Gateshead owner Brian Wood has put the club up for sale. He has bankrolled his home town club for the past nine years but has not been able to achieve his ambition of returning them to the Football League after an absence of 55 years. At the age of 71, he feels it is time to call it a day.
Gateshead owner Brian Wood has put the club up for sale. He has bankrolled his home town club for the past nine years but has not been able to achieve his ambition of returning them to the Football League after an absence of 55 years. At the age of 71, he feels it is time to call it a day.
The club is debt free. Average attendances have been pushed up into four figures but at 1,180 this season they are at the lower end of the Conference range. The club is also in the shadow of Newcastle United.