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Gateshead 2-1 Macclesfield: Heed are force to be reckoned with as second Trophy final lies in wait

Gateshead overcame gale force conditions on Tyneside and stubborn underdogs Macclesfield to make it back-to-back Wembley appearances in the Isuzu FA Trophy.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 April 2024

Gateshead

By Jeff Bowron

GATESHEAD 2
Worman 6, Whelan 25

MACCLESFIELD 1
Drummond 47
GATESHEAD overcame gale force conditions on Tyneside and stubborn underdogs Macclesfield to make it back-to-back Wembley appearances in the Isuzu FA Trophy.
The strong wind ruined the semi-final as a spectacle but National League play-off chasers Gateshead got the job done to end Macclesfield’s superb Trophy run.
The reformed Silkmen had scored 21 goals and conceded just three in their seven Trophy ties, but were behind inside five minutes in front of a 3,000-strong crowd at the International Stadium.
Ben Worman’s o...

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