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| image = [[Image:ScarboroughFCBadge.png|120px|Scarborough FC]]
| fullname = Scarborough Football Club Ltd|
| nickname = ''The Seadogs''<br>''The Seasiders''<br>''Boro''|
| shortname =
| founded = 1879
| dissolved = 2007
| ground = [[McCain Stadium]]<br />[[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] |
| capacity = 6,400
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| season = [[2006-07 in English football|2006-07]]
| position = [[Conference North]], 20th
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'''Scarborough Football Club''' were an [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|football]] team based in the seaside resort of [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], [[North Yorkshire]]. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on [[20 June]], [[2007]], with debts of £2.5m.<ref name=debts>[http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/football?articleid=2968819 "Scarborough FC wound up after 128 years"], [[Yorkshire Post]], [[20 June]] [[2007]]</ref>
In the [[2006-07 in English football|2006-07]] season Scarborough competed in the [[Conference North]]. They started the season with a 10-point deduction, for a breach of league rules, and finished in 20th place which would have resulted in their relegation to the [[Northern Premier League]]. Their last ever game, on [[28 April]] [[2007]], was a 1-0 win at [[Hucknall Town F.C.|Hucknall Town]].<ref name=hucknall>[http://www.hucknalltownfc.com/ "Hucknall Town 0 Scarborough 1"], [[Hucknall Town F.C.]] official site</ref>. A new club was established by the Seadog Trust under the banner [[Scarborough Athletic F.C.]] on [[25 June]] [[2007]].<ref name=new>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6237112.stm "Town's fans get new football club" - BBC Sport]</ref>
==History==
{{main|History of Scarborough F.C.}}
The club was formed in 1879 by members of the town's cricket team, and played their earliest games at the [[cricket ground]] in [[North Marine Road]]. The football club soon moved to the nearby Recreation Ground.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2005/09/16/scarborough_fc_history_feature.shtml "Scarborough FC: club history"], [[BBC]], [[12 October]] [[2005]]</ref> In 1898, Scarborough Football Club made the move across town to the [[Athletic Ground (Scarborough)|Athletic Ground]] in Seamer Road and remained there until 2007, though the ground was renamed The McCain Stadium in a pioneering sponsorship deal in 1988.
===Early years===
[[Image:Scarborough1885-86.jpg|right|thumb|Scarborough squad of 1885.]]
Scarborough first entered England's national cup competition, the [[FA Cup]] in 1887. Before the club became professional they spent their time competing in the [[Northern League (football)|Northern League]].
It was in 1927 the Yorkshire club became professional and joined the [[Midland League]]. After only three years they became champions of it, breaking the record for most points in a season. The same year, the club were performing respectably in the FA Cup, reaching the Third Round before going out 2-1 to [[Grimsby Town]] who were in the nation's top league at the time.
Club attendance records were broken when the club reached the same stage of the FA Cup again, during the 1937-38 season. The game against [[Luton Town]], which was a 1-1 draw, saw 11,162 people packed into the [[Athletic Ground (Scarborough)|Athletic Ground]]. Unfortunately for Scarborough they were soundly defeated 5-1 in the replay.
===1970s FA Trophy success===
Because of their decent performance in the Midlands League, the club were entitled to become one of the founding clubs in the new [[Northern Premier League]] in 1968. The 1970s would prove to be a successful time for the club; Scarborough FC won the [[FA Trophy]] three times at [[Wembley Stadium (1924)|Wembley Stadium]], beating [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]], [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]] and [[Dagenham F.C.|Dagenham]] in the process.
The 70s also saw the club performing well in the [[FA Cup]]. They reached the Third Round in the 1975-76 season before losing 2-1 to [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in a match that was featured on [[BBC]]'s "''[[Match of the Day]]''". During the 1977-78 season, they reached these heights again, with a Third Round clash against [[Brighton and Hove Albion]]; they lost the tie 3-0 at [[Goldstone Ground]] in front of 23,748 spectators.
