Jarrow - Perth Green CA

Jarrow FC

Perth Green CA

Inverness Road

Jarrow 

NE32 4AQ

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Ground Number: 1539

Monday 6th April 2026

Jarrow 2-2 Boldon CA

Northern League D2

JARROW FC - A BRIEF HISTORY

Though there have been previous versions of the club, this incarnation was established in 1980. Initially, they played in the South Tyne Senior League before moving onto the Tyneside Amateur League in the latter part of the decade. In 1991, they joined the Wearside League, starting in Division 2. They won promotion to Division 1 in 1993 after a 3rd place finish. They struggled at first, finishing bottom in their first season, but would remain long-time members of the top tier. Finishes improved, and by 2017, they were champions, winning promotion to the Northern League D2. They've been there ever since, their best finish coming last season when a 3rd place finish was achieved. They beat Chester Le Street Town on penalties in the playoff semis after a goalless draw. Another 0-0 followed in the final, but this time, Thornaby won the shootout.

Jarrow have been entering the FA Vase since 2018. Their best run came in 2020 when they beat Steeton, Birtley Town and Yorkshire Amateur before they lost on penalties to Warrington Rylands in the 2nd Round. Jarrow is a town in South Tyneside. Historically, County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about three miles from the east coast. It is home to the southern portal of the Tyne Tunnel and is five miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. The population is just under 10,000. In the eighth century, St Paul's Monastery in Jarrow (now Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey) was the home of the Venerable Bede, who is regarded as the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar and the father of English history. The town is part of the historic County Palatine of Durham. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936. The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during the 1930s. Around 200 men, or "Crusaders" as they preferred to be called, marched from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town following the closure in 1934 of its main employer, Palmer's shipyard. The petition was received by the House of Commons but not debated, and the march produced few immediate results. The Jarrovians went home believing that they had failed.

The original Jarrow club was formed in 1894 after Jarrow Rangers folded. A year after it was disbanded in 1902, a new Jarrow F.C. emerged, which lasted until 1909. The current club is a continuation of a club originally known as Jarrow Croft Villa. A third Jarrow FC were established in 1912, although they can trace their way back to the turn of the century with them winning the South Shields Junior League in contentious circumstances, with rival club Regent Athletic also laying claim to the title; after the league resolved the matter in favour of Jarrow Croft, a Regent Athletic member, Thomas McClasham, beat up the league secretary, and destroyed his hat, for which he was fined £2. The club won the Northern Amateur League in 1904, having only lost a single match, before winning the Newcastle Amateur League in 1910. That year, they joined the North Eastern League.

The club was renamed Jarrow in 1912, and for the first two years of World War 1, they played in the North Eastern League–Tyneside Combination. After the war, the club were renamed Palmers Jarrow, before reverting to Jarrow in March 1920. They finished bottom of the North Eastern League in 1924, and moved to Campbell Park in Hebburn the following season; plans to rename themselves Jarrow and Hebburn were dropped after the Durham FA refused permission. In 1931, the club reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, losing 1–0 at Third Division North club Crewe Alexandra. Jarrow won the Durham Challenge Cup in 1933, beating Spennymoor United 2–1 in the final. They retained the trophy the following season with a 1–0 win over Cockfield and were also North Eastern League runners-up. The loss of their Campbell Park ground to the army in March 1939 led to the club resigning from the league at the end of the season. After World War 2 Jarrow rejoined the Northern Alliance, but they withdrew from the league during the 1948–49 season after 23 matches. They dropped into the Northern Combination and subsequently disappeared.

MY VISIT

From one revisit at Billingham Town to another at Crook took 40 minutes. The turnstile was cash only, and so we parked in town and went to a cash machine before walking to the ground. It was £8 to get in, plus I paid £2 each for a history book and a pin badge. The game saw Shildon win 2-1 in a local derby, with the high-flying visitors having by far the better of the game. It was great to visit such an iconic ground again. The third at Durham United, I'd only been to in September, and it wasn't the best. Even so, the organisation was excellent, and it was good to get some daytime photos. The cheese toastie was OK for a pre-packed item, but nothing to write home about. I got some cakes out of my car to save money, but we had tons of time to kill before kickoff.  Despite the disappointment at visiting the same ground so close together. This was the game of the hop. Durham went 2-0 up; the opener was a real beauty. Esh Winning pulled it back to 2-2, and I was really willing them on as they had been fantastic to me when I visited them for ground 1000. However, it was Durham who won 4-2, probably deserved, thanks to hat-trick hero Phil Kay. They hosted pretty well, too, though the food was very meh.

From there, we headed back to the hotel. I had a few pints of cider to use up before we left the room, and so this helped me chill as I sorted out photos. I was in bed just after 11, waking at 6.30. We spent until 8.45 relaxing and getting ready before driving to the William De Wessyngton Wetherspoons for breakfast. It was the standard breakfast muffin, black pudding and Strawberry Monster for breakfast. From there, it was a 15-minute drive to the ground, where I parked in the street outside. Entry was £5 as was a nice pennant. It was good to meet up and chat with various people as we waited for kickoff.

 

Jarrow were 3rd in the table with 80 points from 39 games. They'd won four in a row, including a 4-1 win over Grangetown in their last game. Boldon were second bottom with 32 points from 38 games. They were without a win in six, including a 7-1 loss at Thornaby on Saturday. The attendance was announced as 507 during the first half, which saw Boldon dominate. They'd had a perfectly good goal disallowed a couple of minutes before they were awarded a disputed penalty. Jordan Laidler dispatched, and justice was done as far as the scoreline was concerned. In the second half, Jarrow were by far the better side. They equalised on 64 minutes, a decent run and strike from Jay Barber, who had only just come on as a sub. A minute earlier, the Boldon manager had been sent off after an altercation with the referee. Jarrow went ahead on 74 minutes when Ryan Hardie latched onto a loose ball and finished from close range. Just as the game looked safe, Jack Devlin embarrassed the keeper as an error allowed Boldon to equalise in the third minute of injury time.

 

THE GROUND 

PERTH GREEN CA is a decent facility, albeit with the standard metal stands dropped in. Around 50 seated and 50 standing can be accommodated under cover. The rest of the ground is open hard standing, with plenty of room for expansion. Food is decent and at excellent prices, but the bar is quite basic. There is also a fair range of merchandise. The club are nice and friendly, as are the fans. There is a decent amount of parking and public transport links.