Worcester City 1 Blyth Spartans 0 (Match Report)

1st May 2011

Blyth Spartans went out with a whimper in their final league game of the season against Worcester City at St George’s Lane on Saturday. Kyonn Evans scored the only goal of a dismal game after seven minutes as Blyth were unable to find the net for the fifth game running, before making the long journey back to the North East. After a terrific mid-season, in which they were the form…

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Senior Cup Final Date Confirmed

Blyth Spartans will face Newcastle United Reserves at St James’ Park in the final of the Sage Northumberland FA Senior Cup on Wednesday May 11th. Kick-off is at 7pm and supporters will enter the ground via the East Stand turnstiles. Admission will be £5 for adults and £2 for concessions. This will be Blyth’s ninth attempt to reclaim the trophy they last won in 1994, with the Magpies second-string having…

1st May 2011
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Blyth Spartans 0 Guiseley 0 (Match Report)

26th April 2011

With the Easter weekend getting off to a disastrous start at Boston, Blyth Spartans managed to resurrect their form slightly in their final home game of the season against Guiseley on Monday. The hosts were fortunate not to be trailing at the break after a first half in which the visitors did everything but score. In the second period, however, it was Blyth who looked the more likely to get…

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Boston United 5 Blyth Spartans 0 (Match Report)

24th April 2011

Blyth Spartans were punished for switching off in the closing stages of both halves as promotion-chasing Boston United secured a place in the Blue Square North play-offs by smashing five past the visitors at the Jakemans Stadium on Saturday. The game was over as a contest when the Pilgrims scored three goals within the space of five minutes before the break and rounded off a disappointing day in Lincolnshire for…

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Spartans To Play Newcastle Reserves In Senior Cup Final

20th April 2011

Blyth Spartans will face Newcastle United reserves at St James’ Park in the final of the Sage Northumberland Senior Cup, following a 2-0 victory for the magpies second-string against Ashington CFC on Wednesday night. Spartans booked their place in the final – for which a date has not yet been confirmed – last month with a win by the same score-line against Newcastle Benfield. In the second semi-final Peter Beardsley’s…

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Open Forum Reaction

18th April 2011

The Executive Committee of Blyth Spartans are looking to secure new sponsorship deals before the start of next season, as the club strives to continue their progression both on-and-off the field. Despite budget cuts earlier in the season and Manager Mick Tait (pictured left) having to work with a threadbare squad Blyth currently sit in a healthy eighth in the Blue Square Bet North. Speaking at the club’s open forum…

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Blyth Spartans 0 Gloucester City 2 (Match Report)

10th April 2011

At a sun drenched Croft Park somebody should have reminded the Blyth Spartans players that they’re not on their holidays just yet as Gloucester City took full advantage of a lacklustre display from the hosts. Spartans could only name three substitutes out of a possible five for this Blue Square Bet North fixture, and the end of the season can surely not arrive quickly enough for manager Mick Tait as…

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Stalybridge Celtic 0 Blyth Spartans 0 (Match Report)

7th April 2011

Long road delays on the journey to Cheshire and back meant the visitors had to endure an eight hour round-trip, and on the pitch both sides discovered the route to goal was also blocked as Stalybridge Celtic and Blyth Spartans played out a 0-0 draw at Bower Fold. With two contenders for the league’s golden boot – in Celtic’s Phil Marsh and Blyth’s Paul Brayson – on show, not many…

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Hinckley United 5 Blyth Spartans 1 (Match Reaction)

4th April 2011

“The one positive I can think of is that we’ve only lost three points” were the words of Mick Tait after watching his side slump to a 5-1 defeat at Hinckley in the Blue Square Bet North on Saturday. And the Blyth Spartans manager couldn’t have summed up his side’s performance any better on a day to forget in Leicestershire. But far from castigating his players Tait knows better than…

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Hinckley United 5 Blyth Spartans 1 (Match Report)

3rd April 2011

It is getting increasingly difficult to predict which Blyth Spartans is going to turn up these days. After the 6-2 mauling of Vauxhall Motors last weekend Mick Tait’s side put in a woeful display at the Greene King Stadium and got exactly what they deserved against a resurgent Hinckley United. The Knitters gained revenge for a 4-0 defeat at Croft Park in February as this time it was the Blyth…

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