Coming up against a former club is always some special but to come up against them in the FA Cup takes it to a new level and that is what faces Spartans midfielder Shaun Vipond. Today’s FA Cup Second Qualifying Round draw saw Spartans drawn against Vipond’s former club Workington, in a tie that will take place on Saturday week at Croft Park. Not that the Hexham born player is…
Familiar faces for Tommy in FA Cup
Spartans have been rewarded for their victory over Garforth Town with another home tie in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round and will face manager Tommy Cassidy’s former club Workington. The Borough Park club currently sit 12th in the Blue Square North with nine points from a possible twenty one. Before they travel to Blyth they face an away trip to Brackley this coming Saturday. Their last visit to Croft…
FA Cup draw today
The 1-0 victory over Garforth Town on Saturday was enough to see Spartans go into the draw for the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round. Phil Airey’s first half finish gave Tommy Cassidy’s men the win and they will go into the hat alongside some familiar faces as well as a host of sides we are yet to meet this season. North East sides Spennymoor Town, Shildon, Bishop Auckland and West…
Blyth Spartans 1 Garforth Town 0 (Match Action Photos)
A selection of match action photos by Bill Broadley from the FA Cup 1st round qualifier with Garforth Tn, which saw the Spartans battle to a 1-0 win and progress into the draw for the next round.
Garforth game – Tommy talks
Blyth Spartans manager Tommy Cassidy trudged along the touch line after the final whistle blew on Saturday feigning the wiping of sweat from his brow. It wasn’t the warm late summer sun actually having an effect, it was a sign of relief that the FA Cup first qualifying round game at home to Garforth Town had ended – with his side narrow 1-0 winners. “I was pleased it was over,”…
Work to do insists Paddy
Following his side’s 1-0 win over Garforth Town, Spartans assistant manager Paddy Atkinson was happy with the win but insisted that there was room for improvement and that it would come with hard work on the training ground. Atkinson, who returned to Croft Park this summer to assist Tommy Cassidy in the dugout said “We could have scored three or four in the first half alone but we have to…
Mason thinks Spartans ground it out
Spartans winger Lee Mason feels his side should be commended for their attitudes in difficult conditions in the 1-0 FA Cup win over Garforth Town today. High temperatures met the players as they walked out for kick off and it only got hotter during the game and whilst Spartans may have expected to roll over a side who are one division lower in the league pyramid but in reality had…
Town made us work says Utterson
Reflecting on Spartans 1-0 FA Cup win over Garforth Town, Shaun Utterson feels that his side didn’t underestimate their opposition but were made to work hard in difficult conditions. A scrappy game was somewhat ruined by high temperatures but Utterson feels that Town should take great credit for their attitudes. He said “In tricky conditions with it being so hot and coming up against a hardworking team it was a…
Win is all that matters for Hodgson
Spartans midfielder Sam Hodgson insisted that it was a case of the win being more important than the performance of his side as they secured a place in the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 over Garforth Town. Hodgson, who was awarded the Sponsors man of the match award said “We were not at our best today but in the FA Cup and any other cup…
Blyth Spartans 1-0 Garforth Town
Blyth Spartans 1-0 Garforth Town Croft Park FA Cup First Qualifying Round Saturday 8th September Attendance: 401 The attendence at Croft Park broke the four hundred mark for the first time this season and fans saw a first half goal from Spartans striker Phil Airey put his side through to the Second Qualifying Round of the FA Cup and give Spartans a hard fought 1-0 win over Garforth Town. Airey…