New signing Martyn Coleman scored on his debut as Shildon ran out 3-0 winners against Sunderland RCA.
Billy Greulich-Smith opened the scoring with a header and Anthony Peacock added a second with a curling shot just before the break. Coleman added the third with a fine turn and shot into the bottom corner of the net from just inside the box.
Adam Burnicle scores in the 45+2 minutes of the first half to level it 1-1
Matty Robson scores a penalty with almost the last kick of the match after Daniel Moore was fouled to make it 2-2
Toda’s programme v West Auckland
Official Programme v North Shields is now available to view online
Due to our involvement in the FA Cup, our game against Ashington which was due to be played on Saturday, August 19th will now be played on Wednesday 27th September, Kick Off: 7:30 pm.
We will now play Guisborough Town away in the FA Cup preliminary round on Saturday 19th August.
Our game against Stockton Town originally going to be played on the Saturday 14th April 2018 will now be played on Saturday 9th September 2017
Yesterday’s programme is now available to view online
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RE-ORGANISATION OF NON-LEAGUE SYSTEM
The Football Association’s proposed re-structuring of the non-league system was presented to the league’s annual general meeting. This would have an effect on the Ebac Northern League (Division One is at Step Five and Division Two at Step Six).
The proposed changes would come into force for the 2018/19 season.
The proposed changes are: A new Step 3 and a new Step 4 league to be formed; Step 3 divisions to play with 22 teams, Step 4 and Step 5 with 20 teams and Step 6 teams to have no more than 20 teams in them.
Therefore for the 2018/19 season both divisions in the Ebac Northern League to operate with 20 teams.
The highest placed club in each of the 14 Step 5 leagues in England will be automatically promoted. In addition to those 14, another 12 second-placed teams will also be promoted to Step 4. These 12 clubs will be the highest placed teams based on points per games during the season.
This means that potentially two teams from the first division could be promoted out of the league at the end of next season.
Three teams will continue to be relegated from division one and three promoted from division two.
Clubs in three “feeder” leagues will be eligible for promotion to the Ebac Northern League – the Wearside League, the Northern Alliance and the Teesside and Eskdale League (which was called the Teesside League). Clubs at this level will still have to meet the appropriate ground grading criteria to be promoted.
At the end of the forthcoming season the FA will also decide on any lateral movements of clubs between leagues at the same level in the national system.
· A revised FA rule also means that from next season midweek games should start at 7.45pm. However, clubs can apply to the league to have their midweek games kick-off at 7.30pm.
Taken from the Official Northern League Facebook Page.
