North Shields 2-0 Rugby Town: Robins stifle Rugby dream

By Tom Simmonds

NORTH SHIELDS 2
McDonald 9, Wilson 72 (pen)

RUGBY TN 0

SPOT ON! Dan Wilson celebrates with the fans after scoring his penalty for North Shields
PICTURE: Mark Fletcher

NORTH Shields lived up to their billing as FA Vase favourites as they inflicted only a third defeat in 22 games on Rugby Town at a blustery Daren Persson Stadium.
Rugby came into the game as the competition’s joint top scorers but never got going as goals from Chris McDonald and Dan Wilson – his 30th of the campaign – saw Shields home.
Shields boss Marc Nash beamed: “I think we can play a lot better than to...

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