It is with deep regret that the Club announces the death of its Chairman Paul Ratcliffe after a short illness.
Paul will be remembered fondly at the Club he transformed during his tenure.
Our Condolences go out to all his family and friends at this especially sad time.
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of long term servant and groundsman Colin Spencer over the weekend. Colin was Castle through and through and his daily presence at the Lyme Valley will be sorely missed by many.
Next Thursday (29th) we will be providing 100 packed lunches for School kids from The Red Industries Stadium.
These will be on a first come first served basis.
If you wish to private message the club we will deliver to the local Newcastle area.
We are with you, Marcus Rashford
The club is delighted that Under 11s Academy player Daniel Isi-Eferaroro has been signed to Stoke City FC Academy.
Everybody at the club wishes yet another youngster making the step into Academy football from our club, all the very best.
“Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq suffered a 1-0 defeat to Al-Riyadh in front of less than 700!” 😱
✅ “More at Clitheroe v Newcastle Town”
✅ “2,122 at Hereford v Curzon Ashton.”
Alan Brazil reveals an EIGHTH TIER game had more fans than Al-Ettifaq’s last match.
We are delighted to announce that Ryan McLean our 2019/20 season fans favourite is this week on trial with a EFL club.
We wish Ryan the very best of luck for his trial.
🔵⚪️ | We are pleased to announce the signing of striker Ant Malbon, (pictured here in his first spell with the club) who joins us from Eccleshall.
Ant is well known on the non-league scene, and will provide additional attacking options for Castle.
Welcome (back), Ant!
We have been made aware today of the passing of local ref Tony Green.
Everyone at the club would like to pass on our thoughts to his family and friends and our prayers are with you at this sad time.
RIP Tony
Congratulations to James Askey who tonight makes his 400th appearance for the club.
Congratulations Askey, fantastic achievement here is to the next 400.
Today is an incredibly exciting day for everyone at our club. We are delighted to announce that the construction of a new £1.1m 3G pitch will start next week at Roe Lane playing fields, bringing amazing opportunities for our teams and our local communities.
🔵⚪️ | We are pleased to announce the signing of Jack Derbyshire from neighbours Kidsgrove.
Jack is a versatile player who can play in midfield and both full back positions.
We are delighted to have him onboard and he will go straight into the squad for tomorrow’s game.
🔵⚪️ | We’d like to congratulate our former winger
@ryan_mclean7
on signing for
@AFCWimbledon
on a two-year deal.
Ryan was a brilliant player for us and went from us to
@herefordFC
for a record fee.
Good luck understanding them cockney geezers Ryan!
Congratulations to Tommy van der Laan who won the September player of the month.
Tommy has been a key figure in our unbeaten start to the league campaign and was awarded the Player of the Month at Saturday's 6-1 win over Carlton Town.
Congratulations to Luke Dennis who today made his 150th appearance for Newcastle Town FC
Luke joined us in 2017 from Port Vale and has been a fans favourite ever since.
We would also like to welcome Ollie Ritchie back to Newcastle Town.
Ollie is highly regarded at the club and a player that manager Robin van der Laan has been keen to re-sign for a number of years.
Ollie is highly competitive and will be a valuable addition to the squad.
🔵⚪️🏥 | We’d like to wish Ethan Vale a speedy recovery following his recent ACL surgery.
Ethan is likely to be out of action for between 7 and 12 Months.
More exciting news this evening, a new addition to the management team.
We are very excited to announce that we have brought in Nigel Keogh as Assistant Manager alongside Paul Groves and will take on the 1st team coaching role.
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Huge congratulations to Zayn Sadiq, a player of Newcastle Town U16’s Development who has signed a Scholarship at
@OfficialPVFC
this week.
Everybody involved with NTFC is extremely proud of Zayn and are hopeful that he can realise his dream of becoming a professional.
Delighted to inform everyone that Neil Aspin will be bringing his Port Vale side to the Lyme Valley on Sunday 29th July for a 3pm KO.
It will pit Aspin against former colleague Robin van der Laan, as they share opposite dugouts!
🔵⚪️⭐️ | Another congratulatory post, this time for Castle striker, Jake Lovatt, who has today obtained his Masters Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (with Distinction) | 🎓📚
Smashing it, Jake. Congratulations buddy.
The Newcastle Town FC Food Bank is getting set up ready for folk to pop along tomorrow day (Thursday 29th)
Our team will be about from 10am to help you with any essentials that you might require, and we also have packed lunches available to collect as well from 11am.
Today we officially opened the Paul Ratcliffe Lounge, named in honour of our late chairman.
We are incredibly honoured to welcome Paul's widow Barbara to cut the ribbon for us
We are delighted to announce that Harvey Howell has joined Newcastle Town fc on a permanent basis. Harvey who is only 19 years of age has been impressed with our set-up, facilities and our long term plan.
All at the club would like to wish Harvey the very best.
We would like to express our thanks to
@RuncornLinnets
tonight for your hospitality.
Fantastic club, people, and set up and we look forward to welcoming you to us later in the season.
