Buchanan praised young Spartans

14th October 2012

A 0-2 away defeat to Buxton will be seen as a negative outcome for many but to Spartans captain Wayne Buchanan there were plenty of positives, no more so than the performance of several of the younger members of his side. The likes of Damon Mullen and Darryll Donnelly started the game whilst Jake Turnbull and Daniel Maguire made appearances from the bench in the second half and showed that…

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Buxton 2-0 Blyth Spartans

Buxton 2-0 Blyth Spartans Silverlands Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Monday 13th October Attendance: 342 After a week dominated with matters off the pitch Spartans returned to action on it with a 0-2 defeat at Buxton. Paddy Atkinson stepped up to the role of Caretaker Manager with Tom Wade returning to the club to take up the role of assistant manager and their first team selection was a tricky one for…

14th October 2012
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Tom talks . . .

He’s delighted to be back. Make no mistake about it. New Blyth assistant manager Tom Wade was very clear how happy he was to return to Croft Park. “I supported the Spartans as a lad growing up in the town, and this is my club!” he said. “I’ve been a caretaker manager, assistant manager and coach here and it’s an honour to be back with an important role to play.”…

12th October 2012
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Tom Wade joins Spartans

The Club is pleased to announce that following coach Paddy Atkinson’s agreement to take up the role of caretaker manager his long time friend and associate Tom Wade has agreed to join the Club as his assistant. Paddy and Tom worked together at Benfield when they won the Northern League in 2008/9. Tom has managerial experience at Gateshead, Newcastle Blue Star and Harrogate Town. Tom will accompany the team to…

11th October 2012
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Martin Brittain Leaves Blyth

11th October 2012

The club can announce that midfielder Martin Brittain has been released. The former Newcastle United winger, signed last month, made only three appearances for Blyth. The club would like to wish him all the best in his future career.

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Manager leaves – latest

Spartans Chairman Tony Platten has, this morning, talked to Coach Paddy Atkinson and club Captain Wayne Buchanan about the dismissal of manager Tommy Cassidy. Further conversations will be held with them tonight at training, which will go ahead as planned. Mr Platten assured supporters that every effort will be made to keep them up to date with any developments and that further statements will be issued in due course.

9th October 2012
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Manager Dismissed at Blyth

After a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Club on Monday evening it was unanimously decided to terminate the contract of manager Tommy Cassidy. Mr Cassidy was informed of this decision at the Club on Tuesday morning. The Club would like to thank Mr Cassidy for his work whilst at the Club

9th October 2012
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Flying the flag

8th October 2012

Blyth Spartans has a long running association with the British Royal Navy vessel HMS Blyth. This week the club recieved an update from Commanding Officer Tim Davey, informing everybody at the club that the replacement Spartans flag that was sent to the ship had been recieved and was being put to good use already. Spartans arranged for a new flag to be sent to the crew of HMS Blyth after…

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Congratulations!!!

7th October 2012

Everybody at Blyth Spartans would like to offer their congratulations and best wishes to our defender Joe Kendrick and his wife Laura after the birth of their new baby. Joe announced the news on his twitter account on Saturday and their new baby boy is called Leo Joseph Kendrick. On behalf of players, officials and supporters well done to all three of you and we hope to see Baby Leo…

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Skipper issues rallying call

6th October 2012

After a weekend that saw his club’s exit from two cup comptitions in the space of seventy two hours Spartans skipper Wayne Buchanan has called on his team mates to remain positive and feels that it’s the only way forward for the club as a whole. Last Saturday’s 1-4 defeat in the FA Trophy at Witton Albion was followed by an FA Cup exit at the hands of Blue Square…

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