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Spartans defender Arjun Purewal was delighted with the character his side showed as they fought back from two goals down to claim a point against Marine. For the second time this season the points were shared between the two sides and the former Darlington 1883 and Whitby Town defender felt that Spartans could have taken all three points. “We got caught cold by two early goals that we gifted them…
Following an early morning pitch inspection, the club can confirm that today’s home game with Marine (kick off 3pm) is ON
On loan striker Sonny Andrews has seen his temporary spell at Spartans ended early at the request of his parent club Spennymoor Town. Andrews made his debut in the 1-3 home defeat against Kings Lynn Town in late October, scoring his first goal three days later against Frickley Athletic. In total Andrews has made ten appearances for the club and scored five goals in the process. The last of those…
After witnessing his side’s 3-0 defeat at the hands of FC United of Manchester on Saturday Blyth manager Tom Wade said: “We never got going at all. The occasion got to us and we froze-and that applied to our senior players as well as the younger lads. It was hard to pick out anyone who had a good game although Conor Grant did well with some excellent saves. FC United…
Spartans midfielder Paul Robinson reflected on the defeat at the hands of FC United of Manchester by giving credit to the Rebels. A three goal defeat could have been worse as the home side swarmed all over Spartans and Robinson felt that he faced an opposition who will be “there or thereabouts” come the business end of the season. The former Whitley Bay man was honest in his assessment of…
“We missed a boatload of chances in the first half which would have finished off the game,” said Spartans’ manger Tom Wade after his side’s narrow 1-0 win at Bedlington in the Northumberland Senior Cup on Wednesday evening. “If we had been seven or eight up at the break I don’t think Bedlington could have complained,” he continued. “Despite the pitch being awful we tried to play good football and…
It seems Craig Hubbard is as lethal with his use of football cliches as he is with his goalscoring these days. The midfielder moved into double figures for the season with the winner over former club Bedlington Terriers, in the process ensuring Spartans moved into the semi finals of the Northumberland Senior Cup. Reflecting on the win Hubbard used one a well versed phrase when it comes to cup football…
Much of this season has been about looking forwards for Spartans manager Tom Wade. With a young squad in place most of the talk has focused on moving forwards and building for the future. However, in summing up the impressive and not to mention dramatic win over Rushall Olympic Wade looked to the more recent past feeling that it was a game that Spartans sides of the past would have…
They say timing is everything in football and for home debutant Paul Robinson there can never be a truer word spoken. The former Whitley Bay man made his Spartans home debut and marked it with a stunning late winner to help his side defy the odds to beat a battling Rushall Olympic side. Despite being down to ten men Spartans beat the Midlands outfit and Robinson admitted he “couldn’t have…
Going quietly about your business seems to be the way for Spartans midfielder Lewis Horner. The former Hibernian man has made an impressive start to his career at Croft Park and walked away with another man of the match award for his performance in the dramatic late win over Rushall Olympic. However he was keen to shrug off personal acclaim and focused on a team performance that ensured his side…