GATESHEAD v BARNET
Vanarama Premier League
Saturday 18th Otober 2014
Kick Off 3.00pm
Stadium
The
International Stadium, Neilson
Road, Gateshead, NE10 0EF
Telephone
0191
478 3883
Club
Colours
White
and Black
Nickname
The
Tynesiders or The Heed
Official
Website
Key
Personnel
Manager
Gary Mills had a prestigious playing career winning the European Cup
with Nottm Forest in 1980. He also starred for Notts County and
Leicester City. He has also had considerable managerial experience
mainly in Non League winning promotion to the Football League plus
the FA Trophy with York City in 2012 and the Conference North
Championship with Tamworth in 2009. He joined Gateshead in September
2013.
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| Gary Mills |
Brief
Directions by Road
Easy
peasy lemon sqeezy, from the A1(M) exit onto the A194(M) just North of Washington
Services, which is a very long way. Follow this road until the
junction with the A184. Turn left towards Newcastle/Gateshead where
after approx three miles you will see the stadium to your right.
Car
Parking
There
are numerous pay and display car parks in and around the stadium –
basically take your pick. Street parking is unrestricted too.
Directions
by Train
The
Stadium is accessible via the very efficient Tyne and Wear Metro link
from Newcastle Central. A mid morning train from Kings Cross to
Newcastle will take around 3 hours
Coach
Travel
Supporters
Coach will leave from the Hive at 7.00am and cost is £35.00.
Earlier
pick up points starting from 6.00am are Potters Bar, Barnet (3
separate points), Whetstone and Edgware. Call 0208 381 3800 for
details.
Eating
and Drinking Locally
According
to my spies the café/bar at the ground is away friendly! Another
spy informs me that most
Gateshead fans drink in the Nags Head on Gateshead High Street and we
will be made welcome to have a few beers there.
The Schooner is the pub that many I have spoken to mention as it
overlooks the river and also welcomes away fans. It can be found on
South
Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3AF.
But then there is honestly very little else unless you hit the town
centre.
For drivers arriving early the Reckless Recommendation is:
The
Malting House Carlisle
Street, Felling, Gateshead NE10 0HQ. An old haunt of Gazza and Chris
Waddle I am informed by one of my spies. Great beers and top food too
with pool table and a nice garden.
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| The Malting House |
Ground
Description
An
athletics stadium always gives me a European ground feel and watching
the beautiful game from a distance isn't popular. However the 12,000
capacity stadium has been the clubs' home since 1972. It was built in
1955 and hosts not only Gateshead FC but also Gateshead Thunder RFC.
The main Tyne and Wear stand is the only one of four areas normally
open on matchdays and an area in the north west corner is given up to
visitors. It has room for over 3,000. If the visiting club brings
more than 1,200 fans they are then housed in the East Stand opposite
which is fully covered. The main stand rake is very steep and a
famous story from 1983 involves long time supporter Keith Morris (how
are you doing fella?) who while over zealously celebrating, after
Steve Mahoney had scored, tumbled down the steps head over heels at
an alarming rate – I believe he was a tee totaler too!
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| The Free Falling Stand |
Admission
Prices
Adult:
£15 Over 60's & Students: £10 16 & 17 Year Old: £8 Under
16's: £3
Previous
Meetings and Memories
Our
record at Gateshead is impeccable, five wins from five, including a
2-1 win last season thanks to Keanu Marsh-Brown and Jake Hyde. The
best ever win was 5-1 cruise in September 1986. I mention the 1983
visit above because it become legendary for two reasons – the
aforementioned Mr Morris and the following story from the great John
Margerrison:
“The
squad stayed in Newcastle overnight and when we got to the hotel
Barry Fry jovially said something like ‘you can go out and have a
drink but make sure you are all in bed by 3am!’ So we went out and
had a serious jolly till about 3am. At half time we were losing 2-0
and all playing like you know what. Barry blew a gasket and went
crazy shouting at everybody calling us all the names and nearly
coming to blows, tea tray going everywhere. We went out second half
and scored 3 to win the game with me scoring the first then Steve
Mahoney and Stewart Atkins. Team talks were always fun and he used to
say ‘right Brownie you do this, God you do this, Steiny do this’
then he would look at me and say ‘you just do what you want Marge’”
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| Spread it Marge |
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| I Bumped into Marge in the Green Man Potters Bar! |
Celebrity
Watch
Gold
medal paralympian Josef Craig is probably their current most famous
fan but it seems football and very little else in the way of
other sports is represented by persons from Gateshead : Lawrie
McMenemy (whose brother was my postman when living in North
Finchley), Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne, Norman Hunter and Chris
Waddle amongst others. Brian Johnson, front man of ACDC, was once
offered the job of tannoy announcer at the Stadium – allegedly!
| Brian Johnson Running through the Starting Line Ups |
Thanks
to Messrs McInness and Goodwin from Gateshead for their help with
this guide.
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