Blyth Town F.C.

Blyth Town

Full name

Blyth Town Football Club

Founded

1995

Ground

South Newsham Playing Fields, Blyth

League

Northern League Division Two

2015–16

Northern Alliance Premier Division, 1st (promoted)

Home colours

Blyth Town Football Club is a football club based in Blyth, Northumberland, England. They are currently members of the Northern League Division Two and play at South Newsham Playing Fields.

History

Blyth Town were established in 1995 as a junior club, initially having three boys teams.^[1] They gradually expanded to more age groups, and added both men's and women's adult teams in 2002, with the men's team entering Division Two of the Northern Alliance.^[1]

They won Division Two at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. In 2004–05 they finished as Division Two runners-up and were promoted to the Premier Division.^[2] The club were Premier Division champions in 2013–14, and the following season saw them win the treble of the Premier Division, Challenge Cup and George Dobbins League Cup.^[3] After winning the Premier Division and Challenge Cup again in 2015–16,^[3] they were promoted to Division Two of the Northern League.

Ground

The club play at the South Newsham Playing Fields. They applied for permission to build a 150-seat stand and install floodlights in 2014, but the application was rejected by local councillors.^[4] However, the rejection was overturned after the club appealed.^[5]

Honours

Northern Alliance
- Premier Division champions 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
- Challenge Cup winners 2014–15, 15–16
- George Dobbins League Cup winners 2014–15
- Division Two champions 2002–03

References

1 2 Club History Blyth Town F.C.
↑ Blyth Town at the Football Club History Database
1 2 Blyth Town Northern League
↑ Blyth Town FC 'deeply disappointed' by failure of planning application for ground extension Evening Chronicle, 23 November 2014
↑ Blyth Town Football Club finally gets green light for new stadium plans Evening Chronicle, 7 May 2015

External links

Northern League

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Coordinates: 55°06′21″N 1°31′11″W / 55.105842°N 1.519747°W / 55.105842; -1.519747

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