Pop star Jade Thirlwall has shown her "undying support" for her hometown football club, featuring in her latest music video. 

The Little Mix star featured South Shields Football Club, in her debut solo music video, ‘Angel of My Dreams’, where the South Shields born-and-raised star was adorned in the Mariners’ scarf and eating famous Colmans fish and chips. 

Since Jade's  single was first released, it placed on the top 10 chart for two weeks, and she has further reiterated her support for the club, which is up for sale.

It was reluctantly put on the market by its owner Geoff Thompson last year, after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, saying he needed to "put [his] health in ahead of business interests".

Jade, the club’s honorary president and shareholder, said: “South Shields FC is a great club with a rich history.

"Coming from South Shields and seeing the sense of community the club brings, I have a strong emotional connection to South Shields FC.”

Jade is passionate about increasing the club’s profile on a national and international scale as it looks for a new owner to take up the mantle after the "amazing work" of Geoff Thompson over the past decade, who has thankfully had successful surgery.

Following the club being put up for sale, the singer backed the club to go on to even bigger and brighter things, after its successful turnaround over the past decade.

In the last 10 years, the club has seen "considerable growth". In 2015 South Shields FC were in the doldrums playing football in Peterlee, 30 miles from the natural home with fan numbers of roughly 70 per game. 

Today, with improvements made to "fantastic" stadium facilities and a loyal fanbase approaching 2,500 each home game, the club’s fortunes have changed.

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Jade truly believes the fans can continue to back the club, describing ‘Sandancers’ (people from South Shields) as brilliant fans.

The club continues to play a huge role in her life as she explains: “My hometown and the club will always be special to me and I am proud to represent them.”

The club established a charitable foundation in 2016 with the purpose of improving health and wellbeing in the area. It became a registered charity in 2018, surpassing the £10 million mark in social impact delivered into the community in 2021.