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Latest News 3 February 2009 Least surprising website update of the year, the Durham Challenge Cup tie at Crook has been called OFF for the fifth time, with more snow having returned to the area. A sixth attempt will be made next Wednesday, the 10th, meaning of course that the League Cup tie at Tow Law occupied a particularly short-lived spell on our fixture list. With the team desperately short of match practice, a hastily arranged friendly has been organised away to Gateshead, to be played on the 3G artificial pitch at the International Stadium TOMORROW night Thursday 4 February. Kick off is at 7.30pm. 1 February 2009 A couple of fixture re-arrangements. We now have a date for the outstanding League Cup 2nd Round tie at Tow Law Town, which has been set for Tuesday 9 February, although given that Tow Law haven't played a home game since 12 December it remains to be seen if it actually goes ahead on that date. Also the home game against South Shields has been arranged for Saturday 20 February. 27 January 2009 If it's Wednesday, then it must be time for the weekly postponement of the Durham Challenge Cup tie at Crook. OFF again, we'll have another go next Wednesday! This means that the Horden game scheduled for that night gets placed back on the "TBA" pile. 23 January 2009 At last, some football! Consett played their first game of any description for six weeks as they returned to league action at Penrith. They picked up their impressive away form where they left off by registering a 3-1 win, extending their record on the road to just one defeat in sixteen stretching back to mid-August. Andrew Cuthbertson put the Steelmen ahead on the half hour and although the home side levelled four minutes before the break Jonjo Dickman restored Consett's lead within a minute. A Steve Huggins free kick in the 65th minute made it 3-1, by which time Penrith were down to ten men and Consett keeper Dan Staples had left the field with a suspected broken jaw. Consett also ended then game with ten after Cuthbertson was sent off in the 80th minute. 20 January 2009 More frustration for Consett as tonight's Durham Challenge Cup tie was called OFF again, this time just 20 minutes before kick off, with the referee deeming the pitch to be still waterlogged in some places. 15 January 2009 Another weather casualty as the home game against reigning champions Newcastle Benfield has been called OFF with Belle Vue still under a thick blanket of snow. Consett's period of enforced inactivity now runs to five weeks. There are some re-arrangements to bring to your attention as the Northern League start to address the massive fixture backlog. The home games against Spennymoor Town and Horden CW have been added in on Wednesday 27 January and Wednesday 3 February respectively, whilst the away game at Esh Winning has been re-arranged for Tuesday 16 February. There is no confirmation however of the home game against Billingham Town being reinstated back to the date it was originally moved from (Sat 20 Feb), with the Northern League website still showing this as a free Saturday for both clubs. 12 January 2009 The Durham Challenge Cup Quarter Final at Crook Town scheduled for tomorrow night is OFF again. We'll try again next Wednesday! 9 January 2009 Bedlington Terriers v Consett OFF. Reason obvious! 6 January 2009 Officially the worst snow for 30 years so another unsurprising postponement announcement. Tonight's Durham Challenge Cup Quarter Final at Crook Town has been called OFF. Nominally re-arranged for next Wednesday 13th, but in reality, not going to happen until they find some grass again under all that white stuff. 31 December 2009 More snow means more postponements, and Saturday's home game against Billingham Town has, inevitably, been called OFF. For the benefit of those outside the region here are some shots of Belle Vue taken today by Secretary Davy Pyke ...
