Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — South Shields 1st with 85 points, Morpeth Town 17th with 49, 36 apart. Recent form flatters Morpeth Town's table spot — 7th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Per game in the league, Morpeth Town were scoring 1.31 and conceding 1.5, South Shields 1.69 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Morpeth Town had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; South Shields, 10.
Craik Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 1,500. On the scoreboard, South Shields led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
South Shields: T. Broadbent (43')
Key stats
Total shots: 7-9 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 4-8