CLUB
Scarborough
Manchester has the Theatre of Dreams and Scarborough had the Theatre of Chips. And we didn’t half enjoy our trips to the North Yorkshire seaside. Who doesn’t like to be beside the sea? That line sounds good, actually. Might write it into a song. Need another line to follow it up with, though. And a chorus. And another verse.
Anyway, it’s been a while since we hit up Scabby. It’s a great summer trip.
After relegation from the Football League in 1999, the Seadogs saw their luck deteriorate over the next eight seasons; relegated once again to Conference North in 2006 and then shut down in 2007 with debts reported to be £2.5m. In the 14 times we met them, Boro’ only found ourselves on the losing side once. Draws were quite common though, to be fair.
A new club is now in the process of building back up to where the Seadogs once left off. And, after playing away from the North Yorkshire resort in its first years, that phoenix club is now back home; the first football being played in Scabby for more than a decade.
Scarborough: The Facts
Head-to-Head
| Played | 14 |
|---|---|
| Won | 5 |
| Drawn | 8 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Goals For | 23 |
| Goals Against | 16 |
| Win % | 36% |
Club History
Who are Scarborough?
Formed in 1879, the Seadogs had a long story to tell. But, as ever, we don’t have the time to tell it for you. So, we’re going to stick with the important bits. Funnily enough, it was ‘cos the town’s cricket team needed something to do in the winter that the club came to be.
For the first 100 years-and-a-bit, the Seadogs were a non-league team; starting out in the Northern League and members of the Yorkshire Combination, Yorkshire League, Midland League and North Eastern League over the years. There were even a few titles along the way. Not a lot, but enough to keep the trophy cabinet free from dust.
In 1968, the club were founder members of the Northern Premier League. And it started a nice little spell for the Seadogs. While the 1972-3 league title eluded them, the FA Trophy did not. The pot came back to the Athletic Stadium twice more (1976 and 1977) too. And, in 1979, they were among the non-league elite who formed the Alliance Premier League.
It capped a slow-burning first 100 years for the club, to be fair. But the first decade of their second century barely past the halfway stage before things stepped up a gear; promotion to the Football League under the leadership of Neil Warnock. In fact, they were the first to be promoted to the League as Conference champions. There’s your quiz answer.
Why do we know Scarborough?
The Seadogs had a 12-year run in the Football League, twice coming close in the playoffs for promotion to the third tier. On the first occasion, they were edged out by Leyton Orient in only their second campaign as a Division Four side. The next time was after the league had now been renamed Division Three; Scabby thrashed by Torquay United in 1997-8.
But then it all went wrong.
From promotion pushers to relegation in the space of a season, goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored the last-gasp goal for Carlisle United that condemned the Seadogs to rock bottom of the table. And, with it, came relegation to the Conference. It was a return to non-league football for the North Yorkshire side. And it had changed a bit since they’d last been there.
How to get to Scarborough
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Previous Meetings
| Date | Competition | Venue | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2006 8 Apr 06 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 2-0 |
| 19 Nov 2005 19 Nov 05 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 1-1 |
| 19 Feb 2005 19 Feb 05 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 1-0 |
| 20 Nov 2004 20 Nov 04 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 3-3 |
| 6 Apr 2004 6 Apr 04 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 2-2 |
| 11 Oct 2003 11 Oct 03 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 2-2 |
| 22 Mar 2003 22 Mar 03 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 2-1 |
| 30 Nov 2002 30 Nov 02 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 1-1 |
| 9 Mar 2002 9 Mar 02 | Nationwide Conference Conf | A | 1-1 |
| 10 Sep 2001 10 Sep 01 | Nationwide Conference Conf | H | 2-0 |
Shared Players
| Player | Profile |
|---|---|
| Jamie Barnwell | View Profile |
| David Bass | View Profile |
| Clint Marcelle | View Profile |
| Darryn Stamp | View Profile |
| Chris Tate | View Profile |
| Neil Trebble | View Profile |
| Carel van der Velden | View Profile |
| Darren White | View Profile |
| Ben Worrall | View Profile |
