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I bought a part season ticket (10 games) after Xmas. Cost me £45. Can't knock it!

That's my plan as well. Might take in a good few of their away games next season if they were to go up and tick off some grounds I'd otherwise never go to. As thing stand in L2 there's only Tranmere I've been to (also Carlisle who are already mathematically relegated to L2 next season) so loads of new grounds to visit.

Gateshead v Aldershot tonight. A win for Gateshead moves them up to 4th which theoretically gives them an easier route in the Play Offs.

We were at Gateshead last night. Slightly fortunate to win as Chesterfield could have been 3 or 4 up before they got the 1st pen and Gatesheads 2nd pen was one of the worst refereeing decisions I've seen this season. Only 879 there last night (average is around 1,200) so not quite sure how that could support a Football League Club should the unthinkable happen and they were to make it through the Play Offs

Admittedly I've only watched him the once this season, against us, but he looked like an absolutely fucking dreadful football player who Looked totally out of his depth alongside Premier League opposition. Only Pritchard looked half decent for them and they sold him for £100k.

I'd be tempted to go back to the olden days (pre 1993) and have behind both goals (safe) standing and seats along the side. Milburn paddocks can stay as all seated.

There was mate. Me and the wife. Bairn sat just begind us. Wish I'd known it was you. Would have said hello!

You weren't sat in the front row of the stand were you? We went into the 2nd row when it started pissing down and noticed 2 lads in front of us who shifted during the 2nd half. Ritchie Slaughter kicked the Shields lad when he was on the ground. Crazy thing to do and a deserved red card. It was actually a Stan free kick as well which made his reaction all the more bizarre. Can't park inside the ground unfortunately. That's for players, officials and people who pay for a pass. You can park on the street that leads up to it from Sainsburys. There's some parking set back off the road but it usually gets taken quickly.

Action packed game at Heaton Stan yesterday. 2 goals and a sending off in the first 10 mins set the tone! Spoilt quite a bit by the wind and then we had a huge downpour just after HT but a good day and a good match to watch nonetheless Shields looking really poor these days mind. Seemed to be a mixture of young kids and a couple of lads right at the end of their careers. The number 4 who played CM looked canny but other than that they don't have much else. Stan up to 4th now. 5 points being 3rd with 4 games in hand.

They are first class mate. They really are. I remember over the winter they were opening up the clubhouse on non matchdays and people who were struggling could go along for a warm, watch a bit TV with some company to chat to and they'd put some free bait on for them as well. During COVID they'd be sending round their volunteers to the elderly or those who couldn't get out and getting shopping amd vital supplies in for them. Like you say nothing ever too much trouble. They don't blow their own trumpet so a lot of what they do goes unnoticed which I like but that club deserves every success that comes its way for what they do.

Agree it's not as bad as cracked up to be. Find a decent seat halfway up the main stand and it's fine tbh.

Talk of a new 7,000 capacity stadium here, from a few years ago. If they ever made it back to the Football League surely they couldn't stay where they are. https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-north/gateshead-international-stadium.html

No. The good people of Gateshead seemed to either be capable to find a bin to dispose of their rubbish, or failing that must have taken it home with them.

I can testify for this after being there on Saturday. Never known owt like it! Funny thing was we walked back into town afterwards and the wind wasn't even that bad then! The place must just act like a wind tunnel.

Whilst we've already seen that KLD would hand over their stadium to us in a shot for a price, the outrage and backlash from them would be off the scale. I mean imagine the embarrassment when their own stadium is sold out for every NUFC match, yet there's 1000s of empty seats when they are playing there! They couldn't handle it.