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, 7 July 2007

A BRIEF HISTORY.
SCARBOROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB ACTUALLY STARTED OUT AS "SCARBOROUGH CRICKETERS F.C" IN 1879 AND PLAYED AT THE NORTH MARINE ROAD CRICKET GROUND.
IN 1898 THE TEAM CHANGED IT'S NAME TO "SCARBOROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB" AND MOVED TO THEIR NEW HOME AT THE ATHLETIC GROUND ON SEAMER ROAD, THIS LATER BECAME KNOWN AS THE McAIN STADIUM AND THE TEAM PLAYED THERE UNTIL THEIR LIQUIDATION IN 2007.
BRIEFLY, THE EARLY YEARS SAW THE TEAM PLAY IN THE NORTHERN LEAGUES, THEN THE YORKSHIRE COMBINATION UNTIL JOINING THE MIDLAND LEAGUE IN 1927, 2 YEARS LATER THEY WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS. IN 1962 THEY JOINED THE NEWLY FORMED NORTH EASTERN LEAGUE AND AGAIN BECAME CHAMPIONS.1968 SAW THE CREATION OF THE NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUE IN WHICH WE ENJOYED MUCH SUCCESS AND AS WE APPROACH THE 1970's SCARBOROUGH F.C WERE TO VISIT WEMBLEY STADIUM ON 4 OCCASIONS IN F.A TROPHY FINALS AND THEY WERE WINNERS ON 3 OF THOSE VISITS. I WILL DO A FUTURE POST JUST ABOUT THOSE 4 FINALS AND I HAVE SOME INTERESTING PICTURES TO ACCOMPANY THE WRITINGS.THE 1980's BROUGHT FOOTBALL LEAGUE ACTION TO SEAMER ROAD AS SCARBOROUGH BECAME THE FIRST TEAM IN HISTORY TO WIN AUTOMATIC PROMOTION TO THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AND MANY FAMOUS F.A AND LEAGUE CUP ENCOUNTERS WITH SOME BIG NAME CLUBS FOLLOWED, AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO RELIVING SOME GREAT MEMORIES OF THESE EPIC MATCHES.
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