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 first met Maltby Main in a league game in a Christmas fixture in 1975. Maltby had just been promoted into Division One and Emley were flying high with real hopes of winning the title. The match was incident packed, with no less than four penalties be ing...
Following the demise of the FA Amateur Cup in 1974 and its replacement by the Vase, Emley’s previous success meant they were placed in the much tougher competition – the FA Trophy, which included the best semi-professional sides in the country. In their first season...
Emley have a long history of playing current Northern Counties East rivals Thackley, dating back to the 1970-71 season when the teams faced each other in the Yorkshire League Division 2. The first home game was the first game of 1971, the two teams had met in Emley’s...