Northern Premier League

SHIELDS SNATCH BIG POINT

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
12 March 2023

STALYBRIDGE C 3 SOUTH SHIELDS 3
By Keith Trudgeon

CELTIC were a coat of paint away from recording a famous victory over South Shields, only for the champions elect to snatch a point with two late goals in a Bower Fold thriller.
The basement strugglers showed little respect to their lofty visitors, racing to a two-goal lead inside 17 minutes through a Harry Benn brace.
The first was a neat finish from the edge of the area, his second after smart interplay between him and Domaine Rouse freed the winger to slide home past Miles Boney. Shields gave themselves a lifeline, after Dylan ...

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