Newton Aycliffe are now just four days away from welcoming the "Premier League" of amateur cricket to the town. Aycliffe Cricket Club's first team is due to play its first game in the North Yorkshire and South Durham (NYSD) League this weekend. Yarm will come to Aycliffe Sports Club for an historic match on Saturday (20th April),...

  The Ebac Northern League’s trail-blazing and much discussed Secret Shopper initiative, aimed at tackling offensive language and unacceptable behavior at football matches, has won a top FA award. FA Respect manager Dermot Collins said the award marked out the league as one of the very best in the country. “They have done some...

Newbottle Girls U-13s 4, Newton Aycliffe Girls U-13s 2 The under 13 girls travelled to Newbottle near Houghton-le-Spring on a bitterly cold night for their much anticipated cup final. A great crowd from Aycliffe encouraged the girls in a very tight game, but it was Lumley who made the breakthrough and followed up with a second before the...

With just five crucial games left in Newton Aycliffe's 2012-13 campaign, Glen Robertson takes a closer look at the relegation run-in and all the key remaining fixtures as the Newtonians battle to beat the drop... Newton Aycliffe face a massive two weeks in their fight to escape the drop into the Northern League second division. The Royal...

Newton Aycliffe Cricket Club are preparing for the biggest day in their history next weekend. After years of preparation and thousands of pounds on ground improvements, Aycliffe will begin life in the North Yorkshire and South Durham (NYSD) League next Saturday (20th April). After a number of years in the North East Durham League, their...

By Glen Robertson Newton Aycliffe’s survival hopes received a major boost with a 3-1 win over local rivals Shildon at Moore Lane Park. It was the fourth time the two teams had met at Moore Lane Park and the first time the Newtonians had got the better of their neighbours. Paul Broom teed-up Martin Young for the opener before drawing...

Aycliffe police are looking for this man in connection with the theft of booze. On Monday 25th March at 3.50pm, the pictured male allegedly stole alcohol from the McColls store at Parsons Centre, then returned 50 minutes later and stole more alcohol. If you recognise this man call the police on 101, quoting ref SK1300534/SK1300537, or...

  Lighting costs at one of the Tyne & Wear Metro’s repair and maintenance depots are being cut by 60% after a project to install 500 energy efficient lamps. Tyne and Wear Metro engaged County Durham lighting specialists Big Energy Ltd to help make their huge train repair and maintenance operation at Gosforth more energy...

Aycliffe Today editor Martin Walker pens a tribute to Aycliffe FC legend Frankie Swinburne... Frankie Swinburne was no Sunderland fan, but he did his best Bob Stokoe impression when Newton Aycliffe won promotion to the Northern League first division a couple of years ago. Saturday 26th March 2011 was the date. A 6-1 victory at Seaham...

Newton Aycliffe manager Allan Oliver is asking Newtonians to get behind the town's football club in their six-match survival scrap. The Royal Blues face six home games during an action-packed 15 days as they bid to stay in the Ebac Northern League first division after two seasons in the top flight. It's been a rollercoaster 2012-13...