AS WE ARE NOW APPROACHING THE HALF WAY MARK IN SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC'S FIRST SEASON OF EXISTENCE, I HAVE PUT TOGETHER A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE SEASON SO FAR.
"BORO" KICKED OFF THEIR FIRST COMPETETIVE MATCH AWAY TO TEVERSAL, AMONGST THE CROWD OF 427 WERE 300 BORO SUPPORTERS, AND BOTH SETS OF FANS MADE THIS A REALLY SPECIAL OCCASION,THE RESULT DID NOT GO THE WAY OF THE "BORO" WHO WERE BEATEN 2-1 ON THE DAY, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ALL THAT THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT FUTURE FOR SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB.
TEVERSAL SCORED IN THE 9th MINUTE OF THE GAME, AND HALF TIME EVENTUALLY ARRIVED WITH THE SAME 1-0 SCORELINE, BUT "BORO" EQUALISED JUST 5 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, DAVE THOMPSON PUTTING HIMSELF INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE IN A COMPETETIVE GAME FOR THE "BORO", HOWEVER, IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT "TEVVIE" WERE THE BETTER TEAM ON THE DAY AND IN THE 89th MINUTE THEY SCORED THE WINNING GOAL, A VOLLEY FROM GAVIN SHORT WHICH LEFT BRAMLEY IN THE "BORO" GOAL WITH NO CHANCE OF SAVING, LOT'S OF BANTER BETWEEN THE FANS AFTER THE GAME AND I KNOW THAT MANY "BORO" FAN'S ARE WAITING TO WELCOME THE "TEVVIE" FANS TO THE RETURN GAME AT QUEENSGATE. SEVEN DAY'S LATER "BORO" WERE AGAIN ON THEIR TRAVELS, THIS TIME TO PLAY "LEEDS MET CARNEGIE", A MUCH BETTER DISPLAY SAW "BORO" COME AWAY WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 4-1 VICTORY, GOALS FROM LIGHTOWLER, HOGG AND A BRACE FROM MATTY KENNETT SEALED OUR VICTORY. SO "BORO" WERE FULL OF CONFIDENCE FOR THE WILKINSON SWORD TROPHY MATCH WHICH WAS JUST THREE DAY'S AWAY, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE "BORO'S" NIGHT AS THEY CRASHED OUT OF THE TROPHY 1-0 TO OPPONENTS "RAINWORTH", IN THEIR FIRST GAME OF NOTE ON THEIR HOME GROUND "QUEENSGATE". THINGS WERE NOT TO IMPROVE IN THE TEAMS NEXT GAME AS THEY WERE HAMMERED 6-2 AT HOME TO "BARTON TOWN" IN THE TEAMS NEXT LEAGUE ENCOUNTER.BORO'S TWO GOALS WERE SCORED BY HOGG AND PHILLIPS.
ANOTHER 3 DAY'S PASSED AND IT WAS TIME TO TRY FOR ANOTHER TROPHY (THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE CUP), OUR OPPONENTS WERE "PONTEFRACT", WE OUTPLAYED THEM ON THE NIGHT, BUT COULD ONLY MANAGE A 1-1 SCORELINE, A DEFENSIVE MIX-UP IN THE 89th MINUTE LED TO PONTEFRACT SLOTTING THE BALL INTO AN OPEN GOAL FOR THEIR EQUALISER, AFTER "BORO" HAD LED 1-0 THANKS TO AN EXLEY GOAL THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE MATCH, AND SO THE GAME WENT INTO EXTRA TIME AND THEN PENALTIES, AND PONTEFRACT WON THE SHOOT-OUT 3-1, NEXT, IT WAS BACK TO LEAGUE ACTION AND A TRIP TO EMLEY, AND A 3-2 VICTORY WITH GOALS FROM HOGG, KEMP AND HEPPLES. ONE WEEK LATER AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL 4-0 HOME VICTORY OVER "WORSBOROUGH", SCOTT PHILLIPS SCORED 2 GOALS, GRIFFIN AND AN OWN GOAL MADE THE TOTAL 4, BORO WERE PLAYING SOME GOOD FOOTBALL NOW AND BEGINNING TO GELL AS A TEAM.
THE NEXT GAME WAS AWAY TO MUCH FANCIED "HALL ROAD RANGERS" AND WE WERE BEATEN 2-0 BUT THE TEAM WERE FAR FROM DISGRACED, NEXT CAME A HOME GAME WITH TADCASTER AND THIS PRODUCED OUR FIRST DRAW IN THE LEAGUE, PINDAR AND BARKER SCORED THE "BORO" GOAL'S IN A 2-2 DRAW.
