The 1973-74 season was the last season the FA Amateur Cup was played for. It would be replaced the FA vase the following season as the FA abolished the distinction between professional and amateur clubs. Emley had had a couple of poor years in the competition...
After their incredible success in the Amateur Cup in their first two seasons – reaching the last 16 on both occasions, Emley had struggled to build on that success with defeats at Spennymoor and Sutton Coldfield in the following years. In the 1971-72 season however...
Emley travelled to Essex early in 1970 for an FA Trophy replay against a Dagenham team who had already defeated the team that beat Emley the previous year, Barking. The first game at the Welfare Ground the previous Saturday had ended goalless. It had also ended in...
Replay after first match on 1st February 1969 was abandoned with Barking leading 2-0 after 55 minutes The first match remains a highlight in Emley’s history mainly due to the fact the Welfare Ground’s highest ever attendance was recorded. Somehow 5,134 people crammed...
The Emley team that had beaten Northern League Evenwood Town was made of largely of local men, several of whom were from the village itself. This team had dominated the Huddersfield League in the mid-sixties, wining a hat-trick of titles, which would be extended to...
In 1968 Emley entered the FA Amateur Cup and along with a successful bid to join the Yorkshire League the following season sowed the seeds of the many years of success that were to follow. The Amateur Cup was a prestigious competition for amateur clubs. Established...