Following a referee’s inspection at 7.30 this morning today’s match against Nantwich has been called off because of a waterlogged pitch. Check this website for news of when the fixture will be re-arranged in an ever more congested last quarter of the season
Paddy Resigns
Manager Paddy Atkinson has handed in his resignation this evening – following a meeting with chairman Tony Platten. He is stepping down due to his increasing work commitments and feels that the timing of his departure will give the club sufficient time to organise a new management structure for next season. Atkinson is still committed to the club and has even offered to help Blyth with scouting, advice or any…
Kendal Town game on Radio Northumberland
The club can announce that Radio Northumberland will be covering the return fixture against Kendal Town on Tuesday 19th March. Spartans won 3-1 against the Mintcakes and the game at Croft Park will now be broadcast live by the station. That means that before the end of the season the following home fixtures will be covered by Radio Northumberland and the show start times are in brackets: Saturday 16th March:…
Head Shaving Event
Two local young women are to undertake a hair-raising stunt for charity. Well, hair-losing actually. Blyth Spartans supporters Shannon Haley (pictured top left) and Eleanor Imrye (pictured below right) are having their heads shaved at the Spartans’ Croft Park after a forthcoming match. 18 year old Shannon said: “I thought it would be good idea to raise money for Cancer Research as my Dad is recovering from the disease. I…
Charity suggestions wanted for Community Shield grant
As Spartans reached the First Round proper of last season’s FA Cup the FA have allocated the club £2000 of the Community Shield Fund. This means that a local charity can benefit from the donation and we want Spartans supporters to suggest three local charities who you feel deserve to recieve the grant. To qualify for the donation the charity can not be a national registered charity and MUST be…
Port of Blyth POTM – Feb 2013 – Presentation
Ahead of the match between Spartans and AFC Flyde, the Port of Blyth’s Player of the Month award for February 2013 was handed over to the impressive striker Dan Maguire.
Welcome back Callum
There was a very special guest at Croft Park for Saturday’s game against AFC Fylde as season ticket holder Callum Brown made his return from a life changing operation in St Louis. Callum had actually caught everyone by surprise by attending the Doodson Sports Cup fixture against North Ferriby United last Tuesday, despite only returning from the United States a few days earlier. To mark his return Callum’s favourite Spartans…
Tom talks – Kendal Town post match reaction
After standing in as manager for the night and seeing his side collect all three points on the road for the first time since September Tom Wade revealed that it was personal pride that was the motivation behind Spartans 3-1 win at Kendal Town tonight. After suffering Saturday’s home hammering at the hands of AFC Fylde there was plenty of pride to be restored for the Spartans players and they…
Grant – We all did our jobs
Spartans man of the match Conor Grant revealed his delight in not only his own performance but also that of his team as they came away from Kendal Town with a first league away win in almost six months. Two goals from Lee Mason and one from Stephen Turnbull gave Spartans the three points but it was Grant who walked away with the man of the match award after making…
We did it as a team – Mason
After taking the plaudits for his brace in Spartans 3-1 win at Kendal Town winger Lee Mason insisted it was a team effort that got the three points rather than any individual efforts. The former Hartlepool United man has really found his goalscoring touch in recent weeks and adding two more to his season tally at the Cosyseal Stadium but felt that the credit has to go to every player…