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Boss Alun hoping for Heed home comforts

Life hasn’t exactly been easy at home for Alun Armstrong and his Gateshead side in recent weeks as they prepare for their FA Cup second round tie with Walsall.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 December 2025

Boss Alun Armstrong

By Mark Carruthers

GATESHEAD v WALSALL
Today, ko 3.30pm, live on TNT Sports 2
LIFE hasn’t exactly been easy at home for Alun Armstrong and his Gateshead side in recent weeks as they prepare for their FA Cup second round tie with Walsall.
Since battling to a 2-1 win over Tamworth in their second home game of the season in the National League, the Heed have collected just two points from their next eight games at the International Stadium.
Their most recent outing on home soil resulted in a 3-0 humbling by in-form Boreham Wood with former Heed midfielder Regan Booty rubbing salt into the wo...

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