Blyth’s 4-1 victory on Saturday in their friendly against Clitheroe at Croft Park was judged by assistant manager Colin Myers as ‘very pleasing.’ However Myers, who was in charge of the team in the absence of boss Tom Wade, was not entirely happy. “The big thing about the game was the fact that we played so strongly in the final 20 minutes,” he said. “We finished much stronger than Clitheroe…
Company shares for sale
Thanks to the generosity of a Blyth Spartans supporter and shareholder, the Club is now in a position to offer for sale a number of shares in the Company. The shares will be sold in multiples of fifty at their face value of 50p each. Proceeds from the sale will be used to facilitate and supplement the Playing Budget, Team Transport and the general running of the club. For enquiries…
Nolan delight at first home goal
Spartans striker Rob Nolan declared himself “delighted” to have grabbed his maiden Croft Park strike after netting a brace in the 4-1 win over Clitheroe. The former North Shields forward netted in last Saturday’s impressive win at Whitley Bay but got off the mark in front of the Croft Park faithful with a wonderful twenty five yard effort. He went on to add to that late on with a rather…
Mason feeling ready for new season
Spartans winger Lee Mason put in an impressive performance in the 4-1 win over Clitheroe and revealed it was “great” to get ninety minute on the pitch as he prepares for the new season. The former Hartlepool United man suffered a disjointed start to last season suffering a hamstring injury in pre-season that affected the early part of his campaign but seems to be hitting form and most importantly fitness…
Blyth Spartans 4-1 Clitheroe
In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Blyth Spartans 4-1 Clitheroe Saturday 27th July Croft Park Attendance: 166 Pre-Season Friendly Striker Rob Nolan hit his first goals for Spartans at Croft Park since his summer move from North Shields and set his side on their way to a comfortable win over Evo-Stik Northern Premier League First Division side Clitheroe. Nolan wasn’t the only player scoring his maiden…
Radio Northumberland confirm away day live coverage
Radio Northumberland have confirmed the following Spartans Evo-Stik Northern Premier League away fixtures have been chosen as being broadcast live on the station: Saturday 17th August – Marine Saturday 21st September – Witton Albion Saturday 30th November – FC United of Manchester Saturday 15th February – Stafford Rangers Saturday 22th March – Illkeston Also every home game in every competition at Croft Park will be covered live as well as…
Morpeth Town venue switched
Please that the scheduled game away at Morpeth Town has had to be switched to Croft Park. The revised details of the game are as follows: – Opponent: Morpeth Town Venue: Croft Park, Blyth Date: Tuesday July 30 Kick off: 7.30pm
Blyth Spartans 0 Gateshead 2 (Match action photos)
A selection of match actions photos by Bill Broadley from the pre-season friendly with Conference Premier neighbours, Gateshead. The game proved to be a good workout for a weakened Spartans side, which saw the visitors leave as winners following two second half goals from Maddison and Marwood; two players who have in the past appeared for the Spartans. (The following set of images are from the first half only).
Gateshead game – Colin Myers’ thoughts
Despite losing 2-0 at home to Gateshead on Wednesday Blyth’s assistant manager Colin Myers was pleased with his squad’s showing. “It was an excellent work out for us,” he said. “Gateshead had a lot of possession but you would expect that from a full time club. What was especially pleasing, in the first half particularly, was how we held our shape defensively. We got men behind the ball and defended…
Blyth Spartans 0-2 Gateshead
In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Blyth Spartans 0-2 Gateshead Wednesday 24th July Croft Park Attendance: 377 Pre-Season Friendly In a surprisingly low key friendly Spartans were comfortably beaten 0-2 by Conference side Gateshead at Croft Park with both goals coming from players who had short spells in the green and white. With Assistant Manager Colin Myers in charge in the absence of Tom Wade a…