Application for Football League 1966 (Image 7)
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just say this : In my humble opinion South Shields Football . Club is READY NOW for League status . We have a lot to offer but we need the opportunity . Another opportunity could be next season if you did us the honour of voting for us in London . - ALF MCMICHAEL , Team Manager . FROM THE SUPPORTERS ' CLUB The South Shields Football Club Supporters ' Club is delighted to have this opportunity to support the applica tion for membership of the Football League . We are solidly behind the Football Club in all they do , this being a product of the close harmony that exists in the football set - up in South Shields . Our membership is strong and increasing all the time , and we occupy new premises designed and built at a cost of nearly £ 30,000 . We offer luxurious accommodation to visiting supporters who are treated as our guests . The Football Club itself has a fine reputation for hospitality , as many North Regional League clubs , as well as some League clubs , would readily bear out , and the whole picture is one that generates the highest standards of respect , integrity and sportsmanship . These are the qualities one expects from a League club ; they are the qualities we demand in our own club . Our town has a population of more than 110,000 all long ing for the day when South Shields gains a place in the Football League . Home attendances are , as is pointed out elsewhere in this brochure , in many instances far bigger than those at League clubs and , after thorough research on the subject , we are convinced that our attendances would almost double were we League club . Twice in the last four weeks of the recently - ended season we had crowds of more than 10,000 backed up by other attendances in the 5-6-7,000 region . 10 Everyone in the Football Club's organisation is ready for League status . We feel South Shields deserves a place in the League . We sincerely hope you do , too , for our destiny itself lies in your hands . W. ROGERS ( Chairman , South Shields A.F.C. Supporters ' Club . ) SCORERS ' TABLE Leading scorers in the North Regional League for the 1965-66 season at the time of going to Press were : L. Smith ( South Shields ) G. Donoghue ( South Shields ) R. Rafferty ( Hull City ) N. Cardew ( South Shields ) B. Kerr ( Sunderland ) S. Marshall ( Middlesbrough ) W. Graham ( South Shields ) R. Young ( Hull City ) ... S. Livingstone ( Carlisle United ) W. Wilkinson ( Hull City ) W. Robinson ( South Shields ) A. Field ( Halifax Town ) K. Morton ( York City ) R. Veart ( Hartlepools United ) R. Cunliffe ( York City ) T. Heath ( Hull City ) T. O'Hare ( Sunderland ) Note . This is the first occasion in the history of the league that any club , in this case , South Shields , has had all five members of its forward line in the list of leading scorers . 49 21 21 16 14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 . 10 10 9 9 LEADING SCORERS The full list of leading scorers in the North Regional League since its inception in 1958 is : 1958-59 . Whitelaw ( Sunderland ) 1959-60 . Windross ( Middlesbrough ) 1960-61 . Livingstone ( Middlesbrough ) 1961-62 . Weddle ( Middlesbrough ) ... 1962-63 . Connelly ( Crewe Alexandra ) 1963-64 . Field ( York City ) 1964-65 . Smith ( South Shields ) 1965-66 . Smith ( South Shields ) ... ... ... 25 44 35 26 25 22 36 49 South Shields became members of the North Regional League in the 1964-65 season when the club finished fifth top . 11 |
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