Emley and Goole Town had not been in the same league until Emley were promoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division in 1991. Goole had played in that league since 1968 whilst Emley climbed the pyramid through the Yorkshire League and Northern Counties East...
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...
We take floodlights for granted these days in the non-league pyramid, but prior to 1981 the Welfare Ground did not have them. The Yorkshire League at that time did not require them, but that meant the number of games its teams could play was limited by daylight hours...
The 1981 season saw Emley battling Leeds Ashley Road for the Yorkshire League title, but they became victims of their own success when a punishing run of games at the end of April and start of May saw the Club fall at the final hurdle in the League and the League...
Emley first played Maltby in 1975, but it wasn’t until the 1981 season that the two teams were in the same division again. The two teams met at Maltby on the first day of the season where Emley ground out a 1-0 victory with a goal from Dave Cook. The return match at...
Forty-three years ago Emley were riding high in the Yorkshire League, aiming to regain the title from rivals Winterton who had snatched it from the Pewits. Emley had won at Winterton earlier in the season and it seemed that they were not as strong as they had been...
Emley won their second Yorkshire League title on a rainy evening in May 1978 with a victory against the world’s oldest football club, Sheffield FC. Emley had finished runners-up on goal average the previous season to Winterton, but a win here would put them beyond the...
Emley and Winterton have a rivalry that dates back to the 1970’s when the two clubs went head-to-head over several seasons, competing for the Yorkshire League Division One title. They met at Emley early in the 1977-78 season with Winterton as the current Yorkshire...