Shildon can still finish in 3rd place after a 6-0 victory away to Whitley Bay and West Auckland’s defeat at Ryhope CW.
Both of Shildon’s games in hand are against Ryhope CW, away this Thursday and at home on Saturday.
Tonight’s goalscorers were Billy Greulich-Smith, Daniel Moore, Kyle Patton, Sam Hodgson, Marc Ellison and an own goal.
Shildon conceded four goals in the second half to give all the points to Newcastle Benfield.
Dan Groves and Billy Greulich-Smith gave Shildon a great start and send them in at half time 2-0 up.
In the second half Benfield’s goals were scored by Jake Orrell, Paul Brayson and two from Scott McCarthy.
NEXT FIXTURE : Whitley Bay (A) on Monday evening, Kick Off 7:30pm
Shildon came from a goal behind to earn the three points.
Scott McCarthy gave Newcastle Benfield after 25mins with a well taken goal. Billy Greulich-Smith headed in just before half time to take the teams in level.
With 10mins to go Billy scored his second after being played through by an excellent ball from Matty Waters
FT: Shildon 2 Newcastle Benfield 1
Shildon move back to 4th position in the Northern League after a 2-1 victory away to Ashington.
Billy Greulich-Smith gave Shildon the lead half way through the first half putting the ball under the keeper after good work from Duell and Gell. Stephenson levelled for the hosts with a header just before half time.
After 66 minutes Matty Waters restored Shildon’s lead. 12 minutes later Matty Robson hit a penalty over the bar after Billy Greulich- Smith was brought down in the box.
Best Wishes to Ashington goalkeeper Conor Grant who was taken to hospital during the game.
Next game is on Thursday at home to Newcastle Benfield, Kick Off 7:30pm
Shildon remain 4th in the Ebac Northern League Division One after a 1-0 defeat at Guisborough Town.
David Onions scored the only goal of the game, 4 minutes after Shildon player/manager Daniel Moore was sent off for a second yellow card.
Next Game : Ashington (A) 24th April
Due to the Whitley Bay fixture being moved from 21st April to Monday 30th April, for the last Saturday away game of the season on the 28th April v Newcastle Benfield the Supporters Club are putting a free coach on, for members, to the game instead.
The bus has been booked and will set off from Dean Street at approx 10:30am to go to Tynemouth before the game.
All Supporters Club Members can travel free, for non-members the prices are £8 Adults and £5 Concessions.
Please contact Paul Mulley to confirm/book your seat asap.
Shildon move up to 4th place in the League with a 6-0 victory away to Washington.
Billy Greulich-Smith 2, Daniel Moore, Matty Waters, Adam Gell and a first for the club from Jack Turnbull were the the goalscorers.
Next game is away to Guisborough on Wednesday evening with a 7:45pm kick off
The next meeting of the Shildon AFC Supporters Club will take place in the clubhouse on Friday 13th April @ 7 pm with special guest Shildon AFC Chairman David Dent.
The Supporters Club will also be a presenting a cheque to the Cystic Fibrosis Charity from the Charity Cricket game played against Glaxo Sports & Social Club.
After the meeting there will be a Race Night hosted by Honest Wilf.
All existing members and anybody wishing to join are very welcome to come along.
A couple of our remaining games have now been re-arranged.
Our away game at Washington will now take place on Saturday 14th April and our away game to Whitley Bay has been moved to Monday evening 30th April.
Our final fixtures for the 2017/18 season now stand as follows: –
| Tue, 10/04/2018 | Ashington | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Sat, 14/04/2018 | Washington | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Wed, 18/04/2018 | Guisborough Town | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Thu, 26/04/2018 | Shildon | Newcastle Benfield | eNL1 | ||
| Sat, 28/04/2018 | Newcastle Benfield | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Mon, 30/04/2018 | Whitley Bay | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Thu, 03/05/2018 | Ryhope CW | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Sat, 05/05/2018 | Shildon | Ryhope CW | eNL1 |