Holders Heed dumped out of FA Trophy: North East Non-League Roundup

Daniel Wales reviews the latest North East Non-League results.

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00:00A frozen pitch at the International Stadium on Saturday prevented Gateshead taking on

00:06Boston United at home. Instead, the venue was moved to Stockton, given that they did

00:12not have a home fixture. However, Gateshead could not make it three trips to Wembley in

00:17the FA Trophy in three years, as the holders were dumbed out of the competition by Boston

00:22United by three goals to one. The away side took the lead in the first half, but Gateshead

00:29struck back in the second thanks to a goal from Will McGowan. But soon after, Boston

00:34struck back with two goals in three minutes to make the score 3-1, with around 15 minutes

00:40of normal time left. This put the game out of reach for Gateshead, meaning that scenes

00:45like this will not be seen by the Heat army come May, although they are in the play-offs

00:51currently in the National League, meaning that a trip to Wembley via the play-off route

00:55is still very much on the cards.