Blyth Spartans are delighted to welcome back least season’s Player of the Year Richard Pell, who has signed from Blue Square North side Alfreton Town for an undisclosed amount. Terms have been agreed with the player and with Alfreton Town and we are now just waiting for the final confimation from the Conference. The 27 year old centre back drew worldwide acclaim for his performances in last season’s FA Cup…
Senior Cup Draw
Blyth Spartans have been drawn away to Ashington, in the semi final of the Tynetec Northumberland Senior Cup. The other semi final sees Newcastle United Reserves travel to Hillheads to take on Whitley Bay. News of when the game will be played will be posted here shortly
Revised directions to Workington
SpartansFans should please note an amended route into Workington for access to their ground following the flood damage to the Northside bridge. The revised directions are as follows: – A66 into Workington. At traffic lights at bottom of hill (Marks & Spencer diagonally to you right), turn left towards town centre. Approach lights in middle lane (Washington Central Hotel on your right) and turn right. Continue on this road passing…
MATCH OFF
After a pitch inspection by the match referee this morning todays match against Stalybridge has been call off.
Pitch Inspection – Saturday at 8am
There will be an inspection made by the referee, tomorrow morning at 8am, to see if the pitch is playable for the Stalybridge Celtic game. The outcome of the inspection will be published here as soon as the decision has been made.
Christmas Orders
SpartansFans should note that we can no longer ensure that gifts ordered through the Spartans online shop will be delivered in time for Christmas. We will, however, continue to process the orders as quickly as possible.
Spartans U10s 6 Tynemouth United Blues 2
Two catch up matches in two days, we were certainly taking advantage of “better” weather – at least it wasn’t raining. Tynemouth played a very defensive formation having all their players in their own half whenever we had the ball. This gave Lewis P freedom to roam in the first quarter as an extra midfielder, which caused them problems as he took advantage of the space and crossed in long balls…
HARRROGATE MATCH POSTPONED!- CORBY MATCH REARRANGED
Tonight’s (Tue 15th Dec) match against Harrogate Town has had to be postponed due to their Trophy replay against Gateshead, once the rearranged date has been agreed it will be confirmed on this site. It should be noted that our match away to Corby on 9th Jan 2010 will be rearranged due to our progress in the FA Trophy.
Blyth Spartans 2 Ilkeston Town 0 (More Photos)
A photo gallery from Steven Hadlow of the Blue Square North clash between Blyth Spartans and Ilkeston Town played on 12 December 2009. Steven has a new website showing his football photography, should you wish to view his work please click here. Should you wish to use any of the images attached please email Steven for permission.
North Shields Cougars 1 Spartans U10s 2
This was one of our catch up games and due to pitch availability at both North Shields and Blyth we both agreed to play this game on an artificial pitch at Complete Football. What an eye opener this was for the team. A small pitch, which was probably as long as our normal pitch is wide, and the team’s first time on astroturf led to an interesting game. Instructions to shoot at goal…