BACK TO CUP ACTION NEXT AND A SHORT JOURNEY TO KIRKBYMOORSIDE TO PLAY THEM IN THE 1st PRELIMARY ROUND OF THE "NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP", A LARGE CROWD MADE UP MAINLY OF "BORO" FANS SAW US RUN OUT 2-0 WINNERS, HOGG GETTING BOTH BORO GOALS, AND WE THEN HAD TO TRAVEL TO "BOTTESFORD" FOR OUR NEXT LEAGUE ENCOUNTER, WE WERE BEATEN 3-1, SCOTT PHILLIPS GRABBING OUR ONLY GOAL FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. NEXT, WE FINALLY FOUND OURSELVES WITH A HOME GAME AGAIN, "YORKSHIRE AMATEURS" THE VISITORS AND 2 GOALS FROM SCOTT PHILLIPS AND RYAN BLOTTS FIRST LEAGUE GOAL FOR THE "BORO" SAW US WIN THE GAME WITH A 3-0 SCORELINE. NEXT GAME WAS AWAY TO GEDLING TOWN AND THE ROBBING, RIP- OFF MERCHANTS OF A CLUB DECIDED TO RAISE THE ADMISSION PRICES AND PROGRAMME PRICES AS WE WERE SURE TO BRING A LOT OF SUPPORT, BUT THEY LET THEMSELVES DOWN BADLY, AS NONE OF THE OTHER TEAMS HAD DONE THIS, AND IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN IN A HURRY, THEY WERE UNBEATEN, BUT "BORO" WERE TREMENDOUS ON THE DAY AND WERE EVENTUAL 2-1 WINNERS, SCOTT PHILLIPS AGAIN ON THE SCORESHEET.WE THEN HAD TO TRAVEL TO ROSSINGTON AND WERE COMFORTABLE 5-1 WINNERS, PHILLIPS, GRIFFIN AND PINDAR WERE THE SCORERS AND ROSSINGTON GAVE AWAY 2 OWN GOALS, A DISMAL PLACE, TERRIBLE FANS, DISGRACEFUL MANAGER AND CLUELESS TEAM,THEY CAME TO US THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN THE RETURN GAME AND WERE HAMMERED AGAIN, THIS TIME 4-0, SCORERS THIS TIME WERE PHILLIPS,MEDCALF AND 2 GOALS FROM RYAN BLOTT. THE GAME WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR OFF THE FIELD ACTION RATHER THAN WHAT HAPPENED ON IT, THE IDIOTS WHO TRIED TO MIX IT AT ROSSINGTON 7 DAYS EARLIER CAME TO TRY AGAIN TO CAUSE TROUBLE WITH THE BORO FANS, BUT THEY WERE ALL EJECTED LONG BEFORE THE FINAL WHISTLE AND PUT ON THE COACH WAITING TO RETURN TO THE SAFETY OF THEIR MUMMIES. NEXT WAS A RETURN TO CUP ACTION AND A "NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP" MATCH AGAINST "FISHBURN PARK" WHICH WE WON 4-0 AT WHITBY'S TURNBULL GROUND,BLOTT, HOGG, GRIFFIN AND TWO GOALS FROM SCOTT PHILLIPS GUARANTEED BORO PROGRESSION TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE COMPETITION, WHICH WILL SEE US TRAVEL TO TEESIDE TO PLAY THORNABY ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9th, SO CONFIDENCE WAS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AS "LEEDS MET" CAME TO QUEENSGATE FOR OUR NEXT LEAGUE GAME, WE HAD ALREADY WON AWAY TO THEM EARLIER IN THE SEASON 4-1 SO A DOUBLE WAS CERTAINLY ON THE CARDS, BUT WE ENDED UP AS 0-2 LOSERS, AND SO ONTO THE FINAL GAME PLAYED UP TO THIS POINT OF OUR SEASON.
WE TRAVELLED AWAY TO STAVELY AND PLAYED A REALLY GOOD GAME AND WITH 2 GOALS FROM RYAN BLOTT AND ONE FROM BOWSLEY WE WERE WORTHY 3-0 WINNERS. SO FAR THERE ARE MANY MORE POSITIVES THAN NEGATIVES IN THIS, OUR FIRST SEASON, THE TEAM ARE PLAYING GOOD ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL, THE TRUST IS GROWING IN STRENGTH AND THE SUPPORTERS CLUB CONTINUES TO GROW, TWO EXCELLENT PLAYERS WHO LEFT THE CLUB HAVE RETURNED, AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE "BORO" ARE BACK PLAYING AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF FOOTBALL.
