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Blyth Spartans midfielder Stephen Turnbull has described the mood in the dressing room as “fantastic” as they look to barge their way into the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League play off spots. Spartans, thanks to their FA Cup exploits, are playing catch up with their league fixtures and are facing midweek fixtures from now until the end of the season. That hasn’t stopped them going on a run of one defeat…
23 year old Stuart Bramley has today signed for the club. As an 18 year old Wallsend-born Stuart, who can play at right back or centre back, went on a scholarship to the USA to play in Arkansas. He later went on to play a season for Dallas in the NPSL. He returned from the States recently and was on trial with Macclesfield Town in the transfer window. He had…
Resilience appears to be a quality the current Spartans squad has in spades. It was certainly in evidence in Thursday evening at Ramsbottom in coming back from two goals down in the dying minutes to draw 3-3. “The way we kept going was great. Out players showed their outstanding dedication to the club,” said Blyth manager Tom Wade. “Getting the draw in a gripping finale was sweet. We should have…
Blyth Spartans midfielder Matthew Wade wants his side to cut out the “silly goals we are giving away” as they look to restart their play off push. Thursday night’s draw at Ramsbottom United – their fourth draw in a row – was secured with a dramatic spell that saw late goals from Ryan Hutchinson and Dan Maguire wipe out a two goal deficit. However Wade is frustrated that his side…
“We played with pace, enthusiasm, energy and commitment,” said Spartans manager Tom Wade after his side’s 1-1 draw at Croft Park against Barwell on Tuesday evening. He added: “The only thing missing was better finishing. “We played really well at times and our work rate was outstanding. We scored a fantastic goal through Jarrett [Rivers] and by half an hour in to the game we should have been out of…
Injuries to two key players were instrumental in Blyth not securing all three points at Croft Park on Saturday according to boss Tom Wade. “We did all right really, “he said. “But when Wadey [Matty Wade] and Hutchy [Ryan Hitchinson] got injured it was a disaster for us. With Danny Parker they are our three proper defensive players. Fullbacks Damen Mullen and Alex Nicholson like to bomb on and centre…
After seeing Blyth Spartans pegged back by a controversial late penalty against Rushall Olympic, striker Dan Maguire was “disappointed” with his side’s inability to kill off the game. It was Maguire who gave his side the lead in the twelfth minute and despite the visitors getting back on level terms, a brace from Michael Richardson seemed to have got Spartans back on track with half time approaching. However Aaron Williams…
Spartans manager Tom Wade was disappointed that his team failed to come away with three points from Nantwich on Tuesday. “If we’d played them on a Saturday we’d have won it comfortably,” he suggested. It was a long journey down to Cheshire and we arrived late, which didn’t help us. Even so some of the football we played was awesome. We were passing the ball for fun and we were…
After playing his part in Spartans convincing away win at Stourbridge, midfielder Stephen Turnbull stressed the importance of the victory to his side. A midweek defeat at home to Ilkeston put an end to a nine game unbeaten run by Spartans so the win over the Glassboys was “essential” according to the former Hartlepool United man. “I thought we actually played well against Ilkeston and deserved a draw at least…
A new physio has taken up his position on the Blyth bench. Chris Bell, who is still registered as a player for the Spartans, takes on the role following the departure of Bev Doherty. Chris is in his second spell at Croft Park. “I joined the club about ten years ago when John Charlton and Graeme Clark were in charge,” he said. “I wanted more game time than I was…