The history of Scarbrough Football Club, one of the oldest clubs in the country and founded in 1879 from the local cricket club, is fairly complicated and at present a modern club Scarborough Athletic FC represents the seaside town. From 1898 the club played at Seamer Road, which later, in 1988, became the McCain Stadium following investment from the food company. This lasted until 2007.
The club emerged from the liquidation of Scarborough FC, with finances unable to retain their home, the McCain Stadium, where they had played since. The club financed by the local supporters' "Seadog Trust", now plays in the Northern Premier League, at the Town's Sports' Village at Flamingo Land. This after 128 years of history, the club retains the colours, nickname, club motto and logo.
The club's journey has been complicated following the "liquidation", ground sharing for 10 seasons with local "resort" club, Bridlington and then finding their home in Flamingo Land in 2017-18!
On this day in 1987, Scarborough Town FC had been promoted to the English Football League, Fourth Division, as it was known then. (This Division became known as Div 3 once the Premier League was formed.)
They met Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were "slumming it" in the lower end of the Football League and their supporters were not doing them any favours. Over excited about a trip to the seaside and no doubt sun struck, the lads filed the local pubs and bars, got "pissed" and caused havoc. Damage was done, the kick off was delayed and one fan fell off the roof of the main stand.. No sympathy.
On May 8th 1999, Scarborough were fighting relegation from the Football League, hoping to grab a point or more from Peterborough United on the final day of the season. They drew 1-1 and hoped that would do the job. A slightly delayed finish to relegation rivals' Carlisle United's game against Plymouth Argyle. You couldn't make it up....two clubs just about the furthest apart in the country.
Well, another long distance event took place when Carlisle's goalkeeper, on loan, Jimmy Glass, left his goal area to help out at the the other end, at a corner. Glass took the risk and smashed the hopes of Scarborough by scoring the goal that made it a 2-1 win, which kept Carlisle in the Football League, just as the Scarborough fans were bouncing around on their home turf. Scarborough went down to the Conference, 12 years after leaving it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejwqhLDeOs
No comments:
Post a Comment