The final game of the season against Burscough, also marked the last Blyth match for longtime SpartansFan Mick Scott before he emigrates to New Zealand in June. Mick, who wrote the “and then the corner flag fell down” book detailing his Spartans life, has followed the Spartans up and down the country for years and his famous ‘lobster song’ is a must for any away game. To mark his final…
A photo gallery of the SpartansFans who attended the Burscough away game. The game marked the end of the 2008/2009 campaign and saw about 200 Spartans head over to the North West to cheer the lads on. Should you be interested in travelling away with the Supporters Clubs to future matches, please use this link
This year three supporters correctly predicted that the Spartans would score 74 goals in all competitions up to and including the last game of the season. Following the game against Southport, a draw was made in the social club by Blyth Spartans supporter Tony Young and witnessed by fellow supporter Ian Burt. Mrs Doreen Young was declared the winner and will receive a season ticket for Blyth Spartans for next…
Date/Time: 18 April 2009 @ 12.30 Present: Andrew Westgarth, Jeff Young, Anthony Seghini, Deborah Wall, Martin Hunter, Dave Charlton, Bobby Bell and Derek Birdsey Apologies: Scott Dewhurst, Dave Wall and Brian Bell Correspondence: Usual array of bills, orders and requests Shop: Retail unit looks like it will go ahead in the next month Additional shirt order has been made for inclusion in the club shop. New pens and scarves are…
The success of the TWO buses to the last game of the season (v Burscough) has shown that there is a growing interest in watching the Spartans play their away games. As a result the Supporters Club will look to run more buses next season to afford SpartansFans the opportunity to cheer the lads on. Should you be interested in travelling with us (even if it would only be to…
The two buses are now sold out, we will still take peoples names (and numbers/email addresses) to form a reserve list and should this list be sufficient we will look at running a third bus, but the interest would have to be strong. Should you have your name on the list and for whatever reason you do not intend to travel, we would be grateful if you could let us…
The supporters’ club are looking into running a couple of buses to Burscough on 25 April 2009 for the final league game of our 2008/2009 Blue Square North campaign. The coach will leave Croft Park, Blyth at 9am (additional pick ups and drop offs can be arranged but this must be done with prior notification) and the cost of the bus will be £15 for adults with children under 14…
Date/Time: 4 April 2009 @ 12.30 Present: Andrew Westgarth, Jeff Young, Brian Bell, Anthony Seghini, Deborah Wall, Martin Hunter, Bobby Bell, Scott Dewhurst and Derek Birdsey Apologies: Dave Wall and Dave Charlton Correspondence: Various bills have been received and actioned Shop: Various stock items have been received, we are still awaiting delivery of quite a bit of stock Retail unit looks like it will go ahead in the next month…
(Information up to date as of 3 April 2009) As with previous seasons www.spartansfans.co.uk will be awarding its traditional ‘Player of the Season’ award to the player with the highest average merit mark at the end of the season. To be eligible a player must still be at the club and have played in at least half of the games that season. Merit marks are awarded by various individuals and…
CHRIS McCABE – MARCH 2009 The month of March saw the Spartans play in an incredible 9 games, including 8 in the league (in which they were only beaten once) which has seen them slowly drag themselves away from the bottom of the Blue Square North. Whilst there is still a great deal of work to be done until we are mathematically safe, this work load will be increased by…
