But how did their players rate? Here’s our Gazette weekend XI – with the Mariners featuring very highly after a stunning win over Basford United. Scroll down and click through the pages as we name our team of the weekend:
1. Myles Boney - 8
Made a couple of really important saves as South Shields sealed an away win and their sixth clean sheet of the season. | Freelance Photo: Kev Wilson
2. Jordan Hunter - 9
A man of the match performance and a goal for the right-back, on loan from Sunderland. | Freelance Photo: Kev Wilson
3. Fabian Schar - 7
Brilliantly cleared a shot from Connolly off the line to earn United a point at St James's Park. | Getty Images Photo: Mark Runnacles
4. Jordan Willis - 6
Sunderland’s most convincing defender again, dealing with balls over the top and into the channel as well as anyone. Tentative in possession, though the movement in front of him wasn’t great. | JPIMedia Photo: Frank Reid