- Scarborough F.C. seasons
Scarborough Football Club started competing in English football from 1887, when the club first competed in the
FA Cup , to 2007, when it was liquidated. This list details the club's achievements in all major competitions, and the top scorers for each season.Scarborough F.C. was formed in 1879 and during the early 1880s the club participated in the Scarborough & East Riding County Cup, but took no part in any league.cite book
last = Adamson
first = Steve
title = Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879-1998
publisher = Yore
year = 1998
pages = p8
chapter =
isbn = 1874427925 ] They went on to compete in the Cleveland Amateur League but left after one season, gaining admission to play in the Northern League Second Division for the 1898–99 season.cite book
last = Adamson
title = Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879-1998
pages = p15 ] cite web
title = SCARBOROUGH
url = http://www.fchd.info/SCARBORO.HTM
publisher = Football Club History Database
accessdate = 2008-05-25] They played in the Yorkshire Combination from 1910 to 1914, but were made to return to the Northern League after the league collapsed.cite book
last = Adamson
title = Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879-1998
pages = p28 ] After turning professional, the club competed in the Yorkshire League but after one season there they joined the Midland League, which fielded stronger teams.cite book
last = Adamson
title = Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879-1998
pages = p36 ]Scarborough competed in the Midland League for 26 seasons, which were disrupted by a seven-year absence from 1939 to 1946 due to the
Second World War . In 1960 they joined the Northern Counties League. After two seasons, they joined the re-formedNorth Eastern League for the 1962–63 season, which Scarborough finished as champions. Following this season, Scarborough rejoined the Midland League for five seasons before becoming founder members of theNorthern Premier League . The 1972–73 season saw Scarborough finish as runners-up in the league and as winners of theFA Trophy , a competition which the club won on a further two occasions, in 1976 and 1977.The club became founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979, and were the division's champions for the 1986–87 season, when it was renamed the Football Conference. This ensured the club's entry to the
Football League Fourth Division as the first non-league team to gain automatic promotion toThe Football League . In their second season in the Fourth Division Scarborough reached the play-offs, where they were beaten by Leyton Orient 2–1 on aggregate. The play-offs were again reached in 1998, but a 7–2 aggregate defeat by Torquay United meant elimination in the semi-final. The following season the club finished bottom of the Football League, and endured relegation to the Conference. They played there until falling to theConference North for the 2006–07 season. This was Scarborough's final season, as they folded in June 2007.cite news
title = Scarborough FC go out of business
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6221674.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date =2007-06-20
accessdate = 2008-06-06]Key
Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation. Top scorer shown in bold when he set or equalled a club record.
*P = Played
*W = Games won
*D = Games drawn
*L = Games lost
*F = Goals for
*A = Goals against
*Pts = Points
*Pos = Final position
*All Prem = Alliance Premier League
*Conf =Football Conference
*Conf Nat =Conference National
*Conf Nor =Conference North
*Div 3 =Football League Third Division
*Div 4 =Football League Fourth Division
*Mid =Midland Football League
*NCL = Northern Counties League
*NE =North Eastern League
*North = Northern League
*North 2 =Northern League Division Two
*NPL =Northern Premier League
*Yorks Comb = Yorkshire Combination
*Yorks Lge = Yorkshire League
*PR = Preliminary round
*QR1 = Qualifying round 1
*QR2 = Qualifying round 2
*QR3 = Qualifying round 3
*QR4 = Qualifying round 4
*R1 = Round 1
*R2 = Round 2
*R3 = Round 3
*R4 = Round 4
*QF = Quarter-finals
*N = Northern sector
*Grp = Group stageeasons
Notes
References
*cite web
url=http://www.fchd.info/SCARBORO.HTM
title=SCARBOROUGH
publisher=Football Club History Database
accessdate=June 6
accessyear=2008
*cite book
first = Steve
last = Adamson
title=Scarborough Football Club: The Official History, 1879-1998
publisher=Yore
year=1998
id=ISBN 1874427925
*cite web
url=http://www.scarboroughfc.com/stats/scorer.php
title=Top Scorer(s)
publisher=Scarborough FC
accessdate=June 6
accessyear=2008
*cite web
url=http://www.rsssf.com/
title=The Introduction Page of the RSSSF -- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
accessdate=June 16
accessyear=2008
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