Saturday 12th April 2008
Blue Square North
Blyth Spartans 6 Worcester City 0
Att: 429

A Robert Dale hat trick in the opening 14 minutes set up the Spartans for their highest score for many years against 10 men Worcester City at Croft Park on Saturday.

The win almost makes safe the Spartans position in the Blue Square North, with the Spartans having a much better goal difference then Hucknall Town.

In the opening 14 minutes saw Blyth 4 up with Robert Dale grabbing a hat trick in 9 minutes, Worcesters Craig Wilding sent off for an off the ball kick on Brown.

Goal 1 – 5 minutes - Gareth Williams to the bye line cross headed out and picked up by Ged Dalton and DALE struck first time low into the corner from 18 yards.

Goal 2 - 10 minutes – Kenny Boyle slipped his pass into the box and DALTON was pulled back but stayed on his feet to steer left footed low past the keeper from close in.

Goal 3 - 12minutes – Michael Hedley’s cross from the right headed back across goal by Chris McCabe at the far post and DALE, completely unmarked hammered the ball into the roof of the net from 4 yards.

Goal 4 - 14 minutes - Dalton skipped past his man wide left and the low cross saw DALE running diagonally towards the near post deftly pick up his hat-trick via the outside of his right foot from close in.

Spartans knocked it around and had a couple more decent chances but ironically a hash of a mix up between keeper and defender saw to ball fall to Steve BIRKS to calmly steer a 22 yarder across goal and into the far corner with the keeper out of his area on 54 minutes.

The rest of the half was basically a non-event but sub DANIEL ROBINSON finished off in style, knocking in McCabes pull back after a cracking switch of play pass by Dale in time added on to make it SIX.

BLYTH SPARTANS: Adam Bartlett, Michael Hedley, Kenny Boyle, Andrew Leeson, Gareth Williams, Gary Brown (sub Mark Evans), Steve Birks, Chris McCabe, Robert Dale, Adrian Webster (sub Daniel Robinson), Ged Dalton.
Subs (not used): Graham Fenton, Andy Johnson.