2008–09 Gateshead F.C. season

Gateshead

2008–09 season

Chairman

Graham Wood

Manager

Ian Bogie

Conference North

2nd (Promoted via playoffs)

FA Cup

Third Qualifying Round

FA Trophy

Third Qualifying Round

Conference League Cup

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League: Lee Novak (27)
All: Lee Novak (28)

Highest home attendance

4,023 vs A.F.C. Telford United (8 May 2009)

Lowest home attendance

212 vs Witton Albion (27 September 2008)

Average home league attendance

477

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2008–09 season was Gateshead's first season in the Conference North and their first at this level since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004.

Gateshead qualified for the Conference North Playoffs after finishing the season in second place, five points behind league winners Tamworth. Gateshead were promoted to the Conference National on 8 May 2009 after beating Telford United 1–0 in the playoff final.

Squad statistics

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League (inc. Playoffs)		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Conference League Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FW	Graeme Armstrong	31 (8)	14	2	1	1	0	3	3	37 (8)	19
FW	Steven Baptist	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
DF	Craig Baxter	45	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	52	1
DF	John Brackstone	8 (7)	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	12 (7)	1
FW	Daniel Broadbent	3 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
DF	Phil Cave	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
DF	James Curtis	39 (1)	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	45 (1)	0
MF	Tony Dinning	3 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	0
MF	Alex Francis	11 (20)	2	1 (2)	1	0	0	2 (1)	0	14 (23)	3
MF	Kris Gate	41 (1)	4	3	0	1	0	2 (1)	0	47 (2)	4
MF	Jamie Harwood	35 (8)	9	3	2	1	0	3	1	42 (8)	12
DF	Matt Hocking	8 (7)	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	13 (7)	0
DF	Darren Holloway	7 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	0
DF	Carl Jones	35	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	38	3
??	Dean McCallum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
??	Liam McNall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Paul Musselwhite	38	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	42	0
MF	Craig Nelthorpe	12	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	15	1
DF	Mattie Noble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Jack Norton	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
FW	Lee Novak	35	27	0	0	1	0	2	1	38	28
DF	Stephane Pelonde	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
MF	Wayne Phillips	42 (3)	10	2	0	0	0	3	0	47 (3)	10
GK	Jim Provett	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
FW	Michael Rae	0 (5)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (5)	1
MF	Steve Salvin	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	0
DF	Dan Smith	9 (2)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10 (2)	0
FW	David Southern	11 (8)	3	3	1	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	14 (12)	4
FW	Darryn Stamp	4 (3)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4 (3)	2
FW	Paul Thompson	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	Phil Turnbull	33 (10)	1	1 (2)	1	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	34 (15)	2
MF	Stephen Turnbull	21 (19)	2	2 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	26 (20)	2

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 July 2008	South Shields	Filtrona Park	4–0	Armstrong (3), Jones
12 July 2008	West Allotment Celtic	Gibside Gardens	3–2	Harwood, Phillips, Armstrong
16 July 2008	Dunston Federation	Federation Park	3–0	Rae, Armstrong, Thompson
21 July 2008	Newcastle United Reserves	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Armstrong	497
25 July 2008	Newcastle Benfield	Sam Smith's Park	1–2	Rae
30 July 2008	Durham City	New Ferens Park	0–2
2 August 2008	Sunderland Reserves	Gateshead International Stadium	2–0	S. Turnbull, Southern

