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Spartans winger Lee Mason continued his comeback from injury in the 3-1 win at Whitby Town today and believes that the effort and determination shown by his team-mates was enough to deserve the win. The former Hartlepool United man said “It was a great win in my opinion, we deserved it in the end with the way we worked as a team, battled as a team and it’s a great…
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…
Blyth Spartans are delighted to annouce that thanks to the generosity of Spartans and Hednesford Town fans, players and officials we were able to raise an excellent £300.41 for Callums Wish to Walk on Saturday. As you will be aware eight year old Callum Brown, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was mascot for Spartans for the fixture at Croft Park and Callum is preparing for a trip to St Louis,…
Saturday saw Spartans brought back down to earth as league title favourites Hednesford Town came away from Croft Park with a 2-1 win but now Tommy Cassidy’s side head to his former club Whitby Town tomorrow in the second game of their bank holiday weekend double header. Midfielder Tom Berj missed the home defeat to Hednesford and is doubtful for the trip to the Turnbull Ground but is hopeful to…
After Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Hednesford at Croft Park manager Tommy Cassidy was left paraphrasing a desperate Richard the Third. “A midfield, a midfield . . .my Kingdom for a midfield!” Centre-mid specifically. Cassidy commented: “We were not too bad in the first half but poor in the second. “Phil Airey’s goal after three minutes was a good one and we could have gone on to get one or two…
Spartans skipper Wayne Buchanan reflected on his side’s 1-2 defeat at home to title favourites Hednesford Town and believed that Spartans’ failure to come out after the break and replicate their first half showing cost them. He said “We were better in the first half and it was great coming in with a lead, but we came out in the second and didn’t get going and that was disappointing. After…
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…
Blyth Spartans are delighted to announce that when we welcome Hednesford Town tomorrow we will also be holding a day of fundraising for local lad Callum Brown. Eight year old Callum lives in Seaton Sluice and suffers from Cerebral Palsy and is in the process of trying to raise £50,000 to allow him to have an operation in St Louis, USA which will enable him to walk for the first…
After Tuesday’s morale boosting 5-0 win over Stocksbridge Park Steels, Spartans welcome Hednesford Town to Croft Park as Tommy Cassidy’s side look to extend an unbeaten home run in the Northern Premier League that now stands at fourteen games with Lincoln United being the last side to take maximum points from Croft Park in this division on 3rd December 2005. Cassidy will have to wait on a fitness checks on…
After a fantastic five against Stocksbridge Park Steels on Tuesday night, Spartans entertain Hednesford Town in the first of a Bank Holiday double-header. Looking to add to a run of 14 home games unbeaten in the Northern Premier League – which stretches back to Boxing Day, 2005 and a 1-1 draw with Gateshead – Blyth welcome fourth-placed Town to Croft Park on Saturday afternoon (3pm kick-off.) The game will see…