UP THE BORO..............
"BORO" KICKED OFF THEIR FIRST COMPETETIVE MATCH AWAY TO TEVERSAL, AMONGST THE CROWD OF 427 WERE 300 BORO SUPPORTERS, AND BOTH SETS OF FANS MADE THIS A REALLY SPECIAL OCCASION,THE RESULT DID NOT GO THE WAY OF THE "BORO" WHO WERE BEATEN 2-1 ON THE DAY, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ALL THAT THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT FUTURE FOR SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB.
TEVERSAL SCORED IN THE 9th MINUTE OF THE GAME, AND HALF TIME EVENTUALLY ARRIVED WITH THE SAME 1-0 SCORELINE, BUT "BORO" EQUALISED JUST 5 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND HALF, DAVE THOMPSON PUTTING HIMSELF INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE IN A COMPETETIVE GAME FOR THE "BORO", HOWEVER, IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT "TEVVIE" WERE THE BETTER TEAM ON THE DAY AND IN THE 89th MINUTE THEY SCORED THE WINNING GOAL, A VOLLEY FROM GAVIN SHORT WHICH LEFT BRAMLEY IN THE "BORO" GOAL WITH NO CHANCE OF SAVING, LOT'S OF BANTER BETWEEN THE FANS AFTER THE GAME AND I KNOW THAT MANY "BORO" FAN'S ARE WAITING TO WELCOME THE "TEVVIE" FANS TO THE RETURN GAME AT QUEENSGATE. SEVEN DAY'S LATER "BORO" WERE AGAIN ON THEIR TRAVELS, THIS TIME TO PLAY "LEEDS MET CARNEGIE", A MUCH BETTER DISPLAY SAW "BORO" COME AWAY WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 4-1 VICTORY, GOALS FROM LIGHTOWLER, HOGG AND A BRACE FROM MATTY KENNETT SEALED OUR VICTORY. SO "BORO" WERE FULL OF CONFIDENCE FOR THE WILKINSON SWORD TROPHY MATCH WHICH WAS JUST THREE DAY'S AWAY, BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE "BORO'S" NIGHT AS THEY CRASHED OUT OF THE TROPHY 1-0 TO OPPONENTS "RAINWORTH", IN THEIR FIRST GAME OF NOTE ON THEIR HOME GROUND "QUEENSGATE". THINGS WERE NOT TO IMPROVE IN THE TEAMS NEXT GAME AS THEY WERE HAMMERED 6-2 AT HOME TO "BARTON TOWN" IN THE TEAMS NEXT LEAGUE ENCOUNTER.BORO'S TWO GOALS WERE SCORED BY HOGG AND PHILLIPS.
ANOTHER 3 DAY'S PASSED AND IT WAS TIME TO TRY FOR ANOTHER TROPHY (THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE CUP), OUR OPPONENTS WERE "PONTEFRACT", WE OUTPLAYED THEM ON THE NIGHT, BUT COULD ONLY MANAGE A 1-1 SCORELINE, A DEFENSIVE MIX-UP IN THE 89th MINUTE LED TO PONTEFRACT SLOTTING THE BALL INTO AN OPEN GOAL FOR THEIR EQUALISER, AFTER "BORO" HAD LED 1-0 THANKS TO AN EXLEY GOAL THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE MATCH, AND SO THE GAME WENT INTO EXTRA TIME AND THEN PENALTIES, AND PONTEFRACT WON THE SHOOT-OUT 3-1, NEXT, IT WAS BACK TO LEAGUE ACTION AND A TRIP TO EMLEY, AND A 3-2 VICTORY WITH GOALS FROM HOGG, KEMP AND HEPPLES. ONE WEEK LATER AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL 4-0 HOME VICTORY OVER "WORSBOROUGH", SCOTT PHILLIPS SCORED 2 GOALS, GRIFFIN AND AN OWN GOAL MADE THE TOTAL 4, BORO WERE PLAYING SOME GOOD FOOTBALL NOW AND BEGINNING TO GELL AS A TEAM.
THE NEXT GAME WAS AWAY TO MUCH FANCIED "HALL ROAD RANGERS" AND WE WERE BEATEN 2-0 BUT THE TEAM WERE FAR FROM DISGRACED, NEXT CAME A HOME GAME WITH TADCASTER AND THIS PRODUCED OUR FIRST DRAW IN THE LEAGUE, PINDAR AND BARKER SCORED THE "BORO" GOAL'S IN A 2-2 DRAW.
