Stifler Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 4 hours ago, Paullow said: Not sure what happened to North Shields today in the league below. Battered 1-6 at home to mid table Birtley and all but ends their play off hopes. Guisborough won the league today and will be playing in the NPL East next season. Great 1-0 win for West Auckland away at Whitley Bay to very much keep their playoff hopes alive. That could be a repeat of a playoff semi final in a couple of weeks, although Boro Rangers are probably favourites for 4th and to avoid Shildon in the semi final. The good thing about North Shields is that there is faith there that the people running it now will work to improve themselves next season. Under the previous owners there was a belief that they were dipping their hands in the pot. You couldn’t pay for entry on your card, meanwhile teams in the same league sold digital tickets. People were put off going, fans deserted them for the likes of Percy Main etc. Now the fans are back, youngsters are going, last week they got over 1,000 in attendance, on it was a local derby against Whitley Bay, but still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Probably the most bizarre game I've attended all season. Finished Gretna 2-7 Berwick Rangers! Gretna went 1-0 up after the Berwick keeper played it out to the centre half who then fell over allowing the Gretna striker to take the ball for the easiest of goals. Berwick then scored twice in 5 minutes to go 2-1 up before Gretna equalised to go in 2-2 at HT. Gretna seemed to then catch the recent NUFC disease (they even play in black and white) of not coming out for the 2nd half and Berwick did a "Barcelona" on them and scored 5 in the 2nd half to run out 7-2 winners. Canny day out. Train to Carlisle, then a further 10 minute train journey from there to Gretna. Strange little place mind. As soon as you step off the train you are greeted with the smell of horse manure in the air which never really disappears. Found a pub called the Gretna Inn which was a bit rough round the edges but had a pool table and darts, with the added bonus of the Berwick president calling in and buying us a drink which was very nice of him. Gretna must have the cheapest admission prices in the league. Was £8 each for us to get in and the bairn was free. Certainly value for money to see 9 goals Standard for the league is around £10/£11 and Linlithgow who are the most expensive charge £14 with concessions paying £11! Due to League restructuring "El Borderco" as Gretna had dubbed it won't exist anymore unless they draw each other in the Cup as next season instead of Lowland and Highland they are splitting the leagues into East and West as apparently this will mean less travelling although I'm not sure if that will turn out to be the case for Berwick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 At Southend United yesterday, every time a sub was made, the name of the player coming off and the player going on was announced over the tannoy. Any name from the opposition was met with a....'WHO?' I found it hilarious, simple and silly but very amusing. Need more of that higher up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Bimpy474 said: At Southend United yesterday, every time a sub was made, the name of the player coming off and the player going on was announced over the tannoy. Any name from the opposition was met with a....'WHO?' I found it hilarious, simple and silly but very amusing. Need more of that higher up. I like Roots Hall, good old school ground. Glad to see its going better for Southend recently, feels like for ages they were just waiting for administration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elma Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) South Shields 2-0 up on fourth placed Macclesfield inside 6 minutes. Edited April 14 by Elma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokerprince2004 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 South Shields won 4-1. Now top on goal difference with 2 games to go. Would be great to see them in the National League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
east stander Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Excellent 2-0 win for Shildon v Stockton Town to win the Durham Challenge Cup, played at Bishop Auckland after the mackems withdrew the SOS as the venue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 One game to go in this league, although with West Allotments resignation, Penrith have now played all 36 of their matches. Guisborough were extremely lucky in that they lost to West Allotment earlier in the season, and pretty much everyone beat them, but with the resignation, everyone lost those points so Guisborough clicked by effectively been given 3 extra points. They were 2 points clear of Shildon and I was thinking they probably would have won their final match, given they win the vast majority of them, but I didn't realise their last match is actually away at Shildon, so it would have been in Shildon's hands going into the final day and a win would have seen them as champions, but another 2nd place finish for them as it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Yeah it massively benefitted Whitley as well as they hadn't played them yet home or away, so everybody else lost points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Newcastle Blue Star