Rae at the double in Shildon win

AFTER their impressive FA Cup win over Morpeth Town on Saturday, Shildon continued to impress with a hard-earned 4-2 win at Dunston UTS.

A Michael Rae brace helped the Railwaymen to all three points but they were made to work for the win by a busy Dunston side.

West Auckland Town made amends for the FA Cup exit at the weekend with a 9-0 hammering of Guisborough Town.

Hat-tricks from Amar Purewal and Nathan Fisher helped give Gary Forrest’s men the perfect start to their Northern League Division One campaign.

Despite being down to 10 men and a goal down, Ashington took a point from their trip to Newton Aycliffe.

Ben Harmison’s late goal cancelled out Kurt Matthew’s 10th-minute strike, the equaliser coming after the Colliers had Lewis Strafford sent off for two bookable offences.

Sunderland RCA were grateful to Dylan Elliott after he was their match-winner in a 2-1 success over Penrith.

In the FA Cup’s extra preliminary round, Whitley Bay saw off Seaham Red Star at the second attempt at a soggy Hillheads.

The Seahorses progressed with a 4-1 result thanks to goals from Scott Jasper, Alex Kempster, Jack Byerley and Kyle Patton.

In Division Two, a Nick Martin brace helped Northallerton Town to an action-packed 6-2 verdict over Northern League new-boys Jarrow.

Whickham were beaten 3-0 at home by Easington Colliery with Jack Pounder, Kieran Mitchell and David Paul on the scoresheet for the visitors.

An Alex White effort was enough to give Chester-leStreet Town a 1-0 win against Willington.

Brandon United secured a dramatic point against Bedlington Terriers as Kieran Duffy-Weeks’ 96th-minute goal gave them a 2-2 draw at Welfare Park.

West Allotment Celtic equally shared six goals at Tow Law Town - despite the visitors leading 3-0 after 49 minutes.