Official Statement – League Cup
Guisborough Town requested that they be removed from the competition as a result of Jack Bailey playing as a substitute in their quarter-final win over Shildon in the Cameron Brewery Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup when he was already cup tied in that competition.
Shildon have been reinstated as a result and will face North Shields in the semi final.
Shildon will play away to Guisborough Town on the 23rd March after their 4-1 victory over Ashington, in the quarter finals of the Brooks Mileson Memorial League Cup
The full draw is as follows:
Bedlington Terriers v South Shields or North Shields
Esh Winning v Whitley Bay or Dunston UTS,
Guisborough v Shildon,
Marske United v Easington.
Match Report taken from Shildon AFC Facebook Page
LEAGUE CUP FINAL: SHILDON 2-0 NEWTON AYCLIFFE
Shildon collected their second trophy of the season tonight after two Billy Greulich-Smith goals won the Railwaymen the Northern League Cup to add to the Durham Challenge Cup won last month.
The match had been in danger of postponement after poor weather overnight flooded the Heritage Park pitch, but sterling work by the Bishop Auckland ground staff ensured the game got the go ahead.
The final was, however, tinged with sadness as the Shildon players entered the field wearing black armbands in tribute to top goalscorer, Paul Connor’s father, who tragically passed away earlier in the day. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Paul and all his family at this sad time for them.
The first half, while competitive, was mainly uneventful, with the best chance falling to Shildon captain Mark Hudson, but he skewed his shot wide from 12 yards.
The Railwaymen dominated possession throughout with Newton Aycliffe playing a counter attacking game. It was therefore vital for Shildon to score the opening goal and with just six minutes of the second half played, their dominance finally payed off.
Shildon worked the ball wide, as they had throughout the game, this time to Chris Emms who twisted his defender inside and out before sending over a cross for Greulich-Smith to power high into the roof of the net.
The goal forced Newton Aycliffe to play a more open game, and they almost levelled immediately but for an excellent save from Lewis Graham. However, it also allowed Shildon more space in which to work and just after the hour, they doubled their lead.
A Shildon corner was headed away for a throw on the opposite side of the pitch. The ball broke to Harwood whose cross was only half cleared. The resulting pass found Billy who curled an unstoppable shot around a defender for his second of the game to double Shildon’s lead.
It was the tall striker’s fifth goal in three cup final appearances over the past two seasons and ensured the Railwaymen would finish their 125th anniversary season on a high after the final day disappointment in the league.
So Shildon end a tremendously successful season as Double domestic cup winners after an extended FA Cup run and finishing runners up in the league.
The side will now open next season with a Cleator Cup appearance against Marske United and a chance to add further silverware to a cramped clubhouse bar!
Congratulations go to Gary Forrest and his management team as well as the players, the committee and every volunteer at the club for bringing sustained success to the club over the course of the season.
Bring on August!
Team
1) Lewis Graham
2) Jamie Harwood
3) John Brackstone
4) Bobby Moore
5) Liam atkin
6) Mark Hudson
7) Lee Scroggins
8) Sam Hodgson
9) Billy Greulich-Smith
10) Ben Wood
11) Chris Emms
Subs
12) Darren Richardson on for Wood
14) Adam Rundle
15) Carl Jones
16) Mark Doninger on for Hudson
17) Lee Chapman on for Greulich-Smith
Goals
Greulich-Smith 2
Venue
Bishop Auckland FC
Heritage Park
Stadium Way
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 9AE
Match Day
5th May 2015
Kick Off: 19:00
Admission Prices
Adults £ 5.00
Concessions £ 3.00
Under 14’s Free
How Newton Aycliffe got to the final
2nd Round) Newton Aycliffe 3 Hebburn Town 1 AET
3rd Round) Newton Aycliffe 4 Marske United 1
Quarter Final) Washington 1 Newton Aycliffe 2
Semi Final) Ashington 3 Newton Aycliffe 1 (Ashington played ineligible player)
Last Match Played
11th April 2015 – ENL 1
Ashington 1 Newton Aycliffe 2
Facts
Founded: 1965
Nickname:
Record Attendance: 1,032 v Darlington 1883, 8th December 2012
Joined Northern League: 2009-10
Home Colours: Blue shirt, shorts and socks
Away Colours:
Website: http://www.newtonaycliffefc.co.uk/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/NAycliffeFC
Facebook:
The Supporters club will be running a bus to the League Cup Final on May 5th at Heritage Park.
