South Shields Football Club is a professional association football club based in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system.
Early history The club was formed in the same year as the previous club failed, after a second move to Gateshead by the previous club, and the sale of Simonside Hall, given to the club by supporters. The re-formed club under chairman Martin Ford (a director at the club who disagreed with the sale of Simonside Hall and subsequent move to Gateshead International Stadium) was based at the council's Jack Clark Park which was primarily a cricket pitch, and began a 17-year crusade for a home of its own. After two title winning seasons in the Northern Alliance, and an appearance in the quarter-finals of the FA Vase in 1976, Shields joined the Wearside League winning the league at the first attempt in 1977 and completing a league and cup double by winning the Durham Challenge Cup against Consett at Roker Park, the first county cup win for the club since it was reformed.
Key Key to league record
Level = Level of the league in the current league system Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against GD = Goals difference Pts = Points Position = Position in the final league table Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.
Key to cup records
Res = Final reached round Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses PR = Preliminary round QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds G = Group stage R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds QF = Quarter-finalists SF = Semi-finalists F = Finalists A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists W = Winners
Seasons Year League Cup competitions Manager Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Averageattendance FA Cup FA Trophy FA Vase Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec Res Rec Joined the Wearside Football League from the Northern Alliance 1976–77Wearside League 32238110954 +55541st of 17——R10-0-1Bobby Elwell 1977–78 3216885139 +12405th of 17R10-0-1Tony Cassidy 1978–7932161158050 +30435th of 17— 1979–80 38149155862 -43710th of 20Bill Robertshaw 1980–8138179129758+39438th of 20R22-0-1 1981–8238217106648+18498th of 20R22-1-1 1982–8334138135358-53410th of 18R22-1-1 1983–8434177106141 +20416th of 18PR0-0-1Colin Revel 1984–8538257610536+69574th of 20PR0-0-1 1985–863498174660 -142612th of 18PR0-0-1John Sayer 1986–8738178136650 +1659 9th of 20PR0-0-1 1987–88381711107857+21625th of 20PR0-0-1Jim DixonWearside Football League expanded up to two divisions 1988–89Wearside LeagueDivision One 3219586746+21624th of 17——R23-0-1Jim Dixon 1989–9028111076846 +22435th of 15PR1-0-1Tom Manson 1990–9134185118051 +29595th of 18PR1-0-1 1991–923021369034+56663rd of 16— 1992–932820538435+49651st of 15R12-2-1Bobby Elwell 1993–943218777944+35614th of 17PR0-0-0R21-0-1 1994–9534282411644 +72861st of 18QR22-2-1R43-0-1Peter Feenan 1995–96 Northern Football LeagueDivision Two 9 36 25 4 7 89 34 +55 79 2nd of 19PR0-0-1R10-0-1 1996–97 Northern Football LeagueDivision One 8 38 13 11 14 52 63 -11 50 9th of 20 PR0-0-1R33-2-1Bobby Graham 1997–98 38 15 19 4 65 38 +27 61 8th of 20 QR33-0-1R11-0-1 1998–9936916135466 -124315th of 20QR10-0-1R11-0-1 1999–20003837283395 -621620th of 20 PR0-0-1QR20-0-1 Matt Pearson 2000–01 Northern Football LeagueDivision Two 936129157181 -104511th of 19 PR1-0-1R11-0-1John Cullen 2001–02 38 18 8 12 62 41 +21 62 8th of 20PR0-0-1QR20-0-1Paul Bennett 2002–03 38 16 11 11 86 70 +16 59 8th of 20PR0-0-1QR10-0-1David Clarke 2003–04 38 14 8 16 61 68 -7 50 12th of 20PR0-1-1QR20-0-1Tony GibsonLevel of the league decreased after the Conference North and South creation.2004–05 1038138177366 +74413th of 20 PR0-0-1QR20-0-1 2005–0638104245195-442818th of 20 PR0-0-1QR20-0-1Colin Potts 2006–07 40 23 7 10 89 58 +31 76 4th of 21 EPR0-0-1R33-0-1Gary Steadman 2007–083824599852+36772nd of 20 PR1-0-1QR10-1-1 2008–09 Northern Football LeagueDivision One 942910235279-273719th of 22 PR1-0-1QR10-0-1 2009–1042196178387-46311th of 22 EPR0-0-1R11-0-1 2010–11 42 17 7 18 61 66 -5 58 11th of 22 PR1-1-1R12-0-1 2011–12 42 15 6 21 81 91 -11 51 13th of 22 PR1-2-1R11-0-1Jon King 2012–13461153054117-633823rd of 24 QR12-2-1R11-0-12013–14 Northern Football LeagueDivision Two 10421115166288 -264817th of 22 69PR1-2-1R11-1-1 2014–15 42 16 5 21 78 74 +4 53 15th of 22 70—QR21-0-1 2015–16 42 35 2 5 122 31 +91 107 1st of 22 765R33-1-0 2016–17 Northern Football LeagueDivision One 942346212735+921081st of 22 1,226EPR0-0-1W10-0-0Jon KingLee Picton & Graham Fenton 2017–18 Northern Premier LeagueDivision One North 842327311237+751031st of 22 Carl Finnigan 16 1,489QR45-0-1QR22-1-1—Lee Picton & Graham Fenton 2018–19 Northern Premier LeaguePremier Division 74027678641+45872nd of 21 Robert Briggs 15 1,546QR21-0-1QR32-0-1Lost in the play-off final 2019–203321666443+30691st of 22 Jason Gilchrist 15 1,670QR10-1-1R13-2-1The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2020–219432128+4156th of 22 Jason Gilchrist 6– COVID-19 prevented fans from attending gamesR12-2-1R11-0-1Graham FentonThe season was declared null and void due to COVID-19 2021–22 42 23 9 10 71 40 +31 78 2nd of 22 JJ Hooper 12 2,126QR2 1–0–1QR3 0–1–0Graham FentonKevin PhillipsLost in the play-off semifinal 2022–23 42 25 10 7 71 39 +32 85 1st of 22 Darius Osei 12 2,146R1 4–0–1R1 1–0–1Kevin Phillips 2023–24 National League North 6 46 22 8 16 79 53 +26 74 8th of 24 Paul Blackett 30 2,220QR3 1–0–1R2 0–0–1Julio ArcaElliott Dickman 2024–25 46 16 6 24 60 73 -13 54 17th of 24 Paul Blackett 22 1,924QR2 0–0–1R2 0–0–1 Elliott Dickman
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