Spennymoor Town Manager Lewis Dickman, became the latest casualty in what can only be described as a bizarre sequence of sackings at NLN clubs in our area. Darlington, Blyth and South Shields have all parted company with their mangers and Spennymoor weighed in shortly after their abandoned game at Chorley on Saturday. Dickman took over on a short term contract after the surprise resignation from long time servant Jamie Chandler early into the new season, Dickman maintained some good form initially, but a spell away from the sidelines due to an inflamed appendix that coincided with a string of poor results means that Spennymoor Town, again, have a vacancy in the dugout. 

So what next for Spennymoor?

Dickman’s departure follows unsuccessful and or short spells from Miller, Johnson & Morley and Chandler, leaving sentimental fans yearning for something similar to the security blanket provided by Jason Ainsley for many years. For the more ambitious fans only a high profile name will do, though it’s not clear how practical that would be given terrace talk of belt tightening and redundancies. Only time will tell.

Back to Dickman, without meeting him, he spoke and conducted himself admirably and we wish him nothing but success and good health in the future. 👏

Christmas Eve will be forever remembered as the day we lost our dear friend Fred Hughes.

Fred was a staunch advocate for STFC Supporters Club, followed the football club through the United days right up to the present, and was a familiar face on match days both home and away.

Fred, (who’s late partner Connie Wailes served as Supporters Club Secretary and Treasurer) has suffered from serious health problems over the last few years, but still managed to follow the team home and away, as well as attending Supporters Club events when his condition allowed it.

It was a fitting tribute, that the Brewery Field stood in unison to applaud 👏 Fred’s life on 74 minutes (Fred’s age at passing) during our Boxing Day fixture against Chorley.

The 1 minute applause was delivered immaculately by supporters of Spennymoor & Chorley and STFC Supporters Club thank everyone in attendance for taking part.

RIP Fred ⚽️ 🖤🤍🖤🤍 True Legend

Walking Football in Spennymoor was established in 2021 and provides the opportunity for over 50’s to enjoy practice sessions 3 times a week and over 60’s to compete in league competition. 

As is the case with grass roots sport at all levels and abilities funding can be problematic. So when approached by club lead Brian Shippen, STFC Supporters Club members were happy to offer funding that will cover both pitch hire and referees costs for the whole league season.

STFC Supporters Club further strengthened their community appeal by agreeing to sponsor the Spennymoor & District Darts & Dominos League.

The club provided the funds to purchase the splendid trophy pictured above. The trophy has the Supporters Club name engraved on to it and will be presented to the champions for many years to come.

Supporters Club treasurer Ernie Hamer receives donated prizes from Asda staff member. 

The prizes will form part of a selection of great prizes to be won in our Xmas Raffle. Tickets are on sale now with the draw taking place on the night of our Christmas Party.🥳 

Despite a bitterly disappointing defeat, Our supporters demonstrated once more their commitment and love for the club. 114 away supporters could be heard throughout the game and well after the final whistle. This did not go unnoticed at Scunthorpe as one home supporter posted on Twitter 👇🏻

We were delighted to accept the opportunity to display the prestigious FA Cup in the WMC prior to the fixture with Marine FC. Members were quick to grab a one off photo opportunity. Thanks to vice chairman Ian Elloway for organising the event.

Thanks to all the Marine Fans who chose to join us on the day 👊🏻

Thanks to all the Chester Fans who chose to join us this afternoon 👊🏻

Supporters Club Members approved a donation of £250 to an initiative ran by the group that publish the Spennymoor News. The money will go towards a scheme that encourages young journalists in our area. The Spennymoor News have always been accommodating when we request advertising so we were more than happy to help.