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...

South Shields suffer derby defeat despite valiant fight back  The hosts began the derby clash well, threatening the opposition with chances inside the opening minutes through Dan Dodds and Sonny Finch.  However, it was the visitors who broke the deadlock - Cedric Main, the one who netted for Darlington in the 25th minute. The Mariners came into Monday night's clash making one change from their Good Friday fixture with Spennymoor Town - new signing Niall McAndrew would grace home soil from the...