have won about 8 in a row in the league and find themselves just outside the playoff places, so looks like those 2 Heaton Stan boys have made a difference, but it looks like they are going to run out of games to get into the playoffs. They play North Shields at home on Friday night and a 2 goal win would temporarily put them into the playoffs, but they would need Boro to lose and Kendal to draw/lose on the Saturday for them to stay there, so extremely unlikely. I thought all matches would have kicked off at the same time, but at least for Blue Star's sake the game is live with them playing first. Had Kendal / Boro played on Friday and them on Saturday, then chances are it would have been a complete dead rubber, but they should hopefully get a reasonable crowd with it being live, Friday night, playing a biggish team in and around them and no Newcastle United match to contend with. I might go, not been there this season and one of the easiest / quickest grounds for me to get to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Just arrived at Blue Star. Been before but it is a nice set up. Decent crowd in already. They can only do their job tonight. Just need to win, by any margin, and then hope that 2 results go their way tomorrow. Not likely, but I hope they can sneak in, it does very much feel geared up for a higher level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 2 hours ago, Paullow said: Just arrived at Blue Star. Been before but it is a nice set up. Decent crowd in already. They can only do their job tonight. Just need to win, by any margin, and then hope that 2 results go their way tomorrow. Not likely, but I hope they can sneak in, it does very much feel geared up for a higher level. Sounds like some finish... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, Alberto2005 said: Sounds like some finish... Aye, enjoyable second half and a great end to the match. First half must have had about 4 x 3 min stoppages, including a sub, but only 3 mins were added on. North Shields down to 10 men, but then went ahead again before 2 late goals for Blue Star. Announced crowd of 890 so they can get reasonable gates when there's a big match on, plus being able to park at the school opposite is extremely handy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, Alberto2005 said: Sounds like some finish... I'm off to watch your home boys again tomorrow... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 https://www.youtube.com/@footballexplorer99 I've posted this person's content before, but I do watch most of his videos now. It's especially good if you are going to a new ground like I was last week for Heaton and Bishop Auckland (and tomorrow for Consett) to get a bit of a feel for the place. Had a bit of a chat with him before the match tonight (hopefully it wasn't being filmed, ha). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 12 minutes ago, Paullow said: I'm off to watch your home boys again tomorrow... Ah nice! I'm interested to see how they do, hopefully they don't get relegated because I want to go to the last game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 11 minutes ago, Alberto2005 said: Ah nice! I'm interested to see how they do, hopefully they don't get relegated because I want to go to the last game. I'll be hoping for a Consett win, but I'm pretty sure Ossett won't get relegated tomorrow due to who Bishops and Blyth T are playing - I'd say there would be more chance they are out of the relegation zone come 5pm as they have the easiest match on paper of the 3 main teams involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 More Scottish Lowland League for us today. Berwick Rangers v Bo'ness United. Last game of the season so there's a bit of a post season party afterwards, awards presentations, live singer etc so we'll stay back a couple of hours and then staying out in the town for a while when we get back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Saw Woking wandering around town yesterday evening, looking a bit bewildered at the goings on in the toon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Huge day for Hebburn and South Shields - good luck to both! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 First time at Chester le Street Town, nice old ground Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Spartans lose 1-0 at home to 10 man Bridlington ashington win 2-0 at Brighouse and I think are safe now Blyth town get a 1-1 draw at Redcar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 South Shields have fucked it up Hebburn win their last game and they're up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 minutes ago, Big Geordie said: Spartans lose 1-0 at home to 10 man Bridlington ashington win 2-0 at Brighouse and I think are safe now Blyth town get a 1-1 draw at Redcar Other results mean Spartans just need to not lose by 10 next week and they will be safe. It will be two of Bishops, Blyth T, Ossett and Silsden (just about) who will drop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 As someone just said on Spartans FB - you never know with Blyth S! It's been a helluva effort given where they were at Xmas, but the last 5 games...... lacked a centre-forward for most of the season. Big rebuild needed in summer - NUFC not the only ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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