Win secures advantage in play-offs challenge

SECOND-PLACED Spennymoor Town beat mid-table Barwell 2-0 at The Brewery Field, cementing their runnerup spot and ensuring home advantage in the play-offs.

After a goalless first half, in which neither team created any chances, Spennymoor had a corner, which Joseph Tait headed on for Graeme Armstrong to fire in from just six yards, for a 53rd-minute opener.

Two minutes later, it was 2-0 when Armstrong found Jamie Chandler free on the edge of the box, for him to beat goalkeeper Liam Castle with ease.

Left to right, South Shields skipper Lee Paul Scroggins, Barrie Smith, Jon Shaw and Julio Arca with the Northern League championship trophy; right, Scroggins with Mariners chairman GeoffThompson South Shields celebrate after winning the Northern...