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10 Shields Gazette , Monday , March 29 , 1976 Eight of the best from the Mariners SOUTH SHIELDS reasserted themselves at the top of the Northern Alliance in fine style on Saturday albeit due to Marine Park losing 1-0 at home to Percy Main as their ' goal - machine ' into top gear . moved Sunderland Greenwells , Northern Alliance League Cup finalists , became the second side to have had eight goals put past them at the Clark Jack - Ground . Reserves Workington suffered an 8-2 defeat there last season and an identical scoreline against Greenwells was probably an appropriate result and , on reflection , a just summing up of a match in which a vast percentage of the play went Shields ' way . NORTHERN ALLIANCE 26 17 25 15 19 So. Shields 24 19 Marine Park 28 19 Percy Main Seaham RS Carlisle C Wallington Belford Durham Un , Morpet T. 23 Alnwick T. W'ton Res . . 24 7 Throckley W 21 Bedlington ( 28 Wallsend A. 25 Newcastle U. 27 26 6 Greenwells Bede College 21 4 8 5 7 7 5 An eight- goal tonic was just what Shields needed to put them in good stead for A April the congested programme ; not an occasion to falter when they really the only contenders for the championship , having games in hand on top of a one point lead . are Shields took a while , and a bit of luck , to get going on Saturday , the first goal not coming until the 25th minute foot when left a thunderbolt drive from Steve Hunter on the 25 - yard mark off took deflection a defender Lonstad to beat goalkeeper Wake . a After the first one went in there was nothing Greenwells or anybody else could do to hold the Mariners back . In fact , one minute later Kenny Parker added a second . Two goals in a minute did not deter Greenwells and in only of seconds B matter Henderson was through the Shields defence to beat Dick Patterson from ten yards . In Jimmy 35 minutes Robson calmly slotted the ball under the advancing Wake when Stewart's back pass fell well short of the target . In the 38th minute Robson scored his second and on half . P W D L F A Pt 3 2 98 24 41 2 7 66 33 40 3 6 2 5 54 20 34 4 6 55 36 34 3 10 55 48 29 8 8 36 36 24 3 13 48 60 23 4 11 39 33 26 . 23 16 25 15 26 13 8 24 26 10 6 63 36 37 4 56 32 36 7 12 32 49 17 2 12 45 65 16 2 19 35 98 16 1 17 34 66 13 5 17 24 59 15 time Parker added the fifth . somewhat demoralised Greenwells took the field to face Shields playing down the slight slope with perhaps a slight advantage coming from the swirling wind . 1 19 49 61 13 4 13 23 56 12 After ten minutes of the second period had elapsed , back Jimmy centre Compton fired in from the edge of the box and skipper Billy Graham nodded in the seventh from close range . B Cohen managed to grab a second for Greenwells in 84 minutes off the inside of the far post , slight protests from the Shields players that the ball had not crossed the line being turned down by the referee . The Mariners replied in the very next minute when Parker's left wing cross found Alan Suggett on the far post to stab home the ball on the half volley for the eighth . This coming Shields are at Alnwick Town . Saturday home to Paddy Prendergast senior will classic hope Icing to Ascot for Saturday's 1,000 Guineas Trial Christy Stakes . Stable jockey Roche , successful on the filly four times last season , will ride . Gazette , Monday , April MARINERS STIL 10 - Shields -despite Throckley's eviction SOUTH SHIELDS are still favourites to retain their Northern Alliance championship despite the upheaval caused by the eviction from the competi tion of Throckley . Throckley have been kicked out for " Bringing the Northern Alliance into disrepute " by failing to fulfil fixtures and they have also been fined £ 50 . Shields win it in injury time now BUT for the affairs Northern Throckley , the Alliance table would register 100 in the South Shields ' goals - for column and 25 in the goals against a good average of exactly four . however , The Mariners , have been badly hit in this respect by the whole episode , both their 10-1 away and 5-1 victories home being scrubbed from the records along with all four points . Fortunately , all their rivals have suffered in largely the and Shields now occupy the top spot in a relatively better position . same manner Saturday's 2-1 home win means over Alnwick Town Shields need seven of the remaining 14 points to be of carrying off the championship . Although sure of Says Alliance secretary " There was Jim MacKay : their trouble over game against Workington . Reserves and they failed to turn up for their game at Seaham . from Despite assurances Throckley that