Match reports

Craig Hennis competes for the ball during the second half of the match.

More photos from the match are here.

RCA welcomed Whitley Bay to Sunderland LGV Park for this Ebac Northern League Division 1 fixture. It was a quick return to Ryhope for our visitors who played Ryhope CW on Saturday where they suffered a 3-1 defeat.

Home team manager Steve Riley would undoubtedly be looking for a positive reaction after the 3-2 defeat at Thornaby on Saturday. With that in mind he re-jigged his defence, with Captain Daniel Hawkins playing in a central defensive role to add his experience and leadership to the back four.

Both teams had injury and unavailability problems with the teams lining up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Bond, Jakab, Weirs, Hawkins ©, Errington, Hennis, Watts, Hennis, Winn, Davison, Annang-Colquhoun, Richardson. Subs: Coghlan, Hunter, J Croft, A Croft, Ball.

Whitley Bay: Lister, McFarlane ©, Dunn, Dick, Taylor, Sherrard, Orrell, Parker, Speed, Dorward, Coulson. Subs: Watson, Iley, Clark, Rutledge, Chanayire.

Jonny Ball clears down field during the second half of the match.

A very windy Sunderland LGV Park welcomed our visitors Redcar Athletic FC. This is the first time that the two sides have met and it was to be a memorable one for visitors in more ways than one.

Swansbury, Johnson, Allen and Lennox were still sidelined and Carr (University studies) and Richardson unavailable added to this there was fitness problems surrounding Coghlan and J Croft meant they were a bit thin on the ground. However the inclusion of new signing Chris Winn offered some relief.

The teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland RCA: Ball, Burlace, Lawrence, Jakab, Allen, Watts, Hennis, Weirs, Davison ©, Annang-Colquhoun, Winn: Subs: Coghlan, Hunter, J Croft, A Croft, Marrs.

Redcar Athletic: Dawson, Jackson, Bell, Woodhouse, McGuckin, Krakue, Williams, Rivis, Wainwright, Smith, Walker. Subs: Martin, Farrington, Eglington, Wilson, Browne.

Joshua Croft whips in a dangerous cross during the first half of the match.

Tonight RCA travelled up the A1 to take on high flying Ashington, at the DWMedia Stadium.

Facing an Ashington team who have won five of their last six matches and who on Saturday beat Crook 4-0 a team who defeated us 3-1 a few weeks ago this was never going to be an easy match.

However, after Saturday’s victory at Newton Aycliffe expectations of a repeat performance against a strong Ashington team were high.

RCA made only one change to the team from Saturday with J Croft replacing Carr at left back.

The teams lined up as follows:

Ashington: Dryden, Sampson, Summerly, Anderson, Coppen, Harmison, Doyle, Spooner, McGorrigan, Briggs ©, Robinson. Subs: Aziakonou, Mullen, Ross, Cowburn, McHugh.

Sunderland RCA: Ball, Burlace, J Croft, Jakab, Allen, Coghlan, Hawkins ©, Weirs, Davison, Annang-Colquhoun, Richardson. Subs: Hunter, Watts, Hennis, A Croft, Herdman.

Mark Davison scores the winner for RCA.

Bishop Auckland's video highlights are here.

The lads made the trip to the newly named “Voneus Heritage Park” to play Bishop Auckland in this Ebac Northern League Division I clash.

So much has changed since we clashed in the Extra Preliminary round of the FA Cup when RCA ran out convincing 5-1 winners. Bishop have a new manager in Chris Hardy and a much changed team, while RCA have also lost a few players and gained others. Harry Dunn took charge for the final time tonight and we wish him well in his retirement.

The pitch looked in good condition after the recent rain and everything was set for an entertaining evening of football. If you didn’t fancy watching this one there was always the clubhouse where some international was taking place on the big screen.

The management team made two changes to the team which was beaten by Crook on Saturday. Into the team came Joshua Croft and Taylor Richardson to replace Michael Coghlan and Michael Annang-Colquhoun.

The teams lined up as follows:

Bishop Auckland: Liversedge, Winstanley, Miller, Poole ©, Emery, Nelson, Waters, Suddick, Pinder, Murphy, Stevens: Subs: Gilchrist, Lamb, Hoare, Ait El Haj, Pilling.

Sunderland RCA: Ball, Allen, J Croft, Jakab, Errington, Hawkins ©, Carr Watts, Davison, Burlace, Richardson: Subs: Coghlan, Hunter, Weirs, Annang-Colquhoun, Marrs.