Emley did in fact start the stronger and Dave Bramley in the Boro goal had to be alert during a tense opening period, but Boro began to take control and skipper Graham Botham scored the first goal for Boro on 23 minutes, he fired a free kick directly into goal without the Emley 'keeper even moving, the Emley wall was in the wrong place and the 'keepeer seemed unsighted and just watched helplessly as the ball flew into the net, but it was a superbly taken free kick from the quick thinking Botham.
Now it was all Boro, the back line was solid, nothing was getting past Dave Hartas, Jamie Waltham or Dave Kemp, the midfield were excellent and Hogg, Griffin, Phillips and Thompson all came close themselves to adding to the scoreline, but it was to be defender Jamie Waltham who eventually got goal number two, another Graham Botham free kick was strongly challenged for by Waltham at the far post and his powerful header left Carl Auckland in the Emley goal helpless, the crowd were now sensing another hat full of goals from a Boro side growing in confidence the longer the game went on.
Just before the break Graham Botham scored his second goal, another free kick which left the 'keeper helpless once again.
Boro were playing the best football that I have them seen play all season, they were excellent in all departments, I think todays line-up was about the strongest 11 to date,but the second half got under way and Emley did at least come out and try to get something out of the game, but for all their efforts Boro were just too strong for them today, it did take until the last minute of the game for Boro to score again and it was 'man of the match' Graham Botham who scored from close range after an unselfish lay-off from Ryan Blott from only 4 yards off the Emley goal line which enabled Botham to celebrate a stunning hat trick.
It was another disappointing display from yet another inept referee, Emley got away with too many fouls, Boro were denied 2 blatant penalties, handballs were missed, incorrect offside decisions were made, and the Emley players were taking dives throughout the game-practically all went unpunished,neither of the referee's assistants were of any help to him as they too were pretty much clueless, but Boro are finally at the top of the league and hopefully they will stay there for most of the season, if they can maintain the quality of football on display today then I cannot think of any other team who can cause us any problems.
Another excellent crowd also, 450 and I did not see any Emley fans in the ground, the next league game is Saturday when near neighbours Tadcaster Albion will be visitors to Queensgate, unfortunately I will be 335 miles away on holiday in Combe Martin, North Devon.
THE BORO TEAM TODAY:
1 DAVE BRAMLEY.
2 DAVE HARTAS.
3 DAVE KEMP.
4 JAMIE WALTHAM.
5 GRAHAM BOTHAM.
6 DAVE THOMPSON.
7 JOEL HARTLEY.
8 SCOTT PHILLIPS.
9 RYAN BLOTT.
10 CRAIG HOGG.
11 MARK GRIFFIN.
Hat trick hero, Skipper Graham Botham.UP THE BORO...........
TOP 5 IN THE LEAGUE TONIGHT.
SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC 10 pts +11
HEMSWORTH 10pts +5
RAINWORTH 10pts +5
LEEDS CARNEGIE 9pts +12
BOTTESFORD TOWN 9pts +6
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