They also took part in the [[Anglo-Italian Cup]] twice, beating [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] 4-0 in 1976<ref>[http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/non_domestic_competitions/results/anglo_italian_cup/1976.htm "The Anglo-Italian Cup Results 1976"], English Football Archive</ref> and then beating [[Parma F.C.|Parma]] 2-0 during the following year's competition.<ref>[http://www.the-english-football-archive.com/non_domestic_competitions/results/anglo_italian_cup/1977.htm "The Anglo-Italian Cup Results 1977"], English Football Archive</ref> In 1976 they lost 4-1 on aggregate to Italian side [[US Lecce]] in the final match of the [[Anglo-Italian Semiprofessional Tournament]]. By the end of the 1970s, Scarborough had been selected to be part of the new [[Alliance Premier League]], known today as the [[Football Conference]]. They stayed in this league for several seasons with generally consistent finishing positions in mid-table. The club gained a new manager named [[Neil Warnock]], and his team became champions of the re-named [[Vauxhall Conference]] in 1987. They were automatically promoted into the Football League, the first club to achieve this feat by this route.
===The Football League Era===
In 1987 Scarborough were promoted into the [[Football League Fourth Division]], which after English football introduced the [[FA Premier League]] became [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] in 1992.
The club had mixed fortunes during their stay in the Football League. They spent several seasons near the bottom, but reached the play-offs for promotion twice. They became giant killers in 1989 with a 3-2 victory in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] over [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], after achieving a 1-1 draw during the first leg at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]]. Their cup runs continued to throw up good results following this, with a 7-6 aggregate win over [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]], and a 5-3 defeat against [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in 1991.
Their best run however came during the 1992-93 season, where Scarborough knocked [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]], [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] and [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] out of the competition. This brought [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] to Scarborough in a tie which Arsenal narrowly won, 1-0 with a [[Nigel Winterburn]] goal.
In 1998 they qualified for the Division Three playoffs, but lost to [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] in the semi-finals.
In the Division Three, a last-minute goal from [[Carlisle United]]'s on-loan goalkeeper [[Jimmy Glass]] on the last day of the [[1998-99 in English football|1998-99]] season brought about the first relegation in the history of Scarborough FC, condemning them to the Conference 12 years after they had left it.
===Back in non-league football===
The [[1999-2000 in English football|1999-2000 season]] would begin for Scarborough in the [[Football Conference|Conference]] - the same league they had won twelve years earlier. However, in their first season they only managed to finish in fourth place, thus failing to win promotion at the first attempt.
Poor results saw Scarborough at the bottom of the Conference by Christmas 2001. With relegation to the [[Northern Premier League]] threatening, new chairman Malcolm Reynolds and manager [[Russell Slade]] oversaw a turnaround in the club's fortunes; the team finished 12th at the end of the 2001/02 season. This was followed up by a 7th-place finish the [[2002-03 in English football|following season]].
[[2003-04 in English football|2003-04]] brought a 15th-place finish in the Conference, with the highlight of the season being an [[FA Cup]] 4th-Round tie with [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] at the re-named [[McCain Stadium]]. Chelsea and England defender [[John Terry]] scored the only goal of the game. Slade left to join [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], Nick Henry was appointed his successor and brought in his former [[Oldham]] team-mate [[Neil Redfearn]] as his assistant. Despite only finishing 13th in the league, Scarborough managed to go through the whole season unbeaten at home.
With the club at the bottom of the Conference, manager Nick Henry was sacked in October 2005. [[Neil Redfearn]] took over as manager and brought in former [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] coach Eric Winstanley as assistant manager. Despite finishing bottom of the table in 2005/06, Scarborough were not initially relegated, as [[Canvey Island F.C.|Canvey Island]] resigned from the league and [[Altrincham F.C.|Altrincham]] were deducted 18 points for fielding an ineligible player, meaning that they occupied bottom position instead. However the Conference were not convinced of the club's financial stability, and Scarborough ended up suffering the same fate as [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]] had the previous year by being relegated to the [[Conference North]].
