Blyth Spartans host Blackburn in the FA Cup on Monday evening, and here's 10 facts about the football club.

Victory for the Blue Square North side would be one of the competition's biggest ever shocks. We take a closer look at the non-league side.

1. The club, founded in 1899, were named after the Spartan Greek army by their first secretary Fred Stoker in the hope they would give their all in "battle" on the field.

2. Blyth moved to their current home ground, Croft Park, in 1909. They were beaten 4-2 by Newcastle United in their first game there.

3. Spartans, currently second bottom in Blue Square North, have never played higher than their current level.

4. Yet they are a club renowned for their FA Cup exploits. Most famously, they drew a crowd of 42,167 to St James' Park after taking Wrexham to a fifth-round replay in 1978.

5. The last time the club reached the main draw of the competition, in 1997-98, they were beaten 4-3 by Blackpool in the first round.

6. One of the stars of that 1997 cup run was their 45-year-old goalkeeper-manager John Burridge, the journeyman who two years earlier had become the Premier League's oldest player when pressed into action as a substitute by Manchester City.

7. They reached the third round this time with qualifying wins over Whitby Town, Buxton and Sheffield FC and further success over Shrewsbury and Bournemouth - after a replay - in rounds one and two.

8. The club's current assistant manager, Graham Fenton, spent 20 months as a player with Blackburn after joining them from Aston Villa in 1996.

9. Spartans claimed their place in Blue Square North by winning the UniBond League title in 2006.

10. Blyth claim to have supplied more than 100 players to Football League clubs over the years.