24 December 2009 The Arctic freeze continues and with there being not the remotest chance that the Boxing Day morning game at Esh Winning will go ahead it has been called OFF already! We have a re-arranged fixture on Saturday 2 January 2010, at home to Billingham Town, ko 3pm. Weather permitting, of course. 18 December 2009 With Belle Vue under several inches of snow and a severe frost forecast overnight, it comes as no surprise that tomorrow's home game against South Shields has been called OFF. 15 December 2009 Consett's League Cup tie at Tow Law was called off once again this evening due to a waterlogged pitch, making it three postponements and an abandonment for the game which decides who travels to Morpeth Town in the 3rd Round. 12 December 2009 Having tried and failed three times in as many weeks to pay their League Cup tie away to Tow Law, Consett successfully managed to fulfil their league game at Ironworks Road today at the first time of asking. It proved to be a typical tight derby game though, ending in a stalemate with the final score being 0-0. 8 December 2009 The ongoing saga of Consett's League Cup 2nd Round tie continues as, after two postponements, the game was finally played this evening - only to be abandoned after 63 minutes because of fog! What was more frustrating was that Consett were leading 1-0 at the time thanks to a Gavin Parkin header after 29 minutes. However the mists rolled in after half time to ensure that we'll have to do it all again some time in the future. 5 December 2009 Another disappointing home result for Consett as their impressive away form continues to be undermined by failings at Belle Vue. However, the Steelmen felt somewhat aggrieved by the officiating in the game which played a part in both goals and culminated in the controversial sending off of Gary Ormston. Three Consett players were booked for dissent in the early stages, which set the tone, and Dunston took the lead after 35 minutes when Laws scored from the spot after Piecha was adjudged to have fouled Smith. It seemed Carl had got the ball though and the referee was some distance away. The second goal came on 41 minutes when Preen ran on to round the keeper, but again there was a suspicion of offside about it. There was very little goalmouth action in the second half but with 6 minutes left, Ormston seemed to be upended in the box. The referee blew the whistle with the home crowd anticipating the award of a penalty. To everyone's horror though he deemed that Gary had dived and showed him a yellow card, his second of the game so he was off. 30 November 2009 The Tow Law Town v Consett League Cup tie, re-scheduled for tomorrow night, has been POSTPONED for a second time, with temperatures plummeting to well below zero freezing an already wet Ironworks Road pitch. 28 November 2009 Returning to action after an enforced two week break, Consett came from behind to win 3-1 at Chester-le-Street Town and extend their impressive away record to 10 wins from their last 11 road trips. Nathan Fisher, who Consett released after just one game at the start of the season, put the Cestrians ahead after ten minutes. However Consett were level before the game had reached the quarter-hour mark as Gavin Parkin's shot was deflected over the keeper to open his account for the Steelmen. Andrew Cuthbertson scored with a tremendous strike from 25 yards to put Consett 2-1 up on 53 minutes, and Mattie Moffat headed in at the far post from David Pounder's superb right wing cross to wrap up the victory in the last minute. 26 November 2009 Confirmation has been received that the postponed Tow Law Town v Consett League Cup tie has been re-arranged for next Tuesday 1 December, kick off 7.30pm at Ironworks Road. 24 November 2009 A hat trick of postponements completed this evening as Consett's League Cup tie at neighbours Tow Law Town became the latest victim of the wet weather, called OFF due to Ironworks Road being waterlogged. 21 November 2009 Consett's home game against Horden Colliery Wefare has also fallen foul of the weather and has been POSTPONED due to Belle Vue still being waterlogged. 18 November 2009 Tonight's home game against West Auckland Town has been POSTPONED due to a waterlogged Belle Vue pitch. In other fixture news, Spennymoor's progress in the FA Vase means that our scheduled home game against them on Saturday 5 December has had to be called off due to their 3rd Round commitments. The league has filled this gap by moving our home game against Dunston UTS to that date from it's original date of Saturday 16 January.
