Match Report
South Shields, 8th on 74 points, faced a 22-point deficit to Tamworth (1st, 96). Tamworth had been under-performing their position — 5th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Tamworth were scoring 1.61 and conceding 0.63, South Shields 1.72 and 1.15, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Tamworth against 12/15 for South Shields.
The match was played at The Lamb Ground in Tamworth (capacity 4,065). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tamworth led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-2.