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Shildon AFC 2021/22 Squad Update

Over the last few weeks, we have agreed on the following for the players we are retaining for the coming season. 

Midfielder Chay Liddle who has played 46 times scoring 7 goals has agreed to a new contract which will cover the next 2 seasons.   

Jack Vaulks who has made 49 appearances scoring one goal has also signed for the next 2 seasons as well as Joe Posthill who has made 20 appearances scoring 4 goals. 

Ben Trotter (93 appearances–19 goals), Kurt Matthews (52-6), Shaun Newbrook (97 appearances) and Dominic Curl (127 appearances) have all agreed 1-year contracts with a 1 year option.  

The following players have all signed new contracts with the Club 

Chay Liddle – 2 Years
Jack Vaulks – 2 Years with 1 year option
Joe Posthill – 2 Years with 1 year option
Ben Trotter – 1 Year with 1 year option
Kurt Matthews – 1 Year with 1 year option
Shaun Newbrook – 1 Year with 1 year option
Dominic Curl – 1 Year with 1 year option

The following players are under option for the coming Season 

Alex White
Dean Thexton
Aidan Heywood
David Palmer

Existing Contracts

David Atkinson
Billy Greulich-Smith
Michael Sweet

Also, the management team of Daniel Moore & assistant Mark Hudson have also committed for the 2021/22 season.

Season Card & Admission Prices 2021/22

We are pleased to announce Season Card & Admission prices for the 2021/22 season for the first time in the club’s history playing at Step 4 in the Northern Premier East.  

Adults – £ 120
Concessions – £ 80 (Over 65’s) 

And for Livin tenants 

Adults – £ 90
Concessions – £ 60 (Over 65’s) 

For single matches our admission prices will be: 

Adults – £ 9
Concessions – £ 7 (Over 65’s)
Under 14’s free with accompanying paying Adult 

*Discounted for Livin Tenants to: – 

Adults – £ 7
Concessions – £ 5 (Over 65’s)
Under 14’s free with accompanying paying Adult

* upon production of Tenant ID  

Please see the online application form to apply.

Shildon Supporters Lottery Returns

The Shildon AFC Supporters Club Lottery will re-start on Sunday 13th June with a £400 Jackpot.

To be a winner you will need to correctly pick 6 numbers from 20.

Lottery tickets for the next draw are now available from the following outlets:-

Shildon Football Club,
Main Street News,
One Stop Shop,
Rakeesh

Euro Championship 2021 Predictor

The Supporters Club are running a Euro Championship 2021 Predictor.

It is £2 to enter where you will need to predict the scores of the 36 group games that will take place. Points will be scored as :

Exact Score : 7 Points
Correct Result : 3 Points

Plus Bonus points for predicting the following :

England’s Top Scorer : 7 Points
Tournament’s Top Scorer : 10 Points
Semi Finalists : 7 Points
Finalists : 10 Points
Winners : 15 Points

The scoresheets are available on the bar in the social club or Russ / Paul.
It can also be downloaded by clicking here

Promotion to Step 4 – Northern Premier League – East

After 2,896 games in the Northern League we are now planning to play at the highest level that the Football Club will ever have played at, Step 4 of the Football Pyramid in the Northern Premier League – East.

The record of them 2,896, the second highest number of games played behind Tow Law, games reads:
Won – 1234 
Drawn – 557
Lost – 1105
Goals For – 5739
Goals Against – 5157

Shildon AFC Chairman, David Dent said on the promotion “ I am delighted that we’ve achieved our ambitions to progress to Step 4. We’ve worked so hard to achieve it and to see it come off is fantastic, particularly now with the challenging year that we’ve been through. It’s massive not only for our Club but for the wider community. The Management Team have been fantastic and so have the players over the course of the last couple of seasons but so have a core set of people who have supported me and my wife in driving the Club forward. They should all be proud of themselves and so should the supporters and our town as a whole.”

A delighted Daniel Moore gave his thoughts to the website saying “I feel nothing but pride. Only the people really close to the club know how much time and effort has gone into achieving this.

Mark Hudson has been nothing short of incredible for me whilst I have continued to play and it means so much to us to take the club up together.

The players have given us everything for the last 2 seasons and I’m so pleased for them as a group as the dressing room we have is the best I have ever known at a football club and everyone of them deserve it.

Then there is David and Diane, Again only people close know what they have given and continue to give the football club and how they look after its staff and players. They have given the town a football club to proud of which I know means the world to them.

We have such good people around the football club and I hope we’ve made everybody happy, but this is just the start for us. 

We’re really going to enjoy a few nights out to celebrate and enjoy the summer, but we have a vision for this football club and this is just the start of what’s going to be a very interesting journey. 

The newly formed league will have the following teams competing with travel distance in miles :

Cleethorpes Town –  135
Lincoln United – 127
Bridlington Town – 115
Sheffield FC – 109
Worksop Town – 104
Stocksbridge Park Steels – 99
Brighouse Town – 90
Liversedge – 86
Frickley – 83
Ossett United – 80
Pontefract Collieries – 74
Pickering Town – 73
Yorkshire Amateur – 67
Tadcaster Albion – 62
Marske United – 36
Dunston UTS – 31
Hebburn Town – 31
Stockton Town – 17

David Atkinson joins the Railwaymen

We are delighted to announce that David Atkinson has agreed to sign after leaving Darlington.

David who grew up in Shildon started his career at Middlesbrough and played in a variety of defensive and midfield positions. During his time Middlesbrough, he had a loan spell at Carlisle, and helped them avoid relegation in 2015 eventually making his move permanent. He played for the Cumbrians in the FA Cup against Everton – and played a season there before moving to Blyth.

In his first spell at Blyth, he helped them win promotion to the National League North in season 2016-17, before he had a spell at IBV Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland, helping them win the Icelandic Cup and Europa League qualification  before a second move to Blyth and a return to Iceland and played in the Europa League.

A third spell at Blyth in 2019 helped them into the National League play offs, in which they were narrowly beaten by Altrincham. At the end of the Season he became a free agent at the end of the season, and signed for Quakers.

Manager Daniel Moore, delighted with the signing said ” I have been after David for the last 3 years. His desire was to play higher and that’s exactly the attitude and desire we want to bring to the club. I need to get him back enjoying his football and the experiences he has had will be an asset for us”

Welcome to the club David.