THE FIRST GAME OF 2009 OFFERED SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC THE CHANCE TO GAIN REVENGE OVER RAINWORTH MW FOR THE DEFEAT INFLICTED ON US BY THEM IN OUR FIRST AWAY LEAGUE FIXTURE BACK ON 8th AUGUST. A DANNY NAYLOR GOAL BACK THEN GAVE RAINWORTH AN UNDESERVED VICTORY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY IN THE 88th MINUTE OF THE GAME.
IT WAS NOW OUR TURN TO GAIN A LATE VICTORY AS CRAIG HOGG GRABBED OUR WINNING GOAL IN THE 89th MINUTE OF THE GAME, BORO WERE WELL DESERVING WINNERS IN A THRILLING GAME WATCHED BY AN ATTENDANCE OF 573.
THE NEXT GAME FOR 'BORO' WAS THE FA VASE 4th ROUND TIE AWAY TO BIDEFORD IN NORTH DEVON, THIS WAS THE GAME WHICH I WAS HOPING MAY HAVE BEEN KEPT FOR THE FINAL BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE,
'BORO' WERE BEATEN 1-0 BY BIDEFORD AND SO ENDED OUR DREAMS OF A FAMOUS APPEARANCE AT THE NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM.
BACK TO LEAGUE ACTION NEXT AND THE SHORT TRIP ALONG THE A64 TO FACE TADCASTER ALBION. 2 GOALS APIECE FOR DANNY GRAY AND RYAN BLOTT RESPECTIVELY GAVE US A VERY GOOD 4-0 VICTORY AWAY FROM HOME AND GET THE VASE DEFEAT WELL AND TRULY OUT OF OUR SYSTEMS.
7 DAYS LATER AND A WELCOME RETURN TO QUEENSGATE WHERE GLASSHOUGHTON WERE THE VISITORS, GLASSHOUGHTON PLAYED ABOVE THEMSELVES ON THE DAY AND THE FINAL SCORELINE WAS 5-3 TO THE 'BORO'.
IT WOULD BE 14 DAYS TO THE NEXT MATCH AND IT WAS AGAIN A HOME ENCOUNTER, THE VISITORS WERE BOTTESFORD TOWN AND IN FRONT OF 477 FANS TOWN WERE BEATEN 6-0.
NEXT CAME AN AWAY DAY, ANOTHER SHORT JOURNEY, THIS TIME TO LEEDS WHERE WE TOOK ON LEEDS CARNEGIE AND A GRAIG HOGG GOAL IN THE 86th MINUTE SECURED THE 3 POINTS IN A 2-1 VICTORY, DANNY GRAY HAD SCORED OUR 1st GOAL.
THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE FROM ROSSINGTON MAIN WERE THE NEXT TO VISIT QUEENSGATE AND THE USUAL IDIOTS DID THEIR BEST TO SPOIL THE DAY OFF THE FIELD WHILE THEIR TEAM WERE WELL BEATEN 1-0 BY THE 'BORO' IN FRONT OF 545 FANS, DAVE THOMPSON SCORED THE ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME.
OUR NEXT GAME PUT US UP AGAINST OPPOSITION FROM THE NCEL PREMIER DIVISION AS WE WELCOMED LOCAL RIVALS PICKERING TOWN TO QUEENSGATE FOR A PRESIDENTS CUP GAME.
WE NEED'NT HAVE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY PLAYED IN A HIGHER DIVISION AS WE TOTALLY OUTPLAYED TOWN AND WERE RESOUNDING 7-1 VICTORS, RYAN BLOTT OPENED THE SCORING IN THE 4th MINUTE AND HE ALSO GOT GOAL NUMBER 7 IN THE LAST MINUTE OF THE GAME, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE HEROICS OF KEVIN MARTIN IN THE TOWN GOAL WE WOULD SURELY HAVE REACHED DOUBLE FIGURES AS KEVIN MADE SOME SPECTACULAR SAVES AND WAS EASILY TOWN'S BEST PLAYER OF THE NIGHT.
4 DAYS LATER WE WERE ON THE ROAD AGAIN, THE DESTINATION HEMSWORTH WHERE A DANNY GRAY GOAL JUST BEFORE HALF TIME AND 2 LATE EFFORTS FROM RYAN BLOTT AND RICHARD MEDCALF GAVE US A 3-1 VICTORY OVER THE HEMSWORTH MW TEAM.
ANOTHER 4 DAYS WOULD PASS BEFORE WE WERE AWAY TO GRIMSBY BOROUGH AND WOULD FIGHT OUT A DIFFICULT 2-2 DRAW, DIFFICULT MAINLY DUE TO THE REFEREE AND HIS SIDEKICKS PERFORMANCE. WORDS FOR THESE OFFICIALS FAIL ME..ENOUGH SAID.
THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY WE WELCOMED WORSBOROUGH BRIDGE TO QUEENSGATE AND COMFORTABLY GAINED 3 POINTS WITH A 5-0 VICTORY.
