North East duo among top net spenders
Sunderland and Newcastle, the Premier League's bottom two teams, were among Europe's top 15 net summer spenders.
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League Table & Stats
 England Division Three (North)
| Home | Away | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | GA | Pt | Res | Res | |||
| 1 | Bradford City | 42 | 2.98 | 63 | D1-1 | L1-3 | |
| 2 | Stockport County | 42 | 1.91 | 62 | L0-1 | L1-7 | |
| 3 | Wrexham | 42 | 1.32 | 52 | W3-2 | L0-1 | |
| 4 | Wigan Borough | 42 | 1.67 | 51 | D2-2 | L0-4 | |
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 1.15 | 50 | W1-0 | L1-2 | |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 42 | 1.36 | 48 | W1-0 | L0-5 | |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 1.03 | 47 | W4-1 | L0-4 | |
| 8 | Carlisle United | 42 | 1.12 | 46 | W5-0 | L0-5 | |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 1.18 | 44 | W3-0 | W5-1 | |
| 10 | South Shields | 42 | 1.12 | 44 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 42 | 0.92 | 41 | W6-3 | L2-3 | |
| 12 | Southport | 42 | 0.88 | 40 | W4-0 | L0-5 | |
| 13 | Halifax Town | 42 | 1.02 | 39 | W2-1 | W2-0 | |
| 14 | New Brighton | 42 | 0.90 | 39 | L0-2 | L0-1 | |
| 15 | Nelson | 42 | 0.86 | 39 | W3-2 | L0-1 | |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 42 | 0.78 | 39 | W10-1 | D1-1 | |
| 17 | Rochdale | 42 | 0.82 | 36 | W5-2 | W2-1 | |
| 18 | Accrington St (old) | 42 | 0.83 | 34 | W3-0 | L0-2 | |
| 19 | Darlington | 42 | 0.73 | 33 | L1-3 | D2-2 | |
| 20 | Barrow | 42 | 0.69 | 28 | D2-2 | D1-1 | |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 42 | 0.53 | 26 | D1-1 | W5-0 | |
| 22 | Ashington | 42 | 0.39 | 23 | D0-0 | W3-1 | |
| South Shields | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 10th | 8th | 10th |
| Played | 42 | 21 | 21 |
| Won | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| Drawn | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Lost | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 14th | 10th | 21st |
| Record (W-D-L) | 2-1-3 | 4-1-1 | 1-0-5 |
| Goals (F-A) | 6-10 | 12-5 | 4-18 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 6th | 6th | 9th |
| Goals scored | 83 | 57 | 26 |
| Failed to score | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| Since failing to score | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 10th | 10th | 11th |
| Goals conceded | 74 | 24 | 50 |
| Clean sheets | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 8th | 8th | 10th |
| Goal difference | +9 | +33 | -24 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 11th | 7th | 13th |
| Goal total | 157 | 81 | 76 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | lost last game | ||
| Home | won last game | ||
| Away | lost last game | ||
| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 3-2-3 | 4-2-1 | 1-1-8 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 8-4 | 8-3 | 4-8 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
L0-1 D1-1 |
W1-0 W3-0 W3-2 more |
L0-1 L0-5 |
| Occurence | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| South Shields | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Division Three (North) | 10th | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 83 | 74 | +9 | .524 |
| English FA Cup | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | .000 |
| TOTAL | 43 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 84 | 76 | +8 | .512 | |