Complex sentence: After initial excitement following a good pre-season, the performances on the pitch were extremely poor, however Blyth just got into the FA Cup 1st round after beating Droylsden 2--1 at home in the 4th qualifying round replay before losing 2--0 to rivals Gateshead.
Split into simpler sentences: After initial excitement following a good pre-season, the performances on the pitch were extremely poor. However Blyth just got into the FA Cup 1st round after beating Droylsden 2--1 at home in the 4th qualifying round replay before losing 2--0 to rivals Gateshead.