Halifax Town came from behind to beat Gateshead 2-1 in a match that produced five goals in a frantic opening to the second half and tested both sides' composure throughout.
Gateshead settled quickest. Kenton Richardson put the visitors ahead after nine minutes, and they carried that advantage with reasonable authority until Aidan Elliott-Wheeler levelled for Halifax just before the half-hour. The teams went in level, but the real drama arrived almost immediately after the restart.
Within the first two minutes of the second half, Jevon Mills and Angelo Capello were both booked, and Mark Beck put Halifax ahead before the clock had moved past 48. The period between the 46th and 58th minutes saw further cautions for Capello and Elliott-Wheeler, suggesting both sides were unsettled and physical in the exchanges around the area.
Gateshead responded. Billy Waters drew them level on 67 minutes, and the match appeared finely balanced with twenty minutes remaining. A flurry of substitutions followed, with Ben Radcliffe, Levi Amantchi and Harry Chapman all introduced around the 72nd minute, and Owen Bray and Jay Turner-Cooke entering shortly after.
Beck settled the contest on 75 minutes, his second of the evening giving Halifax the lead they would not relinquish. Josh Home added a late fourth in the 81st minute to confirm the scoreline and hand Halifax a comfortable final margin after an evening that had looked considerably tighter for most of its duration.
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