By Jonny O’Gorman

SOUTH SHIELDS 0

RADCLIFFE 0
POSITIVE ARE HELD

MY BALL: South Shields’ Martin Smith wins this aerial duel

THE Northern Premier League’s top two sides cancelled each other out as South Shields and Radcliffe battled to a goalless draw in front of a bumper 3,243 crowd on Non-League Day.
Mariners boss Kevin Phillips was keen to stress the strength of the club’s position 12 points clear at the top, but was nonetheless disappointed.
“It felt like a loss in there,” said Phillips.
“We expect to win football matches, so I just said to them, ‘When you go out here, you walk out...