Tag: Shildon AFC

DCC 1st Round Result : Durham City 1 Shildon 1 (Shildon win 5-4 on Penalties)

Shildon progress into the next round after a hard-fought game against Durham City.

Durham City took the lead through Callum Smith after Sam Hodgson playing centre-half was caught in position. Billy Greulich-Smith eventually made Shildon’s pressure pay when he headed in with 9 minutes to go. After that, both teams had chances to win the game.

In the penalty shoot-out, Robson, Ellison, Hodgson, Burnicle and Greulich-Smith all scored before Nick Liversedge saved to send Shildon through. Credit to Durham City who never stopped running all night.

Loan Signing: Jack Blackford signs on loan with thanks to @Official_HUFC #ShildonAFC

The FA have this afternoon confirmed that Jack Blackford has joined from Hartlepool United on loan. He can play on either flank and is blessed with pace and trickery.

Jack has previously been on loan at both Whitby and Darlington and has had a trial with Man City and Aston Villa have also been linked with a move for him.

The 19-Year-old was also named by Rangers in their youth squad for the Hong Kong sevens back in May this year. The HKSS tournament featured the likes of West Ham, Leicester, Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen.

Jack will go straight into the squad for tomorrow’s Ebac Northern League Division One game against Guisborough Town.

ENL1 Result : Shildon 3 Bishop Auckland 2

Billy Greulich-Smith scored a hat-trick to get Shildon back to winning ways with a 3-2 victory over local rivals Bishop Auckland.

Midway through the first half Billy Greulich-Smith scored the only goal of the half when he headed in a Jamie Harwood cross.

3 minutes into the second half Andrew Johnson scored to bring the scores level and then scored again in the 69th minute to give Bishop the lead. In the 78th minute, Billy scored his second to level and then a couple of minutes later completed his hat-trick and the scoring to make the final score 3-2.