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Scarborough Town Football Club
George Pindar Community Sports College
Moor Lane
Eastfield
Scarborough YO11 3LU

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What happened to the old Scarborough Football Club?
Boro were one of the oldest clubs in the country, but sadly had been in debt for a number of years and had already been perilously close to extinction on several occasions. Ironically, the club had made a number of changes which had allowed it to "break even" over the course of the 2006-07 season, but this was not enough to save the club which was formally wound up on 20th June 2007. For all the details and stats of the old Scarborough FC, please see our sister website at www.seadogsfans.co.uk

So all the club's activities came to an end?
The gates of the McCain Stadium were padlocked, and the football ground site was bought by the local Council and earmarked for housing. However, the one piece of good news was that the club's superb Centre of Excellence, Football in the Community scheme and youth team were preserved by moving them to George Pindar Community Sports College at Eastfield, with the additional help and support of Sheffield United FC. The entire Boro team of volunteer youth coaches remained faithful to the club, and the youth team continued its membership of the Northern Under-19 Alliance under a new name of Scarborough Academy. The club has continued to run teams at Under-12, Under-13, Under-14, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-19 levels, with fixtures against the likes of Hull City, Halifax Town, York City, Hartlepool United and others.

And "Scarborough Town"? What's all this?
The youth system has not only prospered, it has achieved its long-held plan to extend the age-groups involved. Already, younger players from the age of eight are being brought into the training scheme, and now we have extended the system into an older age group by forming an adult team which entered the Teesside League in August 2008. This team is formed by young players who have progressed through the Scarborough FC / Scarborough Academy youth system.

So is Scarborough Town an independent club?
Yes and no. The team forms a progression from the Academy based at George Pindar Community Sports College but has its own management committee which raises the funds necessary to run this team. Club membership is open to anyone on payment of a small annual fee, and the club is run on a democratic basis. The club committee contains townspeople who are a long-standing part of the local footballing scene.

Where does the team play? What are the club colours?
The club's home matches are played at Pindar Leisure Centre in Eastfield. The bar is open before and after each game, and refreshments are available. We are upgrading the facilities when finances allow. All the Academy teams up to Under-19 play in red and white stripes, but the senior team now plays in red and black. We are proud to have brought senior football back to the town of Scarborough after a year's absence.

How did the 2008-09 season progress?
We played our first ever match, a pre-season friendly, at Hall Road Rangers on 12th July 2008 and won 3-1. A second friendly, at Hutton Cranswick, resulted in a 2-1 win. On 13th August 2008 we played our first competitive fixture, in Teesside League Division Two, which we won 5-0 at Teesside Athletic. Having begun the season with four away fixtures, we played our first home game on 30th August 2008. The game was watched by 223 spectators and resulted in a 3-0 win for Town over Grangetown YCC. We then remained unbeaten in the league throughout the season and rightly earned the championship title. We also progressed as far at the Quarter Final of the League Cup before losing to Nunthorpe Athletic, the eventual winners. Meanwhile the youth side completed a League and Cup double in the Northern Under-19 Alliance.

And 2009-10?
Town moved up into the Wearside League (a "Step 7" league) and was again tremendously successful.  After a season-long neck-and-neck race against Ryhope CW, Town eventually pulled six points clear to win the league championship.  The final home game of the season was watched by a crowd of over 400. We also won the Sunderland Shipowners Cup by beating Teesside Athletic in the Final.  The youth team once again won the championship of the Northern Under-19 Alliance.

But what on earth happened then...?
 
Having resigned from the Wearside League, the club was provisionally accepted into the Northern Counties East League - but when planning permission for floodlights suffered yet another delay, the League was forced to omit Town from its plans.  Therefore Town is without a league this season.  This also meant that the Northern Under-19 Alliance excluded our youth side as it did not have a senior side "at an appropriate level of the league system".
 
Despite these setbacks, the committee of Scarborough Town remains fully committed to the ideal of providing a team in which local players can play in Scarborough at an appropriate level.  Fund-raising events are continuing, and the committee intends to re-form a team for 2011-12 at Step 7 or above.

DON'T THROW YOUR OLD MOBILE PHONE AWAY!

We need donations of old mobile phones (either working or not - but the phone must have a battery...)

Old phones can be handed to any committee member at home games. We will then send them for recycling.

"Helping the environment and raising money for the club!"

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