(05 May 2014, 2:00 pm)Adam What a daft question to ask Yeah, I'm deffo going down


I'm pretty sure BT will have it on.

Important to point out as well that there are engineering works happening on the ECML on May 18th. Therefore, all services to/from KGX will take an hour or so longer.

(05 May 2014, 2:00 pm)Adam Important to point out as well that there are engineering works happening on the ECML on May 18th. Therefore, all services to/from KGX will take an hour or so longer.

(05 May 2014, 2:44 pm)marxistafozzski Well theres a shock...NOT

Network Rail seems to do engineering work when there expecting a lot of people into LKX...It is as if they think 'we have not dug a hole or took up rails for a while, lets have a dig now'

(05 May 2014, 5:16 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Whey you could have been off on holiday already, booked for an interview at college or skint :p haha

(05 May 2014, 5:31 pm)AdamY Well that rules out the train for me. Unless something changes in the next few days it doesn't look like I'll be going down to London for the final.

(05 May 2014, 6:02 pm)Adam haha even if I did book a holiday it would already have been cancelled.

Actually come to think of it, little anecdote. At the end of this month, my whole family are going down to the VIP part of York Races for my Gran & Granda's Golden Wedding. We booked to go and then a few days later my Dad remembered about Gateshead and the play-offs and went into a bit of a panic in case the dates clashed. He checked them and found they didn't. Happy days


I've been searching where the works are. There are some works between York and Doncaster, so trains are being diverted. Also, there are some works between Finsbury Park and Kings Cross, but journeys won't be affected by replacement buses. Trains from NCL to KGX will simply take an extra hour to get there because of the diversion. The works do finish at midday though, so returning should be pretty much fine.

The club are making a big announcement about travel tomorrow. Early suggestions seem to be in favour of chartering a train or two, so you could jump on that with us if you wanted to.

Also, the tickets for the match go on sale tomorrow. You have to get them though off Wembley's official website.

(05 May 2014, 6:16 pm)tyresmoke They'll no doubt use Ticketmaster to rip everyone off like they did when Darlo went to Wembley. Still its a once in a lifetime opportunity for most people so you can't not go really!

(05 May 2014, 5:52 pm)tyresmoke To be fair the engineering works are booked well in advance, they didn't know Gateshead were to make the final. I guess it could have been any two clubs in the Conference at the time, not necessarily on the ECML!

(05 May 2014, 8:53 pm)Tom Liverpool's hopes of winning the Premier League are shattered. Crystal Palace 3 - 3 Liverpool. Palace played well tonight like.

(07 May 2014, 7:02 pm)Adam Forgot to tell you all this tale the other day about Gateshead and Wembley, so here goes...

Back in 1994, Gateshead were playing Merthyr Tydfil in a FA Trophy match. After 75 minutes, Gateshead were getting beat 2-0 but then scored 3 goals in the last 15 mins to win the game. Anyway, when the third goal went in, my granda had a heart attack and was rushed up to hospital. It was touch and go whether he would survive or not. (He did survive but unfortunately died of bowel cancer a few months before I was born). The club heard about the incident so they bought my granda an expensive bottle of whisky and he always told me dad to never open that bottle of whisky until Gateshead get to Wembley, so now 20 years later, we can finally open it on May 18th

(07 May 2014, 7:06 pm)marxistafozzski Good enough reason to crack the Whisky...

Hope it tastes as sweet as getting to see your team at Wembley

(07 May 2014, 7:12 pm)Andreos Constantopolous A sad story with an excellent ending.

Didn't want to tempt fate - but Gatesheads fixture with Grimsby was 21 years to the day Newcastle beat Grimsby to win the league.
There were pitch invasions that night too

BTW, whatever happened to Merthyr Tydfil?

(07 May 2014, 7:20 pm)Adam haha hopefully. Must admit, I am quite susceptible to a tipple of whisky now and again.


I'm quietly confident we're going up.

I didn't know what happened to Merthyr Tydfil either but according to Wikipedia, the club folded in 2010 and reformed under Merthyr Town, playing in Division One of the Western League.

(07 May 2014, 7:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous After a shaky start the other week, Gateshead dominated Cambridge, without creating too many chances.
Are Cambridge still struggling for a keeper?
The fella they had from Leicester didn't look too confident and had obviously been in a poor Stevenage team prior to signing for Cambridge.

(07 May 2014, 7:35 pm)Michael Atm Sunderland are stopping up, half time and were 2-0 up... its the prem so anything can happen!

(07 May 2014, 7:20 pm)Adam haha hopefully. Must admit, I am quite susceptible to a tipple of whisky now and again.


I'm quietly confident we're going up.

I didn't know what happened to Merthyr Tydfil either but according to Wikipedia, the club folded in 2010 and reformed under Merthyr Town, playing in Division One of the Western League.