1st Team

A fund raiser for Children’s Wish Foundation in Calgary, Canada had a bit of a Spartans flavour to it this weekend, as the lead singer of the band for the night, Chris Sore of the ‘Ad-Hoc Band’, donned his new Spartans shirt for the performance. Chris, originally from Haltwhistle, bumped into a few SpartansFans in a service station on their way to a game earlier this season and having followed…

Darlington’s draw with Gateshead on Saturday (giving them a 3-2 aggregate victory over Gateshead) will see the Spartans represented at Wembley in a small way, as Darlington’s young centre half, Dan Burn (pictured left), a product of the Blyth Spartans youth set up, heads out on to the Wembley turf to face Mansfield Town’s Steve Foster. The 19-year-old, who stands 6 foot 8, has slowly but surely worked his way…

Two Nuneaton Town supporters, Ben Adams and Gary Chandler, arrived at Croft Park on Saturday to watch Nuneaton Town take on Blyth Spartans. Nothing particularly strange in that, other than the two lads walked 212 miles to get to the game to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support! The two lads arrived safe and sound at Croft Park prior to kick off and were presented to the crowd before the…

Blyth Spartans’ manager Mick Tait was too modest to say but the return to the side of his son, Michael, proved the midfielder to be the vital cog in his Blyth side’s renaissance on Saturday. The Spartans secured an admirable 1-0 victory over top of the table Nuneaton and Tait junior, back after a hamstring injury, was both authoritative and influential. Boss Tait however was pleased with all his charges….