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OCR	74 26 goal Jimmy Robson helps Mariners back to No. 1 spot SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners returned to the top of the Northern Alliance table on Saturday following their 3-0 away win over Newcastle University . Last week's leaders , Morpeth Town , who ended Shields ' five - month run at the top , were involved in a league cup - tie , allowing Shields to successfully neg otiate one of their two games in hand . Shields and Morpeth are now both on the 34 - point mark at the top , but Shields have the superior goal average plus that valuable game in hand . T Morpeth appear to have the tougher run - in of fixtures to the end of the season , beginning this coming Saturday when they travel to meet third top Alnwick Town and they still have to come to Shields . . Morpeth not only lost the leadership on Saturday they were also bundled out of the league cup , suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at Wallington where they also lost 3-1 in the league this season . FIXTURE SWITCH This weekend Shields were scheduled to meet Alston at the Jack Clark Memorial Park , but Alston are now involved in a league cup tie and Shields will instead be at home to Bedlington CW . Shields beat Bedlington 3-1 away in September , but 1 Bedlington have shown marked improvement recently , culminating a in Saturday's 4-2 win over Wallsend Athletic who were themselves enjoying an unbeaten run . On Saturday , Shields had the fillip of a first minute penalty goal by Jimmy Robson two plus quick hammer blows midway through the second half to see them to their 3-0 victory over Newcastle University . The students recovered well from their early setback in which Ken Parker was adjudged to have been obstructed . Benson almost caught Shields out with a shrewd back - heel flick but Dick Patterson saved well , and then Douglas blasted a scoring chance high over the Shields bar . When Shields turned on the pressure the home defence all at sea . was Robson had a shot blocked by goalkeeper Sherlow , who then pulled off a reflex save from a deflection . In the second half the students began putting their game together but got little change from a dominant Shields defence . ROBSON'S 26th After substituting Stephen Hunter for Ritchie Madden , Shields increased their lead when Rutherford put Barker through to lay off a pass from which Robson side stepped his man to score his 26th goal of the season . Two minutes later the Mariners increased their lead when Eric Johnstone staved off a strong challenge to meet a left wing cross and net from 12 yards out , his eleventh goal of the season . Current Northern Alliance placings : PW D 4 SS Mariners 20 16 2 Morpeth T 21 15 Alnwick T Marine Pk 22 1 6 18 10 9 Seaham RS . 21 10 Wallington 19 Belford Alston 22 7 18 10 Percy Main . 17 8 W'kton Res . 19 5 7 5 ● Wallsend A : 20 Bede Coll .. 17 Bed CW 18 N'cle Univ Throckley W 22 Greenwells Stockton 22 18 . ... 5 2 3 36 13 25 9 40 21 22 6 34 33 22 8 64 47 21 7 46 43 21 5 43 32 20 5 38 38 19 5 8 35 46 19 4 8 16 29 14 6 2 10 27 44 14 4 3 7 19 26 11 2 5 15 40 75 9 3 2 17 29 80 2 3 13 23 67 4 7 1 4 L F A Pts 2 73 23 34 2 68 29 34 5 49 34 28 9 8 7 South Shields Mariners are holding another of their highly popular and successful social evenings at the Middle Club , Victoria Road , on Tues day , February 25. Tickets are now on sale . Sporting Anderlecht , of Brus sels , drawn against Leeds United in the European Cup quarter finals , beat Ostend 2-0 in a Bel gian League match yesterday . LEADING LEAGUE SCORERS DIVISION ONE Kidd ( Arsenal ) Macdonald ( Ncstle ) Givens ( QPR ) Latchford ( Everton ) Bell ( Man City ) Jennings ( W Ham , 1 for Watford ) Lee ( Derby V DIVISION TWO L FC LC T Graydon ( Aston Villa ) 14 2 5 21 Channon ( Southmpton ) 14 1 3 18 MacDougall ( Norwich ) 13 5 18 Robson ( Sunderland ) 14 2 16 10 3 13 Boyer ( Norwich ) Hughes ( Sunderland ) 13 13 Little ( Aston Villa ) 8 14 13 DIVISION THREE L FC LC T 12 3 1 16 10 6 16 12 3 15 6 Tonight ' 12 1 1 14 10 3 13 A : 11 1 1 13 11 1 1 13 Buckley ( Walsall ) Rafferty ( Plymouth ) Eastoe ( Swindon ) McNeil ( Hereford ) Holden ( PNE ) Moss ( Chesterfield ) DIVISION FOUR L FC LC T Clark ( Mansfield ) 20 1 21 Haywood ( Shrewsbury ) 16 1 17 Habbin ( Rotherham 