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class="mw-redirect" title="Croft Park">Croft Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">4,435</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Martin Trinder</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Michael Connor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> Premier Division</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_National_League" title="2023–24 National League">2023–24</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, 21st of 24 (relegated)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.blythspartans.com">http://www.blythspartans.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;" colspan="2"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0"><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #008000;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blyth Spartans Association Football Club</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth, Northumberland</a>. They are currently members of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football, and play at <a href="/wiki/Croft_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Croft Park">Croft Park</a>. </p><p>They were founded in September 1899 by Fred Stoker, who was the club's first secretary before forming a practice as a distinguished physician in London's <a href="/wiki/Harley_Street" title="Harley Street">Harley Street</a>. He thought it appropriate to name the team after the Greek <a href="/wiki/Spartan_army" title="Spartan army">Spartan army</a> in the hope that the players would give their all as they went into 'battle' on the field of play. The club is most notable for its <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_FA_Cup" title="1977–78 FA Cup">1977–78 FA Cup</a> campaign, in which they went all the way to the fifth round, eventually losing to <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a> in a replay at <a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Park" title="St James' Park">St James' Park</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C._seasons" title="List of Blyth Spartans A.F.C. seasons">List of Blyth Spartans A.F.C. seasons</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the beginning, the club played only friendly matches before joining the <a href="/wiki/East_Northumberland_League" title="East Northumberland League">East Northumberland League</a> in 1901. The first recorded honour was a league success in 1901 followed by further victories in 1905–06 and 1906–07. The club then joined the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_Alliance" title="Northern Football Alliance">Northern Football Alliance</a>, remaining there for six seasons winning the league in 1908–09 and 1912–13. </p><p>In 1913 the club moved upward joining the ranks of the semi professionals in the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_League" title="North Eastern League">North Eastern League</a> and remained there until this league folded in 1958. The fierce competition meant that honours were few and far between. However they won the league in the 1936–37 season and the league cup in 1950 and again in 1955. After the demise of the North Eastern League the club tried their luck in the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Football_League_(1889)" title="Midland Football League (1889)">Midland League</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Counties_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Counties League">Northern Counties League</a>, both ending when the leagues folded. The early 1960s saw the revival of the North Eastern League with the club doing quite well. However the league suffered many problems and eventually folded for good. </p><p>The club was now at a loss for a suitable semi-professional league and in 1964 decided to turn amateur and join the ranks of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern League</a>. During the 29 years the club were members their record was second to none, winning the Championship on 10 occasions and being runners up 5 times. Blyth reached the fifth round of the FA Cup in <a href="/wiki/1977-78_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1977-78 FA Cup">1977–78</a>. Having beaten <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a> and another non-league side, <a href="/wiki/Enfield_F.C." title="Enfield F.C.">Enfield F.C.</a>, in the second and third rounds respectively, they managed to beat <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> (who had recently been relegated from the top flight) in the fourth round. The club were then drawn to play away at <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Wrexham F.C.">Wrexham</a> (whose victory over <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> denied Spartans a tie against their <a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East</a> neighbours) where they drew 1–1. Blyth would have won the tie but for an unusual sequence when referee Alf Grey ordered a Wrexham corner retaken owing to a technical infringement, enabling <a href="/wiki/Dixie_McNeil" title="Dixie McNeil">Dixie McNeil</a> to score a very late equaliser for the Welsh club.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The replay took place at Newcastle United's <a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Park" title="St James' Park">St James' Park</a> where, watched by a crowd of 42,167, Blyth eventually went out, losing 2–1, meaning they missed out on a home tie with <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1977–78 FA Cup run qualified Blyth to compete for the 1978 <a href="/wiki/Debenhams_Cup" title="Debenhams Cup">Debenhams Cup</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_tie" title="Two-legged tie">two-legged tie</a> played between the two teams from outside the top two divisions of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_pyramid" class="mw-redirect" title="English football pyramid">English football pyramid</a> who had progressed furthest in the FA Cup. Blyth again faced Wrexham and triumphed tie 3–2 on aggregate, having first won 2–1 away in Wales and drawing 1–1 at home in the return fixture. The match at Croft Park was the final game ever played in the short-lived existence of the Debenhams Cup and Blyth therefore remain current holders of the cup. The trophy was returned to Croft Park in 2019 having been lost at <a href="/wiki/Debenhams" title="Debenhams">Debenhams</a> head offices for 41 years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, Blyth played <a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a> in the second round which saw two replays, the latter of which was played at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Leeds United A.F.C.">Leeds United</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Elland_Road" title="Elland Road">Elland Road</a>. A new regime at the club were keen to progress up the league pyramid and a successful push ended with promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a> in the 1993–94 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_up_the_pyramid">Rise up the pyramid</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rise up the pyramid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blyth's next memorable cup run came in their first season as a <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Premier Division">Northern Premier League Premier Division</a> club in <a href="/wiki/1995-96_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1995-96 FA Cup">1995–96</a>, when they travelled to high flying Division Three side <a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> and won 2–0. In the second round, Blyth again were on their travels this time to Division Two side <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> where