For supporters of South Shields FC with that familiar feeling again – of a promotion race getting ever tighter – the question is simple.
A thunderbolt from Robert Briggs sealed an opening day victory for South Shields as they battled with 10 men to beat newly-promoted Radcliffe on Saturday.
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