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A game too far, was how Spartans’ manager Tom Wade described Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Nantwich Town at Croft Park. “We’ve been carrying injured players for a few weeks now,” he said. “That, coupled with two suspensions, meant we struggled a bit at the weekend. “We started sharply enough and looked as if we would kick on but we gave away a silly goal when we failed to close down…
In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Blyth Spartans 2-2 Nantwich Town Saturday 5th October Croft Park Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Att: 381 A spirited second half fight back from Spartans ensured they overcame a two goal deficit at the break and took a point from Nantwich Town. Second half goals from Arjun Purewal and Dan Maguire meant that Tom Wade’s side remained in the Evo-Stik Northern…
Ahead of tomorrow’s home game with Nantwich Town Spartans have completed the signing of former striker Ash Davis. The forward completed his move from Whitley Bay and if selected will be available for the game against The Dabbers. After a spell with Whitby Town Davis arrived at Croft Park in August 2012. He made seven appearances for Spartans last season scoring two goals in the process. They both came in…
ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant EVOSTIK PREMIER DIVISION Venue: Croft Park, Blyth (NE24 3JE) Date: 5th October 2013 Kick Off: 15:00 SCORE UPDATES / MATCH COMMENTARY Twitter Radio Northumberland ADMISSION £10.00 for Adults £5.00 for Concessions £1 entry into the Port of Blyth Stand TEAM NEWS With the opportunity to go top of the league with a victory and other results going our way, Blyth will be looking…
Spartans manager Tom Wade will go into Saturday’s home fixture with Nantwich Town celebrating his 150th game with the club. Having spent time as an Assistant Manager and Caretaker Manager at the club he was finally installed as Manager following the departure of Paddy Atkinson in March. Since then Wade has overseen an impressive start to the current campaign that sees Spartans sitting in third place in the Evo-Stik Northern…
Early last season local young filmmaker Alex Ayre produced a short documentary on former Spartans kitman and member of our Hall of Fame Tony Kennedy. The club were delighted to find out that Alex’s documentary won him the “2013 Chris Anderson Award for Best Young Filmmaker” at the Berwick Film Festival. The Chris Anderson Award celebrates talented young filmmakers aged 19 and under from North East England, the Scottish Borders…
The club have announced that by mutual agreement striker Robert Nolan is available on loan. Interested clubs should contact Blyth Spartans via General Manager, Ian Evans, at generalmanager@blythspartans.com
DAN MAGUIRE – SEP 2013 The club can announce that for the month of September, the Port of Blyth Player of the Month has been awarded to Dan Maguire. Given the last couple of seasons that the SpartansFans have had to endure it was pleasing that this month’s award could have been awarded to several players, but it was Nipa’s tireless work rate and attitude which has sealed the award,…
After the success and popularity of the Blyth Spartans AFC Official Podcast last season the show will return next Monday. Produced in association with Radio Northumberland the podcasts will be released every two months throughout the 2013/14 season. The first release of the new season will feature a joint interview with Spartans Manager Tom Wade, Assistant Manager Colin Myers and Goalkeeper Coach John Bottensien as they discuss the club’s impressive…
On Saturday Blyth’s fixture was at Barwell, which is located just on the edge of Bosworth Field where King Richard the Third was killed in 1485. It was a story of human tragedy; slaughter on a massive scale as limbs were hacked off and bodies trampled under-foot. The Battle that is – not the Evo-Stik game which, in contrast, only witnessed a bleeding nose suffered by Barwell’s Richard Lavery and…