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BRIGGS IS HERO FOR SHIELDS AT THE DEATH

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
21 April 2019

STAFFORD RANGERS 1 SOUTH SHIELDS 1

By Alan Gee
A LAST-GASP penalty cost Stafford the victory they needed to ensure survival while keeping the title hopes alive for South Shields.
The visitors enjoyed the better start without managing a shot on target – the nearest claim they had to such an attempt came when Nathan Lowe’s effort was charged down on the edge of the area.
On 25 minutes Tom Thorley’s throw from the left was flicked on by Luke Jones and Theo Bailey-Jones side-footed home from six yards.
Robert Briggs tried to bring Shields back in to it with a shot that Adam Si...

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