Forty-six years ago, almost to the day, Emley met Thackley in the fore-runner to the Northern Counties East League Cup, the Yorkshire League Cup, with a semi-final place at stake. On that occasion Emley were lucky to progress despite dominating large parts of the...
Emley and Hallam have a long history of rivalry stretching back into the 1970s when both were in the Yorkshire League. In the 1976-77 season the clubs met in a fourth round Yorkshire League Cup tie at the Welfare Ground as Emley went for a league and cup double. The...
In 1976 Stocksbridge Works visited Emley in the Yorkshire League Cup as a Yorkshire League Division 3 side. They were a long way from the Stocksbridge Park steels side we see today riding high in the Northern Premier League Eastern Division. Emley were the Division...
Emley won their first trophy as a senior non-league side in their very first season in the Yorkshire League. This came in the form of the Yorkshire League Cup in a time when such league cup competitions were held in much higher regard than they are now. Emley had met...