Why? Well, too many Goths and other blood loving visitors are eroding and desecrating the town's church yard in their enthusiasm to visit the sacred ground of their hero, especially in November when there is an annual official celebration.
The club was originally known as Streaneshalch FC in 1880 and then in 1881 changed its name to Whitby Church Temperence and Whitby Town FC in 1882.
In 1889 in the FA Cup, Whitby lost at Scarborough, their local rivals. A dispute about the size of the pitch and one of the goals led to a riot which ended up with thre Scarborough fans attacking the Whitby players and a chase to the local railway station.
The Yorkshire club was a member of the Northern League in 1893. They bounced around from the local Cleveland Amateur League and back to the Northern league winning Division Two in 1899.
The club then struggled financially and ended up playing friendlies out of a league.
After World War 1 there were two teams in town called the Whitehall Swifts and Whitby Town. When finances were dodgy the two clubs amagalmated in 1926 to form the Town side playing at the well appointed Turnbull Ground.
By 1949 they were back in the Northern League and had a number of successes, including getting to the "old fashioned" Amateur Cup Final at Wembley in 1964-5 losing to Hendon 3-1.
Even Ex Leeds players David Harvey and Eddie Gray had a turn at running the club.
Most famously the club achieved a double in 1996-7 by winning the Northern League and the FA Vase at Wembley, beating North Ferriby United.
The Seasiders enjoy themselves in the Northern Premier League at the moment and keep themsleves well away from the graveyard, in 19th spot, just 2 points above the "relegation" zone.
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