Presidents Cup 1st Round - Arnold Town v Scarborough Athletic - Date Set

 

The Seadogs will travel to Nottinghamshire on Tuesday 10th August to take on Arnold Town in the 1st Round of the NCEL Presidents Cup.

You need to hit the ground running at this level. A poor start and you can be out of three cup competitions before you know it!

Pontefract Collieries v Scarborough Athletic (PSF) MATCH CANCELLED

Scarborough Athletic FC's pre-season friendly at Pontefract Collieries, due to have been played on Wednesday 14th July, has been cancelled due to re-seeding issues.

Details here: Pontefract game cancelled.

Therefore the next Seadog action will be the pre-season friendly at Goole AFC on Saturday 17th July 3pm.

Scarborough Athletic FC: - New Online Shop Opens.

Scarborough Athletic FC's new online shop has opened today.

It is your one-stop site to buy Season Tickets, Replica Shirts, Trust Membership and a whole lot more.
 
So very convenient for the Seadog Shopper! 

Have a look here: Scarborough Athletic FC - Online Shop 

I'm gonna get me an away shirt!

p.s. - You can get BOTH home AND away Shirts for just £60.

Barton Town Old Boys 1-5 Scarborough Athletic (PSF)

The Seadogs had another good pre-season win today knocking 5 goals past Barton Town Old Boys.

Boro goals from Botham, Northen (x2), Law and Blott.

Boro Squad: Powley (Woodhead) (Nicholson), Belt (Nicholls), Price, Gibson (Gravill), Jenkinson, Ricardo (Denham), Hartley, Phillips (Joblon), Law (Blott), Northen, Botham (Reid).

Crowd 150ish.

Match report from Scarborough Evening News here 

Scarborough Athletic FC: NCEL Presidents Cup -Drawn Away Yet Again

Scarborough Athletic have been drawn away at Arnold Town in the NCEL  Presidents Cup 1st Round. Date TBC.

Full Draw Here

Off the top of my head, this is the 6th away draw out of a possible 8 so far this season.

Scarborough Athletic FC - New Home & Away Kit 2010/11

Scarborough Athletic FC have unvieled details of the new home and away kit for next season.

Manufactured by Errea, they look very smart indeed.

The home shirt is sponsored by Shoreline Suncruisers and is in the traditional all red.

The away shirt is a snazzy, white with red & blue design. The sponsor is Harpers Fish & Chips of Staxton.

Nice to hear that Hanson Cooling Services are continuing their kind sponsorship, it worked well last season helping to raise funds both for the club and the wonderful St Catherines Hospice via the "Goal-den Pledge" scheme (more of which later).


Seadog Blog is very happy with the new kit, and a big thank you to the sponsors. In our short history we have not had much luck with replica kit (none of it the fault of the club) with factory delays etc affecting sales. I won't mention last seasons strip. This all looks to be history now though and I hope all supporters feel inclined to order a shirt. I will be doing so.

Full details (and how to buy!) are here: Scarborough Athletic Official Site

Scarborough Athletic FC - FA Cup & Vase - The Definates & The Maybe's

The draws for the early stages of the FA Cup (sponsored by E.ON) and the FA Carlsberg Vase have been made. This is how it all affects Scarborough Athletic FC

Firstly the FA Cup:

First hurdle for Scarborough Athletic is:

EXTRA PRELIMINARY ROUND (Saturday 14th August) Ryton v Scarborough Athletic.

Second hurdle:

PRELIMINARY ROUND (Saturday 28th August) Brandon United or Chester-le-Street Town v Ryton or Scarborough Athletic

Third hurdle:

FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING ROUND (Saturday 11th September) Whitehaven or Team Northumbria or Norton & Stockton Ancients or Penrith v Brandon United or Chester-le-Street Town or Ryton or Scarborough Athletic


Phew! Quite a few either/or's there!! Let us hope that it is Scarborough Athletic who rise and progress to the 2nd Qualification Round!

The only definite thing is that the Seadogs will be traveling to Ryton for the first of the ties. Ryton play in the Northern League Division One. Their home is the Kingsley Park Stadium.

Ryton FC's WIKI page gives a little bit more information about them