they would solve their problems , they have continued to offend . " yet another victory has been chalked up , Shields are not yet entirely out of the ' rot ' which set in since after the FA Vase defeat at Friar Lane little over a month ago . Against Alnwick they were the better footballing side but sadly lacking in the finishing power of months gone by . In the first half in much Shields a command , playing into strong downfield wind , and establishing a 1-0 lead . were In addition , Throckley's has been playing record deleted and all points won thém been have against deducted from the various teams who have played them . As far as South Shields are concerned , they completed the double over Throckley in which they scored 15 goals four Those against two . points and the goals have been deducted from Shields ' record , but they make little or no difference to the chase for the title . 5 , 1976 Ray Young slipped the ball through to Billy Graham from the edge of the area in the sixth minute and , after side stepping goalkeeper home Catlow side - footed from an acute angle on the right . minute Up to the 20 mark , Alnwick rarely troubled the Shields ' defence but the game moved slowly Alnwick's into stalemate . only chance came in the 41st . minute when T. Davies ' 20 yard shot struck the inside of the post before across the goal for a goal kick . Second top Marine Park have also had four points taken from them as have fourth top Percy Main while third top Seaham and fifth top Wallington have lost two points . 7 Shields are still at the head of the table leading Marine Park by three points with four games in hand Shields , of course , have for resigned from the Alliance and are applying membership of the Wearside League - a move that must succeed , for Jim MacKay tells me that the feeling in the Alliance is that the competition be restricted to 16 clubs . When Shields were admitted in 1974 they became the 17th club . now The Alliance will now play out the rest of this with 16 clubs and , season of Shields because resignation , there will be one vacancy at the end of the two although season , applications for membership received . If have been Shields failed to get into the Wearside League they would have to re- apply for their the own place back in Alliance . Both the Alliance and Wearside League have their - when annual meetings bouncing applications are considered in June , so it is now that Shields ' imperative is Wearside League successful . After the interval Shields , like Alnwick in the first half , could not master a wind which did a great deal to spoil the match . Shields lost their grip on the game and allowed Alnwick to come at them from defence and they paid for it in the 75tli . minute . Belisle's right wing corner was met by G. Davies and his bullet header easily found the back of the net . Like before Durham University them , it looked very likely that Alnwick were going to salvage a point but the final whistle was late in coming , allowing Shields to grab the winner in the fourth minute of injury time . never who , Jimmy McDonald , others in his like many stopped defence , running , overlapped on the right before crossing the bail to Alan Suggett in the area . All he could do was to glance a header goalwards from a position ten yards out on the right , but Catlow was left scrambling along his line as the ball went in off the far post . move Northern The revised Alliance table is : P W 23 18 So. Shields Marine Park 27 17 Seaham RS 25 15 Percy Main 25 16 25 15 Wallington Carlisle City 23 15 24 12 3 9 48 43 27 Belford 8 7 8 34 34 23 T 25 10 3 12 45 54 2 % 24 8 4 12 40 35 20 5 16 25 56 17 23 5 6 12 32 49 16 25 7 1 17 49 57 15 7 1 17 32 64 15 6 2 18 32 94 14 2 6 50 20 32 Durham Un . 23 Morpeth Alnwick T Newcastle U. 27 6 Res . W'ton Greenwells Wallsend A 25 26 Bedlington ' Bede College 20 4 3 13 18 79 11 D L F A Pt 3 2 85 23 39 8 61 31 36 2 6 4 55 31 36 3 6 55 35 35 4 6 54 35 34 be BEAUTIE DREAMER should able to concede the start to the front marker Tweedside Mac in the first race at Gsoforth tonight , writes Kennel Boy . 7.30 ( 480m hcp ) : Beautie Drea mer ( scr ) , Knockglass Joan ( 2 ) , ( 4 ) , Ivy Hall Yemsticks Main Escort ( 4 ) , Tweedside Mac ( 7 ) . BEAUTIE DREAMER ( Tweedside Mac 7.48 ( 480m Flat ) : One A Queen , Lilswood Lady , Paul's Sister , Po werful Ray , Bolton's Blaze . PAUL'S SISTER One A Queen ( 5 ) , 8.07 ( 480m hcp ) : Hepple ( scr ) , ( 2 ) , Sandiway Moreover Charter Day ( 7 ) , Autumn Judge ( 10 ) . SANDIWAY Moreover S r C ( 3 W N ( S J E H H C 1290099 |
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