Posted ‘9:51pm 🕛 bells’ 🔔 Munday 28th Septembaa 2026
Sorry for the late postin of this match report--sorry 'brawl', from Saturday, but this IZ The GeordieTimes!---Wot did you expect?
“AVRO AGGRO!”
Avro FC from Oldham were in the heedlines for aall the wrang reasons not so lang ago, when a full scale fight between players of Kidsgrove jumped ower a fence behind the goal and attacked the Avro fans when they were 6-0 doon!
A full scale battle ensued and it ended with the match bein abandoned in the 84th minute!
News that Dunston had drawn them at home in The FA Trophy woz causiously welcomed, az they were top of The Northern Premyaa League Premyaa Division—A Leegue above Dunston who play in The Northern Premyaa Leegue East Division!
News woz then received that unusually, a police presence and crowd stewards were required for the game, which sent alarm bells 🔔 ringing alang the banks o the Tyne!
The Dunston Ultras aged between 10 and 16 (The Bad Blue Boys) would surely sort them oot, if they tried anything here! 😵💫🥊
Anyway! The game kicked off withoot incident and Dunston more than held their own in the forst 20 minutes and a couple of chances to take the lead!
However, it woz the visitors who opened the scorin in the 24th minute with a neat passing move, finished off by Wilkinson at The Marquee Tent End, who's shot beat Marshall in the Dunston goal!
They nearly doubled their lead near the half time break, but thankfully the baall just went wide of the goal! HT 1-0 to Avro!
It didnt take lang for Avro to double their lead, when Wilkinson scored hiz 2nd goal, tappin in from close range! 2-0 to Avro!
And then after this the real 'aggro' started az the ref dished oot quite a few yellow cards to both sides az the game became more heated by the minute!
The tipping point came in the 78th minute when Avro's Thiam sythed doon Turner on the far wing from us, az he heeded goalwards and the ref produced a red card for the Avro number 10 az the players squared up to each other!
Worse woz to follow for the men from Oldham, when Sam Davison threw a punch at Fin Neary and aall hell broke loose after Davison woz shown a red card to reduce Avro to 9 men!
It took quite a while for the ref to restore order az the aggro contined deep into stoppage time---and its fair to say that the visitors wernt happy with the officials when the full time whistle blew!
Disappointingly, Avro had anly brought just ONE fan and a 10 man committee with them in a ‘crowd’ of just 263!—-200 less than woz expected with The Toon not playin, due to the 3 week International break!- Their committee came into the Dunston clubhoose after the game and sat in the seats reserved for the ref and linesmen!
A Dunston committee man pointed to the sign that said 'RESERVED FOR MATCH OFFICIALS' and asked them sarcastically, if they could read---they eventually moved alang---but then more of their committee came in and sat in the seats that they had just been vacated!
More 'can you read' arguements ensued and a Avro committee man picked up the sign and slammed it on a table next to the Dunston man who had asked them to move!
A fight looked on the cards az both Dunston and Avro squared up to each other, with a crowd security steward gettin involved to stop the trouble! 'Avro Aggro' indeed!
(Where were The Dunston Ultras when you needed them?)
The irony of aall this --woz---the officials DIDN'T come into the clubhoose for their post match scran and drinks--(Probably too scared for sendin 2 of their players off!) and the 'RESERVED FOR MATCH OFFICIALS' sign mysteriously disappeared ---back on their team coach nee doubt az a 'souviner' of the 'sendings off' from their visit to Tyneside, nee doubt!
