2 - Smith
3 - Talbot
4 - Scope
5 - Bell
6 - Chapim
7 - Wightman
8 - Barclay
9 - Ramsey
10 - Fitzpatrick
11 - Colvin
12 - Kirkup
13 - Rodenby
14 - Burnell
15 - Morris
16 - Anzevui
The home side started slightly the brighter of the teams and were first to threaten when Burrell burst through from midfield on 7 minutes, however instead of squaring for the wide open Michael MacKay he chose to shoot and his effort was blocked.
Mackay wasn't to be denied however and only a minute later he latched onto a long Harrison
Davies ball and although his shot was well blocked by Jamie Scope the ball continued it's path towards the goal and the combined efforts of Scope and keeper Jake Cunningham could only help it over the line.
The lead was short lived though as Shields equalised with their first attack of note on 11 minutes. Full back Barrie Smith found himself in an advanced position on the right wing and his searching cross found the head of Stephen Ramsey and although Barry Poskett made a good save from the centre forward, David Colvin was on hand to finish the rebound from no more than 5 yards.
A high scoring game looked on the cards with both sides looking shaky at the back and sure enough on 17 minutes Harrison Davies again played Michael MacKay clean through on goal and the in form striker buried his shot in the bottom right hand corner.
Mackay scores Consett's second
South Shields did come back into the game and 5 minutes before the break Stephen Ramsey twice headed just wide in the space of 60 seconds but Consett went into the break 2-1 up.
Fitzy holds off the challenge
The second half started quite flatly but it burst into life on 53 minutes with a goal from Dale Burrell to make it 3-1. Davies gained possession and was able to advance further than he should have been able due to defenders backing off. Davies squared to Burrell 30 yards out and the midfielder promptly smashed the ball into the top right corner.
It was almost 4-1 on 57 minutes when Walton fired in a shot from 12 yards that hit the bar.
Consett seemed content to sit on their lead at this point and Shields began to dominate possession and noticeably grow in confidence. The Steelmen started to look nervous in defence and the inevitable happened on 72 minutes when after numerous failed attempts to clear their lines, Jonny Wightman sent in a cross from the right hand side and David Colvin doubled his tally for the aftenoon with a neat volleyed finish.
Just as it looked as though the home side could be in for a torrid final period, Robson hit a diagonal pass to Hutchinson and just as the wideman looked as though he was about to shoot, he cut the ball back to Walton, who, with the help of a post, made no mistake to make it 4-2 on 75 minutes.
Consett finally looked as though they would see the game out in comfort and although Shields got a third in the third minute of stoppage time through a looping Lee Bell header, there was barely time to kick off again and an entertaining game finished 4-3 to the home side.