The bus will depart from the football club at 6:20pm
If anyone would like to travel please contact Winnie on 07784975451 or Russ on 07538789464 asap.
Shildon AFC Reached Their Second Cup Final
Shildon AFC reached their second cup final of the season with a hard fought 1 – 0 away victory to Dunston UTS on Tuesday 7th April 2015 in the semi-final of the Brooks Mileson Northern League Cup.
The Railwaymen had the edge of a non eventful first half, before they broke through just 3 minutes into the second half when a left foot shot from outside the box from Mark Doninger hit the post and rebounded off the keeper into the net.
After Shildon’s keeper Lewis Graham saved from captain Dave Coulson and Carl Jones blocked brilliantly from Lee McAndrews, Shildon nearly made it 2 – 0 with a Billy Greulich-Smith header going just wide.
Dunston pressed forward for the equaliser but Shildon held on with Lewis Graham punching over a shot from Dale Burrell in the last minute.
Final Score: Dunston UTS 0 Shildon AFC 1
Goalscorer: Doninger 48.
Subs: Richmond for Wood 39, Rundle for Hudson 88
After the match manager Gary Forrest said “The character and the attitude of the players tonight was first class. Considering how many players were missing through injury, this was a great result. Our only subs were Adam Rundle, Jack Taylor, Danny Richmond, who hasn’t kick a ball for months and Keith Finch. The team did us proud”.
Team
1) Lewis Graham
2) Jamie Harwood
3) Liam Atkin
4) Daniel Moore
5) Darren Craddock
6) Carl Jones
7) Mark Hudson
8) Sam Hodgson
9) Billy Greulich-Smith
10) Ben Wood
11) Mark Doninger
Subs
12) Adam Rundle on for Hudson
14) Jack Taylor
15) Daniel Richmond on for Wood
16) Keith Finch
Goal
Own Goal
Bookings
None
Venue
The UTS Stadium
Wellington Road
Dunston
Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE11 9JL
Match Day
7th April 2015
Kick Off: 19:30
Admission Prices
Adult – £ 5.00
Concession – £ 2.50
Current League Position – 6th ENL2
P 38 W 22 D 6 L 10 F 69 A 46 Pts 72
Last Match Played
4th April 2015
Dunston UTS 1 Morpeth Town 3
Last Time We Met
1st April 2015
Shildon 0 Dunston UTS 3
How Dunston got to the Semi Final
1st Round
Dunston UTS 2 Consett 1
2nd Round
Dunston UTS 2 Sunderland RCA 0
3rd Round
Dunston UTS 4 Stokesley Sports Club 2
Quarter Final
Dunston UTS 3 Penrith 2 (AET)
Facts
Founded: 1975
Nickname:
Record Attendance: 1,550, Sunderland Shipowners Cup Final 1/4/1988
Joined Northern League: 1991-92
Home Colours: Blue with white trim shirt, blue shorts and socks
Away Colours:
Website: http://www.dunston-uts-fc.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/dunstonutsfc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dutsfc/
Club History taken from www.dunston-uts-fc.co.uk
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| The club first saw the light of day in 1975 as a humble works outfit when former Chairman, John Thompson, with some of his colleagues at HMSO on the Team Valley Trading Estate, decided to form a football team. The club joined the Newcastle City Amateur League and early success inspired the club to progress and a piece of land was leased from Gateshead M.B.C. and the committee began to develop what is now the UTS Stadium.The club were now gaining much success in the Northern Combination and with aspirations to progress further they approached the Federation Brewery to become the club’s main sponsor. With the Federation Brewery as their main sponsor the club joined the Wearside League in 1987 and after another period of success the club felt a need to seek new opportunities and an application was made to join the prestigious Northern League. The club had now realised one of its main ambitions and entered the National Pyramid of Non League Football. In its second season in the Northern League the club won the Second Division and was promoted to the First Division. Since joining the Northern League the club has won the Second Division, been First Division Champions twice, League Cup winners on five occasions and JR Cleator Cup winners on five occasions. Included in these successes were back to back First Division title winners and League Cup winners in seasons 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. A magnificent achievement. |
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However the club’s greatest achievement came in the season 2011/2012, when the club won the coveted F.A. Carlsberg Vase. The Final was played at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 13th May 2012 againstfellow Northern League side West Auckland Town. Dunston won by two goals to nil. Winning the Vase was a magnificent achievement and a reward for people who had been in the clubsince its formation in 1975 and also for manager Billy Irwin who had been with the club for fifteen yearsas player, captain, assistant manager and manager. The experience at Wembley is something we shall never forget. Season 2007/2008 had seen the club lose the word Brewery from its name as sadly it lost the main sponsor. After a period of 18 years of continuous sponsorship the Federation Brewery was taken over by Scottish and Newcastle Breweries who continued to sponsor the club for a further two seasons and after a period of twenty years the club had lost its main sponsor and had no association with a brewery. In our hour of need two new companies became involved with the club to partially compensate for the loss of our main sponsor. Dunston Van and Truck Centre became our home shirt sponsor and Astley Signs became our away shirt sponsor. Both companies are still with us at the present time.
