MP backs South Shields Football Club to knock AFC Fylde off their perch and secure promotion
MP nails her colours to the mast and backs South Shields Football Club to win their final league game of the season and pip AFC Fylde to promotion.
South Shields MP Emma Lewell has thrown her support behind the Mariners as they look to beat the odds in their National League North title decider.
If South Shields can win their home tie away to Kidderminster Harriers and their rivals AFC Fylde slip up in their final game then promotion would be secured.
Speaking to the Gazette, Emma praised the club for the huge part its success has had helping promote the town across the years.
She said: “South Shields football club has absolutely put our home town on the map.
“It would be a great credit to themselves and South Shields as a whole if they could achieve promotion. I’ll be backing them all the way.”
The odds are against Ian Watson’s team who know that even if they win, a home victory for Fylde will mean the Mariners just miss out.
Even if the worst comes to the worst and Shields fall short on Saturday, promotion through the play-offs is still a possibility.