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The club can confirm that goalkeeper Robert Birdsall has been released by the club. The popular 21-year-old irishman joined from Tralee Dynamos last season and went onto play 12 games for the Spartans towards the end of the season as he battled for the number one shirt with David Knight. Manager Tommy Cassidy commented “Rob’s done well for us, but we have Matty Hunter and Conor Grant on the books…
The club can announce that Abu Saim and Chris Fairless have left the club. The duo have been trialling with the Spartans over the summer, but are not part of manager Tommy Cassidy’s plans as the new season kicks off on Saturday. The club would like to wish the duo all the best in the future.
Spartans can announce a trio of signings as they prepare for the new season in the shape of Ashley Davis, Scott Blandford and Paul King Davis (pictured below left) is a former Whitby Town frontman who played at the Turnbull under Tommy Cassidy and joins after impressing in the friendlies scoring in the Team North and Newcastle United games. Blandford (pictured below centre), who trialled with the Spartans under Paul…
Blyth Spartans can announce the signing of former Newcastle United striker Phil Airey. The 19-year-old Amble born front man, who can also play at right back, was released by the magpies over the summer and joins the Spartans on the eve of the new season. He scored twice for Newcastle (see below) as they cruised past the Spartans in the Northumberland Senior Cup Final in May 2011, he was also…
The club is delighted to announce that recently retired kit manager Tony Kennedy has been inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame. Having been involved in over 1000 games, having been present at some of the club’s most memorable days and having worked under numerous managers and players, Tony has always been a popular member of the club’s backroom staff. Always ready with a joke (admitedly not a funny one…)…
At the recent Sponsors Night the club were able to hand out their sponsored kits for the season just finished Alan Fitzgerald with Tony Platten Trish Fitzgerald and Robert Dale Malcolm Duncan with Tony Platten The club would also like to thank it other shirt sponsors for the season – Malaya Cage, Steve Howe, Stewart & Alexander Parker and Amihan Cage
Reflecting on his side’s 2-3 defeat at the hands of a youthful Newcastle United XI, Spartans manager Tommy Cassidy insisted there was still a chance for players to secure a starting lineup place in the season opener at Witton Albion next Saturday. The former Northern Ireland international said “I’m still undecided on my starting eleven for Witton next week and we have training on Tuesday and Thursday this week so…
Spartans brought the curtain down on their pre-season campaign today with a hastily arranged friendly against a Newcastle United XI made up of academy players at the Premier League club’s Darsley Park Academy. In a game scheduled to last sixty minutes Spartans finished the initial period 2-1 to the good with goals from Ash Davis and a second pre-season goal for Jordon Mellish. The hosts requested another fifteen minutes to…
Spartans’ pre-season campaign draws to a close tomorrow morning with a behind closed doors friendly against a Newcastle United XI. The game takes place at the Newcastle United Academy but there is NO admission to the general public. However live match updates will be available through the Spartans twitter feed which you can find here. If you are not a twitter user then updates will appear on the right hand…
Manager Tommy Cassidy launched into a scathing tirade against the state of Non League football at the club’s Open Forum this evening – as he asked for the fans to give him more time to assemble a squad for the upcoming season. Cassidy told those in attendance that a number of clubs were now spending “Silly money” to get players to their clubs and that it was “Ruining it for…