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, 25 March 2009

'BORO' DECLARED CHAMPIONS- AND 'SKY SPORTS' CAME ALONG TOO.

Victory tonight would guarantee Scarborough Athletic not only promotion to the NCEL premier division, but the championship also, the victory at Teversal on Saturday guaranteed promotion for the club and with Askern Villa dropping points at Leeds Carnegie it meant that just 2 points would now secure the championship for 'Boro'.
Sky Sports had sent along a film crew to cover the occassion and they did not have to wait long to see the quality of the Boro attack as Rob Ellis headed the first goal of the evening in the very first minute of the game.
He met a Graham Botham corner perfectly and left the Town goalkeeper with no chance of saving.
Town did almost equalise a couple of minutes later when a Wayne Crossley free kick was well saved by Reid in the Boro goal.
The remainder of this game though was all Boro, chances came and went before Danny Gray eventually found the 2nd goal, heading home from a Ryan Blott cross.
Boro could have had more goals in the 1st half but the Town goalkeeper kept his team in the game 'just'.
Half time finally arrived with the same 2-0 scoreline.
Brian France replaced Craig Hogg with Mark Griffin for the 2nd half, again it was all Boro pressure and just before the hour mark following yet another Graham Botham corner, Rob Ellis flicked the ball on for Dave Hartas to head home goal number 3.
The fans knew that the game and the championship was won and waited patiently for the final whistle to be blown so that the celebrations could begin.
The attendance on a bitterly cold Queensgate night was a staggering 533.
A fantastic occassion for everyone involved with the club and another home game to look forward to on Saturday when the attendance will hopefully be even higher than tonight's.
Tonights team:
REID. HOYLE. BOTHAM. HARTAS. WALTHAM. ELLIS. THOMPSON. HEPPLES. BLOTT. GRAY. HOGG.
Subs:
KEMP. PHILLIPS. GRIFFIN.