they lost 2–0. The club's first season in the Northern Premier League was memorable, winning the First Division Championship and the Unifilla First Division League Cup. Since gaining promotion the club has held its own in the Premier division, finishing 6th and 7th in its first two seasons as well as lifting the President's Cup defeating former Conference side <a href="/wiki/Runcorn_F.C._Halton" title="Runcorn F.C. Halton">Runcorn</a> in the final. In <a href="/wiki/1997-98_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="1997-98 FA Cup">1997–98</a>, under the managership of <a href="/wiki/John_Burridge" title="John Burridge">John Burridge</a>, Blyth travelled to Second Division side <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a>. A memorable first round proper game saw Blackpool run out 4–3 winners with a last-minute winner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following this success the executive looked firstly to John Charlton (son of <a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">Jack Charlton</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by Paul Baker as team managers but they were unable to continue this success, disappointing fans. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Harry_Dunn's_success_and_the_Conference_North"><span id="Harry_Dunn.27s_success_and_the_Conference_North"></span>Harry Dunn's success and the Conference North</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Harry Dunn's success and the Conference North"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harry Dunn was appointed as manager for the second time in October 2004. In 2005–06 Dunn and his assistant Graham Fenton led the Spartans to win the Northern Premier League Premier Division as well as the Northern Premier League Chairman's Cup and the Peter Swailes Memorial Shield, and with it promotion to the Conference North. </p><p>In their first season in the Conference North, Blyth cemented themselves in the top half of the table whilst even enjoying a brief stint in 1st place. The season ended with Blyth narrowly missing out on a playoff position on the final day finishing 7th.<sup id="cite_ref-blythspartansafc.co.uk_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blythspartansafc.co.uk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However the next season, Blyth found themselves at the opposite end of the table although some wins towards the end of the season (including a 2–0 win against future Champions, Kettering Town) saw Blyth preserve their Conference North status. The third season was a similar story with Blyth struggling for much of the season but wins towards the end of the season again avoided relegation. A relatively comfortable 15th-place finish did not reflect the battle against relegation which had preceded it. </p><p>It was 11 years before Blyth reached the 1st round again, but finally in <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup_2008%E2%80%9309" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Cup 2008–09">2008–09</a> they hit the cup trail again. Qualifying round wins against <a href="/wiki/Whitby_Town_F.C." title="Whitby Town F.C.">Whitby Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buxton_F.C." title="Buxton F.C.">Buxton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_F.C." title="Sheffield F.C.">Sheffield FC</a> saw Blyth reach the first round for the first time since 1997. A home tie against <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">League Two</a> promotion chasers <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> saw <a href="/wiki/Croft_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Croft Park">Croft Park</a> host League opposition for the first time since 1981. The result matched the occasion as Blyth ran out comfortable 3–1 winners.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second round saw Blyth travel to <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">League Two</a> strugglers <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a>, who included <a href="/wiki/Darren_Anderton" title="Darren Anderton">Darren Anderton</a> amongst their players. A hard-fought 0–0 draw on the south coast saw Blyth take Bournemouth back to Croft Park, where <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ged_Dalton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ged Dalton (page does not exist)">Ged Dalton</a> put them through to the third round with a last-minute winner. Both games were shown live on <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta Sports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the third round, Blyth played <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> opposition competitively for the first time in their history when they welcomed <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> to Croft Park. In a game again covered live by <a href="/wiki/Setanta_Sports" title="Setanta Sports">Setanta Sports</a>, Blyth fell to a 1–0 defeat with the only goal coming via a direct free kick from Chilean player of the year <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Villanueva_(Chilean_footballer)" title="Carlos Villanueva (Chilean footballer)">Carlos Villanueva</a> in the 59th minute. A win would have ensured a tie with North East neighbours <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Stadium_of_Light" title="Stadium of Light">Stadium of Light</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-www.fchd.info_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.fchd.info-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two successful campaigns to preserve Conference North status, the 2008–09 season saw the end of Harry Dunn's second spell at Croft Park. No time was wasted in appointing his successor and on 9 May former Hartlepool United, Darlington & Sheffield United Reserves Manager Mick Tait took up the post for his second spell in charge at Croft Park.<sup id="cite_ref-http://blythspartansafc.co.uk_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-http://blythspartansafc.co.uk-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Brayson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Paul_Brayson.jpg/220px-Paul_Brayson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Paul_Brayson.jpg/330px-Paul_Brayson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Paul_Brayson.jpg/440px-Paul_Brayson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brayson" title="Paul Brayson">Paul Brayson</a> lines up a free kick for Blyth</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Relegation_and_decline">Relegation and decline</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Relegation and decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was announced in May 2011 that then <a href="/wiki/Whitley_Bay_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitley Bay FC">Whitley Bay</a> assistant manager Steve Cuggy would take over as manager. He along with his assistant Gavin Fell made a complete overhaul of the squad that summer, letting popular players such as Robbie Dale leave. After initial excitement following a good pre-season, the performances on the pitch were extremely poor. However Blyth just got into the FA Cup 1st round after beating <a href="/wiki/Droylsden_F.C." title="Droylsden F.C.">Droylsden</a> 2–1 at home in the 4th qualifying round replay<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before losing 2–0 to rivals <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following defeat by <a href="/wiki/F.C._Halifax_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="F.C. Halifax Town">FC Halifax Town</a> Steve Cuggy left the club in December. Later that month, former Newcastle United player Tommy Cassidy took charge but the poor performances continued. Finally, on 24 March 2012, Blyth Spartans