Emley and Goole Town had not been in the same league until Emley were promoted to the Northern Premier League Premier Division in 1991. Goole had played in that league since 1968 whilst Emley climbed the pyramid through the Yorkshire League and Northern Counties East...
1987-88 was a famous year in Emley’s history which is mainly remembered for the FA Vase run that took the club to the final at Wembley where they narrowly lost to Colne Dynamoes in extra-time. What tends to be forgotten is that Emley also won the Northern Counties...
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...