The Club are pleased to welcome
Connor Heath on work experience from
@crewealexfc
.
An midfielder/attacking player who has impressed recently, scoring a brace in Crewe's Under 18s FA Youth Cup away at Bristol City.
Connor will join to gain experiance of playing adult football.
🔵⚪️🏆 | Your Sentinel Cup 2022/23 winners, Newcastle Town FC u18s!
📰 | Head over to our website for the full match report👇
📺 | Post-match reaction is also available on our YouTube channel👇
We have another one of our young players perusing full-time football.
We have agreed for James Melhado to go on trial for a week at Salford City FC.
We would like to wish James the very best of luck and we are confident that he will do both himself and our club proud.
Today our thoughts are remembering our own club legend here at Newcastle Town FC in Colin Spencer.
Colin will always be fondly thought of and remembered here at his club.
🔵⚪️ | We're delighted to announce that Tommy Van der Laan will be our men’s first team captain for the new season, with Kyle Stubbs taking on the role of vice-captain.
More on this, including a video interview with Tommy, over on our website👇
We are excited to announce that Joe Slinn has signed from Alvechurch.
Joe made his debut in last nights 3-1 win over Buxton FC in the League cup to see us progress to the quarter finals and made an excellent start for the club.
Welcome to the club Joe.
Newcastle Town would like to invite applications for the position of First Team Manager.
Experience and knowledge of Step 4 or above would be an advantage but not essential.
Interested parties should email their interest and CV to applications
@newcastletownfc
.co.uk
Another new signing,
we are very exited about Ben Douglas joining our young and talented squad.
Ben will be a real asset to this squad in our pursuit of a finish at the other side of the table and we will be looking forward to working with him.
Welcome Ben
Last night before kickoff we welcomed Max Raine to the club who has joined us from Burton Albion on loan.
Max went straight into the team and had a superb start for the club.
The club is delighted to announce we have signed Joe Slinn back here at the club.
Joe joined us back in the 2019/20 season from Alvechurch and has since been with Mickleover.
We are delighted to see Joe back at the club.
Great tribute to Colin Spencer today. Thank you to everyone who attended and remembered.
Excellent 2-1 win - that's for you Colin!
@fja_photography
- thanks for the photos!!!
🔵⚪️ | UNBELIEVABLE, JEFF!!!
Castle score two injury time goals to take all 3 points, and a massive step towards safety.
Reaction and match report to follow!
We are very excited to announce that Callum Lovatt has re-joined Newcastle Town FC after a long spell away from the club.
Callum will bring much-needed Step 4 experience from his time at Chasetown and Kidsgrove Athletic.
Welcome back Callum.
We are delighted to announce the signing of Dominic Kurasik, an ambitious and talented goalkeeper with good experience at our level, who has a well coached history at professional clubs with a long spell at Stoke city’s academy.
Welcome to the club Dominic.
We are delighted to announce we have agreed on an undisclosed fee with Hereford FC for the transfer of Ryan McLean.
Ryan joined Hereford last season on loan from us and has impressed during his time with them and us to earn himself a permanent move to Edgar Street.
🔵⚪️ | TRANSFER NEWS!
We have today completed the signing of Louis Holden from
@RuncornLinnets
.
Louis is a defender/midfielder and joins us following a spell at Welsh side Connah’s Quay.
Welcome aboard, Louis 👍
🎈 Happy 40th Birthday 🎈
Everyone associated with the club would like to wish Chairman
@GavAppleby
a Happy Birthday!
The club would not be where it is without all his hard work!
🔵⚪️ | Congratulations to Castle centre back, Luke ‘Denno’ Dennis, on playing his 200th game for the club yesterday.
Luke has been an ever present at the back for a number of years now, and is an integral part of not only our defence, but our team as a whole.
Tomorrow, prior to our fixture with Belper Town, we will be presenting an award to James Askey, congratulating him on his 300 game landmark for the club!
🔵⚪️ | Full-Time: Newcastle Town FC 8-1 Northwich Victoria FC.
Goals from Max Chimenes, Patryk Mazurkiewicz (3), Lewis Holdham (3) and Max Van der Laan sealing the victory for Castle.
Well played lads 👍
We would like to wish all the supporters, players and officials of
@RuncornLinnets
a very safe journey back tonight and we look forward to visiting you later in the season.
🔵⚪️🚨 | We are delighted to announce the signing of Kingsley Adu-Gyamfi who joins us from our local rivals Kidsgrove Athletic FC.
Kingsley will go straight into our match day squad for tomorrow 👍
More on this fantastic signing over on our website👇
Ryan Mclean with the teams only goal last night in the Senior Cup as we progressed to the next round.
Ryan signed a contract with the club on Saturday after a fantastic start to his Castle career with 3 goals from 4 starts.
The club can announce that today it has parted company with 1st Team Manager Bob Askey by mutual consent. The club would like to thank Bob for his efforts and professionalism since his appointment. With immediate effect Robin van der Laan will become 1st Team Manager.