List of Blyth Spartans A.F.C. seasons

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Blyth Spartans Association Football Club is an association football club based in Blyth, Northumberland. They are currently members of the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, and play at Croft Park.

Early history[edit]

In the beginning, the club played only friendly matches before joining the East Northumberland League 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 Northern Football Alliance, remaining there for six seasons winning the league in 1908–09 and 1912–13. In 1913 the club moved upward joining the ranks of the semi professionals in the North Eastern League and remained there until this league folded in 1958.

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Seasons[edit]

Year League Cup competitions Manager
Division Lvl Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Leading league scorer Average[1]
attendance 		FA Cup[2] FA Trophy Northumberland
Cup
Name Goals Res Rec Res Rec
1913–14 North Eastern League 38 19 7 12 71 51 +20 45 6th of 20 — — — — — W
1914–15 38 10 9 19 49 75 -26 29 15th of 20 — — — — — W
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the World War I.
1919–20 North Eastern League 34 18 8 8 64 42 +22 44 4th of 18 — — — — — —
1920–21 38 19 11 8 69 34 +35 49 5th of 20 — — — QR6 1-0-1 —
1921–22 38 16 16 6 55 31 +24 48 3rd of 20 — — — — —
1922–23 38 23 7 8 78 43 +35 53 2nd of 20 — — — R1 2-0-1 —
1923–24 38 21 7 10 68 35 +33 49 6th of 20 — — — — —
1924–25 38 17 9 12 69 46 +23 43 8th of 20 — — — — —
1925–26 38 13 6 19 77 106 -29 32 14th of 20 — — — R2 3-1-1 —
1926–27 38 17 6 15 78 72 +6 40 9th of 20 — — — — —
1927–28 38 14 4 20 56 77 -21 32 13th of 20 — — — QR4 ? —
1928–29 38 13 10 15 66 75 -9 36 11th of 20 — — — — —
1929–30 38 10 6 22 58 95 -37 26 19th of 20 — — — — —
1930–31 42 22 6 14 95 78 +17 50 7th of 22 — — — — —
1931–32 42 24 9 9 129 75 +54 57 5th of 22 — — — R2 1-0-1 W
1932–33 38 15 4 19 79 84 -5 34 10th of 20 — — — QR4 0-0-1 —
1933–34 38 23 5 10 81 58 +23 51 4th of 20 — — — QR4 0-1-1 W
1934–35 38 23 4 11 95 55 +40 50 5th of 20 — — — R1 1-1-1 W
1935–36 38 26 4 8 104 60 +44 56 1st of 20 — — — R1 1-0-1 W
1936–37 38 21 7 10 103 68 +35 49 5th of 20 — — — R1 1-0-1 W
1937–38 38 21 6 11 113 70 +43 48 4th of 20 — — — R1 1-1-1 —
1938–39 38 15 9 14 82 97 -15 39 9th of 20 — — — — —
1939–40 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 9th of 20 — — — — —
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to the World War II.
1947–48 North Eastern League 38 15 10 13 62 60 +2 40 8th of 20 QR3 3-0-1 Mark Lawton
1948–49 38 18 7 13 71 56 +15 43 8th of 20 QR3 3-0-1 Joe Wilson
1949–50 38 18 8 12 87 69 +18 44 6th of 20 QR3 3-0-1
1950–51 38 15 9 14 67 76 -9 39 10th of 20 QR2 2-0-1 committee
1951–52 34 11 10 13 53 68 -15 32 10th of 18 R2 5-4-1
1952–53 34 20 5 9 93 61 +32 45 4th of 18 QR4 0-0-1
1953–54 34 11 6 17 48 82 -34 28 14th of 18 R1 1-0-1 Tom Blenkinsopp
1954–55 34 13 7 14 64 78 -14 33 9th of 18 R2 2-1-1 W Doug Wright
1955–56 34 17 3 14 68 80 -12 37 7th of 18 QR4 0-0-1
