List of Blyth Spartans A.F.C. seasons

Last updated May 30, 2024

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

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.

Key

Key to league record

Level = Level of the league in the current league system
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goals difference
Pts = Points
Position = Position in the final league table
Top scorer and number of goals scored shown in bold when he was also top scorer for the division.

Key to cup records

Res = Final reached round
Rec = Final club record in the form of wins-draws-losses
PR = Preliminary round
QR1 (2, etc.) = Qualifying Cup rounds
G = Group stage
R1 (2, etc.) = Proper Cup rounds
QF = Quarter-finalists
SF = Semi-finalists
F = Finalists
A(QF,SF,F) = Area quarter-, semi-, finalists
W = Winners

Seasons

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
	Division	Lvl	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Position	Name	Goals	Average^[1] attendance	Res	Rec	Res	Rec	Northumberland Cup
1913–14	North Eastern League		38	19	7	12	71	51	+20	45	6th of 20	—	—	—	—		—		W
1914–15	North Eastern League		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				Joe Wilson
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	Midland Football League		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	Northern Counties League		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	North Eastern League		14	7	2	5	43	33	+10	16	4th of 8				R1	1-0-1				Jim Turney
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	—			Jackie Marks
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	Allan Jones
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		Alan O’Neill
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		Jim Pearson
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	Ronnie Walton
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		John Charlton
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	Northern Premier League Premier Division	7	42	26	11	5	79	32	+47	89	1st of 22 Promoted			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		Mick Tait
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
2015–16			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*												QR1	0-0-1	QR3	2-0-1
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
2018–19			Lost in the play-off* semifinal.*												QR4	2-1-1	R3	3-0-1
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
2019–20			The regular season was cut short due to COVID-19, final league positions decided by points-per-game												QR3	1-1-1	R1	1-1-1		Lee Clark Michael Nelson
2020–21			14	1	3	10	10	36	-26	6	22nd of 22	Paul Blackett	5	– ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	QR3	1-0-1	R2	0-0-0	not held	Michael Nelson
2020–21			The season was declared null and void due to COVID-19												QR3	1-0-1	R2	0-0-0	not held	Michael Nelson
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
2023–24			46	13	11	22	66	82	-16	50	21st of 24 Relegated	Nicky Deverdics JJ Hooper	11	893	QR3	1-2-1	R3	1-0-1		Graham Fenton Jon Shaw

Notes

Source: Blyth Spartans at the Football Club History Database

↑ COVID-19 prevented fans from attending games

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References

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

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[1] "English attendances archive". EFS. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[2] "FA Cup past results". The FA. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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