The Blyth Spartans Cup Run

A correction to my last piece. I started by saying that all the teams in the fifth round of the FA Cup had won two games. This should of course have read ‘at least’ two games. For those from the third tier and lower, it would have been more than that.

By way of clarification and apology, and as I featured Blyth last time, here is a record of the Spartans cup run of 1977-1978. As you can see, they won eight games in that memorable season.

1st Qualifying Round

17 September 1977 – Shildon 0-3 Blyth Spartans

2nd Qualifying Round

8 October 1977 – Crook Town 1-1 Blyth Spartans

12 October 1977 – Blyth Spartans 3-0 Crook Town

3rd Qualifying Round

22 October 1977 – Consett 1-4 Blyth Spartans

4th Qualifying Round

5 November 1977 – Bishop Auckland 0-1 Blyth Spartans

1st Round

26 November 1977 – Blyth Spartans 1-0 Burscough

2nd Round

17 December 1977 – Blyth Spartans 1-0 Chesterfield

3rd Round

7 January 1978 – Blyth Spartans 1-0 Enfield

4th Round

6 February 1978 – Stoke City 2-3 Blyth Spartans

5th Round

18 February 1978 – Wrexham 1-1 Blyth Spartans

27 February 1978 – Blyth Spartans 1-2 Wrexham