Image source, Getty ImagesHarry Chapman had an oustanding season for Gateshead in 2025-26
Harry Chapman has signed a one-year contract extension at Gateshead.
The 28-year-old was both the Heed's leading goalscorer and their players' player of the season in 2025-26.
He signed for the north east club in 2025 after helping Barnet to the National League title.
Image source, ShutterstockScunthorpe United have re-signed midfielder Jacob Butterfield on a player-coach deal.
The 36-year-old returns to the Iron after turning down a new contract with National League rivals Gateshead.
Butterfield scored 12 goals in 89 games for Scunthorpe between 2022 and 2024 before leaving for the Heed.
The Glanford Park side have not disclosed the length of deal the former Barnsley, Huddersfield Town and Derby County man has signed.
Image source, ShutterstockTyrelle Newton (right) has spent two seasons with Gateshead
Gateshead midfielder Tyrelle Newton has signed a new one-year deal with the National League club.
The 22-year-old has made 55 appearances for the club since joining in August 2024.
The Luton Town academy graduate played 40 times for Gateshead in his first campaign, but injury restricted him to just 15 appearances last season.
He joins midfielder Lucas Lowery and centre-back Ben Williams in agreeing new contracts with the club in recent days.
Midfielder Lucas Lowery has signed a one-year contract extension to remain at Gateshead until 2027.
The 19-year-old has played 10 games for Gateshead and spent much of last season on loan spells at the likes of Hebburn Town and Blyth Town in the Northern Premier League.
Gateshead centre-back Ben Williams has signed a new one-year contract.
The 21-year-old made 15 appearances in all competitions for the Tynesiders in the 2025-26 campaign.
Williams came through the Gateshead academy after joining from Sunderland and signed his first professional contract with the club in 2024.
He also had a brief spell on loan at eighth-tier side Ashington between February and April this year.
Image source, Getty ImagesGateshead have signed defender Tommy Lavery from Sunderland on a two-year deal.
The 20-year-old, who plays primarily at right-back, joined the Black Cats academy at the age of nine but did not make a senior competitive appearance.
Lavery spent the 2025-26 season on loan at NIFL Premiership side Cliftonville and then National League club Halifax Town, where he made nine appearances in all competitions.
"I know what the National League is like now. I know how to win games," Lavery told the Tynesiders' club website.
"I feel like I've got experience in the game from last year, so I 100% know what we need to do this year and I'll help the team as much as possible."
Image source, ShutterstockMidfielder Josh Home playing for Gateshead
Josh Home has signed a two-year contract extension with an option for a further 12 months with National League side Gateshead.
The 20-year-old midfielder joined the Tyneside outfit from Birmingham City on loan in December 2023 before making his stay permanent the following season.
Home, who has signed a deal until May 2028, made 39 league appearances for Gateshead as they finished 18th in the fifth tier last season.
Gateshead remain in the hunt for a new manager after Rob Elliot and assistant Louis Storey both left to join Carlisle United.
Elliot departed for Cumbria last month and both clubs announced on Wednesday evening that Storey, 32, had turned down a new deal as player-coach at Gateshead to join him.
Storey has joined Carlisle as solely a coach, not a player.
Image source, Getty ImagesFenton John's only goal for Gateshead came in their FA Cup win at AFC Wimbledon this season
Fenton John has signed a two-year contract extension at Gateshead, which will keep the midfielder at the National League club until 2028.
The 22-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough campaign for The Heed last season, making 47 appearances in all competitions.
The club have also taken up the one-year options in the contracts of defenders David Ferguson and Brad Nicholson, and goalkeeper Adam Desbois.
But Max Melbourne, Carter Milmore, George Shelvey, Oli Thompson and Connor Pani will be released, with the latter supported in his rehabilitation from a ruptured Achilles tendon injury.
Gateshead are currently without a manager after Rob Elliot left the role following a successful stint in charge where he helped the club avoid relegation.
He was appointed as Carlisle boss the day after his Gateshead departure was announced.
