'Clock is ticking' - Gateshead fans fear for future

Cattermole was dismissed on 4 October with Ben Clark in interim charge since then.

He finally claimed a win in his seventh game in charge on Tuesday as they beat Stoke City Under-21s in the National League Cup.

But they have lost all three league games and were thrashed 5-0 in an FA Cup replay by eighth-tier Stafford Rangers to dash any hopes of a decent cup run and even more important, a lucrative pay-day.

As such, they have not had a home league game since 3 October to boost deprived coffers while they are believed to owe more than £200,000 to HMRC.