Death at the Grassroots

In one of the few Northern League games to survive the frost, strugglers Ryton started the new year with a 3-1 defeat at FA Vase holders Whitley Bay. It was an improvement on 2010 - their last game of the year ended 8-0 - but leaves them rooted to the foot of the first division, with just three points from twenty-one games and a goal difference of -70. I recently wrote about their problems for twohundredpercent's (otherwise) excellent Clubs in Crisis series.