Vacancy – Reserve Team Coach/Manager

Shildon AFC are seeking a coach/manager for their reserve team.

Shildon AFC is a charter standard club with its first team playing in the Northern Premier League East Division (Step 4 of the national league system), with its reserve’s playing in the 1st Division of the Wearside League.

The Club is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic coach/manager to work within the club’s team structure to support the development of players, supporting the first team and helping support the proven partnership pathway within the Club from junior football through the reserves and into first-team football:

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You will hold the relevant FA coaching badges and be willing to commit 1.5 hours during the week and of course matchdays during the season.

This is an ideal opportunity for anyone looking to gain experience and development in football at a high level and the Club will provide opportunities for support, development and progression within the football club for the right candidate.

The Club is asking all potential applicants to email, Darren Tait, at: daztait@googlemail.com with a covering letter and CV before the deadline of 5pm Tuesday 23rd November 2021.

David Dent

Chairman, Shildon AFC

Groundbreaking Ceremony – Shildon AFC Community Garden

An official groundbreaking ceremony was held today (12th November 2021) for the Shildon AFC Community Garden.  The garden is being constructed on the waste ground at the Dean Street end of the football ground, with work already underway.

Pictured: (L-R) Mark Jackson (Hirebase Gateshead), Beverley Williams (Buildbase Gateshead), David Dent (Chairman, Shildon AFC), Cllr. Shirley Quinn, Andrew Walker (Bishop Auckland & Shildon AAP), Cllr. Samantha Townsend, Cllr. Matt Johnson, Ashley Wharton (Shildon Alive), Tracy Chappell (Shildon Alive), Trevor Howe (Buildbase Gateshead), Mark Charlton (Trilogy Turf)

The Garden was made possible by the Club’s successful bid to the Buildbase Community Club Award, which resulted in an award of £25,000.  The Club were also successful in achieving funding from the Councillors Neighbourhood Budget (which is administered by the Bishop Auckland and Shildon Area Action Partnership (AAP)), which wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Councillors Shirley Quinn, Samantha Townsend and Matt Johnson along with Andrew Walker from the AAP.



Beverley Williams, Branch Manager (Buildbase Gateshead) said “As sponsors of the FA Vase and FA Trophy, Buildbase and Hirebase Gateshead are very proud that this year the busary award will benefit the community and locals as well as the Club and players.”

Andrew Walker, AAP Co-ordinator continued “We are delighted that through Councillors Johnson, Quinn and Townsend we could support Shildon Football Club with this fantastic community project.” 

David Dent, Chairman of Shildon AFC thanked everybody involved in helping bring this project to fruition.

“This garden will be a true community asset for the people of Shildon. It wouldn’t have happened without the support of Buildbase and the AAP for which we are extremely grateful. It now provides the Club with a fantastic opportunity to build upon our community work with our partners Shildon Alive and the Solan Connor Fawcett Trust but more so it allows us to have greater reach within our community which we intend to do via our charitable arm, Shildon AFC Foundation, which we intend to launch in the New Year”.

Ashley Wharton from Shildon Alive commented “We are very excited to support this amazing initiative and work in partnership to provide an outdoor space that will not only benefit the wider community of Shildon, but bring all members together and instil pride in their hometown”.

Construction work is being undertaken by Club partner Trilogy Turf with equipment from Hirebase Gateshead and is scheduled to be completed early in the New Year.

Shildon AFC Supporters Club – Away Travel

Shildon AFC Supporters Club are now taking bookings for the following fixtures:

Liversedge FC vs Shildon AFC – NPL East – 30/11/21

Frickley Athletic FC vs Shildon AFC – NPL East – 4/12/21

Pickering Town FC vs Shildon AFC – NPL East – 18/12/21

Please contact Russ Henderson on 07538 789464 to book.

For updates on travel arrangements, please see the Supporters Club Web-page.

Hospitality – Shildon AFC vs Bridlington Town – 13th November 2021

With recent fixture changes there is now the opportunity to book the hospitality suite for the Bridlington Town game this coming Saturday (13th November 2021).  The hospitality suite is proving very popular and is now booked into the New Year so this is a great chance to book and enhance your matchday experience.

Hospitality includes entry to the ground (inlcuding a free programme) and the hospitality suite.  Within the private suite, we offer a fully stocked fridge throughout the game (which can be tailored to guest requirements), the suite has a match viewing area and live BT sports can be shown on the television screen.  There is a choice of meals for guests (choice must be the same for the whole group) and includes: homemade pizzas, hand cut chips, indian banquet, chinese, and traditional english dishes (e.g. fish and chips).

The cost for the day (1:00pm – 5:30pm) is £400 and up to 10 guests can attend.

Booking must be made by the end of Monday 8th November 2021 – and a 50% deposit must be paid.  Please contact:  briarave@hotmail.co.uk

Fixture Changes – November 2021

A couple of changes have been made to our fixture list for November 2021.  Please note the following:

Shildon AFC vs Bridlington Town FC will now be 13th November 2021, 3:00pm at Dean Street.  The tie was originally scheduled for 26th February 2022.

Liversedge FC vs Shildon AFC will now be held 30th November 2021, 7:45pm at the Clayborn Ground, Liversedge.  The tie was originally scheduled for 13th November 2021.

 

For an up-to-date fixture list please check the web-site https://shildonafc.com/fixtures-results/ 

 

 

Works at Dean Street – Community Garden

We are delighted to announce that works are underway at Dean Street for the construction of our community garden.   We are obviously hosting Pontefract Collieries FC on Saturday and would advise those attending the game to be mindful of the works and the fences surrounding them.  This has been a popular place for children to play in recent games so could you please ensure that any children are supervised and kept away from this area.

Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

 

Chairman’s Rally Call

Chairman David Dent has called on the Shildon public to get behind the Shildon team.

David said “We have assembled a side which is arguably the best the Shildon public has seen since we last got to the First Round of the FA Cup nearly 20 years ago and this is evidenced with our current league position. We now have a very real chance to push on even further from a league which we’ve never played at before – but we can only do that with the support of the town”

Dent went on to say “ We are doing lots off the pitch as well. We are about to start on our community garden, we have planning submitted for new changing rooms and that’s on top of the work that we’ve done already in the ground.  We are about to form a charitable foundation to help us push on with our work in the local community, so there are lots of good things happening as we follow our desire to be a true community club.  Both ourselves and the Supporters Club now need your support.  I see clubs in the Northern League enjoying higher attendances than ours and it’s not as if the Club is struggling”

“We have a core set of wonderful supporters who follow us home and away, we just need to see more supporters at our games.  Myself and my wife are prepared to keep on investing in the Club as long as the Shildon public want it. We’ve got something special going on at the Club and it would be a shame if we didn’t realise our potential”

Shildon has a game against Whitby Town in the FA Trophy this coming Saturday (30th October 2021) and it promises to be a fantastic game, the hospitality suite is fully booked for the afternoon and we would love to have the terraces and the stand full of fantastic support as well.  The kick-off is 3 pm – please get along to Dean Street and support your local team.