Blyth Spartans A.F.C.
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| Full name | Blyth Spartans Association Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Spartans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Croft Park Blyth |
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| Chairman | Tommy Hedley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Harry Dunn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Conference North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | UniBond Premier, 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blyth Spartans F.C. are a football club based at Croft Park in Blyth, Northumberland, England, currently playing in the Conference North. They are currently managed by Harry Dunn.
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[edit] History
The club was formed in September 1899 and joined the Northumberland League in 1901. In 1907, they joined the Northern Alliance, winning the league title in the 1908-09 and 1912-13 seasons. Success in 1912-13 resulted in the club moving to the North Eastern League, a semi-professional league. They were league champions in 1936-37.
In 1958, when the North Eastern League became defunct, Spartans joined the old Midland League.
In 1964 the club joined the Northern League, turning amateur. They proved to be extremely successful, winning the title ten times in 29 seasons. In the 1993-94 season, the club decided to turn professional again, and joined the Northern Premier League.
The club won the Northern Premier League in the 2005-06 season, gaining promotion to Conference North. All told, Blyth won a treble of the Unibond Premier League, the Unibond Chairman's Cup and the Peter Swailes Memorial Shield. Striker Robbie Dale finished with the highest goals tally in England at any professional level with 36.
[edit] FA Cup Exploits
Blyth Spartans have reached the first round proper of the FA Cup on over 30 occasions; the second round on 14 occasions and they have three times reached the third round. The club gained recognition when they reached the fifth round of the FA Cup in 1977-78. Having beaten Chesterfield and Stoke City the club drew 1-1 with Wrexham before losing 2-1 in a replay at St James' Park, Newcastle watched by a crowd of 42167.
[edit] Current Squad
- Andrew Appleby
- Adam Bartlett
- Scott Bell
- Paul Catto
- Ben Christensen
- Dale Crawford (Released during 2006/07 Season)
- Robbie Dale
- Graham Fenton
- Richard Forster
- Alex Gildea
- Liam Gildea
- Christian Graham
- Michael Hedley
- Andrew Leeson
- Anthony Lowther
- Chris McCabe
- Matthew Moffatt (Left during 2006/07 season)
- Craig Price (Released during 2006/07 Season)
- Peter Snowdon
- Craig Turns
- Gareth Williams
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