Conference North

Main article: 2008–09 Football Conference

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 2008	Redditch United	The Valley Stadium	2–0	Armstrong, Brackstone	392
13 August 2008	Droylsden	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Gate	360
17 August 2008	Alfreton Town	Gateshead International Stadium	3–0	Armstrong (2), Rae	361
23 August 2008	Gainsborough Trinity	The Northolme	0–0		365
25 August 2008	Harrogate Town	Gateshead International Stadium	1–3	Jones	509
30 August 2008	Hinckley United	De Montfort Park	0–2		479
2 September 2008	Fleetwood Town	Highbury Stadium	2–0	Armstrong (2)	684
13 September 2008	Tamworth	The Lamb Ground	1–2	Gate	831
20 September 2008	A.F.C. Telford United	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Armstrong	413
24 September 2008	Stafford Rangers	Gateshead International Stadium	0–1		265
4 October 2008	Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	2–1	Southern, Novak	149
14 October 2008	Workington	Borough Park	2–4	Southern, Nelthorpe	225
18 October 2008	Southport	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Armstrong	422
1 November 2008	Hyde United	Ewen Fields	5–2	Novak (4), Harwood	301
8 November 2008	Burscough	Gateshead International Stadium	4–1	Novak, Francis, Harwood, Armstrong	334
15 November 2008	A.F.C. Telford United	New Bucks Head	0–1		2,086
19 November 2008	King's Lynn	Gateshead International Stadium	3–2	Novak (3)	264
29 November 2008	Hyde United	Gateshead International Stadium	6–3	Novak, Phillips (3), Harwood, Southern	273
20 December 2008	Redditch United	Gateshead International Stadium	2–0	Phillips, Novak	293
26 December 2008	Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	1–0	Leeson (o.g.)	1,292
1 January 2009	Blyth Spartans	Gateshead International Stadium	3–0	Novak, Harwood, Jones	1,388
3 January 2009	Alfreton Town	North Street	3–1	S. Turnbull, Novak (2)	448
11 January 2009	Tamworth	Gateshead International Stadium	5–1	Novak (2), Francis, Phillips, S. Turnbull	331
17 January 2009	Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	0–0		295
24 January 2009	Solihull Moors	Gateshead International Stadium	3–0	Armstrong, Harwood, Gate	484
28 January 2009	Workington	Gateshead International Stadium	2–1	Armstrong, Gate	463
31 January 2009	King's Lynn	The Walks Stadium	0–2		966
14 February 2009	Burscough	Victoria Park	4–2	Novak, Phillips (2), Harwood	313
21 February 2009	Hucknall Town	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Harwood	605
24 February 2009	Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	2–1	Harwood, Novak	315
28 February 2009	Vauxhall Motors	Gateshead International Stadium	2–2	Novak, Harwood	602
3 March 2009	Farsley Celtic	Throstle Nest	1–0	Baxter	198
7 March 2009	Southport	Haig Avenue	3–2	Novak (2), Phillips	1,301
14 March 2009	Solihull Moors	Damson Park	0–2		253
18 March 2009	Fleetwood Town	Gateshead International Stadium	2–2	Novak, Armstrong	467
21 March 2009	Stalybridge Celtic	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Jones	529
28 March 2009	Hinckley United	Gateshead International Stadium	5–0	Novak (2), Phillips, Stamp, P. Turnbull	601
4 April 2009	Stafford Rangers	Marston Road	1–4	Armstrong	448
11 April 2009	Gainsborough Trinity	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Novak	486
13 April 2009	Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road	0–1		447
18 April 2009	Farsley Celtic	Gateshead International Stadium	3–0	Novak, Stamp, Armstrong	568
25 April 2009	Hucknall Town	Watnall Road	2–2	Smedley (o.g.), Armstrong	347

Conference North Playoffs

Main article: 2008–09 Football Conference

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
SF (1)	29 April 2009	Southport	Haig Avenue	1–0	Armstrong	1,011
SF (2)	3 May 2009	Southport	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Novak	1,408
Gateshead won 2–1 on aggregate
F	8 May 2009	A.F.C. Telford United	Gateshead International Stadium	1–0	Phillips	4,120

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
2Q	27 September 2008	Witton Albion	Gateshead International Stadium	1–1	Harwood	212
2Qr	30 September 2008	Witton Albion	Wincham Park	3–1	Armstrong, Southern, P. Turnbull	227
3Q	11 October 2008	Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	2–3	Harwood, Francis	370

FA Trophy

Main article: 2008–09 FA Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3Q	22 November 2008	Harrogate Town	Gateshead International Stadium	0–2		217

Conference League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Conference League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	8 September 2008	Droylsden	Butcher's Arms Ground	2–1 (AET)	Harwood, Armstrong	190
2	21 October 2008	Blyth Spartans	Croft Park	2–1	Armstrong (2)	632
3	4 November 2008	Barrow	Holker Street	1–3 (AET)	Novak	551

External links

Gateshead FC Fixtures/Results from waybackmachine.org (dated 4 May 2009)
Unofficial Gateshead Football Club Statistics Database – 2008/09 season (Archived by WebCite on 18 January 2010 at http://www.webcitation.org/5mstzY3PG)
Conference North Season 2008–09 Results

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