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BBC News
08-07-2025
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- BBC News
Gateshead have Fifa-imposed signing ban lifted
Gateshead have had their Fifa-imposed ban on registering new players ban had been imposed last month and concerned a historic transfer issue, but it has now been resolved, the club has said."I am now pleased to say that official confirmation has been received from Fifa and we are good to go with registering our new signings," said, external chairman Bernard club can now step up preparations for the National League season under new manager Alun Armstrong, which begins on 9 August.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Blues striker could face dad in National League season
Carlisle striker Luke Armstrong and father Alun, the new manager at Gateshead (Image: Newsquest) A Carlisle United striker could potentially face his father in the upcoming National League season following Gateshead's announcement of a new manager. The Heed have appointed a new first-team manager, Alun Armstrong, whose son is the Blues' striker Luke Armstrong. Advertisement Alun Armstrong arrives at the Gateshead International Stadium to take on his third role in senior management, after previously managing Blyth Spartans from 2016 to 2019 and Darlington from 2019 to 2023. Luke Armstrong spent the second half of last season out on loan in the Scottish Premier League at Motherwell, where he appeared 14 times, scoring four goals. The meeting of the pair may not occur, with the frontman's future at Brunton Park unclear. But Armstrong is rated by Blues boss Mark Hughes, who has suggested that he wouldn't have let the striker go north on loan. 'He's a player I've admired from afar for quite some time," Hughes told the News & Star in May. "I've tried to buy him in the past, so that shows that I rate him. 'I think at National League level he's been there, he's prospered there, so I think having him back at the club would be a good thing.'
BBC News
16-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Gateshead appoint Armstrong as new boss
National League side Gateshead have appointed Alun Armstrong as the club's new 50-year-old replaces Carl Magnay who resigned earlier this month after a run of just five wins from the final 22 games of the season meant the Heed missed out on a play-off spot."I see it as a challenge, and it's something I'm really excited by," Gateshead-born Armstrong told the club website., external"I want to bring some of the identity back to this club that I think it used to have."Armstrong has previously had spells as manager of Blyth Spartans and his playing career, striker Armstrong had notable spells at Stockport County and Ipswich Town, where he scored the winning goal against Inter Milan in the 2001-02 UEFA Cup.
