Northern League: Mark Collingwood praises Prudhoe YC as Seaham Red Star earn first win

Seaham Red Star claimed their first win of the Northern League season at Division Two rivals Prudhoe YC on Saturday.

Mark Collingwood’s side were made to battle for their first maximum of the campaign and did not find a way through their hosts until an own goal and a Jack Leonard strike in the closing stages finally broke their resistance. The performance was a major improvement for Prudhoe as they moved on from suffered 5-0 defeats against Billingham Synthonia and Jarrow earlier in the week.

Collingwood was impressed with what he witnessed from the hosts and revealed his half-time demands that triggered an improvement from his own side.

He told the club website: “I thought it was a hard-fought win. I know Prudhoe have lost their first two games by quite a large margin - but I thought they were fantastic today. The manager was back today and he’s got great reaction after two heavy defeats. We scored two late on, they’ve pushed us all of the way. They were really good, really competitive. The first-half, we fell into the trap of going too long. We discussed it at half-time, I wasn’t happy at half-time. Too many long balls, too many lazy phases of play. I told them I wanted us to play football and we did do that.”

Division Two results

AFC Newbiggin 2-1 Newcastle University, Billingham Town 1-0 Darlington Town, Durham United 3-6 Stokesley SC, FC Hartlepool 1-4 Boldon CA, Grangetown Boys Club 0-6 Chester-le-Street Town, Jarrow 3-2 Alnwick Town, Park View 2-2 Seaton Carew, Prudhoe YC 0-2 Seaham Red Star, Sunderland RCA 1-4 Tow Law Town

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