Blyth Spartans break 533 day streak with welcome away win at Garforth Town
Blyth Spartans scored twice late on to claim their first away win for 533 days against Garforth Town in the Northern Premier League East.
Spartans took the lead with just under ten minutes to go, with Gibraltar international Jesse Gomez volleying home.
The win was sealed in added time through forward Benji Shodeinde.
After being denied victory by a late equaliser in the bank holiiday derby clash with Ashington, Spartans expected a tough test against unbeaten Garforth.
The first half offered a small amount of clear-cut chances for both sides, where neither team could gain any consistent attacking sequences, with Garforth having the lion’s share of possession but failing to cause Spartans any real problems, and Blyth struggled throughout the half to get the ball into the dangerous areas for their forwards.
In the second half, it was looking like a carbon copy of the first 45, but in the 82nd minute Spartans struck. The ball fell to Substitute Gomez at the edge of the box, who volleyed home first time into the bottom left corner to send the Spartans faithful into jubilation.
With the game now in added time, The Miners were throwing everything at the visitors to try and get the equaliser, but it would be Spartans who got the next goal.
A long ball from Callum Dobson in goal was brought down wonderfully by Jack Wilson, who slipped in Shodeinde in space to stroke it home into the bottom right corner for his third goal of the season, which sealed the three points for Blyth.
Spartans were resolute in defence in the final few minutes to clinch an important clean sheet and an even more important win to send them into tenth place in the Northern Premier League East and to win away from home for the first time in well over a year.