A crowd of 461 watched as Scarborough Athletic crushed promotion rivals AFC Emley 6-1 in West Yorkshire.
Skipper Graham Botham put 'Boro' ahead after just 2 minutes of play.
Ryan Blott scored the first of his brace on 20 minutes. Emley did pull one goal back but 'Boro's' Danny Gray scored goal number 3 for 'Boro' just before half time.
That remained the score as the teams left the field after 45 minutes.
A Scott Phillips penalty increased the lead after just 4 minutes of the restart, Ryan Blott had been fouled in the Emley area by midfielder Sean Hazelden and Phillips made no mistake with his effort.
On 80 minutes Ryan Blott scored his 2nd goal and 'Boro's 5th as he neatly chipped the ball over the advancing goalkeeper.
Goal number 6 came from the penalty spot, after the Emley 'keeper had pushed 'boro's' Griffin the referee rightly awarded the spot kick and it was Griffin himself who took the kick to give a final score of Emley 1 Scarborough Athletic 6.
Boro are now 3rd in the league table just 2 points behind leaders Askern Villa but with a massive 4 games in hand and the same 2 points behind 2nd placed Pontefract and they have 2 games in hand over Pontefract.
4th placed Barton are 3 points behind Boro having played the same number of games as Boro.
Next Saturday is the FA Vase fixture against Blackstones when we could well be one step closer to a dream Wembley appearance.
SCARBOROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB WERE FORCED INTO LIQUIDATION AT THE END OF THE 2006-07 SEASON. A NEW TRUST RUN CLUB HAS NOW BEEN FORMED "SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC" AND THIS BLOG WILL FOLLOW THEIR FORTUNES, BOTH ON AND OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD. UP THE BORO !!!
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.