Season 2008/2009 a company, UTS Engineering (Utility Technology Services), became involved by sponsoring the player’s travel and training kit and during the close season of 2009/2010 they kindly agreed to become the club’s principal sponsor. |
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| The club name was changed from Dunston Federation F.C. to Dunston UTS F.C., the name of the ground was changed to the UTS Stadium and company owner, Mr. Shaun Sadler became Club President.Over the years the club has always recognised that success on the field must be coupled with success and hard work off the field and the efforts of the people behind the scenes at the UTS Stadium has ensured that the stadium is a credit to the club. Many of the committee of the club have been involved since it was founded in 1975, some as former players and some as management on the playing side.It is a tribute to their commitment and hard work that the club has become one of the most successful in the North East. | ||||
Seaham Red Star Hit For Six.
Shildon AFC are through to the semi-final of the Brooks Mileson Northern League Cup after beating Seaham Red Star 6 – 1 at Dean Street on Wednesday 18th March 2015, with all of the 6 goals scored in the 2nd half.
Apart from a Bobby Moore header hitting the bar in the first minute, Shildon didn’t have another shot on target up to the break.
Seaham, who are currently top of the 2nd Division, 10 points clear, with games in hand, took the lead on 28 minutes when a long ball was chested down by No 10 David Palmer who fired past Shildon keeper Kyle Hayes.
Hlaf Time: Shildon AFC 0 Seaham Red Star 1
It was a game of two halves, with Shildon playing far better after the break . They equalised from the spot on 51 minutes through Lee Scroggins after Ben Wood was brought down in the box by Chris Storey.
Minutes later a scramble in the goalmouth from a Mark Hudson corner resulted in Micky Rae fumbling the ball over the line.
Shildon were in full control and on 68 minutes a Lee Scroggins shot was blocked and Ben Wood fired the rebound into the top right corner for 3 – 1.
Micky Rae got the 4th with his second attempt, and on 85 minutes a class move between Mark Doninger and Jamie Harwood saw Harwood slot the ball past the advancing keeper.
A minute later Harwood put Mark Doninger through for Shildon ‘s 6th goal of the night.
Final Score: Shildon AFC 6 Seaham Red Star 1
Goalscorers: Sroggins 51, Rae 53, 73, Wood 68, Harwood 85, Doninger 86.
Subs: Rundle for Wood 75, Doninger for Greulich-Smith 75, Taylor for Hudson 77.
Team
1) Kyle Hayes
2) Jamie Harwood
3) John Brackstone
4) Lee Scroggins
5) Darren Craddock
6) Daniel Moore
7) Mark Hudson
8) Sam Hodgson
9) Michael Rae
10) Ben Wood
11) Billy Greulich-Smith
Subs
12) Paul connor
14) Adam Rundle on for Wood
15) Carl Jones
16) Mark Doninger on for Greulich-Smith
17) Jack Taylor on for Hudson
Goals
Scroggins (Pen), Rae x 2, Wood, Harwood, Doninger
Bookings
Hudson, Harwood
Venue
Dean Street
Shildon
County Durham
DL4 1EZ
Match Day
18th March
Kick Off: 19:30
Admission Prices
Adult – £ 6.00
Concession – £ 4.00
Under 12’s free with paying adult
Current League Position – 15th ENL2
P 34 W 17 D 3 L 4 F 112 A 41 Pts 84
Last Match Played
14th March 2015
South Shields 1 Seaham Red Star 2
Road to the Quarter Final
2nd Round – 11th November 2014
Seaham Red Star 6 Whitle Bay 2
3rd Round – 27th January 2015
Seaham Red Star 2 North Shields 1
Facts
Founded: 1973
Nickname: The Star
Record Attendance: 1,500 v Guisborough, Wearside and Sunderland floodlight opener 1979
Joined Northern League: 1983/84
Home Colours: Red and white stripe shirt, red with white flash shorts and red with white turnover socks
Away Colours:
Website: http://www.seahamredstarfc.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/FCseahamredstar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeahamRedStarFc
Seaham Red Star history taken from seahamredstarfc.com
Seaham Red Star are named after the pub in which they were formed. A Sunday morning side in 1973, they are now widely regarded as one of the Northern League’s leading clubs.