had their first ever relegation confirmed after a 1–0 home defeat to <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_City_A.F.C." title="Gloucester City A.F.C.">Gloucester City</a>. </p><p>The following pre-season saw Blyth lose quality players who were not replaced. The season started with mixed results and after very early exits from the FA Cup & the <a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a>, Cassidy was sacked. In October under caretaker manager Paddy Atkinson poor performance continued including an 8–1 away defeat to <a href="/wiki/Worksop_Town_F.C." title="Worksop Town F.C.">Worksop Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 March Paddy Atkinson resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tom_Wade_era">Tom Wade era</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tom Wade era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 March 2013 it was announced that a further caretaker manager, Tom Wade, would be in post until the end of the season. After some improved results, in early April Wade was given a contract extension for the 2013–14 season. That summer Wade brought in promising youngsters including Rob Nolan and Dean Holmes from <a href="/wiki/North_Shields_F.C." title="North Shields F.C.">North Shields</a>. In early August Arran Wearmouth signed from <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland_F.C." title="Bishop Auckland F.C.">Bishop Auckland</a> for a fee of £1500. In the 2014–15 season the Spartans won the Northumberland Senior Cup. In <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_FA_Cup" title="2014–15 FA Cup">2014</a>, the Spartans once again went all the way from the first qualifying round into the third round proper. In the first qualifying round, Blyth drew 0–0 at <a href="/wiki/Darlington_1883" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington 1883">Darlington 1883</a> and won 3–0 at home with a goal from Robbie Dale and a brace from Dan Maguire.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blyth were then drawn to <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale_United_F.C." title="Skelmersdale United F.C.">Skelmersdale United</a> away. Despite a poor league record, Blyth went on rampage to win 4–1.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Green Army had to once again travel to watch the Spartans as they were drawn away at <a href="/wiki/Mickleover_Sports_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Mickleover Sports F.C.">Mickleover Sports</a>. After 90 minutes of play during which it seemed there was going to be a replay at Croft Park, <a href="/wiki/Jarrett_Rivers" title="Jarrett Rivers">Jarrett Rivers</a> scored an injury time goal to send the Spartans into the fourth qualifying round.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The draw away at <a href="/wiki/Leek_Town_F.C." title="Leek Town F.C.">Leek Town</a> meant another long trip for the Blyth supporters. Blyth won 4–3 after a cracking game which included an injury time penalty miss by Leek's Kinsey.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first round proper, Blyth were drawn at home to <a href="/wiki/Altrincham_F.C." title="Altrincham F.C.">Altrincham</a>. That was their first home draw in the 2014–15 FA Cup. The home crowd of 1,763 saw a performance that at times brought doubts as to which team was two levels above the other. Braces from Dale and Maguire left the fans delighted with a 4–1 win that would take Blyth to the Second Round Proper for the fourteenth time in their history.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the second round proper, Blyth travelled along the North Coast to <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartlepool United">Hartlepool United</a>. The <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> side controlled the game in the first half but a magnificent free-kick by Turnbull and yet another ninetieth-minute goal by <a href="/wiki/Jarrett_Rivers" title="Jarrett Rivers">Jarrett Rivers</a> turned the game around for Blyth. The memorable upset was shown live on the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. </p><p>Blyth were drawn at home against <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham City">Birmingham City</a>, which was controversially described by Stephen Turnbull as "a bit of an anti-climax",<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for him and every Spartans supporter hoped for a <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> club. After two <a href="/wiki/Nikola_%C5%BDigi%C4%87" title="Nikola Žigić">Nikola Žigić</a> chances for the Blues, Blyth took control of the match and Dale scored twice in the first half. Blyth had a 2–0 lead at the interval and hopes for another Spartans’ FA Cup upset were gigantic. <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo" title="Luís Figo">Luís Figo</a> famously started to follow the official Blyth Spartans Twitter feed.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Birmingham would go on to score three goals in six minutes to end the North East side's hopes of reaching the fourth round for the second time.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2015–16 season, despite frustrating displays in almost every cup competition, the Spartans proved to be the dominant side in their league. However, even having reached the impressive 99-point mark, they were beaten to the title by <a href="/wiki/Darlington_1883" class="mw-redirect" title="Darlington 1883">Darlington 1883</a> and lost the play-off semi-final to <a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington A.F.C.</a> which ended 4–3 to the away team.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ten days later, Blyth lost 4–3 again, this time to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern League</a> side North Shields in the Northumberland Senior Cup Final at <a href="/wiki/St._James%27s_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="St. James's Park">St. James's Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a 4–2 home defeat to <a href="/wiki/Morpeth_Town_A.F.C." title="Morpeth Town A.F.C.">Morpeth Town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_FA_Cup" title="2016–17 FA Cup">2016–17 FA Cup</a>, Wade resigned. Former professional footballer <a href="/wiki/Alun_Armstrong_(footballer)" title="Alun Armstrong (footballer)">Alun Armstrong</a> took over the managerial position. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Promotion_to_the_National_League_North_(2016–present)"><span id="Promotion_to_the_National_League_North_.282016.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Promotion to the National League North (2016–present)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Promotion to the National League North (2016–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C." title="Special:EditPage/Blyth Spartans A.F.C.">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Blyth+Spartans+A.F.C.%22">"Blyth Spartans A.F.C."</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Blyth+Spartans+A.F.C.%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Blyth+Spartans+A.F.C.%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Blyth+Spartans+A.F.C.%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Blyth+Spartans+A.F.C.%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Blyth+Spartans+A.F.C.%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The club announced on 22 September 2016 that former <a href="/wiki/Ipswich_Town_F.C." title="Ipswich Town F.C.">Ipswich Town</a> striker Alun Armstrong was appointed as manager following Wade's resignation. His first three games as manager weren't pretty but also weren't a preview of what the rest of the season would look like for Blyth, as the Spartans would never again in the 2016–17 play three consecutive games without a win. In fact, they managed two 12-game runs without recording a single defeat. In the first one, which lasted from the beginning of 2017 until the dying days of February, the Spartans won all of their twelve games, scoring 44 goals and conceding a mere 11.