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Celtic Nation Result ENL 1

A Comfortable Win

Shildon AFC finally played a league game on Saturday 8th November 2014 when they entertained Celtic Nation and were worthy 4- 1 winners. After six cup ties from their last eight games, the Railwaymen were keen to get back into league action. They took an early lead on 7 minutes when Ben Wood hooked the ball home through a crowd of players in the box. Minutes later a Micky Rae cross was put through his own goal by Tyler Bowman for 2 – 0. It was one way traffic in the 2nd half and just after the hour man-of- the-match John Brackstone’s curling free kick from outside the box gave keeper Andy Casson no chance. With 3 minutes remaining Celtic’s No 9 Jonathan Allan pulled a goal back, but Shildon restored the 3 goal lead just before the final whistle when a long cross from Adam Rundle was headed in by Paul Connor.

Final Score:  Shildon AFC  4  Celtic Nation  1

Goalscorers:  Wood 7,Own Goal, Brackstone 62, Connor 90.

Bookings:  (Y) Moore  36.

Subs: Rundle for Wood 66, Connor for Rae 68, Chapman for Emms 76.

Man-of-the-Match:  John Brackstone.

 

Team

1) Kyle Hayes

2) Jamie Harwood

3) Darren Richardson

4) Mark Hudson

5) Darren Craddock

6) John Brackstone

7) Daniel Moore

8) Mark Doninger

9) Michael Rae

10) Ben Wood

11) Chris Emms

12) Paul Connor on for Rae

14) Sam Hodgson

15) Lee Chapman on for Emms

16) Liam Atkin

17) Adam Rundle on for Wood

 

Goals : Wood, Emms, Connor, Own Goal

 

Pictures Courtesy of Tom Clegg

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FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round Replay

Shildon bow out of the FA Cup after a 2-1 defeat against Norton.

Match report to follow

Team

1) Kyle Hayes

2) Jamie Harwood

3) John Brackstone

4) Mark Hudson

5) Darren Craddock

6) Carl Jones

7) Sam Hodgson

8) Lee Scroggins

9) Paul Connor

10) Ben Wood

11) Mark Doninger

12) Michael Rae on for Wood

14) Chris Emms on for Doninger

15) Darren Richardson on for Brackstone

16) Adam rundle

17) Liam Atkin

18) Danny Richmond

19) Lewis Graham

 

Goal : Paul Connor

 

Attendance : 936

Pictures Courtesy of Tom Clegg

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FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round

Shildon or Norton United will play Gateshead of the Conference League at home after the draw was made on Monday evening.

The replay is on the 29th October with a 19:45pm kick off time.

Team

1) Kyle Hayes

2) Sam Hodgson

3) John Brackstone

4) Mark Hudson

5) Carl Jones

6) Liam Atkin

7) Mark Doninger

15) Danny Richmond (Replaced Lee Scroggins before Kick Off)

9) Paul Connor

10) Ben Wood

11) Adam Rundle

13) James Harwood on for Danny Richmond

12) Michael Rae on for Ben Wood

14) Chris Emms

16) Jack Taylor

17) Lewis Graham

18) Darren Richardson on for Adam Rundle

 

Goal : Mark Hudson

Attendance : 422

Photo highlights courtesy of Tom Clegg as below

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Bishop Auckland V Shildon

Bishop Auckland 1 Shildon 0

Goal Scored by Butler

 

For match report go to Fixtures & Results then onto Results & Reports

 

Team

1) Kyle Hayes

2) Sam Hodgson

3) John Brackstone

4) Mark Hudson

5) Darren Craddock

6) Carl Jones

7) Daniel Moore

8) Lee Scroggins

9) Paul Connor

10) Ben Wood

11) James Harwood

12) Michael Rae  on for Ben Wood

13) Adam Rundle On For Lee Scroggins

14) Darren Richardson

15) Lee Chapman

16) Chris Emms on for John Brackstone

 

Pictures Courtesy of Tom Clegg

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FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round

Shildon or Stourbridge will play Norton United, from Stoke on Trent  away in todays draw for the FA Cup 4th Round Qualifying round after a 0-0 draw on Saturday.

The Replay will be on Tuesday 14th October kick off 19:45

Twitter feeds will be available from @shildonAFCprog for the replay

 

Team from Saturday’s 0-0 draw as follows

1) Kyle Hayes

2) Sam Hodgson

3) John Brackstone

4) Mark Hudson

5) Carl Jones

6) Darren Craddock

7) Daniel Moore

8) Lee Scroggins

9) Michael Rae

10) Ben Wood

11) Billy Greulich-Smith

Subs

12) Lewis Graham

14) Darren Richardson

15) Craig Ruddy

16) Jamie Harwood

17) Adam Rundle on for Wood

18) Paul Connor on for Rae

19) Chris Emms on for Hudson

 

Highlights of the game can be seen here http://www.northernleaguefootball.co.uk/index.php/videos/93-videos/526-shildon-still-in-fa-cup-draw-after-stalemate from Northern League Football

Photo Gallery Courtesy of Tom Clegg

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Shildon 1 Stalybridge 0

Shildon AFC Worthy Winners

In front of a large home crowd Shildon AFC went through to the 3rd Qualifying Round of the F.A. Cup after an excellent 1 – 0 home win against Stalybridge Celtic FC from Manchester, who play in the Conference North League.

After reading Celtic’s match report written by Debbie Taylor, I think she cannot have been at the same match as everyone else. She starts her report by saying “One defensive lapse midway through the 2nd half was enough to send Celtic back home out of the F.A. Cup. Shildon seemed to have set out a plan of being dangerous from set pieces”.  Let me tell you what really happened. Shildon were the better side for the whole of the game, and despite the score being 0 – 0 at half time, the Railwaymen could easily have been at least 4 – 1 up at the break.

