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CHRIS DUNLAVY: Redeemer Rob must take Heed

A great escape can be the ultimate springboard to success – or a false dawn that delays the inevitable. Which way will Gateshead go?

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 May 2026

OUR MAN IN THE KNOW
Chris DUNLAVY

A GREAT escape can be the ultimate springboard to success – or a false dawn that delays the inevitable.
Just ask Leicester City, who spent six straight months of the 2014-15 season rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.
Nobody gave Nigel Pearson’s side a prayer – only for a streak of seven wins from their final nine games to miraculously seal survival. Within a year, Jamie Vardy and his pals were the champions of England.
Or Carlisle United. Every football fan knows the name of Jimmy Glass, the journeyman goalkeeper whose last-minute equaliser against...

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