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The run was ended by fellow title contenders (and ultimately second-place finishers and play-off winners) <a href="/wiki/Spennymoor_Town_F.C." title="Spennymoor Town F.C.">Spennymoor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They clinched the league title at home against <a href="/wiki/Halesowen_Town_F.C." title="Halesowen Town F.C.">Halesowen Town</a> with three games to spare.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blyth finished in first place with 101 points, two more than the previous season and 14 ahead of the runners-up. The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Premier Division">Evo Stik Northern Premier League</a> title was Armstrong's first title as manager, followed just a few days later by his second, the Northumberland Senior Cup, whose final was a replay of the previous year's, this time ending in a 3–2 win for the Spartans.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The success achieved by the club in the 2016–17 season meant that the Spartans were once again promoted to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, five years after their relegation in 2012. </p><p>In late 2018, Blyth Spartans made worldwide news for signing a sponsorship deal with <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_North_Korea" title="Tourism in North Korea">North Korean travel</a> company Visit North Korea, the move attracted controversy from some commentators due to the country's human rights record.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 June 2019, Blyth Spartans announced the appointment of former <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> midfielder Lee Clark as their new manager.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clark has past Football League experience managing the likes of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_A.F.C." title="Huddersfield Town A.F.C.">Huddersfield Town</a>. Under Clark, Spartans lost their first four league matches of the season,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before picking up a point at Bradford Park Avenue.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 August 2022, former <a href="/wiki/South_Shields_F.C." title="South Shields F.C.">South Shields</a> manager Graham Fenton was appointed as the club's first team manager on a two-year deal.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having kept Blyth in the National League North in the previous season, Fenton was dismissed on 28 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After being named as the interim manager, Jon Shaw was named as the permanent manager the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-JS1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JS1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2024, the club was taken over by Irfan Liaquat.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the takeover, there was no significant upturn in form and the club were relegated at the end of the <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_National_League#National_League_North" title="2023–24 National League">2023–24 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 October 2024, chairman Liaquat announced his intentions to sell the club with immediate effect, citing ongoing boycotts and protests as a key factor in his decision.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following day, the Northern Premier League announced that the club's two upcoming fixtures against <a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C." title="Gainsborough Trinity F.C.">Gainsborough Trinity</a> and <a href="/wiki/F.C._United_of_Manchester" title="F.C. United of Manchester">FC United of Manchester</a> had been postponed due to the league having concerns over certain operational requirements not being in place.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 October 2024, the club announced that they had been taken over by a newly former Community Interest Company, "Blyth Spartans CIC 2024", led by local businessman Martin Trinder.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women's_football"><span id="Women.27s_football"></span>Women's football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Women's football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> women working in factories and on the docks played football, including a team in the Spartans' colours and using their ground, variously known as the Blyth Spartan Ladies FC and the Blyth Spartans Munitionettes, with <a href="/wiki/Bella_Reay" title="Bella Reay">Bella Reay</a> as the star player. The team was never beaten, playing 30 matches, winning 26 and drawing 4.<sup id="cite_ref-Brennan_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brennan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They continued until 1921 when women's football was banned from its grounds by the FA<sup id="cite_ref-donmouth_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-donmouth-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001 a Blyth Spartans Ladies team was again formed, but despite considerable success closed in 2009. The team had won the <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Football_Association" title="Northumberland Football Association">Northumberland Football Association</a> Women's Cup Final in May 2008, scoring 4–2 against Whitley Bay Ladies. A significant problem was lack of financial support for the team to travel to matches.<sup id="cite_ref-Journal_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Journal-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FA_Cup_exploits">FA Cup exploits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: FA Cup exploits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blyth Spartans have reached the first round proper of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> 31 times; the second round 14 times; the third round 4 times, the fourth and fifth rounds once. </p><p><b>Notable FA Cup games</b> </p> <ul><li>1971–72 Round 1: <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Crewe Alexandra">Crewe Alexandra</a> 0–1 Blyth Spartans</li> <li>1971–72 Round 2: Blyth Spartans 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Stockport County">Stockport County</a></li> <li>1971–72 Round 3: Blyth Spartans 2–2 <a href="/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C.">Reading</a></li> <li>1977–78 Round 1: Blyth Spartans 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Burscough_F.C." title="Burscough F.C.">Burscough</a></li> <li>1977–78 Round 2: Blyth Spartans 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield</a></li> <li>1977–78 Round 3: Blyth Spartans 1–0 <a href="/wiki/Enfield_F.C." title="Enfield F.C.">Enfield</a></li> <li>1977–78 Round 4: <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> 2–3 <a href="/wiki/Blyth_Spartans" class="mw-redirect" title="Blyth Spartans">Blyth Spartans</a></li> <li>1977–78 Round 5: <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Wrexham F.C.">Wrexham</a> 1–1 Blyth Spartans</li> <li>1977–78 Round 5 (replay): Blyth Spartans 1–2 <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Wrexham F.C.">Wrexham</a></li> <li>1995–96 Round 1: Bury 0–2 Blyth Spartans</li> <li>1997–98 Round 1: Blackpool 4–3 Blyth Spartans</li> <li>2008–09 Round 1: Blyth Spartans 3–1 <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Shrewsbury Town">Shrewsbury Town</a></li> <li>2008–09 Round 2: <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> 0–0 Blyth Spartans</li> <li>2008–09 