by Jeff King At the second time of asking it's First Division visiting Second Division in the Ebac Northern League Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup. West Auckland Town the visitors to The Riverside to take on Park View AFC Wests are having a decent season and currently sit 6th in the First Division with 39 points from 22 games made up of 12 wins 3 draws and 7 defeats. They have scored 51 times and conceded 31. Their top scorer is Craig Moody with 12 whilst Fin O'Gorman who

by Jeff King Ebac Northern League Division 2 - Friday 26th December 2025 Chester-le-Street Town 0 v 1 Park View AFC Bragging rights but much more importantly three precious promotion seeking points were gained by Park View AFC in the now traditional Boxing Day Derby at Moor Park, the home of their neighbourhood Town rivals. A bumper crowd of 414 turned up to swell the coffers of Park View's derby rivals but that was all that was swelled on the day. The points going back down

by Jeff King The now traditional Derby on The Moor sees both teams coming in to the festive fixture well placed in the league and needing the three points even more than the bragging rights. Not that will stop this being a fiercely competitive game. The hosts perhaps needing the win a little more as they are currently two points and a place below their town centre neighbours. That said if Park View could get all three points it would create a significant gap in the play-off