===Final season===
[[Neil Redfearn]] resigned in the 2006 close season and former Scarborough skipper and assistant manager [[Mark Patterson (footballer born 1965)|Mark Patterson]] replaced him. Patterson re-signed striker [[Tony Hackworth]] and defender [[Mark Hotte]]. The club started their first season in the [[Conference North]] with minus 10 points as the club had been in administration. What proved to be their last game, on [[28 April]] [[2007]], was a 1-0 win at [[Hucknall Town F.C.|Hucknall Town]]<ref name=hucknall/> but Scarborough finished 20th meaning that had they survived until the start of the 2007-08 season, they would have been relegated to the [[Northern Premier League]]. On [[4 May]] [[2007]] Mark Patterson left the Club after failing to agree a new deal.
===Dissolution===
The club had been hoping to move to a new stadium on the outskirts of town by the start of the 2009-10 season, with the proceeds from the sale of the McCain Stadium to a housing developer wiping out the club's historic debts in addition to providing the finance to build the new ground. However, a covenant existed on the [[McCain Stadium]] that restricted its use only to sporting activities. Scarborough failed to convince the [[Scarborough (borough)|Scarborough Borough Council]] that its proposals would raise enough money to both to pay off the debts and build a new ground.<ref>[http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/display.var.1491134.0..php "Boro begin hunt for new home"], The Press, [[22 June]] [[2007]]</ref>
On Friday [[8 June]] [[2007]], the FA in London said that it was a very strong possibility that by [[June 12]] Scarborough FC may well go out of business. However, on Tuesday [[12 June]], Scarborough F.C. were given an eight day 'stay of execution' following a 'change of heart' by their local Borough Council. But, on [[June 20]], they were wound up in the High Court, ending its 128-year run as a club with debts of £2.5m.<ref name=debts/><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6221674.stm "Scarborough FC go out of business"], [[BBC Sport]], [[20 June]] [[2007]]</ref>
However, the winding up of Scarborough F.C paved the way for the supporter's trust to form a club as [[Scarborough Athletic F.C.|Scarborough Athletic]] and secure a place in the [[Northern Counties East League]].<ref name=new/> Meanwhile the Centre of Excellence, youth team and Football in the Community sections of Scarborough Football Club moved to the nearby George Pindar Community Sports College with some assistance from Sheffield United FC. In 2008 the youth system was extended by adding an adult team named Scarborough Town which was admitted to the Teesside League for 2008-09.
==Managers==
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|George Hall
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1946–1947
|-
|align=left|Harold Taylor
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1947–1948
|-
|align=left|''Directors Commission''
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1948
|-
|align=left|Frank Taylor
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1948–1950
|-
|align=left|''Directors Commission''
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1950–1953
|-
|align=left|Reg Halton
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1953–1954
|-
|align=left|''Directors Commission''
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1954–1957
|-
|align=left|George Higgins
|{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}}
|align=left|1957–1958
|-
|align=left|''Directors Commission''
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1958–1959
|-
|align=left|Andy Smailes
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1959–1961
|-
|align=left|[[Eddy Brown]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1961–1964
|-
|align=left|Albert Franks
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1964–1965
|-
|align=left|Stuart Myers
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1965–1966
|-
|align=left|''Directors Commission''
