Month: November 2015

Player Sponsorship – 1/2 Season

 

Half Season Player Sponsorship Available

Option 1 : Player’s Shirt £ 15

Invitation to the end of season party.

A photograph taken of you and your chosen player.

Your name listed against the player profile in both the matchday programme and on the official website.

Option 3 : Management team £ 15

Invitation to the end of season party.

A photograph taken of you and your chosen player.

Your name listed against the management profile in both the matchday programme and on the official website.

 

For further information please email commercial@shildonafc.com

 

 

Shildon 1 Newton Aycliffe 2

Shildon gave away a half time lead to lose 2-1 against local rivals Newton Aycliffe.

In a wind affected game Shildon had the best of the first half and went into the break one up when Paul Connor broke the offside trap before calmly placing the ball into the corner of the net in the 42nd minute.

After the break and with the wind at there backs Newton Aycliffe scored through Zak Boagey and then a John  Campbell corner that curled in the wind into the back of the net

Final Score Shildon 1 Newton Aycliffe 2

Full Match report to follow

Supporters Club Stall at Shildon Market

The Supporters Club will be hosting a stall at Shildon’s Christmas Market on Friday 4th December. We will be selling smaller items such as hats, scarves, badges and other goodies as well as handing out promotional material to passers by.

We are still in need of volunteers to assist with the stall, for however long or short a time you can spare. The Market will be open from 10am until 5pm. Please either message us or post here if you are able to spare any time at all to help.

Meanwhile, the Supporters Club has been talking to Shildon Chamber of Trade (Shildon Businesses) to find ways to help promote each other’s activities and one way we will be doing this is by offering a double membership on the day of the Market – for a £5 fee, new members can receive the additional benefit of membership of the Chamber of Trade and access to the discounts available in local shops.

In addition, the Chamber of Trade will be running a raffle on Market Day, and as part of that raffle, the football club has kindly allowed us to donate a Season Ticket for the draw. Console Connections have donated a PS4, so this is a really great draw to take part in. See the poster below for details of where to buy tickets.

Shildon Businesses Christmas Raffle

Supporters Club on Social Media

The Supporters Club is now offering new ways of keeping in touch with fans with its new, official social media accounts.

Fans of Twitter and Facebook can now keep in touch with the Supporters Club on both platforms by connecting to the club’s accounts.

For Twitter, visit @ShildonFans and follow;

For Facebook, visit Shildon Supporters and hit the like button.

The social media platforms will allow the club’s committee to pass on important information about matchday travel, club news, offers and other information that it would like to pass on quickly and efficiently to members.

So now, whether you are sitting at home on your desktop or laptop, or out and about, you can still keep in touch with the latest news from the Supporters Club.

Shildon Promotion Statement

Title challengers Shildon have released a club statement confirming that despite their league position they do not intend to apply for promotion  to Step 4 at the end of this month

Director David Dent stated ” We are only half way through our 3 Year Growth Plan and despite some fantastic improvements both on and off the field we believe that the time is not right to make the step up through the leagues. A decision on our ground will not be made until the 21 December and whether we stay at Dean Street or leave  improvements would have to be made to support our progression to Step 4. We are also involved in some very exciting discussions around the establishment of an Academy at Shildon next season which again demands our immediate attention and which forms part of the longer term strategy for the club as does the formation of a Development squad next season which will provide a pathway for our current Under 18 squad hopefully to the first team ”

Manager Gary Forrest added ” When I came to Shildon I managed a team, I now manage a Club and our focus this and next season has to be in laying the foundations through supporting our  Under 18’s, arguably the best in the North East to progress to be our Reserves next season with the very best of them joining our first team squad. We equally  want to build on our success at first team level where I have been very open and stated that our ambition is to win the Northern League. That ambition has not diminished and before we consider promotion those on the field ambitions need to  be realised”