Month: August 2020

FA Vase & FA Cup draws 2020/21

The draws for the 1st 2 Rounds of the FA Vase & FA Cup have been drawn today.

In the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round we have been drawn away to Stockton Town, the game is due to be played on Tuesday September 1st. The winners of the tie will play either Nothallerton Town or Billingham Town away.

In the FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round we have been drawn at home to Chester-le-Street, the game is due to be played on Saturday 19th September. The winners of the tie will play away to Sunderland RCA.

With the letter was the following on the return of fans to grounds

Return of Spectators

The FA has been working closely with the Government on the return of spectators at football matches at FA National League System level and The FA will provide an update on this in due course.

Newcastle 0 Shildon 4 report by Adam Gill

Pre-Season Friendly 
15th August 2020

The Railwaymen continued their 100 percent pre-season record as they defeated Newcastle Blue Star at the Scotswood Sports Centre.

Ben Trotter gave the visitors the lead in the 54th minute before substitute Danny Craggs doubled his sides advantage.

Brandon Mallaburn added a third late on before Billy Greulich-Smith sealed the win with a penalty just before the final whistle.

Blue Star almost took the lead 18 minutes in, when a long ball over the top found Callum Johnston however he sent his strike just past the post.

Shildon almost went ahead in the 22nd minute, when Jordan Lavery cut inside, only to see his effort come back off the post.

Aidan Heywood almost gave Shildon the lead just before half-time, however his free kick went just over the bar.

The visitors took the lead when Trotter swept the ball home into the bottom corner after Greulich-Smith’s knock down.

Craggs doubled Shildon’s lead 18 minutes from time, after he got onto the end of Greulich-Smith’s pass before he arrowed his effort into the bottom corner.

Greulich-Smith completed his hat-trick of assists two minutes from time, as he laid off Mallaburn before he fired home.

Shildon were awarded a penalty late on when Craggs was brought down in the Blue Star penalty area, much to the disbelief of the home side.

Greulich-Smith stepped up and slotted home to cap off a convincing win.

Introducing…. Adam Gill

We are pleased to welcome Adam Gill to our Media Team.

Adam is a sports journalism student at the University of Sunderland, where he is entering his third year in September.

Since the start of last season, Adam has been writing for the Ebac Northern League blog, which enabled him to visit the majority of Northern League grounds.

You can read some of his articles on the website, under the blog tab. In his time at university, he has written for the university’s sports website Sportsbyte.

Joining Shildon he said “I am very happy to be joining the fantastic media team at Shildon, where I hope to see many of you when fans can return to games.”

Shildon v Silksworth CW Match Report by Adam Gill

Please welcome Adam Gill to the club who will be helping with the media output from the football club.

Here is his match report from today’s pre-season friendly against Silksworth CW

Shildon 5-0 Silksworth CW: Match Report

 Shildon put five past Silksworth CW at Dean Street as they maintained their 100 percent pre-season record.

The home side almost took the lead in the third minute when Billy Greulich-Smith ran onto Zak Atkinson’s through ball, before taking it round Silksworth keeper Joe Clayton, however his effort was blocked on the line.

Josh Winthrop nearly gave the visitors the lead 34 minutes in, however his effort from the edge of the box came back off the post.

Atkinson found Greulich-Smith in behind just before half-time, leaving him to round Clayton and slot home.

The hosts doubled their lead on the hour mark, when Clayton misjudged a cross, leaving Michael Sweet to tap home into an empty net.

Substitute Daniel Moore increased his sides advantage when his 40 yard strike found its way beyond Clayton.

Shildon scored their fourth of the game 15 minutes from time, when Dean Thexton ran onto a loose ball before slotting home.

Silksworth went close to pulling a goal back when Andy Baxter cut inside before sending his effort just over the bar.

The home side capped off their victory late on, when Sweet’s cross found the head of Moore, who guided his header into the top corner.