👏 Congratulations to Whitley Bay on reaching the Northumberland Senior Cup Final!

We’ll see you at St. James’ Park on May 5th!

⚫️NEXT MATCH⚪️

Join us at The Willow Park for one last time this season as we battle to finish in 7th place in @thenpl.bsky.social!

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🚌 Just the 1,836 miles clocked up on @thenpl.bsky.social away trips this season…

👏 Stan Army, thank you as always for your tremendous support! We’re already excited to get back on the road with you in August!

⭐️MAN OF THE MATCH⭐️

Dan Capewell wins the fan vote for the sixth time this season - that ties him with Andy Burn at the top of the leaderboard!

🟡FULL TIME🟡

Dan Capewell got on the scoresheet after the break, but we fall to defeat in our final away game of the season.

87’ Grimsby restore their three-goal lead. 4-1

67’ GOALLLLL!!!!!! The comeback’s on! 3-1

46’ SUBS: Kane Evans, Jay Errington and Konner Lamb replace Connor Walker, Alex Payne and Leighton Hopper. 3-0

🟡HALF TIME🟡

I’m not at the game, but I’m fairly sure it would be considered a half to forget.

30’ Hornsby booked. 1-0

24’ Capewell booked. 1-0

11’ Grimsby take the lead. 1-0

We’re underway!

(Updates will be limited this afternoon - admin is unfortunately not in Grimsby!)

🟡TEAM NEWS🟡

TWO changes from Wednesday’s semi-final victory…

✅ Burn and Hornsby start
🔙 Evans among substitutes

🟡MATCHDAY🟡

Time to hit the road for one last time in 25/26… until St. James’ Park on May 5th!

🚌 Supporters bus will depart The Willow Park at 10am - please arrive early for prompt departure

😂 Less than a week to go until our next Stan Comedy Night and there are just a handful of tickets remaining - so don’t delay!

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⏪ Dale Pearson’s hat-trick put us on the way to a comprehensive victory over tomorrow’s opponents back in December…

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🟡NEXT MATCH🟡

Tomorrow’s trip to Grimsby Borough is our final @thenpl.bsky.social away day of the season! A win would secure 7th place…

🚌 Supporters bus leaves 10am tomorrow - still a couple of seats: heatonstan.co.uk/tickets

🏆SAVE THE DATE🏆

Following last night’s Semi-Final win, we can confirm that we’ll take on either Whitley Bay or Newcastle Benfield in the Newcastle Flooring Northumberland Senior Cup Final at St. James’ Park on Tuesday 5th May 2026, kick-off 7:30pm!

⭐️MAN OF THE MATCH⭐️

Another terrific performance at right back for Sam Johnson earns him his second MOTM of the season!

🗣️ “To be in the final again is a massive achievement, it’ll be a huge night…”

Dean reflects on tonight’s Senior Cup semi-final win over Newcastle University.

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Heaton Stannington will defend the Newcastle Flooring Northumberland Senior Cup at St. James’ Park on Tuesday 5th May!

90+1’ GOALLLLLLLL!!!!!! Pearson makes it safe! 5-1

88’ HUGE CHANCE! Lamb bursts through the middle, slips in Pearson on the left who fires to the far post… just wide! 4-1

87’ BRASS SAVES THE PENALTY! 4-1

87’ Newcastle University have been awarded a penalty. 4-1

85’ GOALLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Burn squares the ball from the right and Hopper taps home in the centre! 4-1

83’ HUGE CHANCES! Lamb dances through the Uni defence but puts his shot at the keeper, and then Hopper forces a big save moments later. 3-1

73’ Burn lets fly from 25 yards but the keeper catches. 3-1

65’ SUB: Konner Lamb and Andy Burn replace Max Storey and Alex Payne. 3-1