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.

Saturday, 20 June 2009

'SCARBOROUGH FC' AND MEMORIES FROM THE 1970's

I AM SURE THIS PHOTO' SHOWING THE SCARBOROUGH FC TEAM WALKING OUT ONTO THE OLD WEMBLEY STADIUM PITCH IN 1973 WILL BRING HAPPY MEMORIES FLOODING BACK FOR MANY FANS OF THE OLD CLUB. THIS WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR TRIPS WHICH THE 'BORO' TOOK DOWN TO THE FAMOUS STADIUM DURING THE 1970's. THEY WON THE F.A TROPHY ON 3 OF THOSE 4 OCCASIONS.



'BORO' WON THEIR FIRST FINAL IN 1973 FOLLOWING AN EXCITING 2-1 EXTRA TIME VICTORY OVER WIGAN ATHLETIC.
WE RETURNED TO THE STADIUM JUST 2 SEASONS LATER ONLY TO BE BEATEN 4-0 BY A MATLOCK TOWN SIDE WHO WERE COMPLETELY OUTPLAYED BY 'BORO' BUT IT WAS A STRANGE SORT OF DAY AND SOMEHOW AFTER HAVING MOST OF THE PLAY AND THE BEST CHANCES 'BORO' ENDED UP THE LOSERS. I THINK TOWN HAD 4 CHANCES AND TOOK THEM ALL.
BUT, THE FOLLOWING SEASON (1975-76) WE AGAIN REACHED THE FINAL AND THIS TIME WE WERE WORTHY WINNERS, OVERCOMING A VERY GOOD STAFFORD RANGERS SIDE BY 3 GOALS TO 2
JUST ANOTHER 12 MONTHS WOULD PASS BEFORE WE WOULD BE PLAYING AT THE FAMOUS OLD STADIUM ONCE AGAIN, OUR OPPONENTS THIS TIME, DAGENHAM, AND ONCE AGAIN WE WERE VICTORIOUS, WINNING THE TROPHY FOR A RECORD 3rd TIME FOLLOWING AN EXCELLENT 2-1 VICTORY OVER THE LONDONERS.
FOR ME, THE 1970's WERE THE GREATEST ERA IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB, IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO BE A FOOTBALL FAN IN GENERAL, SO MANY GREAT CHARACTERS WERE IN THE GAME, AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE GROUNDS WAS SOMETHING ELSE, UNLIKE THE PRESENT DAY LIFELESS STADIUMS WHERE MONEY RULES WHO WINS WHAT, 99% OF THE TIME AT LEAST
ANYWAY, BACK TO THE PHOTO', COLIN APPLETON CAN BE SEEN AT THE BACK OF THE LINE OF PLAYERS WALKING OUT ONTO THE WEMBLEY PITCH , COLIN WAS TO MANAGE THE CLUB ON 2 OCCASIONS, JUNE 1969-OCT 1973 AND JUNE 1975-JAN 1981.
IN FRONT OF COLIN IS DICK HEWITT, WHO HAD SPELLS WITH A NUMBER OF CLUBS , GERRY DONOGHUE IS NEXT CARRYING A BALL, AND WE THEN HAVE JEFF BARMBY, A REAL OLD FAVOURITE OF FANS EVEN NOW, HE WAS BRILLIANT TO WATCH AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I HAVE SEEN JEFF ATTENDING SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC GAMES.
ANOTHER FAVOURITE OF THE FANS IS IN FRONT OF JEFF, ALAN FRANKS, HE SCORED SOME EXCELLENT GOALS FOR THE CLUB OVER MANY YEARS AND LIKE JEFF BARMBY WAS A GREAT CHARACTER ON THE FIELD OF PLAY.
CARRYING ON LEFT TO RIGHT ARE MALCOLM THOMPSON, MALCOLM LEASK, GEORGE SIDDLE, HARRY DUNN WHO PLAYED ALMOST 900 GAMES FOR THE CLUB AND BERNIE FAGAN ARE THE REST OF THE PLAYERS IN THE PICTURE.
ANOTHER GREAT CHARACTER, GOALKEEPER BERT GARROW SADLY IS NOT IN THE PICTURE, NEITHER IS SKIPPER JIMMY SHOULDER.
COLIN APPLETON WAS ALSO NAMED THE CLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 1973.
THE 'SCARBOROUGH EVENING NEWS' ACTUALLY LAUNCHED THE ANNUAL 'PLAYER OF THE YEAR' AWARDS IN 1970 AND IT WAS THE SUPPORTERS WHO CAST THE VOTES.

HERE IS A LIST OF THE WINNERS THROUGHOUT THE 1970's.

1970. harry dunn.
1971. jeff barmby.
1972. ted smethurst.
1973. colin appleton.
1974. harry dunn.
1975. tony aveyard.
1976. john woodall.
1977. billy ayre.
1978. dave chapman.
1979. gerry donoghue.
In both 1980 and 1981 Neill Sellers won back to back awards.

ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE 70's

TROPHY WINNERS.
72/73
75/76
76/77
RUNNERS UP.
74/75
NPL RUNNERS UP.
72/73
NPL CUP WINNERS.
76/77.
VAUX NE FLOODLIT LGE CHAMPIONS.
72/73.
74/75.
IT WAS ALSO DURING THIS ERA THAT THE CLUB REACHED THE 3rd ROUND OF THE FA CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR HISTORY.

SEASON 75/76 SAW A CROWD OF OVER 8,000 PRESENT AT THE ATHLETIC GROUND AS MALCOLM ALLISON'S CRYSTAL PALACE PROVIDED THE OPPOSITION. 'BORO' WERE NARROWLY BEATEN 2-1 IN A REALLY THRILLING ENCOUNTER WHICH FEATURED ON THE 'MATCH OF THE DAY' PROGRAMME.

2 YEARS LATER 'BORO' AGAIN REACHED THE 3rd ROUND OF THE CUP. AFTER VICTORIES OVER BOTH ROCHDALE AND CREWE ALEXANDRA IN THE EARLIER ROUNDS BORO WERE DRAWN AWAY TO BRIGHTON IN THE 3rd ROUND, ONLY TO BE BEATEN 3-0 ON THE DAY IN FRONT OF ALMOST 24,000 FANS.

THE CLUB HAVE ALSO WON THE NORTH RIDING SENIOR CUP ON 19 OCCASIONS.
UP THE BORO..............
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