Barton Town surprisingly took all 3 points from their encounter with Scarborough Athletic on Tuesday evening.
It was a poor performance from 'Boro'-"drab, lifeless and poor" according to the local paper.
I did not attend the game, but it also seems that we had yet another clueless referee, Mr Peter King of Lincoln was given a score of 2 out of 10 in the local paper, I have witnessed some really poor officials this season bit this man was apparently the worst yet.
Boro boss Brian France fumed "The referee had a very bad game, every decision he made seemed to go against us"
France also stated that he spoke to him at the end of the game regarding some of his decisions, but the referee decided to simply ignore the Boro boss.
Ex Boro player Ryan Morton had a good first half for Barton against his old team-mates.
Half time arrived with the score 0-0, but it was'nt long before the first goal came and it was to be the home side who would score it.
Following a 55th minute corner, Aaron Reid in the Boro goal dropped the ball allowing Town's Hayden Barnett to slot the ball home.
Ryan Blott had a terrific shot soon after the goal but had to watch as the ball hit the woodwork.
Boro then had 2 penalty appeals both turned down by Mr King.
Further disaster struck the Boro in the 90th minute of the game as Reid came charging out of his goal, but was beaten to the ball by Barton's Barlow who scored the 2nd goal for the home side.
Dave Hartas did pull one goal back for 'Boro' in injury time but it was too little too late for Scarborough Athletic and their travelling fans.
I'm certain this was just a one-off poor performance by the 'Boro' and hopefully we may be able to guarantee promotion on Saturday in the away match at Teversal.
The attendance at Barton was 235.
The Boro line-up was
REID. HOYLE. KEMP. WALTHAM. HARTAS. ELLIS. BOTHAM. PHILLIPS. GRIFFIN. HOGG. BLOTT.
SUBS:
HARTLEY. for Ellis 61.
THOMPSON. for Botham 80.
ROUTLEDGE. for Hoyle 82.
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.