1956–57 34 17 5 12 90 71 +19 39 8th of 18 R2 2-0-1
1957–58 34 14 7 13 65 66 -1 35 9th of 18 QR4 0-0-1 Jim Turney
The North Eastern League folded. Club joined the Midland Football League.
1958–59 Midland Football League 36 18 10 8 79 52 +27 46 5th of 19 R2 2-0-1 W Jim Turney
1959–60 32 13 10 9 74 51 +23 36 5th of 17 R1 1-0-1
1960–61 Northern Counties League 18 8 6 4 29 22 +7 22 3rd of 10 R1 1-0-1
1961–62 24 7 6 11 52 61 -9 20 9th of 13 R1 1-0-1
The league changed name.
1962–63 North Eastern League 22 11 3 8 49 39 +10 25 4th of 12 R2 2-0-1 W Jim Turney
1963–64 14 7 2 5 43 33 +10 16 4th of 8 R1 1-0-1
The North Eastern League folded. Club joined the Northern Football League.
1964–65 Northern Football League 34 4 2 28 38 105 -67 10 18th of 18 QR1 0-0-1 Jim Turney
1965–66 34 13 7 14 87 81 +6 33 10th of 18 QR2 1-0-1
1966–67 34 16 4 14 69 63 +6 36 9th of 18 QR1 4-4-1
1967–68 34 14 7 13 80 71 +9 35 8th of 18 QR1 0-0-1 Tony Knox
1968–69 34 18 9 7 76 36 +40 45 5th of 18 QR2 1-0-1 Jackie Marks
1969–70 34 23 6 5 92 34 +58 52 3rd of 18 QR2 1-2-1 —
1970–71 38 19 7 12 74 49 +25 45 5th of 20 QR4 3-1-1 — Allan Jones
1971–72 38 24 7 7 85 42 +43 55 2nd of 20 R3 6-2-1 — W
1972–73 38 28 3 7 102 39 +63 59 1st of 20 QR4 0-0-1 — Billy Bell
1973–74 38 30 4 4 87 37 +50 64 2nd of 20 QR2 2-2-1 — W Eddie Alder & Billy Fenwick
1974–75 36 30 6 0 105 38 +67 96 1st of 19 R1 1-1-1 R1 1-0-1 W Alan O’Neill
1975–76 38 28 4 6 88 36 +52 88 1st of 20 QR4 0-1-1 QR3 0-0-1
1976–77 38 19 9 10 80 49 +31 66 5th of 20 QR4 0-0-1 R1 0-0-1 Alan O’Neill
Brian Slane
1977–78 38 27 8 3 107 37 +70 89 2nd of 20 R5 8-2-1 R1 1-0-1 W Brian Slane
Jackie Marks
1978–79 38 19 12 7 81 39 +42 69 5th of 20 R1 1-1-1 R2 1-2-1 Jackie Marks
1979–80 38 29 5 4 93 28 +65 92 1st of 20 R1 1-1-1 QF 3-2-1
1980–81 38 27 5 6 89 35 +54 86 1st of 20 QR3 2-0-1 R3 2-0-1 W
1981–82 38 25 8 5 77 31 +46 83 1st of 20 R1 1-0-1 R2 1-0-1 W Bob Elwell
Northern Football League expanded up to two divisions.
1982–83 Northern Football League
Division One 		36 23 11 2 92 31 +61 80 1st of 19 QR4 0-0-1 QF 3-1-1 Bob Elwell
John Connolly
1983–84 34 23 9 2 74 22 +52 78 1st of 18 QR4 0-1-1 R1 0-1-1 John Connolly
Mick Dagless
1984–85 34 24 3 7 86 36 +50 75 2nd of 18 QR1 0-1-1 R1 0-0-1 W Peter Feenan
1985–86 38 19 9 10 79 52 +27 66 4th of 20 QR3 2-1-1 R1 1-0-1 Peter Feenan
Jim Pearson
1986–87 38 29 7 2 87 36 +51 94 1st of 20 QR3 2-1-1 R3 3-4-1 Jim Pearson
1987–88 38 28 8 2 106 36 +70 92 1st of 20 QR3 2-0-1 R1 0-2-1
1988–89 38 13 13 12 51 50 +1 52 9th of 20 QR2 1-0-1 R1 0-0-1 Dave Clarke
Tommy Dixon
1989–90 38 15 8 15 58 58 0 53 9th of 20 QR3 2-0-1 R1 1-0-1 Tommy Dixon
1990–91 38 20 8 10 80 50 +30 68 3rd of 20 QR2 1-0-1 QR3 0-2-1 Ronnie Walton
1991–92 38 19 8 11 63 44 +19 65 6th of 20 QR1 0-0-1 R1 1-1-1 W
1992–93 38 26 4 8 83 35 +48 82 4th of 20 R1 4-1-1 R1 1-0-1 Ronnie Walton
Peter Feenan
1993–94 38 22 7 9 81 37 +44 73 2nd of 20
Promoted 		QR1 0-0-1 R1 1-0-1 W Peter Feenan
1994–95 Northern Premier League
Division One 		7 42 26 9 7 95 55 +40 87 1st of 22
Promoted 		QR4 3-0-1 R1 1-2-1 W Harry Dunn
1995–96 Northern Premier League
