TRADITIONALLY, life has been a rollercoaster at the International Stadium for as long as the fans can remember but far there's more thrills than spills to Mike Williamson's Gateshead these days.
Tuesday night's impressive 4-0 win at Oxford City extended the Heed's unbeaten run to seven matches in which time they have scored a whopping 19 goals.
The stats all stack up to a much-improved season from Williamson's men, who spent the vast majority of the first half of last season sat in the National League relegation zone before a much imporoved second half led them to a mid-table finish.
As it stood ahead of Saturday's visit to fellow in-form side Bromley, Gateshead were the joint top goalscorers in the top five leagues of English football with 31 goals to their name from 12 games and boasted the best goal difference in the National League after shipping just 13.
Five clean sheets from their last seven games confirmed they had learnt lessons from a nightmare defensive display in a 3-1 home defeat against Woking last month - the last black mark on their impressive recent record.
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McKIMM MAKES A GOOD POINT
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WANDERERS LET OFF THE FIREWORKS IN THRILLER
FIREWORKS were on display at Cherrywood Road in a game that crackled and fizzed with plenty of bang for your buck.
EZE DOES IT WITH DAZZLING DISPLAY
BOLTON loanee Dubem Eze stole the limelight with a scintillating first-half display, culminating in a stunning strike on the cusp of half-time which effectively wrapped up the points for the Magpies in the battle of the promotion chasers.
SEAGULLS FLY HIGH IN DEFEAT
WESTON-super-Mare boss Scott Bartlett I was proud of his team's performance, pushing Bristol Rovers to within 25 minutes of penalties.
BENBOW SENDING OFF HITS THE PICS
RUSHALL OLYMPIC manager Adam Stevens pointed Re to the dismissal of striker Luke Benbow as a key moment.
HEARTBREAK AS SHRIMPER DREAM DIES AT THE DEATH
Maher's mad at dramatic collapse
TIME TO POPP THE CORKS AS NILE BECOMES A DERBY HERO
KETTERING Town ignored the 78 places gap to down local rivals Northampton Town with a stunning performance at Sixfields.
