Tag: Shildon AFC

Greulich Smith & Atkinson Sign New Deals

Shildon AFC are delighted to announce contract extensions for both Billy Greulich Smith and David Atkinson.

Billy has signed an extended contract which will take him up till the end of the 2022/23 season with a 1 year option (subject to FA approval).  Billy signed for Shildon on the 19th January 2012 and has made 337 appearances for the club scoring 167 goals.  This means Billy will have served over 10 years with the Club and a testimonial is planned during the 2022/23 pre-season to celebrate his time at the Club.  Further details will be announced in due course.

 

David, signed for the 2021/22 season has agreed to an extension to his contract with the Club which takes him till the end of the 2022/23 season with a 1 year option (subject to FA approval).  David has made 30 appearances to date scoring 2 goals.

 

 

Both are key players for the Club moving forward and we are delighted that they have signed new deals.

Food Bank Donations – 29th January 2022

Shildon AFC are looking for donations to give support to the Shildon Alive Food Bank. We are asking that donations are made at our home game on the 29th January 2022 against Lincoln United.  Shildon Alive will be at the game and would be grateful for the following items in particular:
 
Jam
Tinned fruit
Rice pudding
Beans
Tinned meat (hotdogs, meatballs, corned beef)
Tuna
Pasta
Any packet mixes
Noodles
Pasta in sauce
Macaroni
Chunky soups & broths
UHT milk
 
All donations are much appreciated – many thanks for your support.

Alex White Pens New Deal

Shildon centre half Alex White has signed a new contract until the end of the 23/24 Season.

Alex has made 25 appearances for Shildon over the last 2 seasons (chipping in with 3 goals).  Much of his first season with Shildon (4 appearances) was lost due lack of games because of the pandemic and a serious injury from which he is now fully recovered.  Alex has become an integral part of the squad in our first season in the Northern Premier League East and an important part of the future plans of the Club.

Stockton Town FC and Shildon AFC – A Joint Statement

Statement from Stockton Town FC

At the end of last Saturdays fixture between our two clubs both clubs were made aware of an alleged comment made by a single spectator during the second half. The referee had been made aware at the time.

The alleged comment was directed towards a Shildon player and this is unacceptable in any society and the player is offended by the comments and the two clubs fully support his viewpoint on this, it is totally unacceptable.

Stockton Town wish to make their position very clear on this matter. The club will not tolerate any behaviour that could be deemed to cause offence to an individual, group or other club and would request that everyone associated with the club in any capacity thinks before expressing themselves as to the offence that may be caused.

We have taken advice on the matter from support organisation’s and the local FA to ensure we understand the support that is available and intend to work with Shildon to both identify the individual responsible and ensure the message from both clubs is clear and concise and no one is left in any doubt moving forward of both clubs expectations.

Statement from Shildon AFC

We at Shildon AFC pride ourselves as being inclusive and won’t tolerate racial abuse of any form.

We are pleased that Stockton Town share this view and we have worked closely with them since the incident at our recent game with them on New Years Day when one of our players was racially abused.

Both Clubs are currently working with the FA to ensure that their investigations are thorough and transparent and we are sharing information to help identify the individual concerned, following which appropriate action will be taken against them.

We are also working with Kick It Out to help educate our supporters, staff and players as to what is acceptable and to promote equality and diversity at our games.

We are also looking to take some of this learning into our games and at the next games between the Clubs supporters, staff and players will be reminded of what is acceptable and what will not be tolerated.

Both Clubs have a zero tolerance approach to racism and we will take some of the lessons from this really unfortunate event into our next game.

We will draw any abuse immediately to the attention of the referee and hopefully play will be stopped until the offenders are removed from the ground.

Any supporter found to be guilty of committing racial abuse will be banned from our respective clubs.