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Rachel · 04-17-2008, 06:15 PM

JUBILANT South Shields boss Gary Steadman hailed his players after they finally sealed promotion to Division One of the Northern League last night.

A 1-0 victory over fellow high-fliers Sunderland RCA in front of a bumper crowd at Filtrona Park was enough to start the celebrations.

Shields had gone into the game needing just a point, but for 75 minutes the outcome was on a knife edge.

But top scorer Mark Johnson settled the nerves by racing away to slot home what turned out to be the vital goal, and despite five minutes of injury time, Shields were never in any real danger of throwing promotion away.

The celebrations on the final whistle were a far cry from the dismay on Saturday, when the Mariners blew their first chance to seal promotion, losing 2-0 to Norton & Stockton.

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Rachel Administrator FTM Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tyne and Wear Posts: 461 Thanks: 14 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts Nominees Submitted: 0 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts Has Not Won Any TOTM Yet	South Shields FC promoted to NL D1 JUBILANT South Shields boss Gary Steadman hailed his players after they finally sealed promotion to Division One of the Northern League last night. A 1-0 victory over fellow high-fliers Sunderland RCA in front of a bumper crowd at Filtrona Park was enough to start the celebrations. Shields had gone into the game needing just a point, but for 75 minutes the outcome was on a knife edge. But top scorer Mark Johnson settled the nerves by racing away to slot home what turned out to be the vital goal, and despite five minutes of injury time, Shields were never in any real danger of throwing promotion away. The celebrations on the final whistle were a far cry from the dismay on Saturday, when the Mariners blew their first chance to seal promotion, losing 2-0 to Norton & Stockton. __________________