Blyth Spartans News

19 January 2011

Exec Committee Meeting (17 Jan 2011)

MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE MEETING ON MONDAY 17 JANUARY 2011 Attendees: A Platten, K Scott, C Baxter, J Freeman, S Frake , J Young, A Bowron. Apologies: S Ord. Guest: A Seghini

17 January 2011

FA Trophy Draw

Blyth have been drawn at home to Droylsden in the last sixteen of the FA Trophy to be played on Saturday, 05/02/2011 . The full draw is - No Home KO Away. 1 Dorchester Town or Eastbourne Boro...

16 January 2011

Blyth Spartans 2 Altrincham 1 (Match Photos)

A selection of match action photos by Bill Broadley from the FA Trophy game between Blyth and Altrincham, which saw the Spartans progress to the next round after a brace of goals from Paul Brayson...

16 January 2011

Blyth Spartans 2 Altrincham 1 (Chairman’s Reaction)

Blyth Spartans' Chairman Tony Platten believes victory over Altrincham in the FA Trophy can be a catalyst for further success both on and off the field at Croft Park.

16 January 2011

Blyth Spartans 2 Altrincham 1 (Manager’s Reaction)

Blyth Spartans' manager Mick Tait was full of pride in his team's performance after a scintillating display against Blue Square Bet Premier side Altrincham in the FA Trophy. . Tait said: "We were...

16 January 2011

Blyth Spartans 2 Altrincham 1 (Match Report)

Blyth Spartans AFC moved a step closer to Wembley thanks to a tremendous team performance and two strikes from Captain Paul Brayson, who celebrated scoring his 50th goal for the club.

15 January 2011

Gillespie Heads Back To Carlisle

Following the completion of the match against Altrincham, goalkeeper Mark Gillespie has returned to his parent club Carlisle United.

14 January 2011

Tait Desperate For Dan

With Mark Gillespie's loan spell from Carlisle United ending after tomorrow's match with Altrincham, Blyth Spartans' manager Mick Tait has moved quickly to secure the signing of former Ilkeston Tow...

14 January 2011

Blyth Spartans v Altrincham (Radio Details)

BBC Newcastle will be broadcasting full commentary of the FA Trophy tie with Altrincham this Saturday afternoon. . North East Sport is on-air from 14:00, with a full preview of our match, and the...

13 January 2011

Russ Tippins @ The Social Club

Blyth Spartans Social Club presents Russ Tippins Electric Band playing a selection of 70's Blues-Rock, Zepplin,Thin Lizzy, Hendrix.

13 January 2011

Premier Sports TV

Premier Sports TV have teamed up with the football conference to offer fans a special 2 months for half price promotion. With lots of games still be shown live, fans can watch a game pretty much ev...

12 January 2011

Blyth Spartans v Altrincham (Match Preview)

The players of Blyth Spartans AFC will be looking for history to repeat itself against Altrincham in the 2nd round of the FA Trophy this weekend. Spartans won a memorable Trophy match in the first...

12 January 2011

Blyth Spartans v Altrincham (Full Radio Coverage)

The Club is pleased to announce that BBC Radio Newcastle will be providing full match coverage for our FA Trophy against Altrincham this Saturday, Barry Hindson and Dave Andrew will be providing th...

12 January 2011

Dave Clarke - Hall of Fame

The phrase ‘right move at the right time' could have been invented for Dave Clarke. The popular ‘keeper signed for Spartans from Gateshead United in the summer of 1977 and his heroics during the cu...

9 January 2011

Nuneaton Town 3 Blyth Spartans 2 (Match Report)

It was pouring goals at the Triton Showers Community Arena as Blyth Spartans FC lost a two goal lead and succumbed to a late winner in their second defeat of 2011.

7 January 2011

Blue Square Bet – December Awards

Due to the poor weather conditions in December and the shortage of matches in the three Blue Square Bet divisions, it has been decided to cancel the ‘player of the month' and ‘manager of the month'...

6 January 2011

Blyth Spartans 2 Droylsden 4 (Match Photos)

Blyths 11 match unbeaten came to an end after suffering a home defeat to a strong Droylsden side; looking to make the play offs. Here are a selection of photos from the match by Bill Broadley;

5 January 2011

Port of Blyth POTM - Dec 2010 (Presentation)

Prior to the home game against Droylsden, Colin Bassam of the Port of Blyth was on hand to present Wayne Buchanan with the Port of Blyth Player of the Month for December 2010.

4 January 2011

Blyth Spartans 2 Droylsden 4 (Match Report)

Blyth Spartans suffered their first defeat in almost 3 months following a controversial afternoon at Croft Park.

3 January 2011

Confirmed - Droylsden Game On

There was no over night frost last night, therefore our home game against Droylsden goes ahead as scheduled with a 3pm KO at Croft Park. Thanks goes to the ground staff a for their work on the pitc...

3 January 2011

Workington 1 Blyth Spartans 1 (Match Report)

Blyth Spartans had to settle for a share of the spoils in Cumbria after a competitive New Years Day encounter at Borough Park.

2 January 2011

Droylsden Match On

Our match at home tomorrow (3pm Kick Off) against Droylsden has been given the go ahead after a pitch inspection this morning, there may be a further inspection tomorrow morning but only if there i...

31 December 2010

Droylsden Monday

Due to the current condition of the Croft Park pitch (No snow but large areas still frozen with standing water unable to drain) There will be a pitch inspection Sunday 2nd Jan, updates will be publ...

31 December 2010

Workington New Years Day

Our away game at Workington looks very much like going ahead, however this will be confirmed this afternoon.

31 December 2010

Workington Game On

A pitch inspection has been carried out at Workington today (31st December) and tomorrow's game has been given the go ahead. The team coach leaves at 10.30am complete with hangovers (players excepted)

28 December 2010

Port of Blyth POTM - Dec 2010

WAYNE BUCHANAN - DECEMBER 2010 The month of December saw the Spartans play only one game, but what a cracker it was!

27 December 2010

Alftreton Game Called Off

Tomorrow's (Tuesday) away fixture against Alfreton has been called off after a pitch inspection today, it was still snowing onto the existing frozen pitch during the inspection. This adds yet anoth...

24 December 2010

Club Shop open between Christmas & New Year

The Club Shop will be open from 2pm to 4pm on Wednesday 29 December.

24 December 2010

FURTHER PITCH INSPECTIONS ! - ALFRETON & WORKINGTON

Due to the prevailing weather conditions there will be 2pm pitch inspections on Monday 27th Dec and Friday 31st Dec on the days prior to our away games against Alfreton and Working respectively. An...

24 December 2010

BOXING DAY MATCH OFF

Our home game against Workington on Boxing Day was called off today due to the amount of snow on the pitch. The actual playing surface is also frozen underneath the snow. The re arranged date will...