As per the earlier statement from the club Newcastle Blue Star have now ceased trading and no longer continue to be represented at any level.

I’d like to personally thank all those involved with the club which includes the management, players and supporters. During my time with the club I have made many friends and I have no doubt I will continue to see them again throughout the local football scene in the near future.

It gives me much sadness to declare this will be the last post on the site. Once things have settled down and the new season commences this website will be restructured as a dedication and history to one of the truly unique football club names in the world.

RIP Newcastle Blue Star FC, lost but never forgotten.

Mark Scott, NBSFC Website Administrator\Editor

25/06/2009 17:35

Following on from a meeting in Soho square London where Bob Morton met up with representatives from the Football Association, the FSIF (grants) and a member from the financial regulations department of the FA, Bob submitted mitigation as to why the club should be shown compassion with regards to the claims for full repayment of £61,000 which the club received towards development of the Wheatsheaf Sports Ground, Bob Morton pleaded with the members to forego their claim of the full amount of this money and allow the club to continue with their progression and keep the club in existence, however it was to be fruitless as the FSIF were demanding full payment prior to the 2009-10 season commencing..

Club Secretary Jim Anderson states that although all parties confirm and endorse that the grants which were awarded and have been correctly utilised over the period 1999-2004 in which they had been claimed, it is the fact the senior club no longer play their games at the Wheatsheaf ground that has instigated this claim even though their relocation to Kingston Park was urged and commissioned by the same authorities.

Taking this into account, Newcastle Blue Star would like to confirm that they are officially withdrawing from all competitive football, having announced at the end of the 2008-09 season their concerns over their future, both Bob Morton and Jim Anderson have worked vigorously in an attempt to prevent the closure of such a great club attempting to attract investors in what is an unstable economic climate.

Finally Jim Anderson would like to thank all of the support received from all since the club was founded back in 1930, there have been many folk associated with this club and I am sure they will have fond memories that they will cherish.

Jim Anderson, Club Secretary

23/06/2009 22:56

I have never allowed myself to cast aspersions but having read the comments where Both Bob Morton and Dave Thompson are being crucified as villains I feel that I should set the record straight:

In November 2004 with the club languishing in the 2nd division of the Northern league and sinking fast with bills mounting I approached Bob Morton to help with brining in money for the club, Bob asked the Club what they were looking for and ALL committee members asked for his help and recognised his presence in non-league football.

Within 15 months we were being crowned league and cup winners and looking for better things the following season, however Bob forward thinking asked each member to help towards funds and asked for them to donate £5 per week or £180 for the year giving the Club a start to the season of around £5,000. This was without sponsors etc. Yes you guessed they claimed they could not afford this, 1 member even made the remark that he would not even pay to watch his team play !!!!!!

We had two sportsmen dinners that year and our committee did not even sell 1 table.

At the start of the 2006-07 season we got wind of the proposed "New North Division" of the UniBond League and when discussing this with all of the now directors, ALL thought that this was a great idea the stumbling block was the funds, and possible ground grading.

At the start of the year with hardly any funds to meet the day to day running of the club Bob got his friend Dave Thompson to help out now and again, Dave was not the only one of Bob's friends to help the club and all of this time our committee did diddly squat. 1/2 through the season and with S & N wanting to increase rent massively,the Inland revenue taking an interest in us and then my wife and I receiving repossession letters for unpaid rent, (this is due to the fact that I was the sole guarantor for payment of this, others would not commit), I was asked if I wanted to give up the lease and give me peace of mind again.

Bob introduced me to David Thompson who assured me that he would take over Blue Star and help towards the running, I say help as Bob and me submitted a prospectus of how funds could be raised, gate receipts x 200 x £6 weekly draw £150 x 52 weeks, 2 dinners, 20 player sponsors x £250. domino cards sales, canteen sales, leaving a shortfall of around £30,000. see any similarity in what you were proposing !!??

David also paid off NBSFC creditors, this totalled nearly £100,000. For two years David Thompson also underwrote our playing budget, so you see he's not the bad man after all, the FA do NOT recognise David Thompson, our ex-committee / directors were not content with having a great stadium and freedom to support freely their club, they also sneaked people in for nowt and did not even go on any club fund raising, the same people decided to put money into GOSFORTH RUGBY CLUB via goalbuster, raffles etc.

Please don't think ill of David and Bob, look towards pre- 2004 when the ex-members did not raise funds and decided to bury their heads in the sands.

Jim Anderson, NBSFC Club Secretary,

16/05/2009 19:53

I have been requested to shut down the official club message board at the request of the club management.

15/05/2009 19:37