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.

Friday 24 October 2008

A RAY OF HOPE FINALLY OVER ATHLETIC GROUND PURCHASE.

After months of misery regarding the Athletic Ground it was good to read the following article in the local paper this week.



A DEAL to buy the former home of Scarborough Football Club looks set to be agreed.
Scarborough Council is to buy the ground from the club's administrators, Begbies Traynor.The McCain Stadium, formerly the Athletic Ground, has been derelict since the club went bust in June last year. Last week the main stand at the Seamer Road ground was set on fire by arsonists for a second time.Simon Cope, chairman of Scarborough Athletic Football Club, the team formed after Boro went bust, has welcomed the news that a deal could be reached soon.
He said: "I am glad that the long-running state of limbo that the Athletic Ground has been in is now coming to an end. Having to watch the slow decay of the ground over the last 15 months with our hands effectively tied has been very difficult."Scarborough Football Club collapsed in June 2007 and the sale of the ground has been agreed with liquidators Begbies Traynor.
However, until now the liquidators and the council have been unable to agree on a "fair price" for the ground and an independent arbitrator has been appointed to determine one.A restrictive covenant placed by the council on the Seamer Road site, preventing use of the land for anything other than sporting purposes, has stopped a deal from being done before now. Begbies went to the Lands Tribunal Service to try to have the covenant lifted because they believed they would get a better price for the land.Ian Anderson, Scarborough Council's head of legal and support services, said: "Scarborough Council has agreed to buy the ground from the liquidator, Begbies Traynor, at a fair market price."The two sides have been unable to agree what is a fair market price, so they have had to jointly appoint an arbitrator to determine what the fair market price should be. "Both sides have filed their final submissions with the arbitrator, who is now in the process of determining the purchase price and will visit Scarborough shortly for this purpose. I am hopeful that the arbitrator will determine a price before the end of November.
"Scarborough Athletic currently play their home games at Bridlington's Queensgate ground.Mr Cope said: "We trust that Scarborough Council will put their new asset to good use, for the benefit of football and sport throughout the Scarborough community, and not just for Scarborough Athletic FC."We are aiming for the football club to become more than just 90 minutes of entertainment once a week; having a suitable base to work from in Scarborough is crucial to helping us realise our aims of utilising the attraction of football for the benefit of the community as a whole."
UP THE BORO.........
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