Late in 1994 former Scottish International Ronnie Glavin took over as manager from Steve Codd. Glavin soon started to put a new team together that could challenge in the Northern Premier League and compete in the FA Cup and FA Trophy. Steve Nicholson, Mark Wilson,...
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West Ham United 2-1 Emley – FA Cup 3rd Round
2023 is the 25th anniversary of Emley AFC’s greatest moment when we played Premier League West Ham United in the FA Cup. The media attention the village received has never been greater, even when the mast fell down, Emley did not get as many column inches in the...
Emley 2 North Ferriby 2 – Northern Counties East Premier Division
1987-88 was a famous year in Emley’s history which is mainly remembered for the FA Vase run that took the club to the final at Wembley where they narrowly lost to Colne Dynamoes in extra-time. What tends to be forgotten is that Emley also won the Northern Counties...
Colne Dynamoes 1-0 Emley – FA Vase Final at Wembley
In the Spring of 1988 Emley had battled their way through to the FA Vase semi-finals. They played the first leg at Bashley in the New Forest in Hampshire. A Steve Codd goal gave Emley a 1-1 draw to bring back to Emley the following Saturday. There in a howling...
Emley 0-1 Barking – FA Amateur Cup 3rd Round
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...