In tonight’s match with Stalybridge Celtic the Blyth Spartans captain Gareth Williams will make his 350th appearance for the club. Signed from Whitley Bay at the start of the 2000 season ‘Cheeks’ has grown from a squad player, into one of the team’s most consistent performers as well as the Club Captain. Well done Cheeks!
101 Great Goals (Gary Brown)
Blog Site ‘101 Great Goals’ is a site which reviews the football world in general, as well as highlighting the best goals of the weekend. The site’s blog published today includes ‘two brilliant goals that you won’t have seen’ featuring a goal from Michalis Konstantinou of Omonia Nicosia in the Cypriot League, as well as the ‘howitzer’ from our very own Gary Brown! Cheers to SpartansFan Fergus Dowd for forwarding…
Mark Bell Signs Contract
Prior to Saturday’s game with Stafford Rangers, Blyth Spartans goalkeeper Mark Bell put pen to paper on a deal that will see the Bishop Auckland based stopper stay at Croft Park for this season, as well as the 2009/2010 campaign. Signed from West Auckland, the ‘keeper has had a fine first season with the club, capped by a few stunning displays in front of the Setanta cameras and has settled…
New Signings
Blyth Spartans have today signed WARREN BYRNE from Shildon FC and striker STEVEN SHAW from Ryton. Former player CRAIG PRICE (pictured below) has also been signed from Chester-Le-Street.
Blyth Spartans 2 Stafford Rangers 1 (Sponsors)
This is a photo gallery showing the sponsors of the 21 March 2009 Blue Square North clash between Blyth Spartans and Stafford Rangers. Should you be interested in getting involved in sponsoring the Spartans see the Commercial section for more details. Match Sponsor – The Masons Arms ______________________________________________ Match Ball Sponsor – www.splittingpixels.co.uk ______________________________________________ Man of the Match Sponsor – GDM Computer Consultants ______________________________________________
Rotary Club Make Presentation
Prior to Saturday’s match with Stafford Rangers the George Robson of Blyth’s Rotary Club presented the Club with a framed shirt to commemorate their recent excellent run in the FA Cup. The shirt was originally purchased by Frameworks of Blyth and used as window display during the run, the framed shirt will now be on display at Croft Park as a reminder of the epic run.
Blyth Spartans 2 Stafford Rangers 1 (Match Report)
Saturday 21st March 2009 Blue Square North Blyth Spartans 2 Stafford Rangers 1 Attendance – 502 Blyth Spartans: Paul Farman, Kenny Boyle, John Brackstone, Gareth Williams, Richard Pell, Andy Leeson, Adrian Webster (sub Adam Laidlaw 90mins), Gary Brown, Robert Dale, Marc Walton (sub Sean Reay 46 mins), Simon Todd (sub Alex Gildea 72 mins). Subs not used: Stuart Banks & Ged Dalton Spartans now remain unbeaten in 6 games. A…
Spartans U9 6 Seaton Burn Youth 1
This was Spartans last game of the current league on 21st March, before the new mini-league starts with the top six teams. Spartans had already qualified for this league before the game and looking at how they started the game, it was just as well. Seaton Burn started the better team with Spartans looking as if they had just got out of bed. Although we had chances through both Lewis…
Gareth Williams – Suspension
Following Gareth Williams’ red card on Saturday his one game suspension will ‘kick in’ on the 4 April 2009 meaning that he will be unavailable for the Vauxhall Motors match.
Post Stafford Rangers Reaction
Following Tuesday night’s fiery performance in taking three points from Championship challenging AFC Telford Blyth Spartans were strangely lethargic on Saturday when they entertained Stafford Rangers. At least they were until manager Harry Dunn delivered a rousing battle cry at half time which turned the game around and helped deliver another precious victory which hauled the Spartans just out of the Blue Square North relegation zone. “We actually started the…