The Fixture list for the Ebac Northern League Division One has been released today.
We are at home for our first game on the 5th September against West Auckland Town, on Tuesday 8th September we travel to Hebburn Town.
Full List of Fixtures is as follows, the website will be updated in due course:
As per the governments latest guidelines, we can now welcome supporters back into Dean Street albeit with a reduced capacity.
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 for a maximum of 4 tickets.
We will also require you to enter names and telephone numbers for those attending to comply with the governments Track & Trace policy.
Our updated policy can be found here
To apply for tickets, please click here
The draws for the 1st 2 Rounds of the FA Vase & FA Cup have been drawn today.
In the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round we have been drawn away to Stockton Town, the game is due to be played on Tuesday September 1st. The winners of the tie will play either Nothallerton Town or Billingham Town away.
In the FA Vase 1st Qualifying Round we have been drawn at home to Chester-le-Street, the game is due to be played on Saturday 19th September. The winners of the tie will play away to Sunderland RCA.
With the letter was the following on the return of fans to grounds
Return of Spectators
The FA has been working closely with the Government on the return of spectators at football matches at FA National League System level and The FA will provide an update on this in due course.
Pre-Season Friendly
15th August 2020
The Railwaymen continued their 100 percent pre-season record as they defeated Newcastle Blue Star at the Scotswood Sports Centre.
Ben Trotter gave the visitors the lead in the 54th minute before substitute Danny Craggs doubled his sides advantage.
Brandon Mallaburn added a third late on before Billy Greulich-Smith sealed the win with a penalty just before the final whistle.
Blue Star almost took the lead 18 minutes in, when a long ball over the top found Callum Johnston however he sent his strike just past the post.
Shildon almost went ahead in the 22nd minute, when Jordan Lavery cut inside, only to see his effort come back off the post.
Aidan Heywood almost gave Shildon the lead just before half-time, however his free kick went just over the bar.
The visitors took the lead when Trotter swept the ball home into the bottom corner after Greulich-Smith’s knock down.
Craggs doubled Shildon’s lead 18 minutes from time, after he got onto the end of Greulich-Smith’s pass before he arrowed his effort into the bottom corner.
Greulich-Smith completed his hat-trick of assists two minutes from time, as he laid off Mallaburn before he fired home.
Shildon were awarded a penalty late on when Craggs was brought down in the Blue Star penalty area, much to the disbelief of the home side.
Greulich-Smith stepped up and slotted home to cap off a convincing win.
We are pleased to welcome Adam Gill to our Media Team.
Adam is a sports journalism student at the University of Sunderland, where he is entering his third year in September.
Since the start of last season, Adam has been writing for the Ebac Northern League blog, which enabled him to visit the majority of Northern League grounds.
You can read some of his articles on the website, under the blog tab. In his time at university, he has written for the university’s sports website Sportsbyte.
Joining Shildon he said “I am very happy to be joining the fantastic media team at Shildon, where I hope to see many of you when fans can return to games.”
SHILDON AFC SOCIAL CLUB COVID 19 RISK ASSESSMENT
HAZARD – CORONAVIRUS (COVID 19)
WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED – EMPLOYEES, VISITORS, CUSTOMERS
The following CONTROL MEASURES will be in place:
Next Friday 3rd July we will be hosting our Awards Night for the 2019/20 virtually on Zoom.
The following awards will be up for grabs
Sue Charlton Player of the Season
Supporters Club Player of The Season
Goal of the Season
Top Goalscorer
Directors Player of the Year
Managers Player of The Year
Players Player of The Year
If you would like to attend, please send your email address to programme@shildonafc.com by Thursday 2nd July and we will send the link.
Hopefully the evening will also be streamed on either YouTube of Facebook.
We will be hosting a Virtual Evening with some of the 1st Team Squad and Manager Daniel Moore on Friday 26th June from 7pm to 9pm via Zoom.
Wilf Tray will be asking questions on the evening to the management team and players.
If you would like to join please send your email address to Wilf via Twitter at @Shildon_AFC or email programme@shildonafc.com to gain the access code for the evening.
Mike Amos tells all in new book – the stories of his life
On his blog on the 2nd June he said of his book
“Almost a year after it was conceived, gestation period of a hairy mammoth, the autobiography – or at least the softback edition – is here.
Unconsidered Trifles arrived this morning in a three-car convoy from the printer’s in Middlesbrough. Now the hard work really starts, shifting the things again.
Sub-titled Memories of a Jobbing Journalist, as can probably be seen above, it’s by no means just a football book – rather a snapshot of North-East life and folk over many decades – but footy provides a constant and a recurring theme.
There are wonderful stories like the afternoon that Stanhope Town played Wearhead United, nether regions of the Crook and District league second division, at the Stadium of Light or the evening that the inmates of Holme House prison in Stockton played Roseworth Social Club within those walls, perhaps the first occasion since Newgate that spectators have been charged to get into a prison.
There’s a first-hand account of West Auckland’s ill-starred trip to Turin to mark the centenary in 2009 of their first World Cup win, several affectionate stories about Graham Kelly – “the most traduced man in football” – and all manner of Northern League memories.
One of my favourites is about the ultra-posh banquet to mark the FA’s 150th anniversary – Prince William, Sepp Blatter and me. In where draughts cannot? Suffice that those who believe there’s only one Mike Amos may be mistaken.
Shildon lad and former Darlington FC chairman George Reynolds features quite a lot, too. A particularly indelible yarn concerns the time he gave acclaimed artist Mackenzie Thorpe a tour of the new GR Arena….
Though the spread is regional, occasionally beyond, there’s inevitably a slight bias towards Shildon. The book launch was planned for the Dean Street clubhouse before the virus compelled a change of plan.
.So now I need to sell a few books – to blog readers, their friends, pretty much anyone. The softback, beautifully produced and designed, is £10. The hardback will be £22. Postage for the softback is £3 20, dunno about the hardback yet.”
It’s available via Amazon or by post from me at 8 Oakfields, Middleton Tyas, Richmond, North Yorks DL10 6SD. Cheques payable to Mike Amos. Payment can also be made on-line – details from mikeamos81@aol.com
Mikes blog can be found here