Although the road to Wembley has been in the spotlight these past few days, it is the road to Whitley Bay that concerns Newcastle Blue Star and after recording a 10th successive win in all competitions on Saturday, that victory means they will be playing for silverware in just a few hours. That perfect ten came about after a 3-1 win at Birtley and if you were to stack each of Blue Star’s recent successive victories against each other, Saturday’s success will arguably be the pick of the bunch....

Every win that Newcastle Blue Star have recorded these past few weeks has extended the competitiveness of their season by another few days. A seven-game winning streak in the league taking matters all the way to the final day, further progress in the cup secured on Tuesday. Victory in the League Cup quarter-final in midweek means it is now nine wins in a row in all competitions for Paul Brayson’s men. Newcastle University putting up a challenge at the start of the week, Blue Star passing the...

Although Newcastle Blue Star’s league campaign has come to an end, the same cannot be said for the season as a whole. Paul Brayson’s men pipped to the playoff post on the final day of the season, League Cup silverware is still up for grabs. The reason that Blue Star managed to make both Boro Rangers and Kendal sweat on the final afternoon of the season is due to a seventh successive league win on Friday night – an eighth win in a row in all competitions. A playoff shootout with themselves and...