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OCR	Shields Gazette , Thursday , January 8 , 1976-13 The old IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH , SHIELDS and the 15 new - soccer SOUTH SHIELDS Foot ball Club on Saturday play the most important game in their 19 - month history ... and my in formation is that , with out doubt , it will also be the toughest . Experience that's the Town formula style THE visit of Brigg Town Shields on to South Saturday brings together the old and the new in a remarkable comparison . While South Shields as a town has footballing back dating traditions threequarters of a century , the present Shields club is just 19 months old ... while the Brigg Club on the other hand is 100 years old and one of the oldest clubs in Lincolnshire or , as the area is now called , South Humberside . THE THEME ! THE THREE THE WORL TINGE THE HI Shields are SOUTH holding another of their highly successful social evenings on Wednesday , January 21 , this time at the RAOB Club . an There will be a buffet meal , cabaret and a disco , extension until 11.30 p.m. and tickets can be from Johnny obtained Rundle at South Shields 2731 and the Adam and Eve Hotel , Laygate . For when they face Lincolnshire Club Brigg Town in the fourth round of the FA Vase Clark the Jack at Ground ( kick - off 1.30 p.m. , allowing for extra will Shields time ) , tackle the most experi enced side they have ever met . Several of their players have played in the Football and Northern League Premier League , their most recent signing , centre half Mick Atkin , giving a . fair indication of the calibre of player Shields will be up against . Atkin spent six seasons Brigg with Scunthorpe United , making 131 Third and Fourth Division appearances , before being given a free transfer at the end of last season . He opened this season playing for a side in the Premier Division of the Lincolnshire Counties League , and just be he was fore Christmas signed by Brigg , who also play in that competition . Brigg in fact have played in the Premier Division since it was formed in 1946 and have won the championship seven occasions . In the seasons they failed to win title , they invariably the finished in the first three . Last they season runners - up , but this season should add they championship number eight on were by Dick Kirkup to their collection . They have all led the table almost season and , like Shields , are still unbeaten . They are three points clear at the top with three points in hand over the second top side . Their league record this season is : PWDLF A Pt 12 10 2 2 53 22 of the official An Lincolnshire Football told me Association yesterday : " Brigg are a very good side . They have no star all player , but they are prepared to run miles for competitions this season is an impressive one . In the FA Cup , for instance , they were 2-1 home winners over Northern Premier League side Goole Town and they finally went out to tough Yorkshire League side Mexborough . In the FA Vase this season , beaten three Brigg have Yorkshire League clubs , Barton Town , Wombwell and Sheffield FC . Brigg beat the Sheffield side 7-2 , striker Peter Cowling , who had a spell with Scunthorpe United a few seasons ago , scoring five of the goals himself . He also four in a scored league match earlier in the season , so here is a player with the goal touch of Shields ' own 29 - goal Kenny Parker . each other . " They don't run a reserve team , but have a squad of quality . They are a go - ahead club and Shields will find them a great set of men . " could That description very well fit South Shields themselves , but as far as the standard of the Premier Division of the Lincolnshire Solid experience is League Counties concerned , I gather that it is not as high as the Northern Premier League but higher than the Northern Alliance . in which Shields play . in Brigg's record . cup The present Brigg side has been completely rebuilt from last season , for during the close season they appointed Brian Stratford as team Brian had been manager . youth team Grimsby Town manager with A run through some of the Brigg players reveals an abundance of solid experience , such as 23 - year old ball - playing forward and hot - shot Bernie Williams who had two Third Division games with Grimsby Town in 1970 and a host of reserve team appearances . Then there is another strong front runner in 23 year - old Brian Bloomer , son of Jimmy who played centre forward for Grimsby Town for many seasons . Brian also had a spell on Grimsby's books . One of the most experienced players in the team is Kenny Chapman , now 26 . He made six first team appearances with Grimsby in the 1969-70 . season after which he had a run with Northern Premier League side Gainsborough Trinity . Other players who have been turning it on for Brigg this season are 19 - year - old forward Malcolm Shipley , who was with Grimsby Town's youth squad a couple seasons ago , and Geoff Sparkes ( 23 ) a winger who has had experience with Midland League sides Skegness and Louth plus a short spell with highly - rated Northern Premier League side Boston United . Many people in Brigg - a small market town on the main Scunthorpe - Grimsby Road with a population of 5,000 feel the present team is the best Brigg have had for years , and they say it is due entirely to manager Brian Stratford who signed ten new players in the close season . - Overnight stay Stratford watched South Shields win 4-0 away over Morpeth Town last Saturday , and he told me yesterday : " After seeing South Shields , I anticipate a very hard game on Saturday . Shields are a good hard side who play for each other , and we will have to pull out a top drawer performances to beat them . " He added : " What ever happens we will not have any excuses on grounds of tiredness . We are travelling Friday and wil ! on y overnight at Roker . If we travelled on the day one game we would face a four and a half hour coach journey , and that would be no good at all for a match of this importance . " The winngers go through into the last 16 of the competition , and it is clear Shields have a tremendous job on their hands . But the Mariners are in confident mood and in tomorrow's Gazette I will put spotlight on them . the

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Shields Gazette , Thursday , January 8 , 1976-13
The old IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH , SHIELDS
and the
15
new - soccer
SOUTH SHIELDS Foot ball Club on Saturday play the most important game in their 19 - month history ... and my in formation is that , with out doubt , it will also be the toughest .
