UEFA Nations event
South Shields and Merthyr Town meet in National League North — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
National League North · England · 22.08.2026 · kick-off 14:00 UTC
How South Shields and Merthyr Town have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
South Shields:
Date Event Score 18.08.2026 Morecambe vs South Shields 0 - 1 15.08.2026 South Shields vs Chorley 2 - 1 08.08.2026 Scarborough Athletic vs South Shields 0 - 1
Merthyr Town:
Date Event Score 18.08.2026 Merthyr Town vs AFC Telford United 2 - 2 15.08.2026 Spennymoor Town FC vs Merthyr Town 2 - 1 08.08.2026 Merthyr Town vs Hednesford Town 2 - 0
When South Shields and Merthyr Town have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 21.03.2026 South Shields vs Merthyr Town 4 - 1 11.11.2025 Merthyr Town vs South Shields 3 - 1
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
South Shields — 28
Merthyr Town — 24
Goals conceded so far:
South Shields — 14
Merthyr Town — 28
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on South Shields vs Merthyr Town
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
