Hebburn are a social club on the upwards. Almost bankrupt a few years back, pregnant investment has seen much improvement on the pitch. Recently inward the flavour earlier final's COVID delayed FA Vase concluding they defeated fellow North East side Consett AFC inward a sadly empty Wembley stadium merely earlier fans started to returning to venues. Their other achievement of banknote came pre financial woes inward 2011 when starting inward the extra-preliminary round they got through 5 ties to achieve the 4th as well as last qualifying circular of the FA Cup having dispatched of several higher sectionalization sides along the manner. Their operate sadly for them came to an stop at that last qualifying stage when they headed iv stops upwards the local subway system runway line to face up so National league side Gateshead too lost three-0.
I have ventured from my abode on the other side of the River Tyne to visit Hebburn Town Football Club several times before. With my Uncle Kevin having lived inwards Hebburn all my life I am really familiar with the town too it is he along amongst his adjacent door neighbor Malcolm who I am coming together at the game today. The guild'second Energy Check Sports Ground dwelling house is just a ten minute walk from Hebburn subway system station at which y'all are only a xv infinitesimal develop ride from the metropolis centre of the region'sec thriving metropolis of Newcastle upon Tyne.
It's £7 entry as well as for or so of the hardcore groundhoppers out in that location they will live dismayed to government note that the social club has latterly gone digital solely for their matchday programme. This is a very fry annoyance to me but from what I've heard about hoppers turn down to attend grounds where paper programmes are not available. I ofttimes sentinel a lot of the same local teams and so I'1000 sure if I tin can form myself equally a truthful groundhopper anyway although I do similar the strange football game trip abroad.
I get in unusually late past my standards too the game, Hebburn'second opening fixture of the season, is already a minute some underway. But I shortly observe my uncle inward the master covered stand talking to none other than the league'second chairman who happens to live hither in attendance today!
The stand is consummate with track terracing just many people are sat equally opposed to standing. Either side of this stand are ii novel sections of uncovered seating they accept just installed. Talking to a friend the other calendar week I was told the new seating came from South Shields FC downwards the route. Shields are making way for a fantastic new stand and then the seats were evidently no longer needed. There is besides a minor covered section at ane terminate whilst contrary the master stand up another area of field lies amongst the football pitch. This earth used to double upward every bit a cricket venue just sadly the local cricket order went out of being a pair of years dorsum.
Today the visitors are Frickley Athletic from West Yorkshire too the first half is fairly even though peradventure Hebburn merely shade it. At the interval, it is fourth dimension for a visit to the grounds crowning glory known equally Hebburn Sports Bar which sits at ane end of the ground. Opened a duet of years back, this is truly the best bar I've come up across at a non-league football ground as well as the two storey affair consummate alongside a balcony overlooking the pitch patently gets rather busy on a Friday in addition to Sat night in addition to is besides pop on a Dominicus afternoon besides. This is sure enough more than but a bar at a football game ground it is ane of the town's popular entertainment venues. Having said that although Malcolm pays a really reasonable £ii.ten for a pint of John Smiths, I am rather dismayed at the lack of real ale, arts and crafts beer, or fifty-fifty just a lonely IPA, and determine to remain alcohol costless. It is likewise worth noting that in that location is a serving hatch outside selling food and off retention from previous visits it is standard fare.
Before kick-off, Hebburn were boasting on Twitter that they'd won each of their previous 3 opening mean solar day fixtures merely today it isn't to be. The agree is settled by a instant-one-half penalty for the visitors who twice nearly extend their Pb inwards the dying moments when the domicile goalkeeper ventures forwards together with leaves his finish wide open up. The visitor'second burn broad on both occasions.
Not as well disheartened by the defeat, notwithstanding, Hebburn later the tally proudly declare on Twitter that the 452 in attendance gives them the largest crowd of the day inward the partitioning. I'1000 not also dispirited myself either equally despite the upshot I've had an enjoyable afternoon at a terrific not-league venue. For whatever football fans visiting the area, I would highly recommend, among others, a visit to sentinel Hebburn Town.