Blyth Spartans v Hallam | Saturday, 13 December 2025 - 15:00 | League

10-man Spartans managed a late 1-1 draw against Hallam FC after debutant Paul Dudgeon's strike cancelled out Brodie Litchfield's powerful opener.

Blyth started the game slowly making sloppy errors, leading to three huge chances for the visitors, with two of the chances falling to the back post which were not converted.

In a first half that felt very flat and disruptive for the hosts the best chances fell to Paul Van Zandvliet and Jesse Gomez whose efforts were placed just wide of the mark meaning the sides were level at the break

Half time: Blyth Spartans 0-0 Hallam FC

The second half was immediately thrown into chaos as Andy Evans' late tackle on Hallam captain Danny South caused the referee to hand him his second yellow card of the match, handing the countrymen a huge advantage.

The disruption caused by Hallam in the first half continued into the second period frustrating Spartans; however it paid off as they caught Spartans cold with one direct ball in behind the defence, latched onto by Litchfield and smashed past Callum Dobson at the near post excellently handing Hallam the lead.

Positive changes from manager Marc Nash meant Gomez and Kyle Downey were replaced by Zach Simpson and debutant Paul Dudgeon, sparking a fightback from Spartans as they pushed to level the game.

With Spartans pushing further up the pitch they left themselves exposed at the back leading to a huge chance for Hallam to double their lead as a neat ball was slipped through by Litchfield to South. South's initial effort was saved superbly, then followed up by Benefit Ndlovu whose strike was touched away with an outstretched leg from Dobson.

That double save proved to be a crucial one as moments later Simpson found a yard of space on the edge of the box and fired a shot towards goal smashing the post as Dudgeon followed in and nodded home to level the game with just minutes left of the 90.

Despite seven minutes of additional time being added on at the end, that proved to be the final act as the score mirrored the one played out in Sheffield all the way back in September.

Full time: Blyth Spartans 0-0 Other Team

Goalscorers: Litchfield 58', Dudgeon 88'

Yellow cards - Andy Evans (x2), Paul Van-Zandvliet 74'

Red cards: Andy Evans 46'

Referee - Harvey Websdale