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 20 March 2013

OUR GAME POSTPONED BUT PARKGATE WIN 10 GOAL THRILLER AT ARMTHORPE.

Although Boro's game at Long Eaton was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, the other two 3rd Round ties did go ahead.
  Nostell MW progressed to the 4th round following their 3-2 victory over Dinnington Town.
 The game of the night must have been the Armthorpe Welfare v Parkgate game which finished with 10 goals.
  Welfare were 3 goals up after just 15 minutes, 2 of which were debatable penalty decisions, they will know how Boro felt when they played us just 3 days ago, enough said !
  Anyway, all credit to Gate as they fought back and it took them just 3 minutes following Welfare's 3rd goal to pull 1 goal back, then in the 24th minute Gate's Craig Fletcher pulled another goal back.
  However, Leo Fortune-West grabbed Welfare's 4th goal just 5 minutes later.
  Sam Smith came close to grabbing Gate's 3rd but half time arrived with the score 4-2.
  The 2nd half belonged to Parkgate, they scored their 3rd goal within 1 minute of the re-start, making the deficit just a single goal, then just before the hour mark Gate were level at 4-4.
  Tom Roebuck put Gate into the lead for the first time when he saw the Welfare 'keeper off his line and fired a 40 yard shot high into the top corner of the net.
  Then with just 5 minutes remaining Jamie Smith put Gate 6-4 up and that was the final score.
  A great comeback from Parkgate and they now travel to Worksop Parramore in the 4th Round.