Saturday 12 January 2019
Ebac Northern League Division One
Seaham Red Star 3 Newton Aycliffe 1
Newton Aycliffe parted company with manager Deano Browne by mutual consent on Sunday. The Club placed on record its thanks to Deano for his hard work and commitment over the last two years. Browne’s departure followed a disappointing 3-1 defeat at second bottom Seaham Red Star.
Aycliffe started sluggishly, and Seaham took advantage, scoring after 7 minutes. A low cross was put in from the right to Weir, and he beat his marker before putting the ball past keeper Adam Pickford. Aycliffe lost captain Danny Mitton to injury after 24 minutes, and he was replaced by Daniel Wright. Aycliffe came into the game and had a couple of half chances, before equalising on 28 minutes. Jermaine Metz played a defence splitting ball through to Wright, who slotted it past home keeper Bannon. A dull first half finished all square.
The second half followed a similar pattern, with neither side excelling. Aycliffe’s best moves were being prompted by man-of-the match Ethan Wood. They had good attempts on goal through Stuart Thompson and Jermaine Metz.
The game swung in Seaham’s favour on 67 minutes. A back pass was played to Pickford, who slipped trying to make his clearance, leaving Wilson with a tap-in. Seaham got a third five minutes later, when a good low cross was pulled back from the by-line for Johnston to score. Aycliffe pushed on to try and get themselves back in the game, but couldn’t make a breakthrough. The defeat sees Aycliffe in 13th place (of 18 teams).
Chairman Allan Oliver now begins the task of recruiting a new manager. In the meantime Danny Mellanby is supervising training ahead of the visit of Dunston UTS on Saturday 19th January at 3pm.
Photo: Aycliffe goalscorer Daniel Wright
