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It’s been a busy week for Blyth Spartans with a return for midfielder Paul Robinson and a whole host of players committing themselves to the club for the 2015/16. Here is the best of the week in quotes from everyone involved Paul Robinson on returning to the club from Whitley Bay: ““It is great to be back and in all honesty I should have never left this place. I am…
On the back of one of his most impressive seasons with the club Blyth Spartans captain Robbie Dale has signed a new deal with the club. The winger hit the twenty two goals in fifty five appearances last season, including a memorable brace in the FA Cup Third Round against SkyBet Championship side Birmingham City as Spartans pushed the Midlands outfit all of the way, only to lose by the…
Blyth Spartans midfielders Neal Hooks and Matthew Wade have agreed to sign new deals with the club for the new season. For Hooks the new deal will take him into the fourth season of his second spell with the club and his seventh in total. The former Ilkeston Town player will also be certain to pass the 250 appearance mark for Spartans during the new campaign. After agreeing his stay…
“Disappointing” was how Blyth Spartans striker Ash Davis described missing out on the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League play-offs. However after agreeing to stay with the club for the 2015/16 season the former Whitley Bay frontman is already targeting an improvement in the sixth place finish Tom Wade’s side achieved last season. “I am very happy to be staying with the club as last season I was really just there to…
There were many unique aspects to Blyth Spartans impressive 2014/15 season but surely possessing a player/physio must be right up there. Chris Bell joined the club for a second spell at Croft Park in July 2014 and after the departure of Bev Dougherty the former Consett player took over the role of physio, seemingly bringing to an end his playing career. However, injuries and unavailability thrust Bell back into the…
Defender Stuart Bramley has agreed to stay with Blyth Spartans as manager Tom Wade’s squad quickly take shape ahead of the new season. Bramley joined Spartans after a spell with American NPSL club Dallas City in March and made his debut from the bench in the impressive win at Kings Lynn Town in the same month. An injury to Ryan Hutchinson in that win gave Bramley his chance and he…
Over the summer we will be taking a look back at some of the memorable fixtures during a fantastic 2014/15 season for Blyth Spartans. On each Spartans Flashback there will be reports and reaction plus match photos and highlights when they are available. First up we head back to the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round win at Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division rivals Skelmersdale United. Match Report Skelmersdale United 1-4 Blyth…
After making a big impact at Blyth Spartans last season goalkeeper Nick Thomson has agreed a short-term deal to stay with the club until he returns to the United States. Thomson will be heading back to University in Boston in September but will remain a Spartans throughout pre-season and the early part of the new campaign. After agreeing to stay he revealed the impact the club has made on him…
Winger Arran Wearmouth will spend a third season at Blyth Spartans after committing to the club The former Middlesbrough youngster burst on to the scene in his debut season at the club, memorably hitting a goal on his full debut against Worksop Town in a thrilling 3-3 draw. Last season he had to patient to find a place in the team because of the form of wingers Jarrett Rivers and…
Defender Jordan Watson and the versatile Damen Mullen became the latest Blyth Spartans players to commit to the club for next season. Watson joined Spartans in August 2014 with the club facing a defensive crisis and went on to become a key part of the FA Cup and Evo-Stik NPL play-off push. The former Sunderland youngster had his season curtailed after undergoing a hernia operation but has quickly set his…