SINCE MY LAST POST WHICH COVERED THE 6-1 AWAY VICTORY IN THE NCEL AT PROMOTION RIVALS AFC EMLEY, SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC HAVE HAD ANOTHER 2 VICTORIES BY THE SAME SCORELINE.
THE VICTORY AT EMLEY WAS ON NOVEMBER 29th.
7 DAY'S LATER SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC WERE HOSTING 'BLACKSTONES FC' IN THE FA VASE, VICTORY IN THIS GAME WOULD SEE US BECOMING 1 OF THE FINAL 32 TEAMS IN THE COMPETITION AND GO INTO THE NATIONWIDE DRAW, SO FAR THE COMPETITION HAS KEPT THE NORTHERN TEAMS SEPERATE FROM THE SOUTHERN SIDES, NOW HOWEVER WE ARE ALL INTO THE ONE DRAW, THE LONGEST JOURNEY THAT WE COULD FACE WOULD BE THE 360 MILE TRIP TO BIDEFORD IN NORTH DEVON, THEY ARE A TEAM WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS POST, NORTH DEVON IS MY FAVOURITE PART OF THE COUNTRY AND BIDEFORD ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PLACES IN DEVON, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT FINAL BETWEEN THE 2 TEAMS. ANYWAY WE HAD TO BEAT BLACKSTONES IN ORDER TO PROGRESS FURTHER AND BIDEFORD HAD TO GET PAST FROME TOWN WHO HAD ALREADY KNOCKED THEM OUT OF THE FA CUP A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK.
SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING PAST BLACKSTONES, THEY REPEATED THEIR 6-1 SCORELINE FROM 7 DAYS EARLIER AT EMLEY COMFORTABLY REACHING THE NEXT ROUND AND BIDEFORD MEANWHILE MANAGED TO PUT FROME TOWN OUT OF THE VASE WITH A 2-1 HOME VICTORY, GAINING REVENGE FOR THEIR FA CUP 2nd PRELIMARY ROUND DEFEAT TO TOWN IN SEPTEMBER.
ON THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY NIGHT SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC WERE PLAYING A HOME LEAGUE GAME AGAINST APPLEBY FRODINGHAM.
THERE WAS A 30 MINUTE DELAY TO KICK OFF WHILE PROBLEMS WITH THE FLOODLIGHTS WERE PUT RIGHT, BUT IT SOON BECAME BUSINESS AS USUAL AS WE OPENED THE SCORING IN THE 2nd MINUTE OF THE GAME AND WENT ON TO WIN BY....YOU GUESSED IT ......A SCORE OF 6-1.
THE DRAW FOR THE FA VASE HAD BEEN MADE 24 HOURS EARLIER AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT AS I SAW WHO OUR OPPONENTS WERE TO BE, NONE OTHER THAN DEVON'S BIDEFORD TOWN, THE LONGEST JOURNEY POSSIBLE AND THE ONE GAME THAT WE DID NOT WANT AT THIS STAGE OF THE COMPETITION.
BIDEFORD ARE A GREAT CLUB AND THEY HAVE AN EXCELLENT GROUND AND WILL PROVE A TOUGH TEST FOR SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC BUT I WOULD EXPECT US TO REACH THE NEXT ROUND, POSSIBLY AFTER A REPLAY.
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