Blyth A.F.C.

Blyth Association Football Club was a football club based in Blyth, Northumberland, England.

Not to be confused with Blyth Spartans A.F.C..
Blyth
Full nameBlyth Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Braves
Founded1995 (Blyth Town)
2015 (Blyth A.F.C.)
Dissolved2018
GroundSouth Newsham Playing Fields, Blyth (1995–2018)
Woodhorn Lane, Ashington (2018)

History

Blyth Town was 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] The club won Division Two at the first attempt, earning promotion to Division One. In 2004–05 they finished as Division One 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]

In 2015 the first team broke away from the main club to become a separate organisation.[4] After winning the Premier Division and Challenge Cup again in 2015–16,[3] they were promoted to Division Two of the Northern League. In 2017 the club was renamed Blyth AFC.[2] The 2017–18 season saw them win the Division Two title, earning promotion to Division One.[5] Despite winning their first four league games of the 2018–19 season, the club resigned from the league and folded on 28 August 2018 due to a lack of support and permanent home ground.[6]

Ground

The club originally played 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.[7] However, the rejection was overturned after the club appealed.[8] In February 2018 the club moved to Woodhorn Lane in Ashington due to issues with the pitch at South Newsham Playing Fields.[9]

Honours
  • Northern League
    • Division Two champions 2017–18
  • 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

Records

References
  1. Club History Blyth Town F.C.
  2. Blyth Town at the Football Club History Database
  3. Blyth Town Northern League
  4. About Blyth A.F.C.
  5. Blyth AFC at the Football Club History Database
  6. Blyth AFC fold and all their Northern League results are wiped out News Post Leader, 28 August 2017
  7. Blyth Town FC 'deeply disappointed' by failure of planning application for ground extension Evening Chronicle, 23 November 2014
  8. Blyth Town Football Club finally gets green light for new stadium plans Evening Chronicle, 7 May 2015
  9. Blyth AFC To Finish Season Off Playing At Ashington Non-League, 16 February 2018

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