Barrie Geldart

Written: March 2011. Everyone knows Malcolm Barrie Geldart better as just Barrie Geldart. Born in Thornaby-On-Tees in 1932, he began his football career at South Bank St. Peter’s at aged 14 years old. Then from 1950 to 1952 he did his National Service in the RAF as all young men had to. Prior to this … Continue reading Barrie Geldart

Richard ‘Dickie’ Chambers.

Richard ‘Dickie’ Chambers Position: Various 1947 – 1959 (Many spells) Considered to be one of the best players in the North East for many years, he was also dreadfully underrated and despite many offers from league teams, Dickie remained a local boy in every sense of the word. His career in football began while he … Continue reading Richard ‘Dickie’ Chambers.

Expunged Part II

So a while ago I wrote an article called Expunged in which I laid out how player stats, match stats etc. are not featured in any stats held by historians when a team has a match expunged due to folding, abandonment or ordered to be replayed due to a rule breach. This isn't just us … Continue reading Expunged Part II

Welcome to the WTFC History Blog

Thanks for coming to the Whitby Town History blog. Firstly nothing from this blog is permitted to be reproduced on any social media or website. Also please see the copyright notice. The blog features, player profiles, team photos, match reports, photos, and all sort of gems. From Whitby United, Whitby Town and maybe the odd … Continue reading Welcome to the WTFC History Blog

Expunged

expunge verb past tense: expunged; past participle: expunged obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant). "the kind of man that could expunge an unsatisfactory incident from his memory" synonyms: erase, remove, delete, rub out, wipe out, efface; Right now we've got that out of the way. What does it mean to us at Whitby … Continue reading Expunged

24th March Matches

1928 - Away to Willington and one of our heaviest defeats ever. 3 - 13. It was a Northern League game and one hell of a result. Whitby's scorers that day were: A 'Pat' Donnleey, Harry McBurney, and G. Rees. The team: D. Martin, Dunne.M, Waller.J, Butler.J, Rees.G, Donnelly.A, Harland.J, Perry.G, Donnelly.P, McBurney.H, Palmer.R. 1951 … Continue reading 24th March Matches

From Blogger to WordPress – A New Look

Why the move? Blogger is a unstable platform and there were days, weeks and even months where the blog was missing, or inaccessible for readers and even myself. In a rare moment of access I took all the info off there and have created a whole new blog here on wordpress. I hope to be … Continue reading From Blogger to WordPress – A New Look

Missing in Action?

Hello everyone (or if anyone still reads this blog),Some people may actually wondering where have I been and why have I not posted in over a year.Simple answer is I am lazy!Well that's not quite true, it is a little but mainly I have been background researching players and have been planning and designing the … Continue reading Missing in Action?

Last Day Nerves.

Well it's the end of the 2011/2012 season and for the XX season running we have left it late to avoid relegation. This is not the place to say why this season wasn't a success. This IS the place to look back at those seasons in the past that had us on the edge of … Continue reading Last Day Nerves.

MRFTP: North Riding Senior Cup Final 1999

In our series here is the latest one.29-July-1999Whitby Town Vs York City.Whitby:- Stuart Dawson, James Middleton, David Logan (Capt), Micheal Waller, Chris Hudson, Ben Dixon, Rob Jones, Carl Chillingsworth, Terry Harris, Graham Robinson, Paul Pitman. Subs; Craig Hayley, Steve Newham, Steve Haddon, Darren Ward, Chris Hill.York City:- Bobby Mimms, Christian Fox, Neil Thompson, Mark Atkins, … Continue reading MRFTP: North Riding Senior Cup Final 1999