National League

Gateshead 4-1 Ebbsfleet United: Wearne’s treble has the Heed on a high

Gateshead made it eight goals in two games this week as National League newcomers Ebbsfleet were given a reality check on a windswept Tyneside.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 August 2023

By Jeff Bowron

GATESHEAD 4
Richardson 5, Wearne 55, 65 (pen), 90+1

EBBSFLEET UTD 1
Poleon 18
GATESHEAD made it eight goals in two games this week as National League newcomers Ebbsfleet were given a reality check on a windswept Tyneside.
Stephen Wearne, who tormented the Fleet throughout, was the Heed hero with a hat-trick, Dennis Kutrieb’s side never recovering after gifting Gateshead the decisive second goal.
That came early in the second half, a rampant Heed then ripping Ebbsfleet apart, the visitors fortunate not to leak more than four goals.
Dominic Poleon’s penalty miss in stoppage ...

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