Lee Cattermole

Gateshead fail to pay September wages as director pulls funding

Troubled National League side Gateshead have not paid players and staff their September wages after director Mark Nellist resigned and withdrew his financial backing. Interim chairman Graham Wood says significant progress has been made in finding new investment, with an announcement expected within days.

Wealdstone cruised to a comprehensive 4-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Gateshead at Grosvenor Vale, increasing the pressure on manager Lee Cattermole after another heavy National League defeat.

Gateshead’s 4-0 defeat at Wealdstone left the club bottom of the National League and intensified pressure on first-time manager Lee Cattermole, while the match provided a vivid portrait of life far below English football’s elite.

Gateshead’s 4-0 defeat at Wealdstone exposed the brutal realities of life in the National League, while offering a wry glimpse of the unfamiliar world Manchester City could one day encounter if its fortunes dramatically decline.

Wealdstone swept aside bottom-placed Gateshead with a dominant 4-0 win at Grosvenor Vale, heaping severe pressure on manager Lee Cattermole after his side suffered another damaging National League defeat.

Bottom club Gateshead slumped to a 4-0 defeat at Wealdstone as Lee Cattermole's tough-love 'bomb squad' approach failed again, with away fans chanting for his dismissal and assistant Ben Clark conceding 'the lads are struggling a bit with their confidence'.