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Left the club in October 2023.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Williamson first joined up to train with the Heed during the 2018\/19 pre-season schedule before being offered a contract at the club soon after.<\/p>\n

In January 2019, Williamson was named as an official player-coach as part of newly named manager Ben Clark\u2019s coaching team and would take on the role of player-manager later that summer.<\/p>\n

Williamson guided the club to a Vanarama National League North play-off semi-final in his first season in charge and had The Heed in 10th place during the ill-fated 2020\/21 season, two points away from the play-off places.<\/p>\n

He led Gateshead to the Vanarama National League North title in his third season as manager after being ranked as 20\/1 outsiders in pre-season, ending the 2021\/22 season with 94 points and 99 goals scored.<\/p>\n

He was also named as the National League North\u2019s Manager of the Season following The Heed\u2019s historic title-winning campaign.<\/p>\n

Williamson guided Gateshead to a 14th<\/sup>-placed finish in their first season back in the National League the following season, and became the first manager to take the club to the FA Trophy final.<\/p>\n

The player-manager called time on more than five years with the club in October 2023, departing to join League Two side MK Dons alongside Ian Watson and Chris Bell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16523,"template":"","class_list":["post-407","players","type-players","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMike Williamson - Gateshead FC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/players\/mike-williamson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Williamson - Gateshead FC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Left the club in October 2023. 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