Northern Premier League

South Shields are firmly still in hunt

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 January 2019

By Neil McGowan
BASFORD UNITED 0
SOUTH SHIELDS 3
SOUTH Shields reinforced their promotion credentials with a deserved win.
They wasted no time in opening the scoring, David Foley taking a pass from Craig Baxter to score from the edge of the area.
Basford’s main first half threat came from Dan Creaney who twice went close with headers, but they found it hard to make inroads. Dillon Morse scored the visitor’s second on 28 minutes, getting on to the end of a long cross.
Shields had the ball in the net again early in the second half but the whistle was blown for a foul. Basford then...

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