A NEW BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY
By Steve Tervet

FOR many years the Northern League dominated the FA Vase – but times are changing.
Such was their stranglehold between 2009 and 2017 that only once did the Vase trophy leave the north-east, with Whitley Bay, Dunston, Spennymoor, North Shields, Morpeth and South Shields all triumphant at Wembley.
However, with three semi-finalists in the last two seasons coming from the Southern Counties East League, we are seeing a new force emerging at Step 5.
Corinthian’s first appearance in the last four this season follows Cray Valley PM’s ...