In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Kendal Town 1-3 Blyth Spartans Tuesday 5th March Cosyseal Stadium Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Attendance: 148 The temperature may have been a little colder than Matlock Town in mid September but the result was the same as Spartans beat Kendal Town to gain their first Evo-Stik Northern Premier League away victory since that 3-1 win in Derbyshire. They achieved that…
Gateshead v Hyde FC, Season Ticket Holder Offer !
Confirming the admission arrangements for any supporters wishing to go to the Gateshead, v’s Hyde FC match this Saturday 9th March, 3pm KO. These are £14 Full and £9 Concession; however there is an offer from Gateshead that all Blyth season ticket holders can gain admission, on production of a season ticket, for the concession price of £9. The Club thanks Gateshead for their kind gesture.
Three more live games on Radio Northumberland
Radio Northumberland have announced they will be providing live coverage of three more Spartans home fixtures between now and the end of the season. The confirmed fixtures are Ilkeston Town on Saturday 16th March, North Ferriby United on Monday 1st April and our last home fixture of the season on Saturday 20th April as Grantham Town make the trip to Croft Park. Radio Northumberland’s Head of Sport Jonny Hall said…
Paddy’s thoughts on the AFC Fylde game
Spartans manager Paddy Atkinson has apologised to the fans for Saturday’s 5-0 defeat at Croft Park at the hands of AFC Fylde. “I hold my hands up, and so does the team. That performance was just not good enough. We’ve let the supporters down and we’ve let ourselves down,” he said. He added: “The goals we conceded were down to individual errors and our back five were poor. I would…
Blyth Spartans 0-5 AFC Fylde
In association with: ALAN McLEAN FCMA CGMA Chartered Management Accountant Blyth Spartans 0-5 AFC Fylde Saturday 2nd March Croft Park Evo-Stik Northern Premier League Attendance: 357 Spartans season of inconsistency continued as they failed to build on their 4-1 win over Ashton United in their last home league fixture with a very poor performance, going down to a five goal defeat against AFC Fylde. A nightmare opening to the game…
Goals from the North Ferriby game
You can now access the goals from Radio Northumberland’s live coverage of our Doodson Sports Cup defeat at home to North Ferriby United. Listen to the station’s Head of Sport Jonny Hall and our own Press Officer Mark Carruthers, who also has a half time chat with one special Spartans season ticket holder. Listen to the goals here Listen to Mark’s half time interview with Callum Brown here
Port of Blyth POTM – Feb 2013
DAN MAGUIRE – FEB 2013 The club can announce that the Port of Blyth Player of the Month for February 2013 is Dan Maguire. The striker was signed from Seaton Deleval in the summer and has been thrust into the starting XI as a result of Ryan McGorrigan’s injury and subsequent move to Gateshead, but he has grabbed the opportunity with hands. With goals in the Buxton and Ashton games,…
Tom’s thoughts on the North Ferriby game
Depth. That’s what it’s about according to Spartans assistant manager Tom Wade. After Tuesday’s 2-1 home defeat to North Ferriby in the Doodson Sports Cup Wade insisted that his side was never out of its depth against the League leaders but its failing was a lack of strength in depth on the bench. “To be honest it was quite an even game and we did pretty well, especially as we…
Executive Committee Minutes (25 February 2013)
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes – 25th February 2013 Attendees: A Platten, J Young, I Evans, K Scott, A Bowron, C Baxter, S Ord, J Freeman, S Frake Apologies: None 1. Minutes of previous meeting accepted Accepted. 2. Matters Arising – The loss of travel expenses for the cancelled Fylde match has still not been paid despite the League sanctioning payment. A date for the FA appeal has still not been…
Disappointing but time to focus for Mason
Spartans goalscorer Lee Mason revealed the disappointment in the camp at the Doodson Sports Cup exit at the hands of league leaders North Ferriby United but urged his side to put the defeat behind them and focus on their league campaign. He said “It’s disappointing not to go through but they’re a very good side, their passing and movement was excellent so we can’t take anything away from them but…