Match Report
The table gap was wide: 52 points between Gateshead (2nd, 80 pts) and Hucknall Town (22nd, 28 pts). On recent form Gateshead sat only 10th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Hucknall Town were scoring 0.93 and conceding 2, Gateshead 1.93 and 1.14, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game.
11 games without a win framed Hucknall Town's arrival. The last-five ledger: Hucknall Town 1/15, Gateshead 10/15.
Watnall Road in Watnall Road staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Gateshead led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.


