S7 Ep39: 19th May 2023 - Gateshead and Non League Finals Day

The season is pretty much done but there’s plenty going on behind the scenes both here, at Wembley and at football clubs up and down the country. It’s actually the busiest time of the year and we wanted to capture a slightly different angle on it all as we go into the final big games this weekend with Non League Finals day. However, to do so it looks like we might have a two part show this week with our ‘second set of guests available early Friday morning to hopefully allow a Friday PM release of their contribution.

That doesn’t mean your ears get time off for good behaviour though. We have plenty to entertain and inform, starting with insight into the FA Trophy final between FC Halifax Town and Gateshead. THe focus is more on the latter as we speak to former media man at the club, now local journalist who has been reporting on the Heed for over 5 decades. It’s great to chat to players, managers, chairmen and the like but with big games like these it’s the fans that have lived and breathed the club often for longer and who for whom Wembley appearances are a big thing. Jeff Bowron knows more about Gateshead FC than most for sure and it’s great to hear what Sunday’s final means for him.

Rounding up the week’s news including last week’s National League, National League South and National League North play off finals is Matt Badcock Editor at Large with the Non League Paper. THere’s also much debate around the league allocations out this week and a number of new managerial appointments too.