By Chris Dunlavy

SHOOTING HIGH: South Shields will be aiming for promotion this term
PICTURE: Iam Burn

FRUSTRATED South Shields boss Graham Fenton has urged Evo-Stik Premier clubs to improve the standard of their pitches.
Second to Farsley Celtic last year before losing to Warrington in a play-off, the ambitious Mariners will start the new campaign as favourites for the title.
And Fenton is committed to playing his way to promotion, aided by the “top class” surface at Mariners Park.
However, the former Blackburn, Leicester and Aston Villa striker says wealthier rivals are let...