Whickham F.C.

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Whickham
Whickham F.C. logo.png
Full nameWhickham Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lang Jacks or The Home Guard
Founded1944
GroundThe Glebe Sports Ground, Whickham
Capacity4,000
ChairmanRoss Gregory
ManagerTony Fawcett
League Northern League Division One
2023–24 Northern League Division One, 11th of 20
Website https://whickhamfc.com

Whickham Football Club are an English football club based in Whickham, Tyne and Wear, playing in the Northern League Division One in the English football league system. They won the FA Vase in 1981.

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The team plays its home matches at the Glebe Sports Ground, Rose Avenue, Whickham.

History

Founded in 1944 as Axwell Park Colliery Welfare, the club first started playing in the Derwent Valley League. In 1974, they joined the Wearside League, and were league champions in two seasons, 1977–78 and 1987–88. The year 1981 was one of the most successful years in the club's history, when they beat Willenhall Town 3–2 in the final, after going 0–2 down, to win the FA Vase. At the start of 1988–89, they moved up to the Northern League Division Two. The first season saw them finishing third in the league, and they were promoted to Division One. 1991–92 saw them relegated back to Division Two. In 1995, they were promoted again, as league champions, but after relegation in 1997, spent 20 seasons in Division Two, winning promotion back to Northern League 1 in 2017–18

By far the best run in the FA Cup for Whickham came during the 2003–04 season. In that season they won 3–0 at Garforth Town, 2–1 at Hebburn Town (in a replay), 2–1 at home to Armthorpe Welfare (again after a replay) before accumulating a 5–0 defeat at the hands of Chorley in the 2nd qualifying round.

In their first season back in Northern League Division One in 2018–19, it was a difficult campaign for the Lang Jacks, who finished with just enough points to remain in the division.

In the 2021-22 Season a slow start to the campaign was halted with the appointment of Tony Fawcett and some new faces to the squad and the resurgent Lang Jack's marched up the Northern League 1 table finishing in a club record 7th position.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Neal Bussey
GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Matthew Wilkinson
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Callum Munro
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Dom Agnew
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Max Nelson
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jordan Lavery
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kyle Errington
DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Christian Lynn
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Dom Moan
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Nathan Stephenson
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Finlay Neary
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Aaron Croft
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Harvey Smith
MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ross Peareth
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Lucas Lowery
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Mason Hardy
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Cameron Brewis
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Daniel Marriott
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Bailey Geliher
FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Adam Lennox

Management

Updated 1 November 2023.

Committee

PositionName
President Brian McCartney
Chairperson Ross Gregory
Secretary Lynn Ready
Commercial director Ben Riley
Treasurer Alan Walton
Committee/GroundsmanSteve Peareth
Committee/GroundsmanJohn Curry
Head of OperationsDanny Henderson
Welfare OfficerDaniel Armory
Assistant SecretaryJoe Preston
Committee John Paul Campbell
Committee Kris Holmes
Committee Sam Harrison
Committee Paul Cavanagh
Head of MediaFreddie Armstrong

Notable former players

Honours

Records

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