David Palmer leaves the Railwaymen

Shidon AFC can confirm that David Palmer has agreed a move to Northern Football League Division One side North Shields FC.  David joined Shildon from Seaham Red Star in October 2018 and was part of the teams that won the Durham Challenge Cup in 2019, and gained promotion to the Northern Premier League East for […]

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Former Shildon manager, Ray Gowan releases book

Ray Gowan who spent 14 Seasons at Shildon, including the FA Cup first round game against Notts County,  has released a book looking back over his 45 years in non league football as a player and manager. The book entitled Football Ray’s Way is available to order direct from Ray priced at £10 + Postage […]

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Stockton Town 1 Shildon 3 – Match Report by Adam Gill

Stockton Town 1-3 Shildon: Match Report Shildon saw off a tough Stockton Town side in the Buildbase FA Vase as they progressed to the fourth round at the Map Group UK Stadium. Dean Thexton gave the Railwaymen the lead in the 13th minute before Kurt Matthews doubled his sides lead on the stroke of half […]

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FA Vase – 2nd Round v @HallamFC1860

Our next opponents in the FA Vase will be Hallam FC after they won an entertaining game against AFC Blackpool 4-3 yesterday. Hallam are the World’s Second Oldest Football Club founded in 1860 and play at the World’s Oldest Football Ground, Sandygate. Sadly the game will be played behind closed does with both areas currently […]

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Shildon 0 Stockton Town 0, Match Report by Adam Gill

Shildon and Stockton Town played out an entertaining goalless draw at Dean Street in the Ebac Northern League Division One. The first chance of the game came in the 20th minute, when Kurt Matthews picked out Joe Posthill on the edge of the box, before the winger saw his curling effort saved by Callum Roberts. […]

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Sunderland RCA 2 Shildon 3, Match Report by Adam Gill #FAVase

Sunderland RCA 2-3 Shildon: Match Report Shildon produced a second-half comeback away to Sunderland RCA as they progressed to the next round of the Buildbase FA Vase. Stephen Callen gave RCA the lead in the 27th minute, before Anthony Callaghan doubled the home sides lead in the 52nd minute. Chay Liddle, David Palmer and Dean […]

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Ticket Application v @WhickhamFC is now open @shildon_afc

Ticket Applications are now open for our game against Whickham on Tuesday 13th October, Kick Off 7:30pm. Currently the capacity that we are allowed to admit is 150, so we have created an application form so that supporters can apply to attend. The applications will be dealt with in date and time received and are […]

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Shildon 3 Bishop Auckland 0, match report by Adam Gill

Shildon 3-0 Bishop Auckland: Match Report Shildon made it back-to-back wins as they defeated local rivals Bishop Auckland 3-0 at Dean Street in the Ebac Northern League. Chay Liddle gave the home side the lead just seven minutes in before Kurt Matthews doubled Shildon’s lead on the hour mark. Michael Sweet sealed the win late […]

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Shildon 5 Seaham Red Star 3, Match Report by Adam Gill

Shildon 5-3 Seaham Red Star: Match Report Shildon returned to winning ways in the Ebac Northern League as they overcame Seaham Red Star at Dean Street. Goals from Thomas Bott and Alex White saw the game was level after 20 minutes, before Nathan Greenwood scored in the 23rd minute to give Seaham a half-time lead. […]

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