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...
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...
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...
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...
Emley and Yorkshire Amateur enjoyed a number of close battles in Emley’s first few years of Yorkshire League membership. But, in 1974 the teams met twice near the end of the season with the results critical to Emley’s chances of winning the league title. The first...
Emley first met today’s visitors Barton Town in the 1972-73 in the Yorkshire League. Emley had finished the previous season mid-table in Division One whereas Barton had gained promotion from Division Two as champions. They had carried that form through to the top...