Round 2 (replay): Blyth Spartans 1–0 AFC Bournemouth</li> <li>2008–09 Round 3: Blyth Spartans 0–1 <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackburn Rovers">Blackburn Rovers</a></li> <li>2014–15 Round 1: Blyth Spartans 4–1 Altrincham</li> <li>2014–15 Round 2: <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a> 1–2 Blyth Spartans</li> <li>2014–15 Round 3: Blyth Spartans 2–3 <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Croft_Park">Croft Park</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Croft Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_of_Blyth_Stand,_Croft_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Port_of_Blyth_Stand%2C_Croft_Park.jpg/220px-Port_of_Blyth_Stand%2C_Croft_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Port_of_Blyth_Stand%2C_Croft_Park.jpg/330px-Port_of_Blyth_Stand%2C_Croft_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Port_of_Blyth_Stand%2C_Croft_Park.jpg/440px-Port_of_Blyth_Stand%2C_Croft_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Port of Blyth Stand, Croft Park in 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>Blyth play their home games at <b>Croft Park</b>, which was opened by Mrs Clarke of <a href="/wiki/Bellister_Castle" title="Bellister Castle">Bellister Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haltwhistle" title="Haltwhistle">Haltwhistle</a> on 1 September 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first match was a friendly against <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> which ended in a 4–2 defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-blythspartansafc.co.uk_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blythspartansafc.co.uk-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003 Croft Park underwent an extensive redevelopment which saw much of the ash terracing levelled and replaced with concrete terracing. New dugouts and a wheelchair enclosure were also added. Further developments have been made to meet full Conference North criteria. These developments include extending the Port of Blyth main stand roof to cover the bottom tier which has had seats installed, building a roof over the Plessey Road terrace, providing cover for 1100, and building three new turnstiles at the Princess Louise Road end. </p><p>Following the 2008–09 <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> run, some of the money raised was spent on covering the Kingsway Terrace. For the first time Croft Park is now covered on all four sides. The pitch has also been moved by a metre to improve the view from the terraces. And the old goal posts have been taken down and replaced with new modern equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To celebrate Croft Park's centenary Blyth played a Newcastle United side, the team who provided its first opposition. Just like the first game the result finished 4–2 to Newcastle United.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redevelopment">Redevelopment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Redevelopment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003 Croft Park underwent an extensive redevelopment which saw much of the ash terracing levelled and replaced with concrete terracing. New dugouts and a wheelchair enclosure were also added, earlier work carried out had seen two new stairways added to improve access to the seating tier of the Main Stand. These replaced the old central stairway which would often cause congestion next to the team tunnel after full-time. Even before this the Main Stand has seen improvements with the old wooden benches replaced with plastic seats obtained from <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle United">Newcastle United</a>. </p><p>At the end of the 2006–07 season Croft Park underwent further developments to meet full <a href="/wiki/Conference_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference North">Conference North</a> criteria. These developments include extending the Port of Blyth main stand roof to cover the bottom tier which then had seats installed, and to ensure the views from these seats are unhindered the dugouts were repositioned at the side of the stand. </p><p>Along with this a roof was erected over the Plessey Road terrace providing cover for about 1,200. This stand is now sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Carlsberg_Group" title="Carlsberg Group">Carlsberg</a>. </p><p>Three new turnstiles were also built at the Croftway end.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Phase Two was completed in 2009 with another new roof added over the Croftway terrace similar to the one over the Plessey End. The ageing West stand (sponsored by Cramlington Caravans) is also being refurbished to extend its life span by another 6 years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stands">Stands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Stands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Wheelchair Enclosure</b> </p><p>Small covered enclosure provided by Artic Windows. Has space for three wheelchairs and is elevated to provide good views of the pitch. Access is via a ramp and is located next to the disabled toilets. Located just to the side of the Main Stand. </p><p><b>Port of Blyth (Main) Stand</b> </p><p>Two tier all seater stand and mostly under cover (about 30 seats in the open and just over 530 covered), runs about a quarter the pitch length. Houses the changing rooms, kit room, sponsors' lounge, study support centre, players' lounge, directors' box, press seating and offices. </p><p><b>Tynetec Stand</b> </p><p>Southernmost stand and covered, has the formerly imposing Patterson House residential care home just behind it. Can hold about 1,200 on eight steps of terracing. Formerly sponsored by Carlsberg (2007–2010), it is now sponsored by Tynetec. </p><p><b>Fergy Space Stand</b> </p><p>The oldest stand at Croft Park, over 70 years old. Located opposite the Port of Blyth Stand on the west side of Croft Park. It has been said it has its own rather chilly micro climate because of the lack of direct sunlight it receives. </p><p>Provides cover for about 1,200, the terracing is a lot shallower than the rest of the ground and has views restricted by concrete walls on either side which close off former ash terracing. </p><p>Formerly sponsored by Dunston-based Federation Brewery which is where its usual name – 'the Fed Shed' comes from. Now sponsored by Cramlington Caravans although it is still sometimes referred to by its former name. </p><p>The stand is currently undergoing refurbishments. </p><p><b>F. Southern Stand</b> </p><p>Covered terrace located at the northern end of Croft Park and just off Kingsway Road (which runs parallel to Princess Louise Road). Identical to the Plessey Road Terrace in that it has eight steps of terracing and can hold about 1,200. There are also another couple of turnstiles behind this terrace but these are closed off and unused. </p><p>The areas at the side of the Port of Blyth Stand and the Broadway Stand are flat uncovered standing areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Current squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 15 August 2024</i></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Michael Hogan</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Adam Richardson</span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Sunderland F.C.">Sunderland</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Joe Oliver</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Ben Milburn</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Soccer_Association" title="Canadian Soccer Association">CAN</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Joseph Abrahart</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Joel Holvey</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Greg