Northern Premier League

GILLIES IS LATE HERO AS SHIELDS FIGHT BACK

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 November 2018

By Matty Hewitt
SOUTH SHIELDS 3
MICKLEOVER SPORTS 2
IT WAS a seventh consecutive home win for South Shields as they came from behind.
Goals from defender Dillon Morse and midfield pair Rob Briggs and Josh Gillies were enough.
However the visitors enjoyed the better of the opening encounters and took the lead when Nathan Jarman robbed the ball. He teed-up up Evan Garnett whose curling effort from 25- yards went in.
Shields equalised on the half hour against the run of play as Morse rose highest to head Nathan Lowe’s corner into the top corner.
The goal was the catalyst for Shields as t...

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