11 Lgue and 4 Lgue Cup for Leading ) James ( Chester ) Woods ( Newport ) L FC LC T 18 5 1 24 18 4 22 16 5 21 20 1 21 15 4 1 20 17 3 20 12 4 16 12 4 16 15 15 10 Shields Gazette , Monday , February 17 , 1975 MORPETH STILL AT SHIELDS ' SHOULDER Return game could be the decider for Alliance title SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners have collected 20 points out of the last 22 , but still can't shake off Morpeth Town in their quest for the Northern Alliance championship . Morpeth proved conclusively on Saturday that they are a real threat to Shields by winning 4-2 away over third top Alnwick Town - after trailing 2-1 at half - time . - SUPERMAC AND TUDOR THEY'VE SCORED 40 Northern Alliance placings P W D LF A Pts 2 78 24 36 2 72 31 36 6 51 38 28 6 5 4 37 15 25 29 42 22 24 20 10 4 6 36 35 24 SS Mariners 21 17 2 Morpeth T 22 16 4 Alnwick T. 23 11 Marine Pk . 19 10 Seaham RS 22 11 Wallington Belford Alston Percy Main W'kton Res 19 Walland Ath 21 Bede Coll 17 Bed CW 22 7 7 8 64 47 21 18 10 1 7 46 43 21 17 8 4 5 43 32 20 5 38 38 19 5 9 7 5 9 35 47 19 5 4 8 16 29 14 2 11 28 49 14 3 8 20 28 11 .... 19 6 N'cle Univ . 15 4 Greenwells 23 4 Throckley W 22 2 Stockton 18 2 2 17 30 80 10 5 15 40 75 9 3 13 23 67 7 . Boldon CW stay in title race BOLDON CW added two valuable points in their quest for Wearside League title honours when they beat Whickham 5-1 at Boldon on Saturday . They were always in command and the gave visitors defence a real hammering and but for some fine saves by the keeper , Whickham could well have been more heavily defeated . The home side took the lead in the 10th minute when low Smith scored with a fine drive , following some work approach by Carmichael but the visitors got back on equal terms when McWhinney headed in following a fine centre by Dobinson . The home forwards were not to be denied , however , Taylor putting Boldon ahead with a long range effort and then Wiscombe added a third just before the interval . The second half was one way traffic and further goals were added by Walker and Smith . Stuart Robson the home skipper , apart from having his usual steady game in defence , nearly got his name on the score sheet when his fierce drive was just off target . Colin Rutter completed a valuable for while Kenny hat - trick Morpeth , Parker also grabbed three in South Shields ' 5-1 home victory over Bedlington CW Shields fifth double off the season . SCHED Shields , with a game in hand , still lead second top Morpeth on goal average only , but it is a vastly superior goal average , 3.25 to 2.32 , with Shields now requiring 22 goals from their eleven remaining games to complete a century of goals in Northern Alliance matches , DECIDER Morpeth , 4-2 home winners over Shields in the second game of the season , meet Shields in the return at the Jack Clark Memorial Park a fixture that next month could well decide the championship . Against Bedlington , Shields dominated the game from the kick - off and it came as no surprise when , in the 28th minute , Parker collected from his pass goalkeeper to outstrip the visitors ' defence before slotting the ball past the advancing for ' keeper Shields ' first goal . a own In the 38th minute Shields suffered a temporary setback when Lewis pulled one back for Bedlington to send them in at half - time on level terms , but in the second half Bedlington felt the full force of the Shields attack , inspired by man of the match Eric Johnstone . Parker completed his hat trick with goals in the 55th and 75th minutes , Jimmy Robson , 70 minutes , and Billy Graham , 78 minutes , completing the rout . sm GOALS THIS SEASON NEWCASTLE UNITED goal ace Malcolm Macdonald , follow ing perfectly the St. James's Park tradition of great centre forwards , now leads the First Division scoring table by four goals . His explosive four - goal burst against Liverpool and Burnley have pushed him four goals clear of Don Givens ( QPR ) and Brian Kidd ( Arsenal ) while he has scored six goals more than Everton's £ 350,000 striker Bob Latchford . Macdonald's And performances in the last two games against high quality defences could hardly have escaped the notice of England manager Don Revie . Including Texaco Cup games , Macdonald has scored 25 goals in 45 matches this season and he and Tudor have scored 