Gateshead appoint Alun Armstrong as new Head Coach amidst ongoing club concerns

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00:00Gates said have confirmed the appointment of former Blythe Spartans

00:04and Darlington boss Alan Armstrong as their new manager,

00:08with Armstrong responding to criticism following his arrival.

00:13A little bit, but when you look at the overall picture,

00:16what I've done in my past, it's not too bad.

00:19Yes, the ending's...

00:20It's never great for a manager when you leave a club,

00:23when you get sacked from a club, it's never great.

00:24You get sacked for one reason, and that was underperforming,

00:27and that's what it was.

00:28And you've got to look at the years I'd done before that.

00:31And what I'd done at Darlington,

00:33compared to what it was when I first went in,

00:36it's a little bit deja vu, I will say that.

00:39But I turned that club around, it was in quite a bit of debt.

00:43I think I had nine players which took up the whole budget,

00:46and I turned them into a decent squad of players

00:49who had some great cup runs, great memories there.

00:52Top of the league, flying at one point,

00:54and then, as I say after that,

00:56it just never went our way.

00:58We lost players, never replaced them,

01:01and unfortunately I think after seven years in management,

01:04it took its toll.

01:05I built a team every six months,

01:07and I think it just took its toll on us,

01:09and I had to have a break from football, in all honesty.

01:11And Newcastle United, as well as Sunderland,

01:15are now awaiting the release of the new Premier League fixtures,

01:19which come out at nine o'clock on the 18th of June.

01:22I'd almost forgotten about that, to be honest,

01:25in amongst today, but of course that was there yesterday,

01:28and make it more difficult.

01:31I think the Derby games are obviously very intense games,

01:34and they are challenging for both teams,

01:37but I think we'll have the attitude that we'll look forward to it,

01:39and I think it's great for the area.

01:42I think it brings more energy and drama to the games,

01:48so let's bring it on.

01:49Change is a natural process that you go through in life,

01:53and a football squad has to evolve.

01:55It has to change.

01:57The same people coming back to form the same squad is not healthy,

02:00but that's always very difficult to do,

02:04because you're losing people that have given you,

02:06in some cases, absolutely everything in every moment,

02:09in every training session, in every game.

02:10Some people have done unbelievable things to help you achieve success.

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