The British Ladies Football Club 'Red' and 'Blue' teams played at St James' Park on the 20th of April in front of 8,000 spectators. The Reds won 4 - 3.

Blyth Spartans Ladies F.C. won the Munitionettes Cup in 1918. They beat the Bolckow-Vaughan team in the final of the knock-out competition, in which 30 teams participated. The final was held at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough on the 18th of May 1918. Bella Reay scored one goal and 14 year old Mary Lyons scored a hat-trick, in front of a crowd of 22,000. The final score was 4-0.[1]

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The Football Association (F.A.) banned womens' football from its members grounds on the 5th of December 1921. The FA deemed that football was "quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged". Womens Football had grown-up and become very popular during the First World War. It continued to draw large numbers of spectators. The ban ended some of the Womens' teams such as Blyth Spartan Ladies F.C. The FA's ban stood until July 1971.