After the previous week’s reverse at Whitley Bay, Shildon quickly returned to winning ways, hitting North Shields for six in a 2-6 league win at the Daren Persson Stadium before repeating the feat in midweek with a 6-0 home win over Alnwick in the third round of the League.
An Adam Lennox hat-trick (10, 34, 45) and a Billy Greulich-Smith double (28, 43) had the Railwayman racing into a 1-5 half-time lead before Ashton Houlahan (76) finished the visitors’ scoring in North Shields with Ryan Carr (39) and Lee Mason (84) providing little consolation for the home support.
Returning to Dean Street for a midweek cup tie, Shildon maintained their momentum, giving no quarter against their Division Two opponents who saw the same number of goals flash past them.
It was Ben Reay’s turn to grab a hat-trick (33, 60, 67) with Jon Weirs (41), Elliott Day (43) and Luke Spalding (66) also chipping in.
It’s back to league duty on Saturday with fifth place Newcastle Benfield the visitors to Dean Street.
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