36 mins Satka shot 1-0

Half time: United 1 Spartans 0

54 mins Richardson shot 2-0

70 mins Quinn shot 3-0

80 mins Bigirimana shot 4-0

Full time: United 4 Spartans 0

Peter Beardsley's U21 side regained the Northumberland Senior Cup at a misty St.James' Park on Tuesday night - and extended Blyth's miserable run in the competition.

It's now 20 years since Spartans last held the trophy and this latest defeat was the tenth occasion since that 1994 success that they've ended up as the losing finalists.

The Northern Premier League side held the hosts at bay in the opening half hour thanks to a string of noteworthy stops by visiting goalkeeper Conor Grant.

Conceding a corner when blocking Gael Bigirimana's shot, Grant parried another effort from the same player after that flag kick, but was helpless to prevent Lubo Satka netting the rebound from close range on 36 minutes. 

Grant was soon back in action when denying Greg Olley with a header, ensuring that the non-league outfit went in for their half time cuppa only one goal behind.

The second period was soon disrupted after an innocuous -looking tackle involving Jamie Sterry, who stayed down in obvious distress. The young Magpie received treatment before departing on a stretcher with a leg injury.   

United extended their lead in the 54th minute when Greg Olley pushed through centre midfield before playing the ball out to full back Callum Williams, by now operating on the right following the enforced departure of Sterry.

With time to play a low centre across the box, Williams picked out Michael Richardson, who stroked the ball in at the Gallowgate End. And when Jonathyn Quinn beat the offside trap to made it 3-0 in the 70th minute, the yellow-clad visitors were faced with an uphill task. 

Richardson soon had the ball in the Blyth net again only to be ruled offside as United's superior fitness began to tell and the control and trickery of substitute Rolando Aarons caused Tom Wade's side additional headaches.  

The young winger made and missed one chance of his own - crucially losing possession when bearing down on goal - but spearheaded the rapid counter-attack that ended in Gael Bigirimana netting after 80 minutes. 

Blyth continued to press in search of the goal that their travelling support urged, but the nearest they came to denying home 'keeper Jonathan Mitchell a clean sheet was when ex-Boro junior Arran Wearmouth rattled the Leazes End crossbar from distance.

With the rain beginning to fall, competition sponsor Kenny Beattie presented captain Michael Richardson with the trophy; the fourteenth title Newcastle have won since their return to the competition in the 1980s - and the seventh time that they've beaten Blyth to do so.

Sadly the result tonight was made even more predictable by Blyth's league commitments: while United had eight days to prepare for this fixture, the Spartan part-timers were tasked with playing three times in just six days.

A 1-5 loss at Flyde on Wednesday was followed by a hard-fought 2-3 defeat at Worksop on Saturday, before Whitby scored seven goals without reply against a much-changed Blyth XI at Croft Park on Easter Monday. 

Unsuccessful attempts were made to alter both league and Senior Cup by Blyth, with fan anger focused on the Northumberland FA for failing to find a new date for the Gallowgate showpiece, despite United's first team not playing there until Saturday week.  

Biffa