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By Mark Carruthers

BOXING Day tends to provide the start of a slowing-down period following the Christmas Day festivities.
But for Non-League managers in the North East it became something of a rather unseasonal-like cull with sackings and departures taking place at all but one of the region’s six clubs in the National League and National League North.

Josh Gowling never really felt like a good fit at Darlington and his short reign was brought to an end just hours after their Boxing Day defeat against Scarborough Athletic left the Quakers facing an uphill battle to preserve t...