Eastwood Town 0 Blyth Spartans 0 (Match Reaction)

After two consecutive draws in the Blue Square North, Blyth Spartans manager Steve Cuggy is urging his players to take full advantage of the upcoming home games against Droylsden and Boston united to ensure they put a difficult start of the season behind them. Blyth have taken just six points from their opening seven fixtures and Cuggy believes their next task is to start turning draws in to wins. In…

4th September 2011
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Eastwood Town 0 Blyth Spartans 0 (Merit Marks)

4th September 2011

Detailed below are the marks for the Eastwood Town V Blyth Spartans match played on Saturday 2nd September 2011. The merit marks were awarded by Andrew Dodds. Team 1. David Knight – 8/10 2. Dan Groves – 7/10 3. Phil Cave – 8/10 4. Carl Jones – 7/10 5. Dave Coulson – 7/10 6. Wayne Buchanan – 7/10 7. Adam Forster – 7/10 8. Neal Hooks – 7/10 9. Graeme…

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Eastwood Town 0 Blyth Spartans 0 (Match Report)

4th September 2011

Following their epic 3-3 draw with Harrogate Town on Bank Holiday Monday – in which they twice came from behind to secure a point – it was always going to be a tall order for Blyth Spartans to emulate such a performance in Nottinghamshire on Saturday. Despite this being a game which Blyth manager Steve Cuggy would liked to have taken maximum points from, this 0-0 draw must still be…

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Eastwood Town v Blyth Spartans (Match Preview)

BLUE SQUARE BET NORTH Venue: Coronation Park, Eastwood (NG16 3HB) Date: Saturday September 3, 2011 Kick Off: 3pm Score Updates: Official Blyth Spartans Twitter feed Admission Details: Adults and Concessions – £4 Child (with Adult) – £1 GROUND DIRECTIONS Exit A1 at J35 and, at the roundabout, take the third exit onto the M18 ramp to Sheffield/M1/ Rotherham/M18 (S). Merge onto the M18 and, after approx. nine miles, this will…

2nd September 2011
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Spartans Sign David Knight

2nd September 2011

Blyth Spartans can announce the signing of goalkeeper David Knight (pictured left) on loan from Blue Square Bet North rivals Histon. David’s loan will take him up to and including the 3rd December 2011. The 24-year-old, Sunderland based ‘keeper, started his career at Middlesbrough and was part of the FA Youth Cup winning side that featured the likes of James Morrison, David Wheater and Adam Johnson. In his time at…

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Port of Blyth POTM – Aug2011

2nd September 2011

WAYNE BUCHANAN- AUGUST 2011 The opening month of the season has seen the Spartans turn in some cup type performances and, whilst we have had a couple of disjointed performances, some of the showings have probably deserved more points than has been achieved. One constant throughout this, has been the form of central defender Wayne Buchanan. Ever present so far, he has produced performances of skill and bravery and has…

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Liam Atkin Leaves The Spartans

The club can announce that defender Liam Atkin has left the club to return to former club Ashington. Manager Steve Cuggy commented “It’s a shame that it hasn’t worked out for Liam at Croft Park, but due to him getting some extra responsibilities at work, he’ll no longer be able to fully commit to Blyth.” “His departure is all perfectly amicable and we wish him well at Ashington. He will…

1st September 2011
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Progress in the Senior Cup?

Blyth Spartans can announce that they have been given a bye in the Northumberland Senior Cup and will now go straight into the quarter finals of the competition. The quarter finals will be staged in late November – More details will appear here when the draw has been made.

30th August 2011
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