Northern League: Seaham Red Star can improve after Billingham Synthonia win
There was a busy weekend across the Northern League’s second tier.
Seaham Red Star were ‘nowhere near their best’ in Saturday’s narrow win at Billingham Synthonia - according to assistant manager Michael Johnson.
Mark Collingwood’s side have reacted positively to suffering back-to-back defeats against Billingham Town and AFC Newbiggin by collecting four points from a visit to Prudhoe YC and a home clash with Park View. That upturn in results continued when Kai Charlton got the only goal of Saturday’s win against Synners - but Johnson has insisted the standard of performance can still be improved.
He told The Echo: “I think we just edged it. We weren’t at our best but we dug it out in a good game between two good teams. There wasn’t a lot between us but I think we deserved it. We were nowhere near our best, nowhere near our best at the minute but we are grinding out results and that’s the sign of a good team.
“We know the areas where we need to get better and that will come with time. We have to be pleased after losing two in a row to come back with win, draw, win, picking up seven points. We got beat 5-0 here last year and any win away from home in the Northern League is a good win.”
Results: Chester-le-Street Town 0-1 FC Hartlepool, Darlington Town 2-0 Prudhoe YC, Alnwick Town 3-1 Grangetown Boys Club, Billingham Synthonia 0-1 Seaham Red Star, Boldon CA 1-1 Billingham Town, Durham United 2-2 AFC Newbiggin, Newcastle University 1-0 Park View, Ryton and Crawcrook Albion 4-1 Sunderland RCA, Seaton Carew 0-5 Jarrow, Tow Law Town 3-1 Stokesley SC
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