Match reports

RCA's Mark Davison shields the ball from Billingham Town defender Lexus Beeden.

More photos from the match are here.

RCA made the trip down the A19 to play bottom of the table Billingham Town looking to add to their run of three games unbeaten. Billingham Town, on the other hand, would be looking for a result to give them a chance of survival in the first Division so a tight match was forecast prior to kick off.

With both Dan Hawkins and Greg Swansbury out injured the captain's armband was given to Mark Davison. Callum Patton, whose dramatic late goal last week gave RCA three points against Newton Aycliffe, came into the starting 11 to replace Hawkins.

The teams lined up as follows:

Billingham Town: Norton, Cann, Snaith, Painter, Beeden, Nelson, Harrison, Jatta, Close, Boyle ©, Rennison. Subs: Earl, Wilson, Daley, Harris, Murphy.

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Charlton, Jakab, Errington, Hennis, Weirs, Patton, Davison ©, Annang-Colquhoun, Richardson. Subs: Lawrence, Carr, Winn, Johnson, Herdman.

Callum Guy's assist earned RCA a share of the spoils at the Millfield.

More photos from the match are here.

Sunderland RCA returned to Crook Town’s Sir Tom Cowie Millfield Stadium for this Ebac Northern League fixture, seven weeks after their 1-0 defeat to today’s opponents in the Durham County FA “Frank Pattison” Challenge Cup 2^nd round tie.

The mid week defeat in the 1^st Division Cup on penalties to Whitley Bay was a blow to the team and they would be expecting to produce a better performance in today’s match.

The teams lined up as follows:

Crook Town: Makepeace, Nelson, Myers, Fielding, Eckley-Aldsworth, Elgie, Webb, Hume ©, Thomas, Nash, Nicholas. Subs: Smith, Harrison, Forster, Hurworth, Moody.

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Charlton, Jakab, Errington, Hawkins ©, Hennis, Guy, Davison, Winn, Richardson. Subs: Weirs, Carr, Lawrence, Annang-Colquhoun, Herdman.

Recent signing Callum Patton on the attack during the second half of the match.

RCA travelled to play Newcastle Benfield at their Sam Smith ground in this Ebac Northern League Div I fixture. After the recent high winds which have blighted our matches of late it was a refreshing change for the sun to come out with no wind at all. Storm Eunice seemed to have decided not to venture into Newcastle.

The record of matches between these two teams shows that they have both won 10 games with 3 matches drawn over a period of 10 years. RCA narrowly beat Benfield earlier in the season in what was a tight affair which saw RCA come from behind to record a 3-2 victory.

The teams lined up as follows:

Newcastle Benfield: Grainger, McGorrigan, Haley, Slaughter, Turnbull ©, Renney, Robson, Glen-Ravenhill, Brayson, Walker, Scorgie. Subs: Salim, Gordon, Leonard, Gascoigne, Varga,

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Weirs, Charlton, Swansbury ©, Errington, Jakab, Hennis, Allen, Davison, Annang-Colquhoun, Richardson. Subs: Patton, Hawkins, Guy, Lawrence, Winn.

Chris Winn in a sprint for the ball.

RCA travelled up the A1 to take on Whickham at a very blustery First Mortgage Glebe Ground. It would appear that the wind only appears when we are playing.

After a the recent management change at Whickham, things seem to have picked up and before the match they were one position and five points below RCA but with two games in hand. As in our first encounter at Sunderland LGV Park, where RCA won 1-0, another close match was envisaged.

The management team was forced to make one change to the team who won on Tuesday with Chris Winn replacing the suspended Simon Jakab.

The teams lined up as follows:

Whickham: Anderson, Howard, Elliott, Durrell, Galbraith, Agnew, Bissett, Peareth ©, Atkinson, Greenwood, Young. Subs: Priest, Below, Barlow, Jasper, Bewicke.

Sunderland RCA: Marrs, Allen, Charlton, Swansbury ©, Errington, Hennis, Weirs, Guy, Davison, Annang-Colquhoun, Winn. Subs: Carr, Hoganson, Richardson, Lawrence, Lennox.