Blyth Spartans v Garforth Town Match Preview.

Date: Saturday, 17 October 2026

Stadium: Croft Park

Time: 3:00pm KO

Ticket Prices: £12 for adults, £10 for blue light holders & veteran cards, £8 for concessions, 16+ and Students & £5 for u16s | 10 and under free entry with an accompanying adult.

Blyth Spartans will be looking to bounce back from their midweek defeat to high flying Liversedge as they welcome West Yorkshire side Garforth Town to Croft Park.

Spartans had won five league games in a row before facing The Sedge on Tuesday but were narrowly beaten despite a late surge after the hosts were reduced to 10-men.

Spartans do however remain unbeaten when playing at Croft Park this season and will be looking to extend that record further against The Miners.

The Visitors: Garforth Town.

Garforth Town, also known as the Miners, currently sit 10th in the NPL East division having picked up 20 points so far this season.

The Miners last fixture was on Wednesday evening against Guisborough Town, unlike Spartans last weekend Garforth couldn’t get the better of The Priorymen being defeated 2-0 on the road.

This continued a poor run in October for Garforth who have only won one of their last four which was against bottom of the league Hallam as they cruised to a 3-0 victory.

From The Dugout: Paul Marshall

Paul Marshall was appointed Garforth Town manager in October 2019 with the club in the NCEL Premier division.

Within his seven years managing The Miners he guided them back to the NPL East in 2023/24 after defeating Albion Sports in the play off final.

Since their promotion Garforth have become a regular figure in the NPL East and have proved to be a difficult side to beat recording back to back ninth placed finishes.

Last Time Out: Blyth Spartans 0-0 Garforth Town

A huge game for Blyth Spartans who knew three points would secure safety in their penultimate home game of the season.

The first clearcut opportunity fell Blyth’s way as Jack Foalle neatly touched the ball around the defender but couldn’t slide his effort home.

Garforth tried their luck from distance throughout the first half but Callum Dobson was on top form keeping the scores level.

A goalmouth scramble almost handed the Miners the lead from a set piece but Spartans managed to deal with the ball and clear it away.

Zach Simpson almost fired into the top corner from the edge of the box but Harry Flatters positioned himself excellently to keep the ball out.

Dobson was once again called into action late in the game as Rinor Ejupi broke in behind the Spartans defence he managed to earn Blyth a point saving the forwards effort with his foot and point proved to be pivotal at the end of the season with Blyth surviving relegation.

The Spartans’ Spread: Matchday Refreshment packages.

As always at Croft Park our refreshment facilities will be available for home and visiting supporters, choose from a range of options or indulge in all of them!

The Clubhouse offers an extensive range of beers, wines, spirits and soft drinks at very competitive prices.

Quick and friendly service: what's not to like?

The Shield and Skillet outlet, just next to the Clubhouse, is THE place to experience at a football ground anywhere in the region.

They have incredible options of great, freshly cooked, hot food of an unbelievable quality awaits.

There is adjacent seating so you can chill and have a chat about the match.

Bells Bottle Bar is found at the other end of Croft Park next to the must-visit Club Store.

Beer, hot drinks, fruit shoots, snacks and sweets are found there as well as their specialty cocktails. Special Spartans sophistication!

Matchday Programme: ‘The Spartan’
A new copy of the Spartan will be available to purchase on Saturday for £3.

This copy includes a new ‘When We Wore’ from the 2017/18 season forty years on from Spartans remarkable and memorable FA Cup run.

A section on how the Blyth Spartans Women’s team and their recent FA Cup run bringing the community together as they visited Newsham Primary School.

And a new section called the ‘Game Centre’ which puts fans' knowledge of football from across the world to the test, plus much more content packed into our matchday programme.

Don't forget to pick up your copy from the turnstiles and around the ground available for just £3 this Saturday.

Media Coverage:

You can follow all of the action on Saturday afternoon via our social media platforms and BlythLive on Mixlr from 2:50pm.