Tuesday, April 4

No break for Spartans

It's obvious from previous posts that my main sporting passion is following Newcastle United. However there is also a non-league team in the town where I live called 'Blyth Spartans'. Blyth are having a really good season and are seen by many as favourites to be promoted. They have had loooooaaads of games postponed this season though due to the weather, - frozen and waterlogged pitch etc.
As a result they now have a nightmare fixture pile-up in April to the point where they have MORE than a game every 3 days!!! Check this out;

Blyth Spartans - April 2006 Fixtures
Tue 04.04.06 North Ferriby (h)
Sat 08.04.06 Ilkeston Town (h)
Tue 11.04.06 Ossett Town (a)
Fri 14.04.06 Gateshead (a)
Sat 15.04.06 Radcliffe Borough (h)
Mon 17.04.06 Bradford PA (h)
Wed 19.04.06 Witton Albion (a)
Sat 22.04.06 Runcorn FC Halton (a)
Tue 25.04.06 Matlock Town (a)
Thu 27.04.06 Guiseley (h)
Sat 29.04.06 Wakefield-Emley (h)
Mon 01.05.06 Ossett Town (UCC F) (h)

It's completely ridiculous and something that would obviously never happen at professional level, but I guess there's nothing they can do about it. Good Luck to them, and I just hope their season doesn't come to nothing a result of this!
Incidentally, Blyth are also due to play Newcastle United Reserves in the 'Northumberland Senior Cup Final', but at present they are unable to schedule this fixture! This is obviously the one I want to go to, and before you ask - I will be supporting Blyth 100%!!

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