Northern Premier League

South Shields 1-0 Scarborough Athletic: Mariners display the Will to win

WILL McGowan gave title hopefuls South Shields a hard-fought and narrow victory which could prove vital in a hard-fought and tight title race.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 January 2022

By John Chapman

SOUTH SHIELDS 1
McGowan 23

SCARBORO’ ATH 0

GOLDEN BOY: South Shields’ Will McGowan fires the only goal of the game past Scarborough keeper Ryan Whitley
PICTURE: Kevin Wilson

WILL McGowan gave title hopefuls South Shields a hard-fought and narrow victory which could prove vital in a hard-fought and tight title race.
The win took the Mariners up to third on a day leaders Matlock were idle and second-top Buxton lost.
But Shields could so easily have had to share the spoils against their top half visitors.
Seadogs midfielder Kieran Glynn burst through in the sixth and final ...

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