By Jeff Bowron

FAITH: Scott Barrow

WHAT price loyalty? A trait so often lacking in the game today this week manifested itself against the odds on the banks of the Tyne.
After a troubled summer, Gateshead’s roll call on the first day of pre-season training numbered just eight.
A raft of trialists boosted numbers in typically baking conditions, but it’s what happened after the session that gave the Heed a huge boost.
Last season’s Player of the Year Scott Barrow had been courted by several National League clubs, including Harrogate, Halifax and Hartlepool.
Tentative inter...