Report | Morpeth Town AFC 0-1 Blyth Spartans | Techflow Marine Senior Cup |21/22

1st February 2022

BY Stephen Burton In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Techflow Marine Senior Cup Tuesday, February 1st 2022 MORPETH TOWN FC 0-1 BLYTH SPARTANS Connor Thomson’s goal fired Blyth Spartans through to the semi-final of the Techflow Marine Senior Cup, at the expense of Morpeth Town. Within moments of coming on, Thomson drilled in the only goal of the game on 68 minutes to set up a semi-final tie against…

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Report | Blyth Spartans 2-0 Gloucester City | National League North | 21/22

15th January 2022

By Stephen Burton In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Vanarama National League North Saturday, 15th January 2022 BLYTH SPARTANS – GLOUCESTER CITY Goals from JJ O’Donnell and Connor Thomson secured Blyth Spartans a hard fought three points at home to Gloucester City. O’Donnell struck his 11th goal of the season on 15 minutes, before Thomson fired in 10 minutes from time to seal the points. Spartans boss Terry…

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Report | Blyth Spartans 3-1 Spennymoor Town | National League North | 21/22

28th December 2021

By Craig Dobson In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Vanarama National League North Tuesday, December 28th 2021 BLYTH SPARTANS 3-1 SPENNYMOOR TOWN Blyth Spartans defeated Spennymoor Town in a frenetic fixture at Croft Park, with fine performances from Conor Thomson and Alex Mitchell inspiring the hosts to a crucial three points.  The hosts started brightly, with Dan Maguire seeing an early shot blocked before teeing up Thomson, whose effort was…

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Report | FC United of Manchester 0-2 Blyth Spartans | FA Cup Replay | 21/22

21st September 2021

In association with: ALANMcLEANFCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Emirates FA Cup Second Qualifying Round Tuesday, September 21st 2021 FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER 0-2 BLYTH SPARTANS Blyth Spartans put in a near-perfect away performance as Connor Thomson’s double helped them to a 2-0 win at FC United of Manchester. The forward grabbed a goal in each half as his side took the honours at Broadhurst Park and set up a trip to…

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Report | Spartans round off pre-season with emphatic Stockton win

7th August 2021

BY Stephen Burton In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Pre-season friendly 7th August 2021 BLYTH SPARTANS 5-1 STOCKTON TOWN Robbie Dale and Josh Gillies scored a brace apiece as Blyth Spartans thrashed Stockton Town 5-1 in their final pre-season match at Croft Park. Spartans went ahead after a quickfire blitz, with Gillies scoring twice within a minute, then Dale grabbing a third. Jamie Owens pulled one back for Stockton three…

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News | Connor Thomson signs new contract

4th May 2021

Blyth Spartans AFC is delighted to announce Connor Thomson has signed a new contract, keeping him at Croft Park for the 2021/22 season.  The former Blackburn Rovers forward joined Blyth last summer and quickly established himself as a key member of Michael Nelson’s squad.  Thomson, 25, featured 13 times before the National League North season was made null and void in February.  On signing his contract, Thomson said: “I’m very…

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Reaction | Thomson ‘over the moon’ with Telford point

11th October 2020

BY Niall Bromley Blyth Spartans attacker Connor Thomson is relieved to get the first point of the National League North campaign on the board.  Thomson played a starring role in Blyth’s 1-1 draw with AFC Telford United, in which Paul Blackett scored an 89th-minute equaliser for Michael Nelson’s side.  It was nothing more than Spartans deserved following an excellent second-half performance at Croft Park.  Thomson told blythspartans.com: “We’re over the…

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Arrival | Ex-Blackburn youngster joins Spartans

9th September 2020

Blyth Spartans AFC is pleased to announce the arrival of former Blackburn Rovers youngster Connor Thomson.  Thomson, 24, arrives at Croft Park having spent the last two seasons at National League North rivals Gateshead, where he briefly worked under boss Michael Nelson.  As a kid, Thomson spent time on the books of Carlisle United and then joined Blackburn’s academy in December 2014.  He represented the Championship side at under-23s level…

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