40 goals between John them . having netted 15 In 35 games . It is also interesting to note that this season they have played alongside each other in 34 matches in which they have shared 33 goals , Macdonald 20 and Tudor 13 , while in the Texaco Cup final Tudor came on as a second half substitute to link up with Macdonald and scored . Macdonald has now scored six goals in the last six games , after a run in which he managed only one in nine games . Next in the Newcastle scorers table is Micky Burns with ten goals , Sunderland have two men in the Second Division scorers ' table , Pop Robson on 16 and Billy Hughes on 13 . Leading scorers in all four divisions of the Football League are : DIVISION ONE L FC LC T Macdonald ( Newcastle ) 14 6 20 Givens ( QPR ) 12 3 1 16 Kidd ( Arsenal ) 12 3 1 16 12 11 14 Latchford ( Everton ) Bell ( Manchester City ) 10 3 13 Jennings ( West Ham - 1 for Watford ) 11 1 1 13 Lee ( Derby ) 11 1 1 13 DIVISION TWO Graydon ( Aston Vila ) Channon ( Soton ) MacDougall ( Norwich ) Robson ( Sunderland ) Busby ( Fulham ) Boyer ( Norwich ) Hughes ( Sunderland ) Little ( Aston Villa ) Seal ( York ) Pearson ( Man Utd ) . Buckley ( Walsall ) Eastoe ( Swindon ) McNeil ( Hereford ) Rafferty ( Plymouth ) Moss Chesterfield ) Holden ( Preston ) L FC LC T 14 2 5 21 14 1 3 18 13 5 18 14 2 16 8 6 1 15 10 3 13 13 13 8 1 4 13 12 1 13 12 1 13 DIVISION THREE L FC LC T 18 5 1 24 18 5 23 22 1 23 18 4 22 18 3 21 ...... 15 4 1 20 DIVISION FOUR L FC LC T Clarke ( Mansfield ) 20 1 21 Haywood ( Shrewsbury ) 16 1 17 Habbin ( Rotherham 16 for Reading ) James ( Chester ) Moore ( Hartlepool ) 13 4 17 13 4 17 12 5 17

OCR

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26 goal Jimmy Robson helps Mariners back to No. 1 spot
SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners returned to the top of the Northern Alliance table on Saturday following their 3-0 away win over Newcastle University .
Last week's leaders , Morpeth Town , who ended Shields ' five - month run at the top , were involved in a league cup - tie , allowing Shields to successfully neg otiate one of their two games in hand .
Shields and Morpeth are now both on the 34 - point mark at the top , but Shields have the superior goal average plus that valuable game in hand .
T
Morpeth appear to have the tougher run - in of fixtures to the end of the season , beginning this coming Saturday when they travel to meet third top Alnwick Town and they still have to come to Shields .
.
Morpeth not only lost the leadership on Saturday they were also bundled out of the league cup , suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at Wallington where they also lost 3-1 in the league this
season .
FIXTURE SWITCH
This weekend Shields were scheduled to meet Alston at the Jack Clark Memorial Park , but Alston are now involved in a league cup tie and Shields will instead be at home to Bedlington CW . Shields beat Bedlington 3-1 away in September , but 1 Bedlington have shown marked improvement recently , culminating
a
in
Saturday's 4-2 win over Wallsend Athletic who were themselves enjoying an unbeaten run .
On Saturday , Shields had the fillip of a first minute penalty goal by Jimmy Robson two plus quick hammer blows midway through the second half to see them to their 3-0 victory over Newcastle University . The students recovered well from their early setback in which Ken Parker was adjudged to have been obstructed . Benson almost caught Shields out with a shrewd back - heel flick but Dick Patterson saved well , and then Douglas blasted a
scoring chance high over the Shields bar .
When Shields turned on the pressure the home defence all at sea . was Robson had a shot blocked by goalkeeper Sherlow , who then pulled off a reflex save from a deflection . In the second half the students began putting their game together but got little change from a dominant Shields defence .
ROBSON'S 26th After substituting Stephen Hunter for Ritchie Madden , Shields increased their lead when Rutherford put Barker through to lay off a pass from which Robson side stepped his man to score his 26th goal of the season .
Two minutes later the Mariners increased their lead when Eric Johnstone staved off a strong challenge to meet a left wing cross and net from 12 yards out , his eleventh goal of the season .
