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By Stephen Burton Blyth Spartans endured a third successive pre-season loss as they suffered a heavy defeat to Blyth Town in the inaugural Gateway Cup. Dan Wilson opened the scoring on the half-hour before Ben Franklin doubled the host’s lead a couple of minutes before half-time. Seven minutes into the second-half Town made it three after a Spartans trialist turned the ball into his own net, before Louis Calvert made…
Callum Jacques Spartans suffered a 7-0 defeat to Gateshead at Croft Park in last night’s pre-season friendly. Blyth started the game with three trialists with more named on the bench. The visiting National League side were impressive and took the lead after 9 minutes before doubling their advantage eight minutes later. It was 3-0 to the visitors halfway through the first half before they added another in the 31st minute….
By Stephen Burton Two first-half goals cost Spartans dear as they slipped to defeat at a rain-soaked Daren Persson Stadium in their second outing of pre-season. It was a tale of two former Spartans for the hosts as Jamie Holmes put North Shields ahead on 20 minutes before Lee Mason struck just before halftime. Nicky Deverdics pulled one back from the penalty spot two minutes into the second half after…
By Callum Jacques Blyth Spartans began their pre-season schedule with a 2-1 win against Newcastle Benfield. It was the first game of the Nobby Solano era and the Saturday afternoon affair saw plenty of trialists appear at Croft Park, one of which gave Spartans an early lead in the 8th minute. Blyth controlled the game until the 31st minute when Benfield equalised through Glen Hargrave. Spartans took the lead in…
On the final day of the season, Blyth Spartans were defeated 5-1 at home to Brackley Town, which inevitably confirmed their relegation from the National League North due to results elsewhere in the league. Morgan Roberts completed a brace within 14 minutes and within 31 minutes Danny Newton also had his. Nicky Deverdics’ penalty in the second half pulled one back for Blyth, but 15 minutes later Dan Turner gave…
Blyth Spartans suffered a 2-1 defeat at Croft Park at the hands of Rushall Olympic in front of an attendance of 952 supporters. There could be little complaints as Rushall opened a two-goal lead going into the break, with goals from Owen Oseni and Ronan Maher into an empty net. After the interval Luke James pegged one back for Spartans, but momentum was stunted by the baffling dismissal of Will…
Blyth Spartans fell short on Good Friday as they were defeated 3-2 by Curzon Ashton in front of 1507 spectators.
Blyth Spartans’ winless run extended to 10 games in all competitions after a 2-1 defeat at home to Darlington. Matty Cornish put the visitors ahead after 12 minutes and Cameron Salkeld doubled their lead in the 65th minute. Zanda Siziba pulled one back for Blyth in the 89th minute, but it was too late for the Spartans to produce a comeback. The Spartans made just one change from Saturday’s 1-0…
At the third time of asking, Blyth and Scunthorpe finally faced off at Croft Park as Jon Shaw’s men managed a late draw.
Jon Shaw’s side were aiming to bounce back from Tuesday night’s narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Scarborough Athletic as Warrington Town were the visitors to Croft Park on Saturday afternoon.