Gateshead FC have signed midfielder Josh Home to a new two-year contract with an option for a further 12 months. Home, who joined the club from Birmingham City on loan in December 2023, made 39 league appearances for Gateshead as they finished 18th in the National League last season. The 20-year-old has signed a deal until May 2028. 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.