THIS BLOG WAS CREATED FROM THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC'S FORMATION

Scarborough Athletic F.C were formed on June 25th 2007 following the winding up order imposed on the old club after the local council turned down the club's survival plans. The club were finally forced into liquidation with debts of £2.5 million by a High Court judge, and so ended the club's magnificent 128 year history, no thoughts or consideration was to be spared for anyone connected with the club or the towns footballing public. However a trust had been formed and we were prepared for such a situation should it arise. The Seadog Trust applied to the Northern Counties East League to enter newly formed Scarborough Athletic and they were succesful in their application.
The new club are a continuation of the old one, they have the same kit, badge, motto etc and most importantly have kept a large number of the old supporters. This blog was started by me from the very beginnings of Scarborough Athletic FC and will follow the fortunes, both good and bad of the newly formed club as they try to get back to the higher levels of the football pyramid where they rightly belong. A rival team has also been formed 'Scarborough Town', I do not expect that particular club will have much of a future, but do they realise the damage that they are causing to the future success of football in the town, our town cannot support 2 teams, Athetic are here to stay, we are the town's number one football team and will return to the higher levels of the game in the next few seasons..


THIS BLOG WAS ESTABLISHED FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CLUB ON THEIR JOURNEY BACK TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. I AM NOT HERE TO ADVERTISE OR MAKE MONEY FROM 3RD PARTY LISTINGS, I AM HERE TO SIMPLY FOLLOW THE CLUB AND TRY TO KEEP THIS BLOG AS INTERESTING AS POSSIBLE. COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.

Wednesday 11 June 2008

SCARBOROUGH TOWN FC- WHY ?


SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER EXCITING SEASON OF FOOTBALL IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE DIVISION ONE.

PROMOTION HAS TO BE THE PRIORITY THIS SEASON, A REALISTIC PRIORITY IN MY OPINION, I CANNOT SEE A SINGLE TEAM IN OUR DIVISION GIVING US ANY PROBLEMS ALL SEASON.

LAST SEASON SAW THE TEAM START FROM SCRATCH, THE SQUAD HAD TO BE ASSEMBLED AT VERY SHORT NOTICE, FANS HAD TO GET TO KNOW SOME RELATIVELY UNKNOWN PLAYERS, BUT THROUGH LOTS OF HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT AND OF COURSE THE GUIDANCE OF MANAGER BRIAN FRANCE AND HIS BACKROOM TEAM THE SIDE SOON DEVELOPED INTO A VERY STRONG AND SKILLFUL SQUAD WHO PLAYED SOME REALLY ATTRACTIVE, ENTERTAINING FOOTBALL.

NOW, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE FROM OUR FIRST SEASON AS A CLUB, PLUS THE STRENGHENING OF THE SQUAD AND THE NEWS THAT WE ARE TO FIELD A COMPETETIVE RESERVE SIDE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MANAGER JIMMY REID, WE CAN REALLY EXPECT TO HAVE SOME SILVERWARE BY THE SEASONS END, AND WE SHOULD BE ONE STEP NEARER TO CONFERENCE FOOTBALL.

THE SUPPORT LAST SEASON WAS TREMENDOUS, WE MUST HAVE BEEN THE ENVY OF EVERY CLUB THAT WE CAME UP AGAINST.
I HOPE THAT THE EMERGENCE OF THIS SO CALLED "SCARBOROUGH TOWN" FOOTBALL CLUB WILL NOT RESULT IN US LOSING ANY OF OUR FANS, I VERY MUCH DOUBT THAT IT WILL, WE ARE TOO GOOD A CLUB AND THE FANS ARE VERY LOYAL TO THE CLUB.

THE NEW CLUB HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE RUNNING IT WHO HAD CONNECTIONS WITH THE OLD SCARBOROUGH FC WHO SADLY FOLDED.
IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT THE TRUST RUN "SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC" PROUDLY KEPT FOOTBALL ALIVE FOR THE SCARBOROUGH FOOTBALLING PUBLIC. THE SEADOG TRUST WORKED HARD TO SET UP THE NEW CLUB AND KEEP SCARBOROUGH ON THE FOOTBALLING MAP.

ATHLETIC ARE FLYING THE FLAG FOR FOOTBALL IN SCARBOROUGH, THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE BEEN LAID FOR A GREAT CLUB WITH A GREAT FUTURE, WE DO NEED THE TEAM TO BECOME BASED IN SCARBOROUGH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND THIS WILL HAPPEN.
SCARBOROUGH TOWN SAY THAT THEY ARE THE NUMBER 1 TEAM PLAYING IN SCARBOROUGH, THAT IS A PLAY ON WORDS, THEY WILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO JUST TO MATCH WHAT ATHLETIC HAVE ACHIEVED IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

IN MY OPINION THE TOWN CANNOT SUPPORT TWO SUCCESSFUL CLUBS, ATHLETIC ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT,SO WHO IS GOING TO WATCH THE "TOWN" TEAM ? . LETS JUST WATCH WHAT TOWN CAN DO IN THE BACKGROUND.
"SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC" ARE THE NEW BORO AS FAR AS THE MAJORITY OF THE SCARBOROUGH PUBLIC ARE CONCERNED. IT IS ATHLETIC WHO WILL REPRESENT THE TOWN AT THE HIGHER LEVELS OF FOOTBALL AS THEY PROGRESS UP THE FOOTBALL PYRAMID, THE EMERGENCE OF SCARBOROUGH TOWN IS A NEGATIVE MOVE, I CANNOT SEE THE POINT OF THIS 2ND TEAM.

DON'T FORGET "BORO'S" FIRST FRIENDLY FIXTURE AWAY TO GOOLE TOWN ON SATURDAY JULY 5th.
SUPPORT THE SEADOG TRUST.
"UP THE BORO"

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