Late in 1994 former Scottish International Ronnie Glavin took over as manager from Steve Codd. Glavin soon started to put a new team together that could challenge in the Northern Premier League and compete in the FA Cup and FA Trophy. Steve Nicholson, Mark Wilson,...
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...
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...
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 have had many tough battles against teams from the North-east over the years and the two matches in the Trophy first qualifying round in 1977 were no exception. The previous Saturday Emley had travelled to Tyneside to meet North Shields and led 1-0 from a...
Forty-six years ago, almost to the day, Emley met Thackley in the fore-runner to the Northern Counties East League Cup, the Yorkshire League Cup, with a semi-final place at stake. On that occasion Emley were lucky to progress despite dominating large parts of the...