Redcar Athletic - Green Lane

Redcar Athletic FC 

Green Lane

Redcar 

North Yorkshire

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Ground Number: 1540

Monday 6th April 2026
Redcar Athletic 2-1 Bridlington Town
NPL D1 East

REDCAR ATHLETIC FC - A BRIEF HISTORY

The club was established in 1993 and was initially known as TEESSIDE ATHLETIC. For the first 12 years of their history, they were competitive in the Teeside League, but never won a title. In 2005, they made the step up to the Wearside League, changing their name to REDCAR ATHLETIC in 2010. They were runners-up to Stockton Town in 2016 and Jarrow in 2017 before winning the title in 2018. This earned them promotion to the Northern League D2, where they finished 7th in their debut season. Results over the two pandemic seasons saw the club promoted to Division 1. Redcar won the title last season, sealing promotion to the NPL D1 East, where they were crowned champions this season.

Redcar Athletic had their best FA Cup run this season, beating North Ferriby & Guisborough Town before losing 5-2 at Pickering Town in the 2nd Qualifying Round. Last season saw their best FA Vase run as they beat West Auckland Town, Prudhoe YCS & Whickham before a 2-1 loss against North Shields in the 3rd Round.  Local cup wins include two Monkwearmouth Cups, the Shipowners Cup in 2009, the Wearside League Cup in 2007 and the Total Sport Alan Hood Memorial Cup in 2017. Their record home attendance of 1,781 came against Hartlepool United for a pre-season friendly in July 2023.

The seaside town of Redcar has a population of 37,000 and is located around seven miles from Middlesbrough. It is a destination for holidaymakers, although not as much as it was in its heyday. There was also a steelworks in the town before a decline in the value of steel meant that it was closed. The town is also home to a running club, a cricket club and a rugby club. There's also Redcar Town FC, who are doing very well in the Northern League D2. Famous people from the town include the footballer David Wheater.

MY VISIT

In terms of the Northern Hop, had I stuck to the original schedule, it would have been five visits. For four of them, I was either unwilling or unable to find an alternative, but for the final game of the hop at Sunderland West End, I was able to switch it out for one of the three clubs I needed at step 4, the others being Ashington & Jersey Bulls. I was not quite able to match some other hoppers, such as QPR's Tony Incenzo, who had completed the top ten levels at Fulwood Amateurs today, but I was quite proud that I was down to 55 to complete the same feat. Quite a few hoppers had drifted to other games, so I was pleased when the official hop Twitter announced that the crowd was 475. The club was resigning from the Northern League at the end of the season due to a failure to attract fans, so it was nice to see them get a good send-off.

 

From our game at Jarrow, it was a slow getaway thanks to the roads not being used to the volume of traffic. We stopped at ASDA in Boldon to get enough petrol to get us home. From there, it was an hour to Redcar with a ten-minute wait at a level crossing near the ground. Parking was £2 in the spacious car park. Entry was a reasonable £10. I went into the shop, although it was a bit chaotic as they had not originally intended to open. No prices were on display, and it was exact cash only. I got myself a warm-up top from the sale rail for a fiver. From there, it was food; a double nacho cheeseburger was very filling at £8. I wasn't intending on a pint, but with limited soft drinks, I got a pint of Thatchers Gold for a fiver and went outside. The hosts were given a guard of honour onto the pitch to celebrate them being champions.

Redcar Athletic had already sealed the title and were a remarkable twenty-five games unbeaten. Bridlington were in 11th, but were six games unbeaten. Bridlington edged the game and went ahead at 25 minutes, Joe Pratley from 25 yards, following up a free kick and shooting past the flailing keeper. They were only ahead for a minute as Adam Boyes followed up a keeper's parry to equalise. Just before halftime, the champions took the lead, a penalty from Louis Johnson. Redcar were dominating by now and had a couple of goals disallowed.

 

We made a pretty hasty exit, as it was a 4.5-hour drive home. I'd have liked to have seen the trophy lift and celebrations, but I was all footballed out by now. There was disappointing news from back home - Wycombe had surrendered a 1-0 lead at home to Bradford City to lose 2-1. We listened to the fallout from this on our local radio station, stopping briefly for a drink for hydration at a petrol station. At 6, we switched to Greatest Hits Radio for the long journey home. I'd have liked to have listened to an audiobook to help the journey pass, but a talkative Colin remained awake for the whole journey. I dropped him off at 9.05 and, due to him taking a while to get his stuff out of the car, was back home by 9.25. I had a huge amount of admin to catch up on, and I helped this pass with half a cider and a bottle of Kriek Beer. It had been a boozy weekend due to my chilling once we'd got back to the hotel. It had also been an enjoyable time, despite four distant revisits. Sunday was the runt of the litter with no new grounds, but I still got something out of the day. All in all, tickets, hotels and car costs had come in at £235, though I'd spent a lot more on food and drink.

THE GROUND

GREEN LANE has seen a lot of development in a short space of time, and as a result, it is the standard array of metal stands added as they've gone up the leagues. There are around 200 seats and 300 standing under cover. The rest of the ground is open. The bar offers a reasonable range with great service, and the food is filling. The club shop has a reasonable range. The car park is spacious, but the ground is quite a way out of town.