DIV 1 EAST By Gary Welford

CONSETT picked up their first win in eight games to reignite their faint hopes of reaching the play-offs.The home side started brightly at a very windy Belle View, and only an excellent challenge by Charlie Oglesby prevented Wil Shaw opening the scoring inside two minutes. Shaw had another chance, one-on-one with Ben Townsend, but Oglesby cleared again, the scores remaining level at half-time. After 62 mnutes, a clearance from a Consett freekick cannoned off Shaw’s back, looped over the keeper and into the net to give the home side the lead, whic...