EMLEY NAIL THEIR COLOURS TO THE MAST

Emley Football Club (once AFC Emley) plays in the Northern Counties East League and is a few miles from me and if I happen to drive up our road for a hundred metres or so, I can see the Emley Mast, a TV transmitter that is a landmark seen from most of Yorkshire. Emley is a small mining village with a population of about 1800, it has a large annual show, the mast, a cricket club where I got a first over duck one summer and a football team that made history 20 years ago. Since the next round of the FA Cup is coming up it seemed appropriate to give the Peewits (the northern lapwing) a mention.

The football team reached the Third Round in the FA Cup passing by:
The First Qualifying Round was away at Workington Town (once a league team) with a 3-0 win.
In the Second QR at Durham City 5-0.
Then away at Belper 2-1 and
away again at Nuneaton Borough 3-2.
So the village club went into the velevt bag for the First Round Proper draw.
They met Morecambe away-1-1, home-3-3 (penalties 3-1)
Second Round Proper away at Lincoln City 2-2 (a replay at Huddersfield Town 3-3 and 4-3 on pens); this is on film,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF7Caq7jBoQ .

Eventually giving West Ham a scare at Upton Park. The Unibond club was drawn away six times with the only home tie other than replays.
Manager Ronnie Glavin, now 66 and living near Emley, played most of his career at Barnsley, along with Ian Banks, who gets a mention in the newsreel.

Emley bowed out when they met West Ham and John Hartson scored a late winner, making it 2-1. Frank Lampard Jnr scored the first goal after 4 minutes and it looked as though there was going to be a walk over. Paul David equalised after 56 minutes and Hartson saved the Hammers with an 82 minute winner. David Unsworth was in the West Ham side along with Rio Ferdinand, to name a few. 18,629 saw this game, refereed by Jeff Winter. Some Huddersfield Town supporters helped swell the attendance when their tie at Bournemouth was postponed. On film!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFr_zAkif3k

This is a full account of the club's cup run that season:
http://www.emleyafc.free-online.co.uk/History&Archives/199798/Facup97982.htm

and this is past blog on AFC Emley-just to keep you up to speed with the history of the Peewits.
http://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/masterly-emley-and-bashed-bashley.html