Current Northern Alliance placings :
PW D
4
SS Mariners 20 16 2 Morpeth T 21 15 Alnwick T Marine Pk
22 1
6
18 10
9
Seaham RS . 21 10 Wallington 19 Belford Alston
22 7
18 10
Percy Main . 17 8
W'kton Res . 19
5
7
5
●
Wallsend A : 20
Bede Coll .. 17 Bed CW
18
N'cle Univ Throckley W 22 Greenwells Stockton
22 18
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...
5
2
3 36 13 25
9 40 21 22
6 34 33 22
8 64 47 21
7 46 43 21
5 43 32 20
5 38 38 19
5
8 35 46 19
4
8 16 29 14
6
2 10 27 44 14
4
3 7 19 26 11
2 5 15 40 75 9
3 2 17 29 80
2 3 13 23 67
4
7
1
4
L F A Pts
2 73 23 34
2 68 29 34
5 49 34 28
9
8
7
South Shields Mariners are holding another of their highly popular and successful social evenings at the Middle Club , Victoria Road , on Tues day , February 25. Tickets are now on sale .
Sporting Anderlecht , of Brus sels , drawn against Leeds United in the European Cup quarter finals , beat Ostend 2-0 in a Bel gian League match yesterday .
LEADING
LEAGUE SCORERS
DIVISION ONE
Kidd ( Arsenal ) Macdonald ( Ncstle ) Givens ( QPR ) Latchford ( Everton ) Bell ( Man City ) Jennings ( W Ham , 1 for Watford ) Lee ( Derby
V
DIVISION TWO
L FC LC T Graydon ( Aston Villa ) 14 2 5 21 Channon ( Southmpton ) 14 1 3 18 MacDougall ( Norwich ) 13 5 18 Robson ( Sunderland ) 14 2 16 10 3 13 Boyer ( Norwich ) Hughes ( Sunderland ) 13 13 Little ( Aston Villa ) 8 14 13 DIVISION THREE
L FC LC T
12 3 1 16
10 6 16
12 3 15
6
Tonight '
12 1 1 14 10 3 13
A :
11 1 1 13 11 1 1 13
Buckley ( Walsall ) Rafferty ( Plymouth ) Eastoe ( Swindon ) McNeil ( Hereford ) Holden ( PNE ) Moss ( Chesterfield ) DIVISION FOUR
L FC LC T
Clark ( Mansfield ) 20 1 21 Haywood ( Shrewsbury ) 16 1 17 Habbin ( Rotherham
11 Lgue and 4 Lgue Cup for Leading ) James ( Chester ) Woods ( Newport )
L FC LC T
18 5 1 24
18 4 22
16 5 21
20 1 21
15 4 1 20
17 3 20
12 4 16
12 4 16
15 15
10 Shields Gazette , Monday , February 17 , 1975
MORPETH STILL AT SHIELDS ' SHOULDER
Return game could be the decider for Alliance title
SOUTH SHIELDS Mariners have collected 20 points out of the last 22 , but still can't shake off Morpeth Town in their quest for the Northern Alliance championship .
Morpeth proved conclusively on Saturday that they are a real threat to Shields by winning 4-2 away over third top Alnwick Town - after trailing 2-1 at half - time .
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SUPERMAC AND TUDOR
THEY'VE SCORED 40
Northern Alliance placings
P W D
LF A Pts
2 78 24 36
2 72 31 36
6 51 38 28
6 5 4 37 15 25 29 42 22 24
20 10
4
6 36 35 24
SS Mariners 21 17 2 Morpeth T 22 16 4 Alnwick T. 23 11 Marine Pk . 19 10 Seaham RS 22 11 Wallington Belford Alston Percy Main W'kton Res 19 Walland Ath 21 Bede Coll 17 Bed CW
22 7
7
8 64 47 21
18 10 1
7 46 43 21
17 8 4
5 43 32 20
5 38 38 19
5 9 7 5
9 35 47 19
5 4 8 16 29 14
2 11 28 49 14
3 8 20 28 11
.... 19 6 N'cle Univ . 15 4 Greenwells 23 4 Throckley W 22 2 Stockton 18 2
2 17 30 80 10
5 15 40 75 9
3 13 23 67
7
.
Boldon CW
stay in title race
BOLDON CW added two valuable points in their quest for Wearside League title honours when they beat Whickham 5-1 at Boldon on Saturday .
They were always in command and the gave visitors defence a real hammering and but for some fine saves by the keeper , Whickham could well have been more heavily defeated .
