By Mark Carruthers

WORK CUT OUT: Blyth Spartans, in green, just edged past an impressive Heaton Stannington
PICTURE: Paul Scott

SOMETHING is stirring in black and white up on Tyneside – but there isn’t a hint of a Saudi Arabian investment fund in sight!
Just three miles from the bright lights and hallowed turf of Newcastle United’s St James Park lies the wholesome setting of Grounsell Park, home of Northern League Division One club Heaton Stannington.
A place where an award-winning selection of real ales, longstanding and wholeheartedly committed volunteers and, perhaps more surprising...