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SHILDON AFC SUPPORTERS CLUB MEETING | Friday 13th April from 7pm

The next meeting of the Shildon AFC Supporters Club will take place in the clubhouse on Friday 13th April @ 7 pm with special guest Shildon AFC Chairman David Dent.

The Supporters Club will also be a presenting a cheque to the Cystic Fibrosis Charity from the Charity Cricket game played against Glaxo Sports & Social Club.

After the meeting there will be a Race Night hosted by Honest Wilf.

All existing members and anybody wishing to join are very welcome to come along.

ENL1 | Shildon AFC Fixture Changes

A couple of our remaining games have now been re-arranged.

Our away game at Washington will now take place on Saturday 14th April and our away game to Whitley Bay has been moved to Monday evening 30th April.

Our final fixtures for the 2017/18 season now stand as follows: –

Tue, 10/04/2018 Ashington Shildon eNL1
Sat, 14/04/2018 Washington Shildon eNL1
Wed, 18/04/2018 Guisborough Town Shildon eNL1
Thu, 26/04/2018 Shildon Newcastle Benfield eNL1
Sat, 28/04/2018 Newcastle Benfield Shildon eNL1
Mon, 30/04/2018 Whitley Bay Shildon eNL1
Thu, 03/05/2018 Ryhope CW Shildon eNL1
Sat, 05/05/2018 Shildon Ryhope CW eNL1

ENL1 RESULT | Shildon 2 Consett 0

Shildon moved to 5th place in the Northern League with 2 late goals giving them all three points against Consett.

Adam Burnicle opened the scoring in the 89th minute and then Kyle Patton two minutes later added the second and his first goal for the club.

Next Game : Tuesday 10th April away to Ashington

NEW SIGNING | Bradley Hird from Durham City

Welcome to the club Bradley Hird from Durham City.

The striker has scored 20 league goals for Durham City this season and is second top scorer in Northern League Division 2.

Delighted with the signing player/manager said “Having watched Brad several times I know he has bags of potential and has already proved he can score goals. He is another young footballer we have added to the squad who is hungry to compete for trophies and play as high in the pyramid as possible and I am excited to have him at the club”

He will go into tomorrow’s squad for our game against Ryhope CW.

ENL1 Result | Shildon 1 Morpeth Town 1

Honours were even as Shildon drew 1-1 with Morpeth Town at Dean Street.

Shildon had the perfect start after 3mins when Man Of The Match Adam Gell scored. Jamie Harwood almost doubled the lead with a 40 yard lob that hit the post.

In the second half Joe Walton scored from the spot to make the final score 1-1.