Even though finishing an overly respectable fourth - been billed as fucking ‘relegation candidates’ by the stupid press (what the fuck do they know?) - it still felt as though Blyth Spartans’ first ever season in the Vanarama National League was a bit of a dumb squib. 2020/21 Season Summary - A Damp Squib Let’s … Continue reading The Spartan Army Marches On | Blyth Spartans AFC | 2021/22 | Part 4
Despite semi-stumbling over the finishing line to the title after peaking around January time, it goes without saying that surely just being able to avoid the drop would constitute as a positive season, right? Jai Quitongo, aka 'The Angel from Angola', who would go onto play a huge part in our quest for success Well … Continue reading The Angel from Angola | Blyth Spartans AFC | 2020/21 | Part 3
Blyth Spartans finished as the top scorers in the division, although their defense was leaky to say the best. Still, I guess that’s what you get when you have an all action style of football and three strikers and no midfield. Nevertheless, it's those kinds of tactics are fairly easy to get away with in … Continue reading ‘The Surprise Package of the Season’ | Blyth Spartans AFC | 2019/20 | Part 2
When it comes to British football name suffixes, very little comes close in being able to conjure up the romantic history of the beautiful game other than a brief history and explanation to the different suffixes used by football clubs. A quick google search will give you a variety of different numbers as to how … Continue reading An Intro | Blyth Spartans AFC | Part 1
I continued playing Football Manager on and off in the years following my graduation from the University of Sunderland, the receiving of my BA in Journalism postponed after my flatmate and I were burgled a couple of months before the due date for our final major project. With our laptops stolen and without being backed … Continue reading An Intro to a Football Manager Blog – Part 2: Stop Acting like a Child and Grow Up
Ball Winning Midfielder 