Hello my friends, here we go again… My Blyth Spartans had to wake up after the endless parties after bringing home two unexpected triumphs, the Premier League title and the Europa League. We were no longer an anonymous club somewhere in Northumberland, we were a well respected and feared team. I knew that I had to consolidate our position and maybe go for another title. I expected a nice transfer budget, around 50 million euro, [Read more]
Are you ready for the grand finale? Well, ready or not, here we go… My Blyth Spartans had a great chance of winning the Premier League title, we were two points ahead of Arsenal and 4 points ahead Manchester United and Manchester City but with two games in hand! The first game of May was a crucial one, away at Manchester United. We had a thrilling game with them at Croft Park back in December, [Read more]
I guess that you’re quite curious to fond out what happened with my Blyth Spartans in April 2015, ain’t you? I was curious to see what we could do too, I was quite impatient to play the games and get it over with as soon as possible. So here goes… We were in 2nd place at the end of March, one point behind Manchester United but with a game in hand. The first match in [Read more]
Here we go, what did chilly February bring for my fabulous Blyth Spartans? Our fans could not believe what they were witnessing, their Spartans were the Premier League leaders at the end of January! Although I like to keep them optimistic I urged them not to get carried away, our goal was a Champions League place, not the title. I was a bit uncertain regarding the strength of my squad and I was a bit [Read more]
Here we go, the last two games of our fantastic first season in the Premier League. We were in 6th place at the end of April and we only needed one point from the last two games be 100 percent sure of an Europa League place. We had the perfect opportunity to grab that point right from the first match, at home with 14th placed Wigan. Our last game with them was a high scoring [Read more]
Here we are, we’re ready for the final! After knocking out Internazionale Milano, Arsenal and Manchester City we have to face Barcelona, the team that we had to play in the group stage too – we lost 2-0 away and won the home game 3-1. I had most of the lads healthy and available, it was up to me to pick the best strategy for the game and up to my players to make the [Read more]