Much of the credit for the Club’s early development belongs to Ralph Pigg, the initial Secretary, and Larry Phillips, the Club’s first Manager. The pair, supported by a small committee, entered a side in the Houghton and District League and, after a promising first season, made a successful application to join the Northern Alliance League in 1974. After a further five fairly successful seasons, the Club felt sufficiently confident to join the then highly competitive Wearside League in 1979. This confidence was soon justified, the Club winning the Durham Challenge Cup in 1980 and the League and League Cup “double” in 1981-82. In 1983, they were elected to the Northern League Second Division and , after some near misses, eventually gained promotion to the First Division in the 1987-88 season.
Bryan Mayhew took over as Chairman of the Club in 1986 and, with able support from former Secretaries, Harry Hobson and John McBeth and a small hardworking committee – in particular Reg Atkinson, Dave Copeland, Jim Ferguson and John Smith – the Club enjoyed First Division status for an unbroken fourteen seasons. Notable successes during this period, included finishing third in 1993-4, winning the League Cup in 1992-3 and, after leading the table for most of the season, finishing second in 1999/2000. Mayhew was also a prime mover in getting the League to join the National Pyramid, calling the Special General Meeting of clubs which eventually led to the historic decision being made.
Just two years after finishing runners-up in the First Division, the Club suffered its first ever relegation in its near thirty years history. Even worse was to follow when, as a result of dwindling committee support, officials took the reluctant step of tendering the Club’s resignation from the League.
However, following a positive response from a number of local people keen to see the Club continue, a new committee was formed under the chairmanship of John Smith and the resignation was withdrawn.
The Club’s re-introduction to Division 2 at the start of 2002/3 got off to an unpromising start but, after bringing in Neil Hixon as Manager, the Star failed by the narrowest of margins to gain an immediate return to Division 1. Unfortunately for the Club, Neil’s achievements resulted in him being snapped up by Durham City shortly after the start of last season, effectively putting our promotion aspirations on hold for at least another year. However, with experienced Northern League manager Peter Mulcaster steadying the ship, the Club finished in a respectable mid-table position.
Neil Hixon returned as manager in 2005 and along with Stuart Gooden and former Sunderland & Scotish International George Herd put together a side that won promotion back to the First Division in the 2006/07 season. The following season Hixon & Herd moved to Sunderland RCA and Gooden took over the team which finished in a creditable 8th place in the table. The following season saw yet another change in management with former Darlington player Andy Toman taking over. Another dip in club fortunes saw the side face relegation.
The 2010/11 and 2011/12 were two of the worst seasons in the Red Star history with the team involved in relegation battles which could have seen the club relegated to the Wearside League, both battles were successful and the club retained it’s Northern League status.
This season the club appointed Mark Collingwood and Simon Johnson, who achieved great success in the Northern Alliance League with Hebburn Reyrolle.
Previous managers in the Club’s history include Northern League legend Paul Walker, in conjunction with the long serving Chris Copeland; former Hartlepool Manager, Billy Horner; and ex Burnley player, Harry Wilson. Former players going on to join Football League clubs include Nigel Gleghorn (Ipswich and Manchester City), Bobby Davison (Halifax, Derby and Leeds) and Stephen Harper (currently with Newcastle United). Tommy Henderson remains the Club’s leading goalscorer, netting 211 goals in 276 appearances including a record breaking 62 in 1978-9.
Honours: Phillips Floodlighting Competition winners 1978-79; Durham Challenge Cup winners 1979-80; Wearside League champions 1981-82; Wearside League Cup winners 1981-2; Northern League 2nd Div runners up 1987-88; Northern League Cup winners 1992-93; Northern League 1st Div runners up 1999-2000, Northern League 2nd Div Runners Up 2006-07.
