Holders Shildon comfortably beat Durham City 3-0 in the last 16 of the Durham Challenge Cup last night.

The Railwaymen took the lead after just 4 minutes, when Micky Rae knocked the ball down for Ben Wood to score with a left foot shot that hit the inside of the post and went in.

With the wind at their backs, they missed several chances to score more goals, but they scored a deserved second just after half time when Wood hit the post, and when the ball was played back into the six yard box, he was on hand to tap in.

It was 3-0 when Lee Chapman scored with a powerful shot from the edge of the box.

There were goals galore at Norton, where visitors Jarrow Roofing won 6-5.

Roofing took a two goal lead through Lewis Teasdale and Jack Errington, but Norton hit back with goals by Gary Mitchell and Harrison Davies before the 20th minute. Roofing went 4-2 up at half time with further goals by Malky Morien and Errington, and then just before the hour Morien made it 5-2.

But Norton stormed back to level 5-5 with three goals in six minutes by Tom Bligh, Mitchell and Davies.

But Morien had the last word, scoring the winner and completing his hat trick with eight minutes left.

In the ENL, North Shields missed a chance to go joint top of the table when they were held to a 1-1 draw at Morpeth.

Morpeth took the lead with a Sean Taylor penalty, but Michael McKeown equalised for Shields.

In the second division, Birtley comfortably beat Esh Winning 5-0.

Brandon manager Paul Tunstall quit after their defeat at Ryton and Crawcrook on Tuesday night, and he has been replaced by Lee Jewitt.