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 had reached the first round of the FA Cup for only the second time and been drawn away at Morecambe – then a high-flying Conference team – much to the Club’s disappointment. However, a 1-1 draw saw Emley earn a replay at the Welfare Ground on a foggy and...
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...
As 1980 began Emley were well established as the leading club in the Yorkshire League and that season won the league title again along with the Sheffield Cup and the reserve division. In 1981 Emley were runners up in the league but continued the run of four seasons...
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...
By 1986 Gerry Quinn had a talented set of players who were pushing for promotion from the Northern Counties East league towards the Northern Premier League. But Emley were also aiming to progress in the FA Vase which held out the reward of a trip to Wembley Stadium...
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...
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...