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385 MILES… IT’S PART OF THE NORM!

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 December 2017

HEED’S TREK CREATES A LEGEND

IN FAIRNESS, the clue is in the title: National League. As in, not local. And, when you or your team play in this division there is an acceptance a lot of miles are going to be put in.
And, so it was, on Tuesday evening as 20 Gateshead supporters made the 385-mile trip to see their team concede a late equaliser at Torquay United.
Leading through Jordan Preston’s first-half goal, the inevitability of Sean McGinty’s equaliser will be familiar for away followers everywhere.
On BBC Radio 5, one fan explained how his journey had started by catching ...

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