Premier Division 		6 42 17 13 12 75 61 +14 64 6th of 22 R2 5-0-1 R2 2-0-1 Harry Dunn
Peter Harrison
1996–97 44 22 11 11 74 49 +25 77 7th of 23 QR4 0-0-1 R1 1-2-1 Peter Harrison
John Burridge
1997–98 42 12 13 17 52 63 -11 39 18th of 22 R1 4-1-1 R1 1-0-1 John Burridge
1998–99 42 14 9 19 56 64 -8 51 14th of 22 QR2 0-1-1 R1 0-1-1 Alan Shoulder
John Gamble
1999–2000 44 15 9 20 62 67 -5 54 14th of 23 QR2 0-0-1 R3 2-0-1 John Gamble
Mick Tait
2000–01 44 15 9 20 61 64 -3 54 14th of 23 328 QR2 0-0-1 R5 4-1-1 John Charlton
2001–02 44 14 16 14 59 62 -3 58 12th of 23 432 QR3 1-0-1 R3 2-0-1
2002–03 44 14 9 21 67 87 -20 51 19th of 23 366 QR4 2-1-1 R3 2-0-1 John Charlton
Paul Baker
2003–04 44 10 10 24 54 74 -20 40 21st of 23 398 QR4 2-0-1 R4 3-0-1 Paul Baker
Conference North, a new sixth tier league created, club did not qualified to join it.
2004–05 Northern Premier League
Premier Division 		7 42 13 13 16 53 55 -2 52 12th of 22 313 QR1 0-0-1 R2 1-0-1 Paul Baker
Harry Dunn
2005–06 42 26 11 5 79 32 +47 89 1st of 22 528 QR4 3-1-1 R2 4-0-1 Harry Dunn
2006–07 Conference North 6 42 19 9 14 57 49 +8 66 7th of 22 659 QR3 1-1-1 QR3 0-2-0
2007–08 42 12 10 20 52 62 -10 46 18th of 22 489 QR3 1-0-1 R2 1-2-1
2008–09 42 14 7 21 50 58 -8 49 15th of 22 566 R3 5-2-1 QR3 0-0-1
2009–10 40 13 9 18 67 72 -5 48 13th of 21 486 QR4 2-2-1 QR3 0-1-1 Mick Tait
2010–11 40 16 10 14 61 54 +7 58 9th of 21 Paul Brayson 23 449 QR2 0-0-1 QF 4-1-1
2011–12 42 7 13 22 51 81 -30 34 21st of 22
Relegated 		Graeme Armstrong
Glen Taylor 		7 422 R1 3-1-1 QR3 0-0-1 Steve Cuggy
Tommy Cassidy
2012–13 Northern Premier League
Premier Division 		7 42 15 6 21 70 87 -17 51 16th of 22 326 QR2 1-1-1 QR1 0-0-1 Tommy Cassidy
Paddy Atkinson
Tom Wade
2013–14 46 20 12 14 79 78 +1 72 8th of 24 360 QR1 0-0-1 QR2 1-0-1 Tom Wade
2014–15 46 21 16 9 84 54 +30 79 6th of 24 464 R3 6-1-1 QR2 1-1-1 W
2015–16 46 32 3 11 89 41 +48 99 2nd of 24 688 QR1 0-0-1 QR3 2-0-1
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2016–17 46 31 8 7 114 44 +70 101 1st of 24
Promoted 		649 QR2 1-0-1 QR3 2-2-1 W Tom Wade
Alun Armstrong
2017–18 National League North 6 42 19 2 21 76 69 +7 59 10th of 22 Daniel Maguire 16 798 QR2 0-0-1 R2 2-0-1 Alun Armstrong
2018–19 42 20 9 13 74 62 +12 69 6th of 22 Daniel Maguire 20 816 QR4 2-1-1 R3 3-0-1
Lost in the play-off semifinal.
2019–20 33 6 5 22 32 78 -46 23 21st of 22 Callum Roberts 11 839 QR3 1-1-1 R1 1-1-1 Lee Clark
Michael Nelson
The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game
2020–21 14 1 3 10 10 36 -26 6 22nd of 22 Paul Blackett 5 – [a] QR3 1-0-1 R2 0-0-0 not held Michael Nelson
The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19
2021–22 42 12 7 23 41 76 -35 43 19th of 22 JJ O'Donnell 14 926 QR3 1-1-1 R2 0-0-1 W Michael Nelson
Terry Mitchell
2022–23 46 12 14 20 49 62 -13 50 19th of 24 Nicky Deverdics 7 786 QR4 2-1-1 R3 1-0-1 Graham Fenton

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

References[edit]

  1. ^ "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. ^ "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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