Author: Martyn Tweddle
ENL1 : Jarrow Roofing 1 Shildon 1
Dominic Curl made his debut as the points were shared at the Boldon CA Sports Ground.
Shildon dominated the first half and Billy Greulich-Smith put them in at half time 1-0.
In the second half a soft free kick led to Dennis Knight crossing for Christopher Winn to glance a header into the bottom corner for the equaliser.
Full Match report to follow…
Supporter’s Club Coach to Jarrow Roofing BCA
There are currently 2 seats available for the the Northern League fixture against Jarrow Roofing BCA on Saturday 8th April.
The bus will be leaving from the The George at 1:30pm on Saturday.
If you would like to travel on the bus please contact Winnie on 0778 497 5451 asap to book your seat.
Match Postponed, rearranged for April 5th
Due to heavy rain in the last hour today’s game against Marske United has been postponed.
After the league initially arranging for the game to be played on the 5th April, they have deemed that it is too short notice to rearrange and have moved the game to April 19th.
Photo taken by Wilf Tray
Shildon AFC Presentation Evening
This season’s presentation evening will take place on Saturday May 13th, from 7pm at Elm Road Club in Shildon.
This season Shildon Under 23’s and Shildon AFC will have a joint presentation evening.
Live music will be supplied by North East band Prime Time with Rogers Disco as support.
Tickets priced at £5 each are available behind the Bar at the football ground from Ritchie Howe or pay at the door.
The bands facebook page can be found on the following link Click Here
ENL1 : Shildon 5 Penrith 1
Ethan Grayson & Darryl Hall (returning to the club from Dunston) both made impressive debuts in a 5-1 win against Penrith.
Amar Purewal scored a hat-trick with Micky Rae and a superb solo goal from Lewis Wing adding the other two. Martyn Coleman scored from the spot for Penrith.
Full match report to follow…
ENL1 : Shildon 2 North Shields 0
Shildon dented North Shields title hopes with a 2-0 victory at Dean Street.
Matty Robson scored from the spot in the first half when Jamie Harwood was brought down. Michael McKeown was sent off after receiving his second yellow card for the challenge.
Adam Burnicle could have made it two a minute later but shot wide when one on one with the keeper. In the second half Adam Burnicle did get his goal with 10 minutes remaining to make the score 2-0
Full Match report to follow…
League Cup : Shildon 1 South Shields 4
Shildon were knocked out of the League Cup, losing 4-1 to South Shields.
Micky Rae gave Shildon an early lead slotting past keeper Connell. 7 Minutes later South Shields were awarded a penalty when Jamie Harwood was harshly penalised for an alleged foul on South Shields forward Jordan Blinco, to everyone’s amazement then Jamie was sent off leaving Shildon 78 minutes to play with 10 men.
Carl Finnigan scored the penalty to level, then 2 furthe goals for Jordan Blinco and another for Finnigan in the second half set up a tie against North Shields in the Final.
Full match report to follow…