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 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...
Having reached the final the previous season, Emley got a bye to the second round of the competition and of course fate decreed that their opponents would be the team that beat them in that final – Colne Dynamoes. The game was played at the home of Colne against a...
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...
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...
The 1980-81 season saw Emley chasing three trophies much the same as this season. They were still in the Yorkshire League Cup and aiming to retain the Yorkshire League Division One title. Coincidentally Winterton Rangers and North Ferriby were also in that race,...
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...