Full name | Gateshead United Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Babes (in South Shields)[1] |
Founded | 1936 |
Dissolved | 1977 |
Ground | Horsley Hill (1936–1950) Simonside Hall (1950–1974) Gateshead Youth Stadium (1974–1977) |
1976–77 | Northern Premier League, 8th |
Gateshead United Football Club was a football club based in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The club was established in South Shields in 1936 as a replacement for the club that had relocated to Gateshead in 1930. Like their predecessor, the club was relocated to Gateshead in 1974 after the former club went bust. Renamed Gateshead United, they folded three years later.