Scarborough Athletic are tonight 7 points ahead of their nearest rivals in the NCEL Division 1, those rivals just happen to be the team which we beat 3-0 today in South Yorkshire, 'Askern Villa'.
Boro are top of the table with 51 points from just 20 games, 2nd placed Villa are on 44 points from 22 games, Pontefract Collieries are 2 points behind Villa then come Emley on 41 points and in 5th place our next opponents Rainwoth who are on 39 points fron just 19 games.
Rainworth played out a 1-1 draw today at home to Pontefract Collieries, but they must have been disappointed at the meagre turnout of fans, just 74 decided to watch the two promotion hopefuls in opposition today.
January could see Scarborough Athletic open up an even bigger gap at the top as after the Rainworth game next week which incidentaly at the same time as that fixture 2nd placed Askern will be playing 4th placed Emley, one point each in that game would be good news for all Boro fans, we then host Brighouse before facing strugglers Grimsby Town away, so another 9 points can be realistically expected from those three games, then on Saturday January 17th we have the much awaited FA Vase tie down in North Devon against Bideford. So, a so far great season just seems to get better all the time for Boro and their followers.
UP THE BORO...................
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.
