Emley 0-1 Barton Town – Yorkshire League Division 1
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...
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 3-0 Thackley – Yorkshire League Division 1
Emley have a long history of playing current Northern Counties East rivals Thackley, dating back to the 1970-71 season when the teams faced each other in the Yorkshire League Division 2. The first home game was the first game of 1971, the two teams had met in Emley’s...
Emley rise to the Yorkshire League
The new season will mark 120 years of Emley Association Football Club which as far as we know was formed at the beginning of 1903 as Emley Clarence FC. Initially playing friendlies, the Club joined the Huddersfield Football League in the summer of 1903, playing, it...
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...
Emley 0-1 Barking – FA Amateur Cup 3rd Round
Replay after first match on 1st February 1969 was abandoned with Barking leading 2-0 after 55 minutes The first match remains a highlight in Emley’s history mainly due to the fact the Welfare Ground’s highest ever attendance was recorded. Somehow 5,134 people crammed...
Emley 1-0 Dulwich Hamlet – FA Amateur Cup 2nd Round
The Emley team that had beaten Northern League Evenwood Town was made of largely of local men, several of whom were from the village itself. This team had dominated the Huddersfield League in the mid-sixties, wining a hat-trick of titles, which would be extended to...
Emley 2-1 Evenwood Town – FA Amateur Cup 1st Round
In 1968 Emley entered the FA Amateur Cup and along with a successful bid to join the Yorkshire League the following season sowed the seeds of the many years of success that were to follow. The Amateur Cup was a prestigious competition for amateur clubs. Established...