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Spartans’ manager Tom Wade described last night’s performance at Darlington 1883 as “the lowest point of the season.” “We were terrible,” he said. “I feel for the travelling support who made the journey. We gave a lot of our youngsters a breather but brought in five quality players and, on paper, it looked like a strong side. However it backfired. Sometimes you don’t realise what you have till it’s not…
In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Darlington 1883 5-1 Blyth Spartans Tuesday 12th November Heritage Park Doodson Sports Cup Second Round Att: 316 In the first ever meeting between the two clubs Darlington 1883 sent Spartans crashing out of the Doodson Sports Cup at the first hurdle. The Quakers had five different scorers on a night when Tom Wade’s side never got going and were deservedly…
The Evo-Stik Northern Premier League have now confirmed that Spartans will make the trip to Derbyshire to face Buxton this coming Saturday. The Bucks currently sit in eleventh place in the league and have won three of their nine home fixtures. Their last fixture at Silverlands ended in a draw as Marine’s Joe Fowler snatched a point for his side with an injury time goal to deny Martin McIntosh’s side…
Blyth Spartans can announce the signing of Darlington midfielder Paul Robinson. (Above: Robinson holds off former Spartans midfielder Stephen Turnbull) Robinson, 29 years old, started his career at York City, before moving onto Newcastle Blue Star. He then enjoyed a very successful time at Whitley Bay where he was dubbed the ‘Hillheads Maradona’, picking up three FA Vase winners medals along the way. A former teammate of current Spartans Rob…
ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant DOODSON SPORTS CUP Venue: Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland (DL14 9AE) Date: Wednesday 13th November 2013 Kick Off: 19:45 SCORE UPDATES / MATCH COMMENTARY Twitter ADMISSION £6 – Adults £4 – Concessions FREE – Under 5’s TEAM NEWS It’s the first game of the Doodson Sports Cup for Blyth and we are travelling down to Bishop Auckland to face the recently reformed Darlington 1883….
Theres’s only two days to go until the launch of Spartans supporter Ken Sproat’s comprehensive history of the club “We’re the famous Blyth Spartans”. Hosted by Spartans Senior Press Officer Mark Carruthers there will be some very familar faces on the night. Ken himself will be discussing just what it took to put the book together and will discuss the many interesting stories he has unearthed. He will also take…
Spartans make an all too rare short trip to Darlington 1883 on Wednesday night as we open our Doodson Sports Cup campaign for the season. We have received notice that the Darlington Fans Fundraising Group are to hold a bucket collection before, during and after the match to raise funds for two very worthy causes. Firstly they will be raising money for St Teresa’s hospice, a local hospice that helps…
Pride comes before a fall apparently but try telling that to Spartans manager Tom Wade. For his side the defeat at Grantham Town saw them achieve quite the opposite with fall being – in Wade’s own words – a “terrible first half” followed by a pride restoring second period full of determination and commitment. Ultimately Spartans came home from Lincolnshire empty handed but the former Gateshead manager hoped that the…
Robbie Dale has been many things at Blyth Spartans. Match winner and goalscorer amongst others but today in the defeat against Grantham Town another was added to the list as the winger took over in goal after the dismissal of Conor Grant. Remarkably the former Whitley Bay man kept a clean sheet in his forty five minutes between the sticks but was keen to pass on the credit to his…
Spartans striker Sonny Andrews was a frustrated figure after the defeat at the hands of Grantham Town. After getting his side back on even terms within two minutes of going behind the Spennymoor Town loanee felt his side could go on to win the game. However some poor defending and the dismissal of keeper Conor Grant allowed the home side to get back on top and Andrews insisted that spell…