Northern Premier League

Clinical Hornets sting the Spartans

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
22 December 2024

By Mark Andrews

HEBBURN TOWN 3
BLYTH SPARTANS 1
HEBBURN Town kick-started their push for a play-offs place by ending a sequence of three defeats while completing a double over north-east rivals Blyth Spartans.
It leaves Michael Connor still searching for a first win as Spartans manager after eight failed attempts.
His side were playing catch-up from the eighth minute after Joao Gomes swapped passes with Dan Savage before sliding the ball past goalkeeper Adam Richardson.
The on-loan Sunderland no.1 then produced his best midway through the opening period when he tipped over Olly M...

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