Halford</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Deverdics" title="Nicky Deverdics">Nicky Deverdics</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Woods_(footballer)" title="Michael Woods (footballer)">Michael Woods</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Donaldson" title="Ryan Donaldson">Ryan Donaldson</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Lucas Reed</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">FRA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Isiah Cornet</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Connor Pani</span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Charlie Aitken</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Billy Gordon</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Max Storey</span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Marcello Benedetti</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Curry" title="Mitchell Curry">Mitchell Curry</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>|- class="vcard agent" | style="text-align: center" | — | style="text-align: center" | <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> | style="padding-right:15px;" | <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> | style="padding-right:15px;" | <span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=JJ_Hopper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JJ Hopper (page does not exist)">JJ Hopper</a></span> </p><p>|- class="vcard agent" | style="text-align: center" | — | style="text-align: center" | <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> | style="padding-right:15px;" | <span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> | style="padding-right:15px;" | <span class="fn">Sam Hodgson</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_former_players">Notable former players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable former players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C._players" title="Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players">Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managerial_history">Managerial history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Managerial history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Manager </th></tr> <tr> <td>1933 </td> <td>1937 </td> <td>Ernie Hoffman </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937 </td> <td>1938 </td> <td>Billy Hogg </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>Mark Lawton </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>Tom Blenkinsopp </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td>Dougie Wright </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>Jim Turney </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>Tony Knox </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td>Jackie Marks </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>Allan Jones </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td>1974 </td> <td>Billy Bell </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td>1976 </td> <td>Alan O’Neill </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td>1978 </td> <td>Brian Slane </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>Jackie Marks </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>1982 </td> <td>Bob Elwell </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>John Connolly </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td>1984 </td> <td>Mick Dagless </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>Peter Feenan </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Manager </th></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>Jim Pearson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td>1988 </td> <td>Dave Clarke </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td>Tommy Dixon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Ronnie Walton </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>Peter Feenan </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Dunn_(footballer)" title="Harry Dunn (footballer)">Harry Dunn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lowery" title="Tony Lowery">Tony Lowery</a>/<a href="/wiki/David_McCreery" title="David McCreery">David McCreery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Harrison_(footballer)" title="Peter Harrison (footballer)">Peter Harrison</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Burridge" title="John Burridge">John Burridge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>Alan Shoulder </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>John Gamble </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Manager </th></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tait" title="Mick Tait">Mick Tait</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>John Charlton </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Paul Baker </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>Harry Dunn </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tait" title="Mick Tait">Mick Tait</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>Steve Cuggy </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>Tommy Cassidy </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>Paddy Atkinson </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Tom Wade </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alun_Armstrong_(footballer)" title="Alun Armstrong (footballer)">Alun Armstrong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td>2020 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Clark_(footballer)" title="Lee Clark (footballer)">Lee Clark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Nelson_(footballer)" title="Michael Nelson (footballer)">Michael Nelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td>2022<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Terry Mitchell </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td>2023 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graham_Fenton" title="Graham Fenton">Graham Fenton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td>2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jon_Shaw" title="Jon Shaw">Jon Shaw</a><sup id="cite_ref-JS1_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JS1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td>2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nolberto_Solano" title="Nolberto Solano">Nolberto Solano</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024 </td> <td>2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Stockdale" title="David Stockdale">David Stockdale</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>League</b> </p> <ul><li><b>Northern Premier League Premier Division</b> (level 7) <ul><li>Champions: 2016–17</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northern League</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1987–88</li> <li>Runners-up: 1971–72, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1993–94</li></ul></li> <li><b>North Eastern League</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1935–36</li> <li>Runners-up: 1922–23</li></ul></li> <li><b>East Northumberland League</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1903–04, 1905–06, 1906–07</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northern Alliance League</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1908–09, 1912–13</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Cup</b> </p> <ul><li><b>Debenhams Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1978</li></ul></li> <li><b>North Eastern League Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1950–55</li> <li>Runners-up: 1936–37</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northern Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1972–73, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1991–92</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northumberland