Gateshead have been barred from competing in this season’s National League play-offs, despite qualifying for a place, after receiving news from the EFL that they do not meet the stadium criteria to play in League Two.
The fifth-tier side finished sixth on a shoe-string budget to earn the opportunity to join Barnet, Bromley, Altrincham, Solihull Moors and Halifax Town in the six-team play-off, but the other five will now battle it out on their own instead.
