06
Dec
No Way to Bellway
WBC CLUB STATEMENT WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!! Click here to read full article Bellway Homes has submitted a planning application to build over 200 new houses on the former Wallsend Sports Centre site next to Wallsend (Centurion Park) Golf Club. We call on all ex-WBC members, families and friends to make a stand against this proposal. We are losing too many green spaces within the borough and beyond, meaning less open space for our children to play, grow up and be physically active within their local communities. Please follow this link to sign and support Wallsend Boys Club to protect... Read More
20
Jun
Premier League Defibrillator Fund: Michael Carrick visits Kirkley Park
Michael Carrick returned to Wallsend Boys Club in his hometown Newcastle as a potential life-saving defibrillator device was fitted at the club’s Kirkley Park pitch. https://www.premierleague.com/news/2646840 The five-time Premier League winner had a procedure to correct an irregular heart rhythm while a Manchester United player in 2017 and he spoke of his support for the Premier League Defibrillator Fund, which is making more than 2,000 automated external defibrillators (AED) available to grassroots football clubs and facilities in England and Wales. “It can happen to anyone at any time, you can’t plan for it,” Carrick said. “You can’t put a price on someone’s life. “For those that haven’t... Read More
11
Jan
End of an era at Station Road… The Boyza 10 years on…
It is exactly 10 years since Wallsend Boys Club’s iconic Station Road headquarters was literally blown away in what has been described as “one of the most disastrous days in our history”. Overnight on January 6, 2012 gale-force winds flattened a wall and led to the demolition of a building which had been the focal point for kids who otherwise would have been exposed to the dangers of drugs and violence on the streets and therefore the threat of jail. The famous breeding ground for the best talent in North East football is looking to complete the next phase of... Read More