National League

FIRST-HALF BLITZ PUTS CATT IN A QUANDARY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 September 2026

By Jeff Bowron

SOUTHEND United hit six first half goals for the first time in the club’s history to turn up the heat on beleaguered Gateshead manager Lee Cattermole.
Whilst it was a triumphant return to Tyneside for Shrimpers boss Kieron Dyer it was the stuff of nightmares for fellow rookie manager Cattermole.
Already under pressure after just one win in ten, and controversially banishing six senior players to a ‘Bomb Squad’ there was already a toxic atmosphere inside the International Stadium.
Toxicity levels increased sharply when the Heed shipped two goals ...

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