Newspaper Clippings - Dick Butler - page 91
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Brigg are the kings of the Lincolnshire League , having won the championship on several occasions , and at the moment they are top of the table and unbeaten . Their opening nine league games have yielded eight wins and one SPORTS SPECIAL W Stand by for blasting ! GOAL - HAPPY South Shields , who have won their last four Northern Alliance garnes 7-1 , 7-0 , 6-0 and 7-0 , look set for another goal spree at the Jack Clark Ground tomorrow ( 2.00 p.m. ) when they entertain Workington Reserves - a side Shields beat 6-0 away last month ! a Shields , whose magnificent unbeaten Alliance run now covers the last 35 games and 14 months , possess remarkable 4.75 goal average , and if their current form is any guide they will surely pass the 5.00 mark tomorrow . They are second top in the table , favourites to retain their championship and are also in the last 32 of the FA Vase national competition and tomorrow Shields will have Stan " The Spy " Craig down in Lincolnshire casting his sharp Shields ' eye over fourth round opponents at the Jack Clark Ground on Saturday , January 10 , Brigg Town . draw with an eye opening goals aggregate of 22 for and just three against . Gazette all - in - one Obviously Brigg will be a tremendous test for Shields , but Stan Craig's spying been missions have successful in the past that Shields feel his dossier will be a great help . SO Stan will be accompanied by injured centre forward Jimmy Robson , while club treasurer Sam Dudley will SHIELDS GOAL ACES IN LINE FOR ANOTHER BLITZ also be there , stopping off to see the game on his way to Nottingham . So Shields really are giving Brigg their undivided attention and are approaching the visit of the the club Lincolnshire biggest match in Shields ' with their now history familiar professional outlook . Manager Bobby Elwell , not surprisingly , names an face side to unchanged Workington when Shields go for their third double of the season and striker Kenny . Parker , now the Northern Alliance's top scorer with 20 goals ( he's got them in 12 out : " Really , we don't mind who gets our goals . We are a team in every sense of the word . We work for each other , help each other and have developed a great understanding . The day we stop playing as a team will be the beginning of the end but I can't ever see that happening . " Elwell's choice for tomorrow is : Dick Patterson ; Keith McDonald , Jimmy Compton , Freddie Carr , Lyn Rutherford ; Ritchie Madden , Billy Graham , Steve Hunter , goes games ) , " notches " . scorer All told Kenny had scored 26 goals in 16 league and cup games , nine more than second top Robson who , Elwell hopes , will be fit to return to the side for the big Alliance clash with current table toppers Percy Main the Jack at Clark Ground a week tomorrow . Goal scoring note : Only in two outfield players Shields ' line up tomorrow have failed to score this season , defenders Freddie Carr and Lyn Rutherford , but as Elwell always points Shields Gazette , Friday , December 19 , 1975-13 for more Alan Suggett ; Ray Young , Kenny Parker . Sub . Malcolm Pringle . CURRENT placings in the North ern Alliance are : P W D L F A Pts 15 11 3 1 42 19 25 57 12 24 P. Main S. Shields Carlisle Seaham 4 42 14 24 13 11 2 C. 16 12 RS 15 9 Marine P. 15 9 T. 16 8 Morpeth Alnwick ... 12 Wallington 11 Th'kley Wel , 13 Belford Greenwells 13 16 Walls . Ath . 15 4 16 10 Wkgton Res . Durham U. Ncle U. Bede Coll . Bedlington .... 19 11 15 4 47111X6677 2 62 1559C0TNNNTICONC 3 5 1 33 18 23 5 43 26 19 1 7 39 36 17 4 27 15 14 3 26 18 14 5 34 31 14 2 2 6 29 27 13 1 11 32 34 9 1 10 25 42 9 9 16 39 9 5 11 18 4 7 10 30 6 2 8 15 49 4 14 14 76 2 |
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