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Two SpartansFans from Ireland, Fergus Dowd and Padraig Corrigan are making a three day trek from Ballymoat, Co. Sligo to Croft Park to raise funds for the RNLI. The journey will see the two lads travel using 11 modes of transport from lorry to bicycle in order to get to Croft Park in time for the Eastwood Town match on Saturday, 14 November 2009. The proposed journey is as follows:…
As with previous seasons, the Supporters Club have organised a private league in the main Fantasy Football League to see which SpartansFan would be best placed to lead the Spartans to glory (aside from current manager Mick Tait). Instructions to join the league are detailed below: – www.spartansfans.co.uk has invited you to play in their Fantasy Premier League called SpartansFans.co.uk. If you aren’t already playing the game then you can…
SpartansFans are to note that the Supporters Club A.G.M. will be held in the Sponsors Lounge of the Port of Blyth Stand on Thurday 30 July 2009. commencing at 7.15pm. All supporters are welcome to attend.
After the success of last year’s Season Review DVD, Blue Square have produced a similar FREE DVD for the 2008/09 season. The DVD includes the story of the season in the Blue Square Premier, culminating in the Play-Off Final at Wembley Stadium (featuring Spartans ‘Hall of Famer’ Adam Bartlett). There is more footage this year from across the season, as well as again featuring the Blue Square Premier Fan Awards….
The Supporters Club has a couple of vancancies on its committee and is looking for volunteers to fill up the positions. More details of what we do are included in the ‘About Us’ section which can be found on the left hand menu, but basically we are looking for people willing to come up with ideas and help us out in role of providing support for the Football Club. Should…
The above photo shows Nick Kinghorn proudly displaying his Spartans scarf on his Icelandic Trek in September 2008. The four day trek, which took in mountains, volcanos and lava fields, was done to raise over £2,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Part of the money was raised by SpartansFans who took part in the Spartanszone FC match last summer.
The end of the Premier League Season means that the winner of the annual SpartansFans Fantasy Football League Can be announced and for the second time the winner is Mark Oliver. Details of next year’s competition will appear on this section of the site when the details have been released by the official competition. Well down Mark!
As a follow up to the popular “Spartans Abroad” section of the website, we are keen for photos to be emailed to us which show SpartansFans showing their support for the mighty Spartans in places of interest in the UK as well, one such photo has been received from SpartansFan Tom Crane, who was a spectator at the 2009 World Snooker Championships in Sheffield. Should you have a story or…
The final game of the season against Burscough, also marked the last Blyth match for longtime SpartansFan Mick Scott before he emigrates to New Zealand in June. Mick, who wrote the “and then the corner flag fell down” book detailing his Spartans life, has followed the Spartans up and down the country for years and his famous ‘lobster song’ is a must for any away game. To mark his final…
Due to new people travelling on the buses we have decided to re-issue the rules for travelling on the Supporters’ Club coaches, these are as follows:- a). The bus will leave from Bishopton Street (in front of the Spartans Centre) unless informed otherwise. b). Pick ups and drop offs will be confirmed prior to the departure of the bus, no pick ups will be made in Blyth other than at…