𝗙𝗜𝗫𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦 | 6️⃣ matches to look forward to this month. Home ties include Easington Colliery (7th), Ryton & Crawcrook Albion (17th) as our Brooks Mileson League Cup campaign gets underway before ending the month against West Allotment Celtic (28th). #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙𝗙 | Today's match against Northallerton Town has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. A new date will be announced soon. That means we end January unbeaten (hurrah!) and we've a minimum of 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 games next month to look forward to. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗣 | Following our game at Boro Rangers next month, we're hosting a (romantic) Valentine's Race Night in Wadgey's Bar. Picture the scene... FA Cup Football, maybe some of those smelly candles, a bit of music & betting on pre-recorded horse races. Perfection!

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗙𝗙 | Tonight's match at Crook Town has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. A night infront of the fire watching the Champions League it is then 🙄 We'll be back on Saturday with a trip to Yarm via Northallerton Town...hopefully! #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 | Fancy an away day to Northallerton Town with The Hoops and a night in Yarm afterwards? Of course you do! You're nodding aren't you? Seats on our supporter bus are still available so get in touch with Beaty/Tuna ASAP if you'd like one. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A thrilling game comes to an end and we leave Dean Street with a point. Some fantastic displays and the lads can be proud of themselves. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A rather entertaining first half with four goals, two striker injuries and, at the interval, Birtley manager Paul Foster has just been sent off for remonstrating with the referee over the second injury. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗦 | Here are today's lineups at Dean Street. Kick off just over half an hour away. I'll be in the toasty warm clubhouse until then if anyone needs me. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 | We head to Dean Street this afternoon to take on 2nd-placed Shildon. If you're joining us, please remember it's a 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 turnstile and there are 𝗡𝗢 air horns or drums allowed inside the ground. We'll see you there! #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗨𝗣 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 | We're back on the road on Saturday afternoon when we take on 2nd-placed @shildonafc.com at Dean Street. Come and back Foss, Clarky and the lads in DL4, we'd love to see you there! #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 | Bus information for the Northallerton trip on Saturday 31st January. Get in touch with Paul, Tuna or via socials ASAP if you'd like a seat. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 | We'd like to thank everyone who came down last night to support the club, including those who made the trip up from Guisborough. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗠 | Taking home tonight's award on behalf of match sponsor The Wheatsheaf - Nonna Mafalda's Kitchen is Alexander Walker who, alongside everyone else tonight, (including me) was absolutely outstanding all game. Well done Ban! Very well deserved! #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | WHAT A WIN THAT IS! #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | An explosive start to the game sees three goals in the opening 11 minutes. Birtley opened the scoring through James Proctor and despite being pegged back three minutes later, we retook the lead through Ban Walker soon after. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

GUISBOROUGH TOWN: Catterick McNeill Ferguson Dowson Fielding (C) McAvoy Doherty Birtles Willshaw Beddow Osiyemi; SUBS: Bailey McHugh Waller Townsend http://fwp.co/sVUY74

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗦 | Here are the lineups for tonight's match against Guisborough Town. Kick off around 30 minutes away. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘 | Get yourself ready for tonight's match with a read of our programme featuring the trio of Scrappy, Walker and Heslop on the cover. Wanna play a game? What are they looking at and why does Hezzy look petrified? bit.ly/4qzt1mn #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

And after that beach session, yesterday's birthday boy Joe Hailes washed down his coffee with a bit of cake, bought by The Bull himself. Nice guy Kyle. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 | Ain't no rest for the wicked...Birtley boys head for the beach. The pitch at Crook might be frozen but the sand at Shields ain't! 🟢⚪ #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 | Better late than never, we'd like to wish midfielder Joe Hailes a very happy birthday today...what's left of it anyway. Hope its been a good one! photo credit: Raw Edge Media #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Everyone at Birtley is wishing our long term club Captain Mr Franco a Happy Birthday. A legend on and off the pitch and a history maker with the club!

𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 | Some of our old junior strips have found themselves a new home in Northern Namibia. Well done to Keith and our U18s for organising this. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

POSTPONED: Birtley Town v Guisborough Town http://fwp.co/eyUDsV

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 | We'd like to wish defender Lewis Exley a very happy birthday as he celebrates it by being off school. Smart career choice. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A fantastic all-round performance from the lads today resulting in a convincing 5-0 win. Four wins off the bounce, another clean sheet and three very valuable points. Merry bloody Christmas. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A great first half performance from the lads sees us go in at the break with a two goal advantage thanks to goals from Matty Ward and Nick Marley. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗦 | Here are your Boxing Day lineups for today's clash at The Glebe. Kick off just over twenty minutes away. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 | We're at The Glebe this morning as we take on neighbours Whickham FC in our Boxing Day clash. There's a family offer of Adult & Child entry priced at £10 (any additional children £2 each). We hope to see you there. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀 #𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲

𝗨𝗣 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 | This Friday, on Boxing Day, we make the short trip to NE16 to face Whickham on Derby Day. We ho-ho-hope you can join us for this one, kick off is at 11am. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 | We'd like to wish striker Big Nick WolteMarley a very happy birthday. Other aliases include Saint Nick (see below) and the latest one, Biggus Nickus but we'll keep that photo for his 100th game 😉 #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A first-half goal from Saint Nick Marley is enough to see us leave SR8 with all three points. Next up is Whickham (A) in the derby on Boxing Day, 11am KO. Get amongst it. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗦 | Here are the two lineups for tonight's Black Eye Friday Night game at Horden CW. Kick off just under 40 minutes away. Head over to Twitter for live updates, or if you're already here, strap yourselves in coz Tuna is in charge. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 | We head down the A19 to Horden tonight for some Black Eye Friday Night Football. Get along to support the lads as we look to continue our recent good form. Preview ⤵️ birtleytownfc.co.uk/event/horden... #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 | The match report from last Saturday's 4-3 win against Marske United is now available. birtleytownfc.co.uk/event/birtle... #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗥 | Our Christmas hamper raffle - on sale at our game against Marske on Saturday - has been CLAIMED (#110) The second prize of a bottle of prosecco and chocolates (#665) is currently UNCLAIMED so if you have that ticket, get in touch ASAP or we'll have it! (joke?)

𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕 | Congratulations to the Blonde Bomber, James Proctor, who recently became the latest player to enter the 100 club. Here's to the next 100 Proc. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 | Only our Colin could organise a family party at his house but not turn up himself until he's spiked the pitch post-match. Priorities. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗠 | Well done to Scott Heslop who scored a brace today and worked tirelessly throughout, claiming today's award. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A sigh of relief after two late goals brought Marske right back into the game. The lads held their nerve, just about, and saw the game out to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A scintillating opening 45 from the lads here and it's fair to say we should be going in at the break more than three goals to the good. Hopefully more to come in the second half. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

MARSKE UNITED: Wilkinson Breeze Wheatley (C) Jackson Joynes Gant Rowe McKitterick Draper Marron McWilliams; SUBS: Boyle Eason Eglinton Craggs Spenceley http://fwp.co/dDBXvq

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 | And one we didn't forget, thanks to Mr Chairman. Happy birthday to defender Jake Stafford who celebrates his birthday today. I hope whoever is buying Heds' cake takes this into consideration and goes LARGE!! #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 | Happy belated birthday to skipper Sam Hedley who celebrated his birthday on Thursday. We missed the occasion so hope we've got him a cake so we don't end up with a Yaya Toure-style situation brewing. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 | Fos has been down to conduct the pitch inspection and he's pleased to confirm that today's game against @marskeunitedfc.bsky.social is ON!! We're open from 1pm, ho-ho-hope to see you all there. You might even see Saint Nick Marley! 🎅🏼 #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 | We host Marske United tomorrow afternoon in our final home game before Christmas and of 2025. We ho-ho-hope you can make it down to support the lads. birtleytownfc.co.uk/event/birtle... #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗨𝗣 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 | We welcome @marskeunitedfc.bsky.social to The Arrowmark on Saturday afternoon. Sack the Christmas shopping off for another week and come back the lads instead. 🤝 #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

Celebrate Saturday's league win with a new hoodie, polo or tee from our friends at @fromtheterraces.bsky.social. Plenty of colours, plenty of choice. Place your order before 12th December for pre-Christmas delivery. store.birtleytownfc.co.uk/products-lis...

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 | A brilliant second half display from the lads sees us come from behind to score three without reply, Nick Marley grabbing his first(?) Birtley hattrick, I think. Credit to Crook who put in a great shift throughout. #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀

𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 | Thank you to everyone who has come down to support the lads today, including a contingent from neighbours Chester-le-Street Town, who presumably are supporting the visitors 😉 #𝗨𝗽𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