The home side took the lead in the 10th minute when low Smith scored with a fine drive , following some work approach by Carmichael but the visitors got back on equal terms when McWhinney headed in following a fine centre by Dobinson .
The home forwards were not to be denied , however , Taylor putting Boldon ahead with a long range effort and then Wiscombe added a third just before the interval .
The second half was one way traffic and further goals were added by Walker and Smith .
Stuart Robson the home skipper , apart from having his usual steady game in defence , nearly got his name on the score sheet when his fierce drive was just off target .
Colin Rutter completed a valuable for while Kenny
hat - trick
Morpeth ,
Parker also grabbed three in
South Shields ' 5-1 home
victory over Bedlington CW
Shields fifth double off the season .
SCHED
Shields , with a game in hand , still lead second top Morpeth on goal average only , but it is a vastly superior goal average , 3.25 to 2.32 , with Shields now requiring 22 goals from their eleven remaining games to complete a century of goals in Northern Alliance matches ,
DECIDER
Morpeth , 4-2 home winners over Shields in the second game of the season , meet Shields in the return at the Jack Clark Memorial Park a fixture that next month could well decide the championship . Against Bedlington , Shields dominated the game from the kick - off and it came as no surprise when , in the 28th minute , Parker collected from his pass goalkeeper to outstrip the visitors ' defence before slotting the ball past the advancing for ' keeper Shields ' first goal .
a
own
In the 38th minute Shields suffered a temporary setback when Lewis pulled one back for Bedlington to send them in at half - time on level terms , but in the second half Bedlington felt the full force of the Shields attack , inspired by man of the match Eric Johnstone . Parker completed his hat trick with goals in the 55th and 75th minutes , Jimmy Robson , 70 minutes , and Billy Graham , 78 minutes , completing the rout .
sm
GOALS THIS SEASON
NEWCASTLE UNITED goal ace Malcolm Macdonald , follow
ing perfectly the St. James's Park tradition of great centre forwards , now leads the First Division scoring table by four goals .
His explosive four - goal burst against Liverpool and Burnley have pushed him four goals clear of Don Givens ( QPR ) and Brian Kidd ( Arsenal ) while he has scored six goals more than Everton's £ 350,000 striker Bob Latchford . Macdonald's And performances in the last two games against high quality defences could hardly have escaped the notice of England manager Don Revie .
Including Texaco Cup games , Macdonald has scored 25 goals in 45 matches this season and he and Tudor have scored 40 goals between John them . having netted 15 In 35 games .
It is also interesting to note that this season they have played alongside each other in 34 matches in which they have shared 33 goals , Macdonald 20 and Tudor 13 , while in the Texaco Cup final Tudor came on as a second half substitute to link up with Macdonald and scored . Macdonald has now scored six goals in the last six games , after a run in which he managed only one in nine games . Next in the Newcastle scorers
table is Micky Burns with ten goals , Sunderland have two men in the Second Division scorers ' table , Pop Robson on 16 and Billy Hughes on 13 . Leading scorers in all four divisions of the Football League are :
DIVISION ONE L FC LC T Macdonald ( Newcastle ) 14 6 20 Givens ( QPR ) 12 3 1 16 Kidd ( Arsenal )
12 3 1 16
12 11 14
Latchford ( Everton ) Bell ( Manchester City ) 10 3 13 Jennings ( West Ham - 1 for Watford ) 11 1 1 13 Lee ( Derby ) 11 1 1 13
DIVISION TWO
Graydon ( Aston Vila ) Channon ( Soton ) MacDougall ( Norwich ) Robson ( Sunderland ) Busby ( Fulham ) Boyer ( Norwich )
Hughes ( Sunderland ) Little ( Aston Villa ) Seal ( York )
Pearson ( Man Utd )
.
Buckley ( Walsall ) Eastoe ( Swindon ) McNeil ( Hereford ) Rafferty ( Plymouth ) Moss Chesterfield ) Holden ( Preston )
L FC LC T
14 2 5 21
14 1 3 18 13 5 18 14 2 16
8 6 1 15
10 3 13
13 13
8 1 4 13
12 1 13
12 1 13
DIVISION THREE
L FC LC T 18 5 1 24 18 5 23 22 1 23 18 4 22 18 3 21 ...... 15 4 1 20 DIVISION FOUR L FC LC T Clarke ( Mansfield ) 20 1 21 Haywood ( Shrewsbury ) 16 1 17 Habbin ( Rotherham 16 for Reading ) James ( Chester ) Moore ( Hartlepool )
13 4 17
13 4 17
12 5 17