1967-68 preseason Page 1
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MARINERS SIGN G. ENGLAND YOUTH INTERNATIONAL By DICK KIRKUP one seas the mist WHILE neighbours Sunderland chase the big fish in the transfer market pool Tony Hateley being one that got away South Shields will ensu are quietly strengthening their side , not with " name " players , but with successf carefully selected men who will be fully " played in " by the time the club ball , enter the Northern Premier Super League in August of next year . While Mariners manager Alf McMichael knows that while every season is around t important to a football club , next season's North Regional League campaign , fastening which Shields will enter as the reigning champions , is one in which pre- the left Hull City 144 Simonside NEXT season will be South Shields ' fourth in the North Regional League , and for the second time they will open their fixtures against Hull City at Simonside Hall . The date for the 1967-68 curtain raiser : Saturday , August 19 just eight weeks tomor row , writes Dick Kirkup . ** derisive professional . McMichael has providin long admired this 23 - year - old under a open have and is delighted to secured him . Only two months ago Preston North End offered And it is with this thought Gateshead £ 5,000 for him , but the matc I trus Shields to such mis season at firmly in mind that he is he refused to leave the North ; they coul approaching any possible signing . He wants men not just for today , but for the of the " Big Tomorrow " Premier League , and his signings to date smack of long term planning . abou disappointment for , like the match ag Mariners , they need the money . at Frank Phillipson , another 19- For the year - old , was with Stockport Shields 1 last season and was previously League fi with Bury when Bob Stokoe pops up a was manager . Frank was number o strongly recommended to Mc- of the ma Michael , and this week the to put pa met Shields manager the hopes player and his father at Simon side Hall . Because of the resignations of Rotherham United , Don caster Rovers , Bradford Park Avenue and Darlington , offset by half by the entry into the leage of Workington and Stockton , the league will con sist of nine clubs next season . The first half of the season will be taken up by the championship , and the second half by the League Cup , giv parations for the super league will be the over riding factor . Sa YOUTH CAP In addition , McMichael has signed Frank Phillipson , who was with promoted Stockport County last season and who RICKET other sr quota of t Many a cr lucky ma MALE HL The Ch winger or In the last few days he has three players signed from Gateshead and , with respect to the Redheugh Park side . they Frank can play at either were the outstanding trio of wing half or inside forward bang in to Durham's 1 the club's playing strength last and the fact that he was an season , namely , England youth international against St inside forward Ray Scott , wing that here Shields have made a in the first three seasons ago indicates Terrace wi half Storey and full back Terry valuable capture . The player beaten 95 Chandler . lives at Blaydon and is another during the who cannot resist the pull of fixture was his native North - east . but 40 mir Earlier in on county MORE TO COME 49 against McMichael is not yet finished Jesmond a in his team - building campaign , with 95 a - |
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