Senior Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1914, 1915, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1992, 1994, 2015, 2022</li> <li>Runners-up: 1923, 1924, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northumberland Minor Cup </b> <ul><li>Runners-up: 1905–06</li></ul></li> <li><b>Cairns Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1905–06, 1906–07</li> <li>Runners-up: 1904–05</li></ul></li> <li><b>Tynemouth Infirmary Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1908–09, 1909–10, 1932–33</li> <li>Runners-up: 1904–05</li></ul></li> <li><b>Tyne Charity Shield</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1913–14, 1925–26</li> <li>Runners-up: 1909–10, 1926–27</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northumberland Aged Miners Homes Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1909–10, 1911–12, 1919–20, 1920–21, 1936–37, 1938–39</li> <li>Runners-up: 1924–25, 1937–38</li></ul></li> <li><b>J.R. Cleator Memorial Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992</li></ul></li> <li><b>Beamish Trophy</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997</li> <li>Runners-up: 1996</li></ul></li> <li><b>UniBond Premier Division Champions</b> <ul><li>Winners: 2005–06</li></ul></li> <li><b>UniBond First Division Champions</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1994–95</li></ul></li> <li><b>UniBond Presidents Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1996–97</li></ul></li> <li><b>UniBond Chairman's Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 2005–06</li></ul></li> <li><b>Peter Swailes Memorial Shield</b> <ul><li>Winners: 2005–06</li></ul></li> <li><b>South Tyneside Football Benevolent Fund Gazette Cup</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1995–96</li></ul></li> <li><b>Radio Luxemburg Trophy</b> <ul><li>Winners: 1977–78</li></ul></li> <li><b>Texo Challenge Trophy</b> <ul><li>Winners: 2019–20</li></ul></li> <li><b>Ronnie Swan Challenge Cup</b> <ul><li>Runners-up: 2009, 2015</li></ul></li> <li><b>Northumberland County Council Unification Shield</b> <ul><li>Winners: 2010</li></ul></li> <li><b>CEFO CFS Challenge Trophy </b> <ul><li>Runners-up: 2021</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsc.co.uk/stories/13693-from-the-archive-when-a-wobbly-corner-flag-ended-blyth-spartans-fa-cup-run">"When a wobbly corner flag ended Blyth Spartans' FA Cup run"</a>. 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League</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2024–25<br />clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Premier Division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_United_F.C." title="Ashton United F.C.">Ashton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bamber_Bridge_F.C." title="Bamber Bridge F.C.">Bamber Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basford_United_F.C." title="Basford United F.C.">Basford United</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Blyth Spartans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F.C._United_of_Manchester" title="F.C. United of Manchester">FC United of Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C." title="Gainsborough Trinity F.C.">Gainsborough Trinity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guiseley_A.F.C." title="Guiseley A.F.C.">Guiseley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebburn_Town_F.C." title="Hebburn Town F.C.">Hebburn Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_United_F.C." title="Hyde United F.C.">Hyde United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkeston_Town_F.C." title="Ilkeston Town F.C.">Ilkeston Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_City_F.C." title="Lancaster City F.C.">Lancaster City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leek_Town_F.C." title="Leek Town F.C.">Leek Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_F.C." title="Macclesfield F.C.">Macclesfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matlock_Town_F.C." title="Matlock Town F.C.">Matlock Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickleover_F.C." title="Mickleover F.C.">Mickleover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morpeth_Town_A.F.C." title="Morpeth Town A.F.C.">Morpeth Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prescot_Cables_F.C." title="Prescot Cables F.C.">Prescot Cables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockton_Town_F.C." title="Stockton Town F.C.">Stockton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Rylands_1906_F.C." title="Warrington Rylands 1906 F.C.">Warrington Rylands 1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitby_Town_F.C." title="Whitby Town F.C.">Whitby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worksop_Town_F.C." title="Worksop Town F.C.">Worksop Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Division One East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashington_A.F.C." title="Ashington A.F.C.">Ashington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belper_Town_F.C." title="Belper Town F.C.">Belper Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland_F.C." title="Bishop Auckland F.C.">Bishop Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_(Park_Avenue)_A.F.C." title="Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.">Bradford (Park Avenue)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridlington_Town_A.F.C." title="Bridlington Town A.F.C.">Bridlington Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighouse_Town_F.C." title="Brighouse Town F.C.">Brighouse Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Town_F.C." title="Carlton Town F.C.">Carlton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleethorpes_Town_F.C." title="Cleethorpes Town F.C.">Cleethorpes Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consett_A.F.C." title="Consett A.F.C.">Consett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunston_UTS_F.C." title="Dunston UTS F.C.">Dunston UTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emley_A.F.C." title="Emley A.F.C.">Emley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garforth_Town_A.F.C." title="Garforth Town A.F.C.">Garforth Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Borough_F.C." title="Grimsby Borough F.C.">Grimsby Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Stannington_F.C." title="Heaton Stannington F.C.">Heaton Stannington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liversedge_F.C." title="Liversedge F.C.">Liversedge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Aycliffe_F.C." title="Newton Aycliffe F.C.">Newton Aycliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Ferriby_F.C." title="North Ferriby F.C.">North Ferriby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ossett_United_F.C." title="Ossett United F.C.">Ossett United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontefract_Collieries_F.C." title="Pontefract Collieries F.C.">Pontefract Collieries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_F.C." title="Sheffield F.C.">Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Colliery_F.C." title="Sherwood Colliery F.C.">Sherwood Colliery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stocksbridge_Park_Steels_F.C." title="Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C.">Stocksbridge Park Steels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Division One Midlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Rushden_%26_Diamonds" title="AFC Rushden & Diamonds">AFC Rushden & Diamonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anstey_Nomads_F.C." title="Anstey Nomads F.C.">Anstey Nomads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedworth_United_F.C." title="Bedworth United F.C.">Bedworth