Heaton Stan look ahead to the Newcastle Flooring Company Northumberland Senior Cup 25/26 final, as we look to defend the trophy we won at St James’ Park last season.

Details for the day

⚽ Heaton Stannington vs Whitley Bay
🏆 Northumberland Senior Cup Final
📅 Tuesday 5th May, 2026
🕘  7.30pm kick-off
📍 St James’ Park, Newcastle
🎫  £8 Adults, £4 Concessions (0ver 60s), £2 U18s
💵 Cash payments only – pay on the gate
🚪 Entry through East Stand turnstiles 39-47

 

Thanks to our Match Sponsor

 

The road to St James’ Park

The path to the final has been a shorter one this year, entering the competition at the Quarter Final stage thanks to our win over Morpeth Town last year to win the cup.

We started this year’s campaign as we ended the last, with a penalty shoot-out win, this time after a 1-1 draw at home to Blyth Town on Tue 3 February 2026. Dale Pearson scored our goal in normal time, with goals from the penalty spot by Leighton Hopper, Pearson, and Max Storey and a save from Alfie Gordon securing our passage to the next round.

In the Semi Finals we met Newcastle University back at The Willow Park on Wed 15 April 2026. Despite an early scare from the Uni, scoring in the 11th minute, The Stan ran out 5-1 winners, with goals from Joe Robson, Max Storey, Leighton Hopper, and a brace from Dale Pearson completing the scoring.

 

The opposition lowdown

We face Whitley Bay in the final, after a strong season in Northern League Division 1 earned a 3rd place finish, losing their play-off Semi Final against West Auckland Town 1-3 on Sat 25th April 2026.

Their Senior Cup run started back in October, with a 2-0 win over West Allotment Celtic seeing them through to the Quarter Final stage.

That Quarter Final match seemed like it would never happen at one point, after the fixture against North Shields was postponed three times, first in January, then February and again in March, before finally being played in April where Whitley Bay ran out 2-1 winners against their El Coastico derby rivals.

Just 17 days later, Newcastle Benfield hosted Whitley Bay for the Semi-Finals, where a 0-1 win resulted in them being confirmed as our opponents for the St James’ Park clash.

 

Words from the gaffer

Heaton Stan manager, Dean Nicholson, speaking after the Semi-Final win said:

“The Senior Cup was always going to be a tough one to go and re-enact, so to be in the final again is a massive achievement, it’ll be a huge night…”

 

Remembering last May

While we wait for Tuesday night, you can whet your appetite for Final action by reading the match report from the win over Morpeth last year or watch the video capturing the events and reactions of the day below: