All Square

Third placed Shildon AFC entertained fourth placed Morpeth Town on Saturday 22nd February 2017 in a cracking game of entertaining football. The result could have gone either way, but in the end it was a 2 – 2 draw.

The match started at a frantic pace with most of the pressure coming from Shildon. Lewis Wing had two good efforts going just wide before Morpeth took the lead just after the half hour. A long ball put Liam Henderson through and he beat a defender and keeper Nick Liversedge to score from a narrow angle.

Two minutes later it was all square when Bobby Moore was tripped in the box for a penalty which Matty Robson converted with ease.

Half Time:  Shildon AFC  1  Morpeth Town  1

Early in the 2nd half Shildon gifted Morpeth their second goal when an innocuous cross saw Shildon captain Jamie Harwood collide with keeper Nick Liversedge, with Jamie Harwood falling to the ground and the ball rolling free for Sean Taylor to tap into an open goal.

Minutes later Morpeth should have increased their lead but Shildon keeper pulled off a great save.

On 67 minutes the Railwaymen were awarded their second penalty on the day when Chris Reid handled in the box. Once again Matty Robson scored from the spot kick.

Final Score:  Shildon AFC  2  Morpeth Town  2

Goalscorer:  Robson 33, 67.

Bookings:  (Y)  Harwood 36, Burnicle 58, Greulich-Smith 88.

Subs:  None used.

Man-of-the-Match:  Adam Burnicle

After the match manager Daniel Moore said “This was a cracking game of football.However, I feel we should have won the game. We gave away two sloppy goals, which cost us dearly”.