7 November 2009 Consett's indifferent home form continued with a 2-2 draw against struggling Morpeth Town at Belle Vue today. The Steelmen had the better of the first half, but went behind in the 40th minute when Marc Walton scored for Morpeth. Consett were level within three minutes, Chris Scott's close range effort giving Morpeth keeper Jack Wells no chance. The comeback appeared to have been completed when Andrew Cuhtbertson fired home from 20 yards to put Consett 2-1 ahead with 11 minutes remaining. However the visitors, managed by Ken Lindoe's predecessor Jon King, snatched a late equaliser four minutes from time when Paul Jackson headed in from an Ian Herron corner. Elsewhere, Crook Town won 5-2 at Boldon CA in the Durham Challenge Cup to set up a quarter-final meeting with Consett at Millfield, with the likely date being Wednesday 6 January 2010. 5 November 2009 In today's draw for the 3rd Round of the Durham Challenge Cup Consett were drawn away again, to face the winners of the one oustanding tie from the 2nd Round between Boldon CA and Crook Town. That game takes place at Boldon on Saturday and is a 1.30 kick off due to the Wearside League club having no floodlights.
31 October 2009 In a decidedly inconsistent season one factor which is proving pleasantly consistent is Consett's away form. The Steelmen registered their fourth consecutive away win, and the seventh from their last eight away games, by winning 2-0 at Norton & Stockton Ancients. It was two goals from Mattie Mofaft, the first of this his second spell at the club, that did the damage.. The first came eight minutes after the break following a great through ball from Gary Ormston, and Moffat completed the job in the last minute after another defence-splitting Ormston pass. The win moves Consett up to 6th in the table. 29 October 2009 Your correspondent has received an email from erstwhile Consett keeper James Platten with the sad news that his career is over. Now living in Kent, James had up until recently been playing for Chatham Town in Ryman League Division One, making 12 appearances and never finishing on the losing side in any of them. Earlier this week however James went in for a shoulder operation, a legacy from an injury picked up in a pre-season friendly against Birtley Town in 2002. What was meant to be in 45 minute procedure took 2 hours due to complications and as a consequence James has been told he can't play again. Always a popular figure at Belle Vue, as witnessed by his well-supported testimonial a couple of years back, everyone at Consett sends their best wishes to James for the future.
24 October 2009 Consett recovered from an early setback to register a 3-1 home win over Ryton today. Kevin Dixon put the visitors ahead after just two minutes, but the Steelmen were level within a further two minutes as Steven Johnson made it 1-1. Two goals in the final five minutes of the first half, scored by Gary Ormston and Steven Huggins made it 3-1 at the break. There was no further scoring in the second half which meant Consett returned to winning ways in the league and moved up to 7th in the table. 22 October 2009 In today's draw for the 2nd Round of the Durham Challenge Cup Consett were handed an away tie at fellow Division One side Norton & Stockton Ancients, who are in their first season in the top division of the Northern League. The match is to be played by 7 November 2009, and as Norton usually play their midweek games on a Wednesday night, the likely date for the game is therefore Wednesday 4 November.
17 October 2009 Consett's Jekyll and Hyde season continued when they followed three wins in a week with a shocking 0-3 home defeat to struggling Bishop Auckland at Belle Vue today. After a goalless first half the Steelmen were undone by Adam Emson, who signed for Bishops from Consett a little over two weeks ago. He scored the first two minutes after the restart and then was fouled twice in the area for two penaltes both converted by Stephen Salvin. To compound Consett's misery the second penalty led to a sending off for keeper Dan Staples, meaning they finished with ten men and Jonjo Dickman in goal.
3 October 2009 Consett's interest in the FA Vase ended at the first hurdle for the second year running, as they went out of the competition at home to Bedlington Terriers, losing 0-2. After a goalless first half played in near gale force winds, the Terriers took the lead through a calm finish from Lee Ludlow. Bedlington certainly made best use of the conditions with the wind at their backs in the second half, and secured the win when Gareth McAlindon's left wing corner sailed in directly. |
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| Pos | Team | Pl | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Bedlington | 25 | 18 | 44 |
| 7 | Newc Benfield | 23 | 16 | 42 |
| 8 | Shildon | 24 | 12 | 42 |
| 9 | CONSETT | 24 | 4 | 42 |
| 10 | Tow Law | 24 | -7 | 38 |
| 11 | Billingham S | 27 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | West Allotment | 26 | -9 | 33 |
(30 Januray 2010)
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