South Shields were tonight knocked out of the Durham Challenge Cup by holders Gateshead.
The Heed opened the scoring through Nathan Fisher with a shot into the bottom corner after 33 minutes. David Short made it 2-0 from the edge of the box on the second half, and Kyle Nix scored the third in the last minute.
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