Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-3 Blyth Spartans

Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-3 Blyth Spartans Look Local Stadium Evo-Stik Northern Premier League 4th September 2012 Attendance: 167 A last gasp Craig Farrell goal ensured that Spartans won a highly entertaining game at Stocksbridge and completed the league double over the Yorkshire based outfit. It also means that Tommy Cassidy’s side have scored three goals in their last three games and played on the club’s followers nerves throughout all three…

4th September 2012
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Blyth Spartans 3-3 Marine

Blyth Spartans 3-3 Marine Croft Park Evo-Stik Northern Premier League 1st September 2012 Attendance: 367 A late goal from substitute Karl Noon denied Spartans a win in a rollercoaster of a match against a Marine side who lost their 100% record. Following the 3-1 win at Whitby Town on Bank Holiday Monday, Spartans knew they were in for a much tougher task against a side who had won all four…

1st September 2012
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Whitby Town 1-3 Blyth Spartans

Whitby Town 1-3 Blyth Spartans Turnbull Ground Evo-Stik Northern Premier League 27th August 2012 Attendance: 407 Goals from Phil Airey, Joe Kendrick and Robbie Dale ensured that Spartans put Saturday’s home defeat to Hednesford Town behind them in the best possible fashion and handed manager Tommy Cassidy a winning return to Whitby Town’s Turnbull Ground. On a day when the weather seemed to dictate how the action would be played…

27th August 2012
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Blyth Spartans 1-2 Hednesford Town

Blyth Spartans 1-2 Hednesford Town Croft Park Evo-Stik Northern Premier League 25th August 2012 Attendance: 325 A second half comeback from Northern Premier League title favourites Hednesford Town ensured the they became the first side since Lincoln United to take three points from Spartans in a Northern Premier League game at Croft Park. Following Tuesday’s morale boosting win over Stocksbridge Park Steels, hopes were high that Spartans would be able…

25th August 2012
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Blyth Spartans 5-0 Stocksbridge Park Steels

Blyth Spartans 5-0 Stocksbridge Park Steels Croft Park Evo-Stik Northern Premier League 21st August 2012 Attendance: 351 Northern Premier League football returned to Croft Park tonight in some style and it was all about the numbers game. It was six years since football at this level had been played at Croft Park, Tommy Cassidy gave four players their competitive home debut and a further two made theirs from the bench,…

22nd August 2012
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Witton Albion 2-1 Blyth Spartans

Witton Albion 2-1 Blyth Spartans Help For Heroes Stadium Evo-Stik Northern Premier League 18th August 2012 A late penalty consigned Spartans to an opening day defeat at Witton Albion on a day when the club should be celebrating the acheivements of Robbie Dale, who scored his 100th goal for the club. Manager Tommy Cassidy handed competitive Spartans debuts to Conor Grant, Tom Berj, Craig Farrell and Phil Airey as Spartans…

18th August 2012
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Newcastle United XI 3-2 Blyth Spartans

11th August 2012

Spartans brought the curtain down on their pre-season campaign today with a hastily arranged friendly against a Newcastle United XI made up of academy players at the Premier League club’s Darsley Park Academy. In a game scheduled to last sixty minutes Spartans finished the initial period 2-1 to the good with goals from Ash Davis and a second pre-season goal for Jordon Mellish. The hosts requested another fifteen minutes to…

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Blyth Spartans 1-3 Shildon AFC

A poor performance by Spartans was punished by Northern League side Shildon AFC at Croft Park tonight as the visitors gave Spartans a lesson in clinical finishing to run out deserved 3-1 winners. Goals from Johnson, Garvie and a Wayne Buchanan own goal ensured that Gary Forrest’s side got the win. Tommy Cassidy’s side had several chances but paid the price for some poor finishing and a below par performance…

8th August 2012
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Blyth Spartans 3-2 Team Northumbria

A Craig Farrell double and a Joe Kendrick penalty ensured that Spartans overcame a spirited fightback from Team Northumbria in their latest pre-season fixture. However a lacklustre first half showing showed that whilst the result was welcome, there is still room for improvement by Tommy Cassidy’s side, something that the Spartans manager and striker Farrell stressed in their post-match interviews. Although to put things in a positive manner the win…

4th August 2012
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Blyth Spartans 1-1 Dunston UTS

A late Joe Kendrick penalty ensured that Spartans drew their latest pre-season friendly tonight at Croft Park against FA Vase winners Dunston UTS. An early Galbraith free kick from all of twenty five yards had given the visitors the lead until Spartans were literally given the chance to equalise when Dunston defender Cattenach handled under pressure from Craig Farrell and Kendrick made no mistake from the spot. Spartans had the…

31st July 2012
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