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...
This decade saw Emley build on the wonderful Amateur Cup success and a golden generation of local players such as Mick Pamment, Dennis Brookes, Stuart Greaves, Melvyn Matley, Ian Kettlewell and Roger Wood. Emley had finished runners-up in Division 2 in 1970 but much...
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...