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...
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 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...
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 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 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...