Tomorrow night sees Ian Watson’s Mariners welcome John Rooney’s Macclesfield to the 1st Cloud Arena, a clash which could see the hosts leapfrog AFC Fylde to the top spot in the Enterprise National League North. The hosts go into the midweek clash fresh off the back of a five-star away performance against Radcliffe FC and hope to take this goalscoring form and confidence into the clash with the Silkmen. Comparatively, the visitors come into the tie, too, off the back of a win, one for...

Demi Pine had a dream first start for South Shields Women as her hat-trick helped the side advance to the NERWFL League Cup Semi-Final on Thursday night. The Mariners began the evening against Sunderland West End Ladies not in the way they’d have hoped for as Eve Jones broke the deadlock for the hosts inside nine minutes. Shields, resilient as ever, then clawed themselves back into the game just eight minutes before half-time, thanks to Pine’s first goal for the First Team. The second-half...

Saturday sees Ian Watson’s Mariners take the trip to North Manchester as they prepare to clash heads with Bernard Morley’s Radcliffe FC. The weekend fixture sees both sides come into the tie looking to get back to winning ways as the Mariners fell to defeat against Darlington, while the hosts fell to a dramatic 4-3 defeat against Enterprise National League North leaders, AFC Fylde. The Mariners, despite their recent outing, hold a mental advantage over Morley’s side as the reverse fixture...