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Gateshead 2-3 Stevenage: Heed show spirit but comeback is in vain

National League strugglers Gateshead’s sterling second-half comeback at the International Stadium came to nothing as a mixup at the back handed Stevenage victory in an epic FA Cup tie on Tyneside.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
6 November 2022

By Jeff Bowron

GATESHEAD 2
Harris 53, Conteh 62

STEVENAGE 3
Roberts 21, Richardson (og) 34, Norris 73
NATIONAL League strugglers Gateshead’s sterling second-half comeback at the International Stadium came to nothing as a mixup at the back handed Stevenage victory in an epic FA Cup tie on Tyneside.
League Two title contenders Stevenage were head and shoulders above a depleted Gateshead in the first half and would have been out of site but for impressive Heed shot-stopper James Montgomery.
Jordan Roberts and a Kenton Richardson own goal put the Boro firmly in the driving seat at the break,...

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