FILEY

I'm overlooking Filey Bay on a short trip north with my mentor. I have already been to Castle Howard where I found loads of statues and beautifully trimmed hedges, but no footy pitch. I then had a snack at Bempton Cliffs, you know the RSPB spot famous for being the only nesting site for gannets on mainland England. We were fortunate to meet a fascinating RSPB volunteer guide called Alex Dawson who will appear on your screens this evening on "The Blue Planet". Keep an eye out, he will be talking about egg theft!

Filey does have a football team, although I have not managed to find out much about the club that was founded in July 1893 and presently plays in the Scarborough and District Football League.
Two teams met, the Filey Town Tradesmen and the Filey Red Stars, also known as the fishermen. They merged to form Filey United, which is now Filey Town FC. The club lies half way in the S&DFL Division One.

Parallel to this club is FC Filey, a Junior club that has it roots in five-a-side football for kids way back in 1996. Since then with some amazing organisation and fund raising the club has gained its Football Charter Standard and has its own club house, fields and a dozen junior teams, boys and girls playing in the Scarborough and District Junior ans East Yorkshire Junior Leagues which they joined in 2008/9. So maybe the future is bright, since there will be many young fish in the sea.

I could have gone on about Montenegro and our boys wonderful 1-5 win away BUT Filey seemed much more of a draw.....