Newspaper Clippings - Dick Butler - page 70
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SOUTH Shields ex tended their unbeaten Northern Alliance run to 30 games on Saturday and registered their sixth successive victory to maintain their three point lead at the top of the table . 3-2 win makes it 30 without loss for Shields cautiously relied on quick breaks . the underside of the bar , the ball flashing down behind the line . But four minutes later Shields were level when Jimmy Robson scored from 20 yards . Robson collected a pass 25 yards out , took the ball forward and calmly chipped his shot into the net over the advancing goalkeeper . And in the 39th minute Shields went ahead from a similar position , Ray Young's power drive thundering into the net despite the goalke per getting a hand to the ball . Their 3-2 away win over Alnwick Town on Saturday was all the more impressive , for prior to this game the home side had conceded only three goals all season . Not many Alliance teams could have been confident of taking both points from the Northumberland side , previously unbeaten on their St. James's Park ground . The first 15 minutes was a period of summing up the opposition on the part of both sides , neither making any decisive moves as they BOLDON CW HELD IN A THRILLING FA Cup second qualifying round tie at Boldon on Saturday , Boldon CW led 1-0 until injury time when Northern Premier League side Netherfield snatched a last gasp equaliser . The home side were the better in the first half , Carr just missing with a great header and Carmichael and Anderson going close . One such break resulted in Shields ' No. 7 , Ray Young , the bar , heading against following Ritchie Madden's cross to the far right of the penalty area , Alnwick goalkeeper Catlow being stranded in no - man's land between Young and his line . It was the home side , however , who , during a spell in which either side might have scored , took the lead through Pickard , aided by the woodwork , after 25 minutes . He met a low right wing cross and his half volley hit Boldon's pressure was re warded in the 40th minute when Carr scored from close range following a goalmouth melee . The second half saw Bol don continue to carve out chances , Carmichael in par ticular was unlucky when he made a great run down the left only to see his fine drive hit the angle of the bar with the keeper beaten . With the game going into injury time the visitors drew level when Hanley scrambled the ball into the net from close in . Two minutes from the interval a second Mariners ' record was kept intact . A free kick on the left appeared to be collected by Catlow but after clashing with one of his defenders , the ball ran to Kenny Parker on the byeline . He went past two more defenders in the six yard box before ham mering his shot into the top far corner of the goal . - Alnwick were contained for the first 20 minutes of the second half , but in the 75th minute they pulled a goal back , a goal similar to their first . Gaines ' shot from narrow angle hit the underside of the bar , and although goalkeeper Dick Patterson gathered the rebound the referee ruled it had crossed the line . a |
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