Wolviston's Keith Simpson was named as the person who works hardest for a club when the Wearside League held its annual dinner in Sunderland last Friday, writes MALCOLM PRATT.

Simpson, who has had a long association with Wolviston, is currently the club's secretary.

Adam Johnson (Nissan) was presented with the award for being leading goalscorer, having netted 55 times in league and cup matches and the team sportsmanship award went to Windscale, with Wolviston runners-up.

It was announced last Saturday that Nissan had been elected to the Albany Northern League. They qualified by winning the Wearside League championship

but had to await the outcome of the annual meeting when it was confirmed their

ground met Northern League criteria.

P W D L F A Pts

Nissan 38 31 3 4 120 29 96

North Shields 38 29 6 3 143 24 93

Wolviston 38 24 6 8 107 58 78

Windscale 38 23 6 9 99 49 75

Harton and Westoe 38 23 4 11 118 67 73

*Boldon 38 24 4 10 104 63 73

*Redcar Town 38 21 8 9 103 61 68

New Marske 38 19 7 12 90 58 64

Stokesley 38 19 6 13 116 67 63

Whitehaven 38 19 5 14 82 75 62

Ferryhill Athletic 38 16 4 18 91 89 52

Stanley United 38 12 12 14 77 76 48

Thornaby on Tees 38 14 6 18 86 101 48

**Birtley Town 38 15 4 19 79 101 43

*Annfield Plain 38 13 3 22 87 96 39

Cleadon 38 7 4 27 49 113 25

Ryhope 38 6 5 27 46 102 23

Simonside 38 7 2 29 33 195 23

Jarrow 38 5 6 27 51 117 21

Whitburn 38 2 1 35 38 178 7

**Denotes six points deducted

*Denotes three points deducted