Emley and Hallam have a long history of rivalry stretching back into the 1970s when both were in the Yorkshire League. In the 1976-77 season the clubs met in a fourth round Yorkshire League Cup tie at the Welfare Ground as Emley went for a league and cup double. The...
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Emley 9-1 Stocksbridge Works – Yorkshire League Cup
In 1976 Stocksbridge Works visited Emley in the Yorkshire League Cup as a Yorkshire League Division 3 side. They were a long way from the Stocksbridge Park steels side we see today riding high in the Northern Premier League Eastern Division. Emley were the Division...
Emley 4 Shildon 2 – FA Trophy Preliminary Round
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 2 Evesham United 0 – FA Amateur Cup 1st Round
The 1973-74 season was the last season the FA Amateur Cup was played for. It would be replaced the FA vase the following season as the FA abolished the distinction between professional and amateur clubs. Emley had had a couple of poor years in the competition...
Emley 2 Bishop Auckland 2 – FA Amateur Cup 4th Qualifying Round
After their incredible success in the Amateur Cup in their first two seasons – reaching the last 16 on both occasions, Emley had struggled to build on that success with defeats at Spennymoor and Sutton Coldfield in the following years. In the 1971-72 season however...
Emley 1-2 Macclesfield Town – FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round
Emley could not have had a tougher start in their second season in the FA Cup when they drew Northern Premier League Macclesfield Town in the First Qualifying Round. Macclesfield were rebuilding at the time, having won the FA Trophy in 1970 they had brought several...
Emley 2-0 Rawmarsh Welfare – Yorkshire League Cup Final Replay
Emley won their first trophy as a senior non-league side in their very first season in the Yorkshire League. This came in the form of the Yorkshire League Cup in a time when such league cup competitions were held in much higher regard than they are now. Emley had met...
Dagenham 5-0 Emley – FA Amateur Cup 3rd Round Replay
Emley travelled to Essex early in 1970 for an FA Trophy replay against a Dagenham team who had already defeated the team that beat Emley the previous year, Barking. The first game at the Welfare Ground the previous Saturday had ended goalless. It had also ended in...