](/source/Northern_Football_League). === Return to the Northern Football League (2000–present) === [[File:Ashingtonwhitleybay9.jpg|thumb|170px|Marc Wamsley ([Ashington](/source/Ashington_A.F.C.) #3), Iain Nickalls ([Ashington](/source/Ashington_A.F.C.) #6) and Phil Bell (Whitley Bay) contest a ball at the [Northumberland Senior Cup](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup) 2010 Final at [St James' Park](/source/St_James'_Park).]]Following a second relegation in six seasons in [1999–2000](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_Northern_Premier_League), Whitley Bay returned to [Northern Football League Division One](/source/Northern_Football_League) after a 12-year absence. In 2005, Whitley Bay ended an 18-year barren run without a [Northumberland Senior Cup](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup) title. The Bay won their third-ever Northern League title in [2006–07](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Northern_Football_League), 41 years on from their back–to–back titles in [1964–65](/source/1964%E2%80%9365_Northern_Football_League) and [1965–66](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_Northern_Football_League), however they did not apply for promotion. In 2010, The Seahorses won a twelfth Northumberland Senior Cup. In 2026, The Seahorses won a thirteenth Northumberland Senior Cup, beating Heaton Stannington 6-5 on penalties at St James' Park. ==== Three appearances at Wembley Stadium and four FA Vase trophies ==== Whitley Bay first won the FA Vase at [Villa Park](/source/Villa_Park) in [2001–02](/source/2002_FA_Vase_Final).{{Cite web |url=http://www.whitleybayfc.com/archives/report.asp?id=4 |title=Whitley Bay FC > Classic Match Reports |access-date=19 October 2014 |archive-date=19 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019172643/http://www.whitleybayfc.com/archives/report.asp?id=4 |url-status=dead }} The Seahorses then maintained a 100% record in finals as they went on to win three consecutive trophies at the [new Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium) in [2008–09](/source/2009_FA_Vase_Final), [2009–10](/source/2010_FA_Vase_Final) and [2010–11](/source/2011_FA_Vase_Final), becoming the competition's most successful club both in the total number of titles and most won consecutively.{{cite news |date=11 May 2009 |title=Glossop North End 0–2 Whitley Bay |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8043332.stm |via=news.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite news |date=9 May 2010 |title=Whitley Bay 6-1 Wroxham |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/8671308.stm |via=news.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite news |title=Coalville Town 2–3 Whitley Bay |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13328819}} ==Current squad== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=GK|name=Mauro Asikaogu|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=GK|name=Brogan Colquhoun|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Jack Errington|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Robbie Christie|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Graham Williams|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Jake Forster|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Michael Scott|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Josh Stewart|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=DF|name=Henry Harvey|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Kieren Aplin|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Owen Lees|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Alan Achuo|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Shane Donaghey|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Luca Shilling|other=}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Mechak Kanda|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=MF|name=Mikel Thompson|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=FW|name=Gildo Da Silva|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=FW|name=Callum Larmouth|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=FW|name=Alfie Livermore|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=FW|name=Scott McCarthy|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=FW|name=Mackenzie Sharpe|other=}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=|pos=FW|name=[Guy Bates](/source/Guy_Bates)|other=}} {{Fs end}} == Club officials == * Chairman: Paul McIlduff * Vice Chairman: Peter Siddle * Football Secretary: Marc Cox * Treasurer: Mark Burnett * Joint Commercial Manager: Duncan Howell * Joint Commercial Manager: David Hall * Pitch maintenance: David Styles * Commercial Director: Anna Salkeld * Media Correspondent: Julian Tyley * 1st Team Manager: Jay Bates * 1st Team Assistant Manager: Barry Rizza * 1st Team Physiotherapist: Jacqueline Stephenson * 1st Team Coach: Gary Somerville * 1st Team Kitman: Tommy Davies * 1st Team Kitman: Jay Weldon * Matchday Programme Editors: Sam Rathbone and Daniel Mercer ==Finishing positions== *'''League Results:'''[http://www.northernleague.org/archive/view_league_archives.php Northern League Archives], Northern League Official Website, 2010.Rundle, Richard. [https://www.fchd.info/WHITLEYB.HTM Whitley Bay], Football Club History Database, 2006. 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==Honours== *'''[FA Vase](/source/FA_Vase)''' **Winners 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 *'''[Northern Premier League](/source/Northern_Premier_League)''' **Division One Champions 1990–91 **Division One Cup Winners 1988–89, 1990–91 *'''[Northern League](/source/Northern_League_(football))''' **Champions 1964–65, 1965–66, 2006–07 **Runners-up 1959–60, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70 **Challenge Cup Winners 1964–65, 1970–71 **Runners-up 1967–68, 2013–14 *'''[Northumberland Senior Cup](/source/Northumberland_Senior_Cup)''' **Winners 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1987, 2005, 2010, 2026 **Runners-up 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1986, 1991, 2003, 2013 ==Records== === Cup runs === * '''Best [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) performance''': Third round, [1989–90](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_FA_Cup) * '''Best [FA Trophy](/source/FA_Trophy) performance''': Third round, [1986–87](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_FA_Trophy) * '''Best [FA Vase](/source/FA_Vase) performance''': Winners, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 * '''Best [FA Amateur Cup](/source/FA_Amateur_Cup) performance''': Semi-finals, 1965–66, 1968–69 ===Attendances=== *'''Record Attendance, (Hillheads Park) –''' 7,301 (v. Hendon – FA Amateur Cup, 1965) *'''Record Attendance, (St James Park, Newcastle) –''' 17,048 (v. North Shields – Northumberland Senior Cup Final, 1953) ===Results=== *'''Record Win –''' 12–0 (v. [Shildon](/source/Shildon_F.C.), 1961) *'''Record Defeat –''' 9–0 (v. [Hebburn Town](/source/Hebburn_Town_F.C.), 2019) ===Goals=== *'''Most goals scored in a season –''' 112 (1964–65) *'''Fewest goals scored in a season –''' 31 (1979–80) *'''Most goals conceded in a season –''' 97 (1994–95, 2014–15) *'''Fewest goals conceded in a season –''' 26 (1969–70) ===Player=== *'''Record Appearances –''' Bill Chater – 641 *'''Record Goalscorer –''' Billy Wright – 307 *'''Most goals scored by a single player in a season –''' Billy Wright – 51 (1964–65) *'''Most goals scored by a single player in a match –''' Ken Bowron – 6 (1961–62) *'''Record transfer fee received –''' £10,000 for Kevin Todd to [Berwick Rangers](/source/Berwick_Rangers_F.C.) *'''Consecutive league games goals –''' Jack Foalle 12 Games == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|https://whitleybayfc.com/}} {{Northern League (football)}} {{Authority control}} {{Coord|55|02|04.93|N|1|27|16.61|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} Category:Whitley Bay F.C. 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