Blyth Spartans are delighted to annouce that thanks to the generosity of Spartans and Hednesford Town fans, players and officials we were able to raise an excellent £300.41 for Callums Wish to Walk on Saturday. As you will be aware eight year old Callum Brown, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was mascot for Spartans for the fixture at Croft Park and Callum is preparing for a trip to St Louis,…

After Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Hednesford at Croft Park manager Tommy Cassidy was left paraphrasing a desperate Richard the Third. “A midfield, a midfield . . .my Kingdom for a midfield!” Centre-mid specifically. Cassidy commented: “We were not too bad in the first half but poor in the second. “Phil Airey’s goal after three minutes was a good one and we could have gone on to get one or two…

Spartans skipper Wayne Buchanan reflected on his side’s 1-2 defeat at home to title favourites Hednesford Town and believed that Spartans’ failure to come out after the break and replicate their first half showing cost them. He said “We were better in the first half and it was great coming in with a lead, but we came out in the second and didn’t get going and that was disappointing. After…

Blyth Spartans are delighted to announce that when we welcome Hednesford Town tomorrow we will also be holding a day of fundraising for local lad Callum Brown. Eight year old Callum lives in Seaton Sluice and suffers from Cerebral Palsy and is in the process of trying to raise £50,000 to allow him to have an operation in St Louis, USA which will enable him to walk for the first…