The rise of South Shields has been nothing short of meteoric in recent years, but little is known about how the Mariners got where they are.

We spoke with South Shields F.C.'s Head of Media and Communications Dan Prince, and players John Lufudu and Lirak Hasani, to find out more.

The team behind this episode:

• Dom Aberdeen
• Toby Phipps

Word on Wearside is a Spark Sunderland podcast, produced by journalism students at the University of Sunderland. With teaching supervision by Lecturer in Audio, Jay Sykes.