EVOSTIK PREMIER DIVISION
Venue: War Memorial Athletic Ground, High Street, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands (DY8 4HN)
Date: Saturday 7th March 2015
Kick Off: 15:00
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ADMISSION
£10 for Adults
£5 for Concessions
FREE for U11’s with paying adult
GROUND DIRECTIONS:
Take the A1 southbound until the M18 turnoff for Sheffield
Merge onto M1
Continue down M1 until the A42 turn off Tamworth/Birmingham
Take M6 exit for Birmingham
Continue up M6
Turn off onto the M5 for Birmingham/West Bromwich
At junction take the A456 turn off for Kidderminster
3rd exit on the roundabout for A456
Next roundabout, take 2nd exit
Following roundabout take the 1st exit
Following roundabout take the 2nd exit
Following roundabout take the 2nd exit
Take a right up Stourbridge Road (A491)
Following roundabout, take 2nd exit
Take a left onto Enville Street (A458)
At the roundabout take the 3rd exit
The ground is straight ahead
TEAM NEWS
It’s a long journey on the road for Blyth on Saturday as we travel to new pastures, in the form of Stourbridge. Based in the West Midlands, Spartans and The Glassboys have only ever met once before, back in 1999 at Croft Park in the FA Trophy, with a 3-0 win for the home side. Spartans’ fixtures in the league are counting down as we head into mid March with 16 to be played, 8 on the road and 8 at home. Stourbridge are currently 13th in the table, only 2 points behind Blyth and in striving to reach the play offs, games like this could put a spanner in the works. A vital game awaits both sides.
Blyth have played well on the road of late, picking up points at tough opposition, including Rushall, Buxton and Ilkeston. Three points at the weekend could see us close the gap on the play off chasing sides. However we are unable to leapfrog any teams above with there being a gap of five points between us and 8th placed Barwell. Robbie Dale will be looking to get back on the scoresheet after his penalty miss against Ilkeston. From Blyth’s 15 away league games played, on only 4 occasions have the team not scored.
OPPOSITION MANAGER
Gary Hackett – ex player for Shrewsbury, Aberdeen, Stoke City, West Brom, Peterborough and Chester City. Been manager of Stourbridge since 2003.
DANGER MAN
Kayelden Brown – scored 2 goals in the last 5 games for Stourbridge
LAST TIME WE MET
9th October 1999 – FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round
Blyth Spartans 3-0 Stourbridge – goals from Stewart, Robson and an own goal.
RECORD AGAINST OPPOSITION
Played – 1
Won – 1
Lost – 0
Drew – 0
Scored – 3
Conceded – 0
MUTUAL FRIENDS
None Known
OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Howes
Assistants: Simon Brown and James Cox