A RARE DEFEAT NEXT AS WE TRAVELLED ACROSS THE HUMBER BRIDGE TO BARTON TOWN OLD BOYS AND IN SPITE OF A LATE FIGHT BACK RESULTING IN A 90th MINUTE GOAL FROM DAVE HARTAS IT WAS NOT ENOUGH ON A NIGHT WHEN WE HAD ALREADY CONCEDED 2 GOALS, SO WE WENT DOWN 2-1 IN FRONT OF 345 FANS.
ANOTHER AWAY GAME NEXT AT TEVERSAL AND A SECOND HALF ROB ELLIS DOUBLE SECURED THE POINTS FOR THE 'BORO' IN A 2-1 VICTORY.
ROB ELLIS, SCORER OF BOTH GOALS AT 'TEVVIE'THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY NIGHT BROUGHT BRIGHOUSE TOWN TO QUEENSGATE AND 'BORO' WERE 3-0 VICTORS IN FRONT OF 533 FANS.
ANOTHER HOME LEAGUE ENCOUNTER NEXT AS 'YORKSHIRE AMATEUR' TRAVELLED TO QUEENSGATE ONLY TO BE HAMMERED 6-0 IN FRONT OF AN ATTENDANCE OF 503.
'HALL ROAD RANGERS' OF THE PREMIER DIVISION WERE OUR NEXT OPPONENTS IN THE SEMI FINAL OF THE 'PRESIDENTS CUP', ONCE AGAIN 'BORO' WERE BY FAR THE BETTER TEAM AND PROGRESSED TO THE 2 LEG FINAL WITH AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND A 5-1 VICTORY OVER "SUPERIOR OPPOSITION".
BACK TO LEAGUE ACTION NEXT AND A DIFFICULT GAME WAS IN PROSPECT AWAY TO PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES, WE WERE 1-0 VICTORS THANKS TO A MARK GRIFFIN GOAL.
ONLY 3 GAMES REMAINED NOW BEFORE THE SEASON WOULD END, THE FIRST OF THESE GAMES WAS THE 1st LEG OF THE PRESIDENTS CUP FINAL AWAY TO NOSTELL MW.
THE RESULT WAS 1-1, DANNY GRAY WAS THE BORO SCORER AND WE NOW HAD TO BE FAVOURITES TO LIFT THE TROPHY IN THE RETURN GAME AT QUEENSGATE, BUT FIRST WE HAD THE FINAL HOME LEAGUE MATCH OF THE SEASON TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, A HOME GAME AGAINST LEEDS CARNEGIE JUST 2 DAYS AFTER THE DRAW AT NOSTELL MW.
THE BIGGEST CROWD OF THE SEASON WAS PRESENT FOR THIS GAME (791) THE GAME WAS A TYPICAL END OF SEASON ENCOUNTER AND ENDED IN A 0-0 DRAW. THE LEAGUE HAD ALREADY BEEN WON AND THE TROPHY WAS PRESENTED TO THE TEAM AFTER THE GAME ENDED, THOUGHTS NOW WERE ON THE TEAM WINNING THE PRESIDENTS CUP TO MAKE IT A NICE LEAGUE AND CUP DOUBLE.
DIVISION 1 CHAMPIONS, 'SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC'.7 DAY'S LATER IT WAS THE FINAL LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON, WE WERE AWAY TO SCUNTHORPE BASED 'APPLEBY FRODINGHAM', THE SUPPPORTERS CLUB PROVIDED 2 COACHES FREE OF CHARGE FOR SUPPORTERS WISHING TO TRAVEL.
ONE OF THE SUPPORTERS COACHES AT THE FINAL LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON AT APPLEBY FRODINGHAM.ON A GLORIOUS SUNNY LINCOLNSHIRE DAY SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC LEFT BRUMBY HALL WITH 3 MORE POINTS FOLLOWING A 2-0 VICTORY.
BORO PREPARING TO PLAY THEIR FINAL LEAGUE GAME AS A DIVISION 1 SIDE- NEXT SEASON THEY PLAY IN THE 'PREMIER DIVISION'.
FINALLY JUST 3 DAYS LATER WE HAD TO PLAY THE 2nd LEG OF THE PRESIDENTS CUP FINAL.
WE WERE DESPERATLEY UNLUCKY TO GO DOWN 2-1 TO NOSTELL AS THEY GRABBED THEIR WINNING GOAL COMPLETELY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY IN THE 89th MINUTE. THE ATTENDANCE WAS 559.
SO, THE SEASON ENDED WITH SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS OF DIVISION 1 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW SEASON IN THE PREMIER DIVISION OF THE NCEL.
WE HAD A GREAT RUN IN THE FA VASE, AND OF COURSE WERE FINALISTS IN THE PRESIDENTS CUP.
PROMOTION AGAIN IS A REAL POSSIBILITY AND THE NEW SEASON CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME...................
UP THE BORO.........
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