Gateshead did well

[ex_pat_magpie]

3-1 down, away to Farsley, just after halftime and pulled it back to win 3-4

Mike Williamson's doing well there. Got them on song with 5 wins in a row.

[bix01]

A few quid from the cup run as well, a shame the new town centre ground never happened a few years ago, I think it would’ve been a real game changer for them.

[ex_pat_magpie]

A few quid from the cup run as well, a shame the new town centre ground never happened a few years ago, I think it would’ve been a real game changer for them.

Where was the site Bix. I'm away from the area and out of touch.

[bix01]

From memory, it was near the civic centre so also near the transport interchange. I’ll see if I can find something in an old link.

[bix01]

https://everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/...C._new_stadium

https://en.gyaanipedia.com/wiki/Prin...t_Road_stadium

[ex_pat_magpie]

Thanks for that Bix. When I was a youngster just after the war I used to stay at my Grans weekends in Coburg Street just a couple of hundred yards from there. My closest friend and I used to go to the old Redheugh Park one week and St. James' the alternate week.
Happy days. Gateshead was in the old 3rd div. North those days

[bix01]

Also Giid to see South Shields doing well, although when I checked out the results before I think they lost today but are still at the right end of the NPL table.

[ex_pat_magpie]

Also Giid to see South Shields doing well, although when I checked out the results before I think they lost today but are still at the right end of the NPL table.

The original Gatehead club came from South Shields and was South Shields Adelaide formed 1899, joined the league in 1919 but went bust in 1930 and was taken over by Gateshead AFC.

They were always in the promotion hunt in the old 3rd North Div until a bad season in I think 1950's when the 3rd North and 3rd South were joined then split as the 3rd and 4th Gateshead went into the 4th then the bottom four had to apply for re-election.Gateshead although only 4th bottom were voted out, it was thought because the Southern clubs didn't want to travel the huge distances up north.

[bix01]

Yeah, I’ve heard about the South Shields ~ Gateshead thing from some of the older gents when I used to watch Whitley Bay in the late 80’s & early 90’s as a téénager and young bloke. There’s a history of northern outposts not getting elected back in the day like Workington, Barrow, Southport etc. in favour of southern clubs. When we rise again, there will be a lot of anger in certain parts of London

[Jammy89]

Great result - good for Mike Williamson.