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Gateshead are bottom of the National League with four points from 15 games

ByAdam Lanigan, BBC Sport, North East & Cumbria and Mark Denten, North East and Cumbria correspondent

Fans of troubled National League Gateshead fear for its very existence as they wait to see if fresh investment comes forward to save the club.

The Tynside club desperately need new owners to step in after director Mark Nellist resigned and withdrew his funding support in September.