Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: South Shields (8th, 74 pts) held a 53-point advantage over Bishop's Stortford (24th, 21 pts). Bishop's Stortford's recent output outran their position: 18th on form over five rounds, 24th in the table. Per game in the league, South Shields were scoring 1.72 and conceding 1.15, Bishop's Stortford 0.76 and 2.43, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
The last-five ledger: South Shields 12/15, Bishop's Stortford 3/15.
The match was played at Mariners Park in South Shields (capacity 2,500). South Shields led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 7-0 full-time score.