Opponents: v Whitby Town
Competition: Innaugural Whitby Town Challenge Cup
Date: 29/07/2017
Venue: Turnbull Ground,
Whitby
Score: 2-0
Scorers: Watson, Nesbitt
Referee: unknown
Attendance: unknown
Comments: This FA approved Cup competition was organised by Whitby Town. Celtic, Whitby Town, Newcastle United and AZ Alkmaar took part in the innaugural competition.
All games were played at the Turnbull Ground, starting with Newcastle United vs Celtic on Thursday, July 27, before Whitby Town played AZ Alkmaar on Friday, July 28.
AZ Alkmaar beat Whitby Town in the other match and Newcastle beat the young Celts team 2-1..
Whitby and Celtic played this game for third-place, before Newcastle played AZ in the final for the specially-commissioned trophy.
Newcastle beat AZ 4-2 in the final to win the cup.
match report for Whitby Town vs Celtic at whitby-town.com.
Manager: Tomm McIntyre
Scorers: Broque Watson 25 (pen), Aidan Nesbitt 89
Team: Doohan, Potter, Wardrop, Welsh, Bell, Hendry, R. McLaughlin, Campbell, E. Henderson, Watson, Divers.
Subs: unknown.
Manager: unknown
Scorers: n/a
Team: unknown.
Subs not used: unknown.