On 6  minutes Billy Greulich-Smith’s shot was well saved, then Darren Craddock headed downwards and over from 6 yards. Next Ben Wood headed over from a corner and Daniel Moore headed over the bar. They were not set pieces, but two corners. On 36 minutes Micky Rae was put through but keeper Lewis King blocked his shot. On 40 minutes Lee Scroggins fired into the bottom corner but again the keeper made another good stop.

Celtic, on the other hand rarely troubled Shildon’s defence. On 28 minutes No 11 Liam Dickinson’s shot was well blocked by Daniel Moore, then just before the interval an isolated attack saw Anthony Malbon hit the post and No 11 Liam Dickinson fired in the rebound into the empty net, only to be ruled off side.

Half Time:  Shildon AFC 0  Stalybridge Celtic FC  0

There were fewer chances in the 2nd half, but Shildon were still the better side and on 59 minutes Billy Gruelich-Smith sprinted between two defenders and fires a left footer into the top corner for  a deserved lead.

After the goal, Celtic came more into the game especially down the right hand side, but not really troubling Shildon’s defence. In fact their only chance of the half was a Nathan Heath header on 82 minutes which went wide.

For Shildon, Micky Rae went close, and Billy, on the back post shot wide. Near the end Ben Wood’s effort was saved by the keeper with his feet.

Final Score:  Shildon AFC  1  Stalybridge Celtic FC  0

Goalscorer:  Greulich-Smith 59.

Subs:  Harwood for Rae 80, Rundle for Wood 87

Bookings:  (Y)  Craddock 49, Scroggins 65.

Man-of-the-Match:  Billy Gruelich-Smith

After the match manager Gary Forrest said “We were superb today. We were better in every department and thoroughly deserved to win”.

Everyone in the ground including all the Celtic supporters and directors agreed Shildon were worthy winners. Celtic manager was gracious in defeat saying “I have to question the desire and commitment of some of my players. You couldn’t tell which was the full time side and which was the part time side”.

 

Pictures Courtesy of  Tom Clegg

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West Auckland V Shildon

A Poor Performance

Shildon AFC drop to 8th in the league after a below par performance away at West Auckland on Saturday 20th September 2014 going down 3 – 2.

Shildon started badly falling behind on just 8 minutes when Darren Richardson brought down West’s Steve Richardson for a penalty which Robbie Briggs converted.

It was 1 – 1 on 20 minutes when a Ben Wood free kick was headed in by Darren Craddock.

Just after the half hour West were ahead again when Shildon keeper Lewis Graham came out for a cross but failed to contact, finding himself in no man’s land for Steve Richardson to overhead kick the ball into an empty net.

Shortly afterwards West should have had another penalty when man-of-the-match Steve Richardson was brought down by Darren Craddock.

West looked dangerous and Speedy Richardson could easily added 2 more goals before the break, with Shildon’s defence wide open.

Half Time:  West Auckland  2  Shildon AFC  1

West increased their lead on the hour when Speedy Richardson used his pace down the right and squared to Robbie Briggs to side-foot into the net for 3 – 1.

Shildon pulled a goal back on 70 minutes when a Ben Wood shot was parried by West keeper Daniel Lowson to Billy Greulich-Smith who was on hand to turn the ball home for 3 – 2.

Final Score:  West Auckland  3  Shildon AFC  2

Goalscorers:  Craddock 20, Greulich-Smith 70.

Subs:  Rundle for Emms 57, Hodgson for Hudson 60, Ruddy for Rae 62.

After the match manager Gary Forrest said “Our defending today was poor. We lacked energy and seemed to be flat. We were nothing like the team that played Whitby last week. The whole team must improve if we wish to progress on Saturday in the F.A. Cup”

West were the better team and deserved to win the game..

Pictures courtesy of Tom Clegg and are available to view on Flickr

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Whitby V Shildon

An Excellent Win

Shildon AFC progressed to the 2nd Qualifying Round of the F.A. Cup after an excellent 2 – 1 away win against Whitby Town on Wednesday 17th September. The teams had played a 1 – 1 draw at Dean Street on Saturday 13th September.

Shildon were well on top in the 1st half and missed a penalty on 20 minutes when Micky Rae was brought down in the box. With star penalty taken Mark Hudson not playing, Micky Rae took the kick himself, but his shot was weak and the keeper saved comfortably.

The Railwaymen deservedly took the lead when Ben Wood crossed for Billy Greulich-Smith to score from close range.

With only a minute remaining of the 1st half Whitby were level when a defensive error let David McTiernan free and he beat keeper Lewis Grahm.

Half Time:  Whitby Town  1  Shildon AFC  1

Early in the 2nd half Whiltby’s Lee Mason hit the bar and Shildon had a couple of chances, but just after the hour Ben Wood broke down the right and crossed for Micky Rae to score the winner with an overhead kick.

Shildon could have added further goals before the end but man-of-the-match keeper Shane Bland pulled off some good saves.

Final Score:  Whitby Town  1  Shildon AFC  2

Goalscorers:  Greulich-Smith 29, Rae 63.

Subs:  Rae for Connor 5, Rundle for Emms 75, Richmond for Greulich-Smith 87.

Man-of-the-Match:  Daniel Moore

After the match manager Gary Forrest said “A good all-round team performance. We were very rarely threatened and we controlled the play. Their man-of-the-match for both games was their keeper Shane Bland, that should tell you something”.

 

Pictures courtesy of Tom Clegg and are available to view on Flickr

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