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Gateshead 0-3 Southend United: Shrimpers too much for Heed to handle

Gateshead barely laid a glove on Southend United in a pivotal promotion clash on Tyneside on the final day of last season – and it was the same scenario in this one-sided seasonal opener.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 August 2025

By Jeff Bowron

GATESHEAD 0

SOUTHEND U 3
Austin 3, Walker 53, Kendall 56

Gateshead barely laid a glove on Southend United in a pivotal promotion clash on Tyneside on the final day of last season – and it was the same scenario in this one-sided seasonal opener.
A goalless stalemate last time round saw the Shrimpers go on to come within seven minutes of the EFL in the play-off final at Wembley.
Gateshead missed out on the play-offs by a point but after a summer of upheaval new manager Alun Armstrong faces a battle against the odds.
A host of top players have departed, an already modest bud...

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