Workington supporters have come to expect nerve shredding afternoons and plenty of finger nail biting, and this entertaining encounter was just another day at ‘the office’ where the blood pressure reading went up and down the scale.

For the second successive home game, Reds recovered from a 2-0 deficit but, unlike the recent Guiseley fixture, they finished with a victory – their first in a competitive outing at the Fibrus Community Stadium.

An eventful afternoon at Broadhurst Park culminated in Reds obtaining that elusive first win of the season, at the fifth attempt, extending their unbeaten record on the ground to four matches in the process. Workington scored all three goals in this early season bottom four clash and that was obviously a major talking point afterwards. But the game will also be remembered for a unique incident with less than twenty minutes on the clock. Reds’ Jack Dickinson was at the centre

Reds remain consistently inconsistent, and produced another Jekyll and Hyde performance – encouragingly good in the first half but abjectly poor in the second. And it prompted a frustrated response from Billy Barr who labelled the side as ‘a forty-five-minute team’ shortly after they had slumped to their heaviest defeat under his tenure. The first-ever meeting between the clubs was refreshingly open with play switching from end-to-end throughout. Yet, whereas Workington lack

Reds will play in Oldham on Wednesday, fifty-one years since their last visit, but they won’t be making their way to Boundary Park like they did in the mid-seventies!

Skipper Matty Douglas got Reds back on track after they looked hopelessly lost in a disjointed first half. Reds were lucky to be only two goals in arrears at the break, but a much-improved display in the second saw them salvage the game, grabbing their first goals and point of the season in the process. Douglas made a vital clearance at the end of the first half to prevent Amir Berchil netting a third goal. Had that gone in, it would have been all over. And it was Douglas wh

Do we scold Reds for not seeing out the game at the eleventh hour (probably) or do we praise Redcar for their winning mentality (definitely)?

Without looking as though they could actually win this game, Reds were in contention for well over an hour before falling to a couple of late goals manager Billy Barr described as ’gift-wrapped’. “We can’t keep giving the ball away like we did and expect to take something from the game, and they duly punished us with both goals,” declared a clearly disappointed Barr. He was referring to Ashton Offler’s seventy-third minute header and Fraser Preston’s clincher six minutes late

A well created, and well take taken, goal from Tom Stephenson just before the half time break ended a solid pre-season campaign with a win, albeit a hard fought one, against a competent Clitheroe outfit. They did create plenty of chances in an entertaining game but took the one that proved to be decisive in the forty-second minute. And 1-0 away wins are a tonic. They rarely come easy and you have to battle through ninety minutes, compete with the home team, survive a few sca

What could be the bulk of this season’s U23 squad made a first visit to Dalton United’s impressive Railway Meadow ground only to be involved in a one-sided mis-match.

An open invitation to the biggest house-warming party was well received, with almost 1,400 fans turning out to see Reds launch their groundshare with Workington Town RLFC at the Fibrus Community Stadium.

Brian Dawson was happy with the brave performance from his young Whitehaven side, Billy Barr reasonably so with what he saw from blue-shirted Reds.

Billy Barr’s focus throughout pre-season remains the second Saturday in August, when he aims to have his team prepared for the start of the Northern Premier League campaign.

A first run-out for both teams and a useful ninety-minute workout for a decent Penrith squad and a makeshift Workington outfit.

After winning the JPL North West title, the Reds U18s were invited to play in the national finals at Warwick University. The squad travelled to Coventry on Friday and, after an overnight stay, played in a round-robin competition against Lincolnshire outfit, Bottesford Town, and London team, 360 Talent Club. Wearing their traditional colours in their first game, Reds took on Bottesford. It took a while for the game to spring to life, with both teams rather cautious, and it was

It was trophy time for the Reds U23s when the title winning squad was presented with the Lancashire League (Western Division) championship at Lancaster.

Knowing they were safe from relegation before a ball was kicked took away that competitive edge from Workington’s performance but, apart from a goal on the last day ever at Borough Park, it was party time in the sun.

Champions again ole, ole

We all know that lightening can strike the same place twice and this result provided further evidence to support the theory.

Here we are in mid-April with matters still to be resolved at both ends of the NPL Premier Division table. And in this part of the world, that means Workington is still embroiled in the battle to avoid relegation and a return to Step 4 football. Another below par performance, and defeat by the odd goal in three, will increase the tension amongst supporters for another week at least as three more points slipped away. This particular fixture has never produced a goalless draw