SOUTH SHIELDS 1 SCARBOROUGH ATH 0 By Garry King

GAVIN Liddle’s early strike was enough to earn South Shields a narrow victory over National League North newcomers Scarborough in the north-east. A well-worked short corner saw former Hartlepool defender Liddle find the net with a first-time volley from just inside the penalty area.Sam Hodgson and Dylan Mottley-Henry almost doubled the lead, Mackenzie Healey then denied by the Seadogs trialist keeper, while Hodgson went close again.Joao Gomes rounded home keeper Myles Boney but failed to find the net from a narrow angle,...