Whitley Bay supervisor Jay Bates needs to make use of the momentum of reaching the Northumberland Senior Cup ultimate for the primary time since 2013 to aid his aspect’s bid to safe promotion into the Northern Premier League.
The four-time FA Vase winners claimed a hard-earned 1-0 win at Northern League rivals Newcastle Benfield in midweek to make sure they may face Step 4 membership Heaton Stannington of their native county cup ultimate at Newcastle United’s St James Park subsequent month.
However, there are extra fast considerations for Bates and his gamers as they put together for his or her Northern League Division One play-off semi-final dwelling tie in opposition to West Auckland Town on Saturday afternoon.
The Bay have loved a constructive season to safe third place within the desk earlier this month and that represents their highest league end for over a decade.
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Tough check
Thoughts of returning to the Northern Premier League for the primary time in 1 / 4 of a century at the moment are firmly on the agenda – though they may face a troublesome check in opposition to a West aspect that claimed a 1-0 win on the Bay’s Hillheads dwelling simply two weeks in the past.
However, Bates has pressured that the earlier assembly ‘means nothing’ and insisted each side may have a really totally different look come Saturday afternoon.
He instructed The NLP: “We want to win every game and Saturday is no different.
“It is West Auckland, so it will be a tough game, and hopefully getting to the Senior Cup final can give us momentum going into the game.
“We will recover ahead of that and we will give our all to get a win.
“The league game recently means nothing. We will be a different team and I’m sure they will be too.
“The fans have been brilliant and you look at the crowds we have had, we are sure they will turn out again for us and we will need them to help us get through.”
Whitley Bay go shut of their FA Vase defeat to Barton Town
PICTURE: Mark Carruthers
Northern League play-off fixtures (all 3pm kick-offs)
Division One: Shildon v Boro Rangers, Whitley Bay v West Auckland Town
Division Two: Jarrow v FC Hartlepool, Yarm and Eaglescliffe v Seaham Red Star
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