South Shields gained a point on the road in a 1-1 draw against Spennymoor Town on Boxing Day.
Tom Allan’s 36th minute finish cancelled out Isaac Fletcher’s opener to settle a hard-fought game. David Carson made his long-awaited second debut for Shields when he came off the bench in the 14th minute to replace the injured Will Jenkins.
Paul Blackett’s first-half brace earned South Shields a convincing 2-0 win over Marine on Saturday afternoon.
He tucked away a penalty in the 11th minute – following a challenge in the box by James Butler – before adeptly crafting the team’s second of the afternoon in the 25th minute when he capitalised on a poor goal kick on Marine’s part.
South Shields fell to their first league defeat in five games as Curzon Ashton cemented themselves at the summit of National League North.
The Mariners arrived in Manchester off the back of a 7-0 thrashing of Rushall Olympic and sat just one place outside of play-offs in eighth, knowing victory today could take them as high as third.
Paul Blackett scored a first-half hat-trick as South Shields picked up three big points in a 7-0 thrashing of struggling Rushall Olympic on Tuesday night.
The match was turned within 10 minutes when Nathan Cameron was red-carded and Shields never looked back from that moment.
