Overview
- Gateshead confirmed on Wednesday that they have parted company with manager Rob Elliot after weeks of post-season negotiations failed to reach agreement.
- Elliot said he sought firm commitments on a training ground, staffing and infrastructure to develop players and the club long term and that the club would not make those pledges.
- The club said accepting Elliot’s demands would place Gateshead in an “even more heavily negative financial position,” and that terms on budgets and access to immediate infrastructure could not be agreed.
- Elliot returned in January and led a dramatic turnaround, losing just twice in 15 matches to secure National League safety and winning the league’s manager of the month award in March.
- Gateshead have confirmed Stephen Paylor has joined the board and said they will announce a successor, publish a retained list and set pre-season plans as they balance short-term budgets with longer-term investment needs.