Experience that's the
Town formula
style
THE visit of Brigg Town Shields on to South Saturday brings together the old and the new in a remarkable comparison . While South Shields as a town has footballing back dating traditions threequarters of a century , the present Shields club is just 19 months old ... while the Brigg Club on the other hand is 100 years old and one of the oldest clubs in Lincolnshire
or , as the area is now called , South Humberside .
THE THEME !
THE THREE THE WORL TINGE THE HI
Shields are SOUTH holding another of their highly successful social evenings on Wednesday , January 21 , this time at the RAOB Club .
an
There will be a buffet meal , cabaret and a disco , extension until 11.30 p.m. and tickets can be from Johnny obtained Rundle at South Shields 2731 and the Adam and Eve Hotel , Laygate .
For when they face Lincolnshire Club Brigg Town in the fourth round of the FA Vase Clark the Jack at Ground ( kick - off 1.30 p.m. , allowing for extra will Shields time ) , tackle the most experi enced side they have ever met .
Several of their players have played in the Football and Northern League Premier League , their most recent signing , centre half Mick Atkin , giving a . fair indication of the calibre of player Shields will be up against .
Atkin spent six
seasons
Brigg
with
Scunthorpe United , making 131 Third and Fourth Division appearances , before being given a free transfer at the end of last season . He opened this season playing for a side in the Premier Division of the Lincolnshire Counties League , and just be he was fore Christmas signed by Brigg , who also play in that competition . Brigg in fact have played in the Premier Division since it was formed in 1946 and have won the championship seven occasions . In the seasons they failed to win title , they invariably the finished in the first three . Last they season runners - up , but this season should add they championship number eight
on
were
by Dick Kirkup
to their collection . They have all led the table almost season and , like Shields , are still unbeaten .
They are three points clear at the top with three points in hand over the second top side . Their league record this season is :
PWDLF A Pt 12 10 2 2 53 22 of the official An Lincolnshire Football told me Association yesterday : " Brigg are a very good side . They have no star all player , but they are prepared to run miles for
competitions this season is an impressive one . In the FA Cup , for instance , they were 2-1 home winners over Northern Premier League side Goole Town and they finally went out to tough Yorkshire League side Mexborough . In the FA Vase this season , beaten three Brigg have Yorkshire League clubs , Barton Town , Wombwell and Sheffield FC .
Brigg beat the Sheffield side 7-2 , striker Peter Cowling , who had a spell with Scunthorpe United a few seasons ago , scoring five of the goals himself . He also four in a scored league match earlier in the season , so here is a player with the goal touch of Shields ' own 29 - goal Kenny Parker .
each other .
" They don't run a reserve team , but have a squad of quality . They are a go - ahead club and Shields will find them a great set of men . "
could That description very well fit South Shields themselves , but as far as the standard of the Premier
Division of the Lincolnshire Solid experience
is League Counties concerned , I gather that it is not as high as the Northern Premier League but higher than the Northern Alliance . in which Shields play . in Brigg's record .
cup
The present Brigg side has been completely rebuilt from last season , for during the close season they appointed Brian Stratford as team Brian had been manager . youth team Grimsby Town
manager with
A run through some of the Brigg players reveals an abundance of solid experience , such as 23 - year old ball - playing forward and hot - shot Bernie Williams who had two Third Division games with Grimsby Town in 1970 and a host of reserve team appearances .
Then there is another strong front runner in 23 year - old Brian Bloomer , son of Jimmy who played centre forward for Grimsby Town for many seasons . Brian also had a spell on Grimsby's books . One of the most experienced players in the team is Kenny Chapman , now 26 . He made six first team appearances with Grimsby in the 1969-70 . season after which he had a run with Northern Premier League side Gainsborough Trinity .
Other players who have been turning it on for Brigg this season are 19 - year - old forward Malcolm Shipley , who was with Grimsby Town's youth squad a couple seasons ago , and Geoff Sparkes ( 23 ) a winger who has had experience with Midland League sides Skegness and Louth plus a short spell with highly - rated Northern Premier League side Boston United .
Many people in Brigg - a small market town on the main Scunthorpe - Grimsby Road with a population of 5,000 feel the present team is the best Brigg have had for years , and they say it is due entirely to manager Brian Stratford who signed ten new players in the close
season .
-
Overnight stay
Stratford watched South Shields win 4-0 away over Morpeth Town last Saturday , and he told me yesterday : " After seeing South Shields , I anticipate a very hard game on Saturday . Shields are a good hard side who play for each other , and we will have to pull out a top drawer performances to beat them . "
He added : " What ever happens we will not have any excuses on grounds of tiredness . We are travelling Friday and wil !
on
y
overnight at Roker . If we travelled on the day one game we would face a four and a half hour coach journey , and that would be no good at all for a match of this importance . "
The winngers go through into the last 16 of the competition , and it is clear Shields have a tremendous job on their hands . But the Mariners are in confident mood and in tomorrow's Gazette I will put spotlight on them .
the