{"id":30496,"date":"2025-07-24T17:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/?p=30496"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:58:57","slug":"will-flint-joins-gateshead-fc-on-season-long-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/will-flint-joins-gateshead-fc-on-season-long-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Flint joins Gateshead FC on season-long loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gateshead FC is delighted to confirm the loan signing of Will Flint until the end of the 2025\/26 season.<\/h1>\n<p>The 19-year-old &#8211; adept as both a central midfielder and a central defender &#8211; joins on temporary terms from EFL League One side Doncaster Rovers for the upcoming campaign having already faced The Heed in July&#8217;s pre-season friendly between the two sides at Cantley Park Training Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Flint has made four first team appearances for Rovers, having been on the books with the club since the age of 13, and spent the 2024\/25 campaign on loan with National League North side Darlington, for whom he made 39 league appearances last term.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy alignnone size-medium wp-image-30515\" src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/gateshead-fc\/assets\/images\/loading.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/W-FLINT-10-240725-JM-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30515\" src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/W-FLINT-10-240725-JM-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got time to show the gaffer and my team-mates what I can do,&#8221; <\/em>said Flint.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Playing in the pre-season game [at Doncaster], the gaffer saw how I played against Gateshead and I liked the way that Gateshead played &#8211; the philosophy of how they like to play aligned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I like to get on the ball, pass forward, run forward and play out. 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