United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boldmere_St._Michaels_F.C." title="Boldmere St. Michaels F.C.">Boldmere St Michaels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coleshill_Town_F.C." title="Coleshill Town F.C.">Coleshill Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corby_Town_F.C." title="Corby Town F.C.">Corby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_Sphinx_F.C." title="Coventry Sphinx F.C.">Coventry Sphinx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlaston_Town_(1874)_F.C." title="Darlaston Town (1874) F.C.">Darlaston Town (1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham_Town_F.C." title="Grantham Town F.C.">Grantham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinckley_Leicester_Road_F.C." title="Hinckley Leicester Road F.C.">Hinckley LRFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Eaton_United_F.C." title="Long Eaton United F.C.">Long Eaton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_Students_F.C." title="Loughborough Students F.C.">Loughborough Students</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lye_Town_F.C." title="Lye Town F.C.">Lye Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quorn_F.C." title="Quorn F.C.">Quorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racing_Club_Warwick_F.C." title="Racing Club Warwick F.C.">Racing Club Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Town_F.C." title="Rugby Town F.C.">Rugby Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepshed_Dynamo_F.C." title="Shepshed Dynamo F.C.">Shepshed Dynamo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_Khalsa_F.C." title="Sporting Khalsa F.C.">Sporting Khalsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_Town_F.C." title="Sutton Coldfield Town F.C.">Sutton Coldfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall_Wood_F.C." title="Walsall Wood F.C.">Walsall Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellingborough_Town_F.C." title="Wellingborough Town F.C.">Wellingborough Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester_City_F.C." title="Worcester City F.C.">Worcester City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Division One West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atherton_Collieries_A.F.C." title="Atherton Collieries A.F.C.">Atherton Collieries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_F.C." title="Avro F.C.">Avro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bootle_F.C." title="Bootle F.C.">Bootle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chasetown_F.C." title="Chasetown F.C.">Chasetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Liverpool_F.C." title="City of Liverpool F.C.">City of Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clitheroe_F.C." title="Clitheroe F.C.">Clitheroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congleton_Town_F.C." title="Congleton Town F.C.">Congleton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Town_F.C." title="Hanley Town F.C.">Hanley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hednesford_Town_F.C." title="Hednesford Town F.C.">Hednesford Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidsgrove_Athletic_F.C." title="Kidsgrove Athletic F.C.">Kidsgrove Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossley_A.F.C." title="Mossley A.F.C.">Mossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantwich_Town_F.C." title="Nantwich Town F.C.">Nantwich Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Town_F.C." title="Newcastle Town F.C.">Newcastle Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runcorn_Linnets_F.C." title="Runcorn Linnets F.C.">Runcorn Linnets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Rangers_F.C." title="Stafford Rangers F.C.">Stafford Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalybridge_Celtic_F.C." title="Stalybridge Celtic F.C.">Stalybridge Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafford_F.C." title="Trafford F.C.">Trafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Motors_F.C." title="Vauxhall Motors F.C.">Vauxhall Motors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Widnes_F.C." title="Widnes F.C.">Widnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witton_Albion_F.C." title="Witton Albion F.C.">Witton Albion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_F.C." title="Wythenshawe F.C.">Wythenshawe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_Town_F.C." title="Wythenshawe Town F.C.">Wythenshawe Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Northern_Premier_League" title="1968–69 Northern Premier League">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Northern_Premier_League" title="1969–70 Northern Premier League">1969–70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_Northern_Premier_League" title="1970–71 Northern Premier League">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_Northern_Premier_League" title="1971–72 Northern Premier League">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_Northern_Premier_League" title="1972–73 Northern Premier League">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Northern_Premier_League" title="1973–74 Northern Premier League">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Northern_Premier_League" title="1974–75 Northern Premier League">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Northern_Premier_League" title="1975–76 Northern Premier League">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_Northern_Premier_League" title="1976–77 Northern Premier League">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_Northern_Premier_League" title="1977–78 Northern Premier League">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_Northern_Premier_League" title="1978–79 Northern Premier League">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Northern_Premier_League" title="1979–80 Northern Premier League">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Northern_Premier_League" title="1980–81 Northern Premier League">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Northern_Premier_League" title="1981–82 Northern Premier League">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Northern_Premier_League" title="1982–83 Northern Premier League">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Northern_Premier_League" title="1983–84 Northern Premier League">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Northern_Premier_League" title="1984–85 Northern Premier League">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Northern_Premier_League" title="1985–86 Northern Premier League">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Northern_Premier_League" title="1986–87 Northern Premier League">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Northern_Premier_League" title="1987–88 Northern Premier League">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Northern_Premier_League" title="1988–89 Northern Premier League">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Northern_Premier_League" title="1989–90 Northern Premier League">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Northern_Premier_League" title="1990–91 Northern Premier League">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Northern_Premier_League" title="1991–92 Northern Premier League">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Northern_Premier_League" title="1992–93 Northern Premier League">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Northern_Premier_League" title="1993–94 Northern Premier League">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Northern_Premier_League" title="1994–95 Northern Premier League">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Northern_Premier_League" title="1995–96 Northern Premier League">1995–96</a></li> <li><a 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