Foley and Holden at Wembley

alibarthez · **Joined:** Tue Nov 25, 2014 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1072

Nice to see Foley and Holden make it to Wembley Vase Final with South Shields and nearly 4000 at the game, staggering.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Not that staggering South Shields is a big enough place to support a Football League club, in fact didn't they used to be one way back?

poolietim · **Posted:** Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:45 pm

They are the original South Shields in the same way as Trigger only used one broom on Only Fools then.

Good luck to them, North East teams have a lot of joy in the Vase recently, North Shield won it 2015 and Whitley Bay have won 4 times since 2000, plus Spennymoor and Morpeth have won it in the millennium.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

I didn't say they were just that it's a big enough place to support a Football League club. I know I've read they are targeting at least Confetence football and a new 5-10,000 stadium.

They have the catchment area and enough disillusioned Mags and Mackems to reel in. I noticed they get bigger crowds than Gateshead and Darlo already and that is in the Nortern League.

JBPoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:19 am **Posts:** 138

I think Scotty Fenwick deserves a mention as well as he scored the winning penalty in extra time for York against Lincoln in the Trophy semi on Saturday so he'll be playing at Wembley too.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:30 pm

South Shields were the original Wimbledon and Gateshead the original MK Dons.
We had eight NE league teams at the time (though not necessarily all 8 at the same moment), so who were they?

UnreliableSalopian · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:13 pm

Ashington were one, also Durham City, South Shields, us, Mags, Mackems, Borer, name of the other escaped me

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:16 pm

Don't forget Ironopolis. Superb name.

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