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Gateshead 1-1 Torquay United: Long trip for little reward

The current longest road trip in English football saw outpost clubs Gateshead and Torquay share the spoils in a point of limited value to either as they battle to avoid relegation.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
19 March 2023

By Jeff Bowron

GATESHEAD 1

Dinanga 48
TORQUAY UTD 1

Evans 70

AIM...FIRE! Adam Campbell goes close for the Heed, Inset, Cardiff City loanee Kieron Evans volleys home Torquay’s equaliser at the International Stadium.
PICTURE: Charlie Waugh

THE current longest road trip in English football saw outpost clubs Gateshead and Torquay share the spoils in a point of limited value to either as they battle to avoid relegation.
For the Heed it was a third straight draw on home soil, though Farsley Celtic were dispatched on penalties in the FA Trophy, the point only Torquay’s second from the la...

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