The draw for the first round of this season’s Northumberland Senior Cup has been made and Spartans have been given a bye to the Quarter Final stage. Also given byes were Ashington, Bedlington Terriers, Newcastle United Reserves and Whitley Bay. The three first round ties that will take place on the week beginning Monday 8th October are: 8/10/12 Team Northumbria v Morpeth Town 9/10/12 Alnwick Town v North Shields 10/10/12…
Match reaction after the Chorley game – Tommy talks
A sleepless night for a disappointed Tommy Cassidy was followed by a more comfortable morning following the Spartans 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Chorley. “With us one goal up at half time I said to the players that we must concentrate, not concede, and that if we played to our potential we could win the game. We needed five or six of our players to give everything to…
Blyth Spartans 3 Marine 3 (More Photos)
More images from the 3-3 draw with Marine. Pictures coutesy of Media Image Ltd.
Vipond urges Spartans to put defeat behind them
Shaun Vipond has called on his Spartans team-mates to put tonight’s home defeat to Chorley behind them quickly as they prepare to welcome Workington to Croft Park this coming Saturday. The Reds are next up for Spartans in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round and midfielder Vipond expects his side to recover. He said “Tonight is obviously very disappointing, being one up at half time you expect to go on…
Sloppy start to second half killed us says Grant
Spartans keeper Conor Grant feels that the slow start that his side made to the second half ultimately cost them a chance of taking all three points in tonight’s 1-3 home defeat to Chorley. The former Gretna and Dundee United man was helpless as he conceded two goals inside the first ten minutes that saw Spartans half time lead wiped out. He commented “We went in one up at half…
Blyth Spartans 1-3 Chorley
Blyth Spartans 1-3 Chorley Croft Park Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Tuesday 18th September Attendance: 332 After a five match unbeaten run Spartans were brought back down to Earth as a lacklustre second half performance allowed Chorley to comeback from one down at half-time to take all three points. Phil Airey had given Spartans the lead on the half hour mark and it was a lead they took into the interval…
Blyth Spartans v Chorley Programme Preview
Blyth Spartans supporters will be sure to give a big hand to one of Chorley’s players this evening – as Ciaran Kilheeney returns to Croft Park. On this ground in an FA Trophy Third Round tie back in 2011, Kilheeney turned keeper and infamously escaped punishment for using his fist to knock Michael Tait’s goal-bound header off the line, before scoring a late equaliser to force a replay. And, despite…
Spartans supporting our troops
Regular viewers of Sky Sports’ Saturday morning show “Soccer AM” will be aware of a feature they run showing photographs of our armed forces wearing the shirts of the teams they support. On a regular basis Spartans receive requests for shirts from our armed forces and the club always tries to accommodate as many of these requests as possible. One such request this week was made a priority by the…
Chorley(h) Match Preview
Saturday’s late late show at Matlock Town ensured that Spartans made it five games unbeaten in all competitions and they will look to make it six as Chorley make the trip to Croft Park tonight. Tommy Cassidy will await news on the fitness of centre back Carl Jones after the former Gateshead man missed with win at Matlock Town but otherwise should have a fully fit squad available. Striker Craig…
Blandford and King Depart
The club can announce that Scott Blandford and Paul King have left the club. The club would like to thank them for their efforts at Croft Park.