Football Focus Issue 71 | Page 50

Newcastle Benfield FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/FOOTYFOCUSMAG Newcastle Benfield FOOTBALL CLUB N ewcastle Benfield FC is based at the Sam Smiths Sports Ground and their first team currently competes in the Northern League Division 1. They are led by Chairman Jimmy Rowe who is supported by Secretary Gary Thompson and the club is looking to progress under their guidance. The club entered the Northern League after winning the Northern Alliance title in 2002/03 and made an immediate impact, finishing as runners up to gain promotion to the First Division. The team then surpassed all expectations the following year as they 50 Issue 71 led the league for six months before eventually finishing in fourth place. They have enjoyed an unbroken tenure in the First Division ever since. This season their first team has put together a solid league campaign, having put together a record of sixteen wins, ten draws and sixteen defeats from their forty two matches. This saw them finish in a safe mid-table position with fifty eight points on the board. This should provide them with the perfect platform from which to build as they look ahead to the 2017/18 campaign.