The club can confirm that midfielder Simon Todd and defender Darren Craddock have left the club to join Durham City and Whitby Town respectively. The club would like to wish both players all the best at their new clubs and thank them for the efforts whilst at Croft Park.
New Physio Appointed
Blyth Spartans have acted quickly in replacing the departing Gary Neasham with the appointment of Susan Coates as the club’s physiotherapist. Susan spent the previous summer as physiotherapist to Durham Cricket Club second XI and is no stranger to Croft Park having stood in for “Neash” on a number of occasions. Susan will also become Mrs Dale next summer. Welcome Susan.
Blyth Spartans 3 Berwick Rangers 0 (Match Reaction)
Blyth Spartans manager Mick Tait was pleased with his side’s 3-0 defeat of Berwick Rangers in its first pre-season friendly. “Results are not that important in these games but it’s still good to win,” he said. “Pre-season is all about getting players fit but I thought we were excellent in the first half considering we’d only trained three times although we did run out of steam in the second half…
Blyth Spartans 3 Berwick Rangers 0 (Match Photos)
A selection of match action photos by Bill Broadley, from Blyth’s opening pre-season friendley against Scottish 3rd Division side Berwick Rangers, which saw the Spartans cruise to a comfortable 3.0 win.
Gary Neasham leaves the Club
Blyth Spartans regretfully announce that physiotherapist Gary Neasham has left after six years at the club to take up a full time position at Gateshead FC. Appointed at the start of the 2003-2004 season under the management of Paul Baker, Gary has been with the club through the Unibond Premier Division winning season and the remarkable FA Cup run of 2008-2009 under Harry Dunn and has often been one of…
Pre-Season Update
Blyth Spartans are gearing up for the new season with training having started and a batch of attractive pre-season friendlies on the horizon – with a discount ticket offer available. “We trained for the first time on Saturday,” said Blyth manager Mick Tait. “It went very well. I’d asked the lads to do some training on their own with friendlies starting on 10th July and I was pleased with their…
New Home Kit Revealed
Today saw the unveiling of the new Blyth Spartans’ home shirt for the 2010-2011 Blue Square Bet North league campaign. As with the last few seasons the kit will be manufactured by Italian Sportswear Giants ‘Errea’ and is, of course, in the club’s world famous Green and White stripes. The shirt proudly displays the logo of the club’s main sponsor ‘Dräger’ across the front of it and club partner ‘TyneTec’…
Blyth Spartans League Fixtures 2010 – 2011
Today saw the announcement of the fixtures for Blyth Spartans 2010-2011 Blue Square Bet North campaign, which are as follows: – Sat 14 Aug 2010 Solihull Moors (Away) Tue 17 Aug 2010 Stalybridge Celtic (Home) Sat 21 Aug 2010 Corby Town (Home) Tue 24 Aug 2010 Guiseley (Away) Sat 28 Aug 2010 Alfreton Town (Home) Mon 30 Aug 2010 Droylsden (Away) Sat 04 Sep 2010 Afc Telford United (Away) Sat…
Opening Day Fixture (v Solihull Moors)
The opening day of the 2010-2011 Blue Square Bet North campaign will see Blyth Spartans play away to Solihull Moors. The game take place on Saturday 14 August 2010 (kick of 3pm) The remaining fixtures will be announced here at 4pm today.
Fixtures for the 2010-2011 Season
The in line with league rules, the fixtures for our Blue Square Bet North 2010/11 season will be published on this site at 4pm today (Thursday)