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1966–1968
|-
|align=left|[[Graham Shaw]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1968–1969
|-
|align=left|''Directors Commission''
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1969
|-
|align=left|[[Colin Appleton]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1969–1973
|-
|align=left|[[Gerry Donoghue]]
|{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}}
|align=left|1973
|-
|align=left|Ken Boyes
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1973–1974
|-
|align=left|[[Ken Houghton]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|[[Colin Appleton]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1975–1981
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Jim McAnearney
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|1981–1982
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Dunn]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|[[John Cottam (footballer)|John Cottam]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1982–1984
|-
|align=left|[[Harry Dunn]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1984–1986
|-
|align=left|[[Neil Warnock]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1986–1988
|-
|align=left|[[Colin Morris]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1989
|-
|align=left|[[Ray McHale]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1989–1993
|-
|align=left|Phil Chambers
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1993
|-
|align=left|[[Steve Wicks]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1993–1994
|-
|align=left|[[Billy Ayre]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1994
|-
|align=left|[[Ray McHale]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1994–1996
|-
|align=left|[[Mitch Cook]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1996
|-
|align=left|[[Mick Wadsworth]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1996–1999
|-
|align=left|[[Colin Addison]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|1999–2000
|-
|align=left|[[Neil Thompson]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|2000–2001
|-
|align=left|Ian Kerr
|{{flagicon|Scotland}}
|align=left|2001
|-
|align=left|[[Russell Slade]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|2001–2004
|-
|align=left|[[Nicky Henry]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|2004–2005
|-
|align=left|[[Neil Redfearn]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|2005–2006
|-
|align=left|[[Mark Patterson (footballer born 1965)|Mark Patterson]]
|{{flagicon|England}}
|align=left|2006–2007
|-
|}
|}
</div>
==Players==
{{more|List of Scarborough F.C. players}}
'''Clubman of the Year'''
{|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|1969–70||{{flagicon|England}} [[Harry Dunn]]
|-
|1970–71||{{flagicon|England}} [[Jeff Barmby]]
|-
|1971–72||{{flagicon|England}} [[Ted Smethurst]]
|-
|1972–73||{{flagicon|England}} [[Colin Appleton]]
|-
|1973–74||{{flagicon|England}} [[Harry Dunn]]
|-
|1974–75||{{flagicon|England}} [[Tony Aveyard]]
|-
|1975–76||{{flagicon|England}} John Woodall
|-
|1976–77||{{flagicon|England}} [[Billy Ayre]]
|-
|1977–78||{{flagicon|England}} Dave Chapman
|-
|1978–79||{{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Gerry Donoghue]]
|-
|1979–80||{{flagicon|England}} [[Neil Sellers]]
|-
|1980–81||{{flagicon|England}} [[Neil Sellers]]
|-
|1981–82||{{flagicon|England}} Ian Smith
|-
|1982–83||{{flagicon|England}} [[Kenny Dennis]]
|-
|1983–84||{{flagicon|England}} Bryan Magee
|-
|1984–85||{{flagicon|England}} [[Marshall Burke]]
|-
|1985–86||{{flagicon|England}} [[Neil Thompson]]
|-
|1986–87||{{flagicon|England}} [[Kevin Blackwell]]
|-
|1987–88||{{flagicon|England}} [[Alan Kamara]]
|}
|width="50"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
|-
|1988–89||{{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Brook]]
|-
|1989–90||{{flagicon|England}} [[Alan Kamara]]
|-
|1990–91||{{flagicon|England}} [[Ian Ironside]]
|-
|1991–92||{{flagicon|England}} [[Tommy Mooney]]
|-
|1992–93||{{flagicon|England}} Darren Foreman
|-
