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Match Report - Shildon 1 <strong>Ashington</strong> 1<br />
Stadium<br />
Dean Street<br />
Attendance 347<br />
Referee<br />
James Bancroft<br />
Date / Time Saturday 17th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
By Brian Bennett<br />
<strong>Ashington</strong>’s winless sequence<br />
goes on … but the Colliers nevertheless<br />
began a gruelling run of<br />
league matches in fine style on Saturday<br />
when they came away with a<br />
deserved point from their clash<br />
with Shildon.<br />
It was in mid October with the 5-0<br />
crushing over Nelson in the FA Vase<br />
which represented the last victory for<br />
Steve Bowey’s side who have played seven games since. However<br />
there was enough evidence in Saturday’s 1-1 draw against the<br />
Railwaymen to suggest that Bowey has got his side back on track.<br />
Overall it was the proverbial game of two halves. <strong>Ashington</strong> survived<br />
a quick fire scare to emerge the better side in the first period<br />
but couldn’t find the same rhythm after the break with Shildon having<br />
the upper hand. In recent games, one of <strong>Ashington</strong>’s failings<br />
has been to allow the opposition an early chance – and the pattern<br />
continued at Dean Street with ‘keeper Conor Grant clinging onto a<br />
drive from skipper Ben Trotter after a mere 44 seconds.<br />
Billy Greulich-Smith glanced a header wide then in separate<br />
moves, Lee McAndrew and Chris Youldon flashed the ball across<br />
the face of the home goal following work by Jake Turnbull and Jack<br />
Butler respectively. In the 25th minute, <strong>Ashington</strong> took the lead with<br />
a brilliant goal from Zak Atkinson with the striker rewarded for tireless<br />
work rate. He charged down ‘keeper Shaun Newbrook’s at-<br />
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