The draw for the 1st & 2nd Rounds of the Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup has taken place and Shildon have been drawn at home to Willington in the 1st Round.
Winners of the tie will play at home to Esh Winning in the 2nd Round.
Dates to be confirmed
Due to the cancellation of the Cleator Cup against Marske United on Saturday we approached the Northern League proposing that as we were the highest placed Northern League Team last season we would be available to play Dunston UTS to enable the Cleator Cup to go ahead this season.
After discussions with ourselves, The Ebac Northern League and Dunston UTS we have agreed, and the game will be played on Tuesday 31st July, Kick Off 7:30pm at The UTS Stadium, Wellington Road, Dunston, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. NE11 9JL
The next meeting of the Shildon AFC Supporters Club will take place in the clubhouse on Sunday August 12 @ 11 am.
All existing members and anybody wishing to join are very welcome to come along.
Sam Hodgson has left the Club to sign for Morpeth Town after exercising a clause in his contract to play at a higher level. We wish him all the best at his new club.
With Team Northumbria unfortunately resigning from the Northern League we have been given a bye in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup.
Tadcaster Albion of the Evo-Stik East League will now be our next opponents in the Preliminary Round on Saturday 25th August.
The Supporters Club will be running a bus to the game, can anyone who would like to travel please get in touch with either Paul Mulley or Russ Henderson to reserve your seat.
With our involvement in the FA Vase starting in the 1st Round Proper, the Ebac Northern League have brought our fixture away to West Auckland forward. It will now be played on Saturday 1st September.
After the news on Friday night that Billy signed on for another 2 years, we have got to announce that the self proclaimed Ellwood Inc. “Cultured Carnage” have signed for the new season sponsored by Marmite.
Welcome back for another year Marc Ellison & Captain Jamie Harwood.
Shildon forward Billy Greulich-Smith has committed himself to Shildon for a further 2 years by signing a new contract.
Chairman David Dent said ” I’m absolutely delighted that Billy has extended his contract. This is a massive step forward in our plans for the future with one of the top players in the Northern League committing his immediate future to our project here at Shildon”.
It has been mutually agreed by both clubs to bring the kick off time forward for our pre-season fixture this Saturday.
The game will now kick off at 12:30pm on Saturday 7th July at Dean Street, DL4 1EZ.
Prices for the game are £4 for Adults and £2 Concessions.