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South Shields 3 - 2 Northallerton Town |
| Arngrove Northern League Division 1 |
| Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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| Though the result was not right, undoubtedly the performance was. In horrible conditions Town came from behind twice in the game, the home side went 1-0 up on 7 mins from a scrambled corner. However Town struck back on 22 mins when Gabriel Radu scored (1-1). Clarke was unlucky with curling shot into the top corner, Radu had a chance and Turner's piledriver was well saved by the keeper. Just before half-time Shields were awarded a penalty when Roberts tripped his opponent in the box and they took full advantage (HT 2-1). The second half had Town winning early corners and from one of them Jackson headed down but Radu's shot was cleared off the line. It was Jackson again whose header looked to be looping over the keeper but he somehow managed to hang on to the ball. Town deservedly drew level on 53 minutes after a Jackson throw to Radu, who crossed for Steve Roberts to head home (2-2). The lead was short lived as the homeside struck back on 55 minutes, a ball down the right into the box, Turner failed to block the cross then Psani fumbled the ball from a prone position for the oncoming striker to tap in (3-2). It would have been easy for heads to drop but quite the opposite happened as Town battered the home side for the rest of the half, efforts from Clarke, Roberts and Jackson were either saved or cleared off the line as we tried to breach the home defence (FT 3-2). Stu amd Martyn have injury problems for Saturday's FA Cup, Crossman, Chillingworth and Jack are injured as well as Gabriel Radu being unavailable for 3 weeks as he returns to Rumania to visit family. Lee Court led the line superbly but MOM was Shaun Clarke whose leadership was excellent.
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| Attendance: N/A |
| Man of the Match: Shaun Clarke |
| Reporter: Watto |
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