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26 Friday Jun 2026

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AFC Newbiggin, Alnwick Town, Football, George Courteney, groundhopping, John Braine, Newbiggin by the sea, Newbiggin Sports Centre, news, Non League, Northern League, Northumberland, Room at the Top, soccer, Sports

Saturday 5th April 2026 ko 11:00

Northern League Division Two

AFC NEWBIGGIN 1 (Turnbull 90+9)

Livingstone sent off 90+7 (dangerous play)

ALNWICK TOWN 1 (Shell 44)

Ogidan sent off 62 (violent conduct)

Att 466 (Ground record)

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Saturday on the Northern Hop sawe us head, well north. Certainly from an English perspective the second you cross into Northumberland, you are certainly in the north. I did have a slight advantage heading through the Tyne Tunnel, I’d visited Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on holiday 20 years earlier.

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