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Lee Ryder

Gateshead 2 Braintree 2

THE only way is Essex for Gateshead and Ian Bogie. Just seconds away from a place in the FA Trophy third round and £6,000 of prize money within grabbing distance, the Heed Army were singing “We’re going to Wembley”. Read

Gateshead 2 Alfreton Town 0

LIFE is good right now if you are a Gateshead fan with the Tynesiders enjoying their best start to a season in the Blue Square Premier.Read

Danny Simpson

Newcastle defender heads home from US tour

DANNY SIMPSON is the latest player to fly home from Newcastle United’s tour of the United States.Read

Charles N'Zogbia's off Newcastle United radar

NEWCASTLE UNITED are NOT expected to re-enter the race to bring Charles N’Zogbia back to St James’ Park.Read

United tour is good 'to toughen up Magpies'

JOHN CARVER believes that Newcastle United’s pre-season tour of the United States will toughen up the Magpies in the crucial season that lies ahead.Read

Pardew's wise words for travelling fans in US

ALAN PARDEW has held court with Newcastle United’s travelling fans in Orlando. And the Sunday Sun can reveal that Pardew gave Toon fans a rare insight into how the Magpies will play next season. Read

Lee Clark backs Bogie to bring Gateshead glory

LEE CLARK has backed Gateshead to find their way back into the Football League – and feels in his fellow Wallsend Boys Club graduate Ian Bogie they have the perfect man to achieve exactly that.Read

Bogie content despite Gateshead defeat

A FIRE drill at the International Stadium may well have cut Ian Bogie’s post-match Press conference short – but the alarm bells weren’t ringing for Gateshead after a creditable display against League One promotion contenders Huddersfield Town.Read

Gateshead 1 Newport County 7

PAINFULLY but perhaps appropriately, Gateshead were All Shook Up on “Elvis Day” at the International Stadium.Read

Gateshead 2 Histon 0

GATESHEAD fans chanted “Bye, bye Histon” as the Blue Square Premier Division’s rock bottom side prepared to check out of the Conference after a long, hard struggle this season.Read

Gateshead 6 Hampton & Richmond Borough 0

IT hasn’t been a bad week for Gateshead and their Geordie boss Ian Bogie. The Tynesiders have banked £11,000 in the FA Trophy and are now just three stages away from a possible Wembley final following an impressive 6-0 victory over Hampton and Richmond Borough.Read

Gateshead 0 York City 3

IAN BOGIE refused to look for excuses as Gateshead started 2011 in desperately disappointing fashion against York City in the Blue Square Bet Premier.Read

Gateshead 1 Luton Town 0

THE Felling Silver Band blasted out a rousing rendition of “There’s No Business Like Show Business” before a ball had even been kicked at the International Stadium.Read

Pressure on in race for the title: Graham

SOUTH Northumberland skipper John Graham admitted his side were facing a journey into the unknown in this weekend’s final countdown to the season following their slip-up against Newcastle at the weekend.Read

Sheva aims to hit net

VIPERS star Akexsandr Shev-chenko today revealed he was out to make a name for himself by scoring goals in a different sport and for a different team ahead of the new Elite League season.Read

New recruit McDonald minded to do his best

RYAN McDONALD today explained how he had shaken off his jetlag to arrive on the Newcastle Vipers scene with a bang before confessing: “I don’t like losing.”Read

Vipers tune-up boosts coach

NEWCASTLE VIPERS head coach Rob Wilson said today he was happy with the his side’s pre-season progress.Read

Kenwyne Jones

A Devil of a debut

KELWYNE JONES says he is ready to silence the cauldron of noise that is Old Trafford tonight by going into the clash with the champions as Sunderland’s target man.Read

Clarke scare is stark reminder

FORMER Sunderland favourite Don Goodman has confessed that Clive Clarke’s brush with death this week puts everything into perspective ahead of the Black Cats trips to Old Trafford tonight.Read

Vipers unveil their Elite force

NEWCASTLE Vipers chief Rob Wilson today expressed his hunger to get the new Elite League season under way as he prepared to face the team that inflicted such devastation on his side last April.Read

Author Profile

Lee Ryder is the Evening Chronicle's chief sports writer and has followed the Magpies over three decades as a reporter and fan. The North Shields native has followed the black and whites around the world from Scunthorpe to Palermo and beyond. Lee also reports on not only the United first team but covers both reserve team and Academy movement.