|1993–94||{{flagicon|England}} [[Shaun Murray]]
|-
|1994–95||{{flagicon|England}} [[Jason White (footballer born 1971)|Jason White]]
|-
|1995–96||{{flagicon|England}} [[Stuart Hicks]]
|-
|1996–97||{{flagicon|England}} [[Jason Rockett]]
|-
|1997–98||{{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Bennett (footballer born 1961)|Gary Bennett]]
|-
|1998–99||{{flagicon|England}} [[Jamie Hoyland]]
|-
|1999–00||{{flagicon|England}} [[Steve Brodie (footballer)|Steve Brodie]]
|-
|2000–01||{{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Ellender]]
|-
|2001–02||{{flagicon|England}} [[Andy Woods]]
|-
|2002–03||{{flagicon|England}} [[David Pounder]]
|-
|2003–04||{{flagicon|England}} [[Mark Hotte]]
|-
|2004–05||{{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Senior]]
|-
|2005–06||{{flagicon|England}} [[Michael Coulson]]
|-
|2006–07||{{flagicon|England}} [[Lee Cartwright]]
|}
|}
==Honours==
*'''[[Football League 2]]'''
**Play-off Semi-finalists - 1989 and 1998
*'''[[Nationwide Conference]]'''
**Champions - 1987
*'''[[FA Trophy]]'''
**Winners - 1973, 1976 and 1977
**Runners-up - 1975
*'''[[Northern Premier League]]'''
**Runners-up - 1928 and 1964
*'''Northern Premier League Cup'''
**Winners - 1977
*'''[[Midland League]]'''
**Champions - 1930
**Runners-up - 1928 and 1964
*'''Bob Lord Trophy'''
**Winner - 1984
**Runners-up - 1983
*'''North Riding Senior Cup'''
** Winners - on 19 occasions since 1909
*'''North Eastern League'''
**Champions - 1963, 1973 and 1975
*'''North Eastern League Cup'''
**Winner - 1963
*'''Scarborough & East Riding County Cup'''
**Winners - 1885–86; 1887–88; 1888–89; 1890–91; 1891–92; 1892–93; 1896–97; 1900–01 1901–02; 1903–04
**Runners-up - 1886–87; 1894–95; 1897–98
*'''Pontin's Central League, Division 3'''
**Champions 1998
*'''Northern Counties East League, Division 1 (North)'''
**Champions 1983
*'''Yorkshire Combination'''
**Runners-up 1911
==Records==
*[[FA Cup]], Best Performance: 2004, 4th Round v [[Chelsea F.C.]]
*[[Football League Cup]], Best Performance: 1992-3, 4th Round v [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
*Record Victory: '''11-0''' over [[Stamford F.C.|Stamford]], [[14 Dec]] [[1963]]
*Record Defeat: '''1-16''' by [[South Bank]], [[15 November]] [[1919]]
*Record Football League Win: '''5-2''' over [[Torquay United]], [[24 September]] [[1988]]
*Record Football League Defeat: '''1-7''' by [[Wigan Athletic]], [[11 March]] [[1997]]
*Most Goals in a Season: '''58''', Billy Clayson, 1932-33
*Record Attendance: '''11,130''' v [[Luton Town]], [[8 January]] [[1938]]
*Record Transfer Fee Received: '''£240,000''', [[Chris Short (footballer)|Chris Short]] to [[Notts County]] in 1990
*Record Transfer Fee Paid: '''£102,000''' Martin Russell from [[Leicester City]] in 1989
==Programme and fanzine==
<!-- [[Image:Mccain stadium.jpg|thumb|right|150px|McCain Stadium]] -->
The match-day [[Event programme|programme]] at Scarborough, The Boro Review, won the [[Conference North]] programme awards for 2006-07.<ref>[http://www.scarboroughfc.com/news/index.php?news=2462 "The Boro Review wins award"], Scarborough F.C. official site, [[26 March]] [[2007]]</ref> The club also had a [[fanzine]], ''[[Abandon chip!|Abandon Chip!]]'', which at the end of the 2006-07 season had reached Issue 5, and continues today as a [[Scarborough Athletic]] fanzine.
==Stadium information==
*'''Name''' - [[McCain Stadium]]
*'''City''' - [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]]
*'''Capacity''' - 6,408
*'''Inauguration''' - 1898
*'''Closed''' - 2007
*'''Pitch Size''' - 114 x 74 yards<ref>[http://www.soccerbase.com/grounds2.sd?groundid=166 "McCain Stadium"], [[Racing Post|Soccerbase.com]]</ref>
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
==See also==
* [[Scarborough Town F.C.]]
* [[McCain Stadium]]
* [[Scarborough Athletic F.C.]]
==External links==
* [http://www.scarboroughfc.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.seadogsfans.co.uk/ Scarborough FC history]
* [http://www.seadogtrust.com/ Supporters Trust]
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