NORTHERN LEAGUE

HEATON Stannington will have home advantage when they take on West Auckland in tomorrow afternoon’s first division play-off final.
Both sides booked their place in the final semi-final wins by the same 1-0 scoreline: Heaton Stannington against Birtley Town and West over runners-up Shildon. Josh Scott scored the 89th minute winner in the latter.
Stannington are the favourites on paper. They finished third in the table, two places and three points above West Auckland. Additionally, they did the double over West in the regular season, both times emerging as 2-1 v...