BACK TO CUP ACTION NEXT AND A SHORT JOURNEY TO KIRKBYMOORSIDE TO PLAY THEM IN THE 1st PRELIMARY ROUND OF THE "NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP", A LARGE CROWD MADE UP MAINLY OF "BORO" FANS SAW US RUN OUT 2-0 WINNERS, HOGG GETTING BOTH BORO GOALS, AND WE THEN HAD TO TRAVEL TO "BOTTESFORD" FOR OUR NEXT LEAGUE ENCOUNTER, WE WERE BEATEN 3-1, SCOTT PHILLIPS GRABBING OUR ONLY GOAL FROM THE PENALTY SPOT. NEXT, WE FINALLY FOUND OURSELVES WITH A HOME GAME AGAIN, "YORKSHIRE AMATEURS" THE VISITORS AND 2 GOALS FROM SCOTT PHILLIPS AND RYAN BLOTTS FIRST LEAGUE GOAL FOR THE "BORO" SAW US WIN THE GAME WITH A 3-0 SCORELINE. NEXT GAME WAS AWAY TO GEDLING TOWN AND THE ROBBING, RIP- OFF MERCHANTS OF A CLUB DECIDED TO RAISE THE ADMISSION PRICES AND PROGRAMME PRICES AS WE WERE SURE TO BRING A LOT OF SUPPORT, BUT THEY LET THEMSELVES DOWN BADLY, AS NONE OF THE OTHER TEAMS HAD DONE THIS, AND IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN IN A HURRY, THEY WERE UNBEATEN, BUT "BORO" WERE TREMENDOUS ON THE DAY AND WERE EVENTUAL 2-1 WINNERS, SCOTT PHILLIPS AGAIN ON THE SCORESHEET.WE THEN HAD TO TRAVEL TO ROSSINGTON AND WERE COMFORTABLE 5-1 WINNERS, PHILLIPS, GRIFFIN AND PINDAR WERE THE SCORERS AND ROSSINGTON GAVE AWAY 2 OWN GOALS, A DISMAL PLACE, TERRIBLE FANS, DISGRACEFUL MANAGER AND CLUELESS TEAM,THEY CAME TO US THE FOLLOWING WEEK IN THE RETURN GAME AND WERE HAMMERED AGAIN, THIS TIME 4-0, SCORERS THIS TIME WERE PHILLIPS,MEDCALF AND 2 GOALS FROM RYAN BLOTT. THE GAME WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR OFF THE FIELD ACTION RATHER THAN WHAT HAPPENED ON IT, THE IDIOTS WHO TRIED TO MIX IT AT ROSSINGTON 7 DAYS EARLIER CAME TO TRY AGAIN TO CAUSE TROUBLE WITH THE BORO FANS, BUT THEY WERE ALL EJECTED LONG BEFORE THE FINAL WHISTLE AND PUT ON THE COACH WAITING TO RETURN TO THE SAFETY OF THEIR MUMMIES. NEXT WAS A RETURN TO CUP ACTION AND A "NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP" MATCH AGAINST "FISHBURN PARK" WHICH WE WON 4-0 AT WHITBY'S TURNBULL GROUND,BLOTT, HOGG, GRIFFIN AND TWO GOALS FROM SCOTT PHILLIPS GUARANTEED BORO PROGRESSION TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THE COMPETITION, WHICH WILL SEE US TRAVEL TO TEESIDE TO PLAY THORNABY ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9th, SO CONFIDENCE WAS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH AS "LEEDS MET" CAME TO QUEENSGATE FOR OUR NEXT LEAGUE GAME, WE HAD ALREADY WON AWAY TO THEM EARLIER IN THE SEASON 4-1 SO A DOUBLE WAS CERTAINLY ON THE CARDS, BUT WE ENDED UP AS 0-2 LOSERS, AND SO ONTO THE FINAL GAME PLAYED UP TO THIS POINT OF OUR SEASON.
WE TRAVELLED AWAY TO STAVELY AND PLAYED A REALLY GOOD GAME AND WITH 2 GOALS FROM RYAN BLOTT AND ONE FROM BOWSLEY WE WERE WORTHY 3-0 WINNERS. SO FAR THERE ARE MANY MORE POSITIVES THAN NEGATIVES IN THIS, OUR FIRST SEASON, THE TEAM ARE PLAYING GOOD ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALL, THE TRUST IS GROWING IN STRENGTH AND THE SUPPORTERS CLUB CONTINUES TO GROW, TWO EXCELLENT PLAYERS WHO LEFT THE CLUB HAVE RETURNED, AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE "BORO" ARE BACK PLAYING AT A HIGHER LEVEL OF FOOTBALL.
UP THE BORO..............
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