Shildon can still finish in 3rd place after a 6-0 victory away to Whitley Bay and West Auckland’s defeat at Ryhope CW.
Both of Shildon’s games in hand are against Ryhope CW, away this Thursday and at home on Saturday.
Tonight’s goalscorers were Billy Greulich-Smith, Daniel Moore, Kyle Patton, Sam Hodgson, Marc Ellison and an own goal.
Shildon move back to 4th position in the Northern League after a 2-1 victory away to Ashington.
Billy Greulich-Smith gave Shildon the lead half way through the first half putting the ball under the keeper after good work from Duell and Gell. Stephenson levelled for the hosts with a header just before half time.
After 66 minutes Matty Waters restored Shildon’s lead. 12 minutes later Matty Robson hit a penalty over the bar after Billy Greulich- Smith was brought down in the box.
Best Wishes to Ashington goalkeeper Conor Grant who was taken to hospital during the game.
Next game is on Thursday at home to Newcastle Benfield, Kick Off 7:30pm
Shildon remain 4th in the Ebac Northern League Division One after a 1-0 defeat at Guisborough Town.
David Onions scored the only goal of the game, 4 minutes after Shildon player/manager Daniel Moore was sent off for a second yellow card.
Next Game : Ashington (A) 24th April
Shildon move up to 4th place in the League with a 6-0 victory away to Washington.
Billy Greulich-Smith 2, Daniel Moore, Matty Waters, Adam Gell and a first for the club from Jack Turnbull were the the goalscorers.
Next game is away to Guisborough on Wednesday evening with a 7:45pm kick off
The next meeting of the Shildon AFC Supporters Club will take place in the clubhouse on Friday 13th April @ 7 pm with special guest Shildon AFC Chairman David Dent.
The Supporters Club will also be a presenting a cheque to the Cystic Fibrosis Charity from the Charity Cricket game played against Glaxo Sports & Social Club.
After the meeting there will be a Race Night hosted by Honest Wilf.
All existing members and anybody wishing to join are very welcome to come along.
A couple of our remaining games have now been re-arranged.
Our away game at Washington will now take place on Saturday 14th April and our away game to Whitley Bay has been moved to Monday evening 30th April.
Our final fixtures for the 2017/18 season now stand as follows: –
| Tue, 10/04/2018 | Ashington | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Sat, 14/04/2018 | Washington | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Wed, 18/04/2018 | Guisborough Town | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Thu, 26/04/2018 | Shildon | Newcastle Benfield | eNL1 | ||
| Sat, 28/04/2018 | Newcastle Benfield | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Mon, 30/04/2018 | Whitley Bay | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Thu, 03/05/2018 | Ryhope CW | Shildon | eNL1 | ||
| Sat, 05/05/2018 | Shildon | Ryhope CW | eNL1 |
Shildon moved to 5th place in the Northern League with 2 late goals giving them all three points against Consett.
Adam Burnicle opened the scoring in the 89th minute and then Kyle Patton two minutes later added the second and his first goal for the club.
Next Game : Tuesday 10th April away to Ashington
After the weekends postponement our games against Ryhope CW have been rearranged to the following dates.
The away game will now be played on Tuesday 1st May
Sunderland Ryhope CW v Shildon (from 31/03)
The home game has been moved to Saturday 5th May 2018
Shildon v Sunderland Ryhope CW (from 02/05)
Welcome to the club Bradley Hird from Durham City.
The striker has scored 20 league goals for Durham City this season and is second top scorer in Northern League Division 2.
Delighted with the signing player/manager said “Having watched Brad several times I know he has bags of potential and has already proved he can score goals. He is another young footballer we have added to the squad who is hungry to compete for trophies and play as high in the pyramid as possible and I am excited to have him at the club”
He will go into tomorrow’s squad for our game against Ryhope CW.