Hebburn went top of the Ebac Northern League with a 3-1 victory.
Shildon were 2-0 down within the opening quarter of an hour as James Fairley and Michael Richardson scored 2 in 3 minutes.
Danny Earl pulled a goal back, but, with 10 minutes to go Dom Curl sliced into his own net.
FT : Shildon 1 Hebburn Town 3
Welcome back to the club Daryll Hall.
Daryll has recently just returned from playing football in Australia and has received international clearance.
He will go straight into the squad for tomorrow’s game against Hebburn Town.
Shildon moved back to the top of the table with a 2-1 victory over Whickham.
Whickham took the lead after 12mins with a counter attack ending with Joe Mole heading in at the far post.
After that Shildon upped the pressure and Jack Blackford got them level with a fine finish into the bottom corner of the net. Just before half time he produced a carbon copy of the goal to put Shildon ahead.
In the second half the young Shildon side (fielding 7 under 21) withstood pressure from Whickham to gain the points.
Attendance : 275
The Shildon AFC Supporters Club are running buses to the following games: –
11th September – Seaham Red Star
15th September – North Shields
29th September – Sunderland RCA
If you would like to travel to any of the above games please get in touch with Paul Mulley (07704 828 522) to book your seat.
We will now play Whickham at home on Wednesday 5th September kick off 7:45pm due to vandalism to the floodlights at The Glebe.
The away fixture will now be played on December 15th
Images from the damaged floodlights below
Shildon’s unbeaten start to the league ended with a 3-0 defeat to local rivals West Auckland.
Daniel Moore and Shaun Newbrook were both sent of as Shildon ended the game with 9 men.
Nathan Fisher opened the scoring after 41mins with a well taken goal which flew into the top corner of the net. Danny Earl had a couple of chances to level early in the second half, but a good save from Shane Bland denied the Shildon front man.
After 86mins Amar Purewal made it 2-0 and a minute later the Shildon keeper was sent off after receiving 2 yellow cards in the space of 30 seconds. Purewall then added a third in the 2nd minute of injury time.
FT West Auckland 3 Shildon 0
Newton Aycliffe scored with 11 minutes left of the game to gain a point in front of a crowd of 448 at Dean Street.
Shildon took the lead after 12mins when the linesman judged the ball to be over the line. 6 minutes later Newton Aycliffe were 2-1 up. The equaliser was a brilliant free kick from Tom Gavin and then Daniel Kent glanced in a cross from Alan Harrison.
In the second half Billy Greulich-Smith made an instant impact after coming on, heading in a cross from Jack Blackford. Man Of The Match Aidan Heywood then gave Shildon a 3-2 only for Newton Aycliffe substitute Kurt Matthews to equalise
Att : 448
The Northern League have made a couple of changes to our fixture list.
We will now play Hebburn Town on Saturday 8th September, and the game against Dunston UTS who we were due to play that day has been moved to Saturday 6th October.
