{"id":6428,"date":"2022-03-18T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/?post_type=players&#038;p=6428"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:42:46","slug":"james-montgomery","status":"publish","type":"players","link":"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/players\/james-montgomery\/","title":{"rendered":"James Montgomery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The goalkeeper joined for the final two months of the season in March 2022, re-joining the club for the third time after previously signing in 2017 and 2020, lifting the National League North title at the end of the 2021\/22 season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Montgomery made 21 appearances following Gateshead&#8217;s return to the National League the following season, including one at Wembley Stadium in the FA Trophy final.<\/p>\n<p>The fan favourite departed at the end of the season having made 72 appearances across three spells on Tyneside, before returning on a one-month loan from Spennymoor Town in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery made a further eight appearances during his one-month loan, and then returned on a short-term deal until the end of the 2023\/24 season after his release from Spennymoor, which saw him appear in his second FA Trophy final in as many seasons and lift silverware after helping Gateshead to a penalty shoot-out win under the Wembley arch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Player of the Month: October 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22313\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22313\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-22313\" src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/gateshead-fc\/assets\/images\/loading.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-MONTGOMERY-TROPHY-1-110524-RM-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22313\" src=\"https:\/\/gateshead-fc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/J-MONTGOMERY-TROPHY-1-110524-RM-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript> Photo: Ryan McDermott | @themedia_hq<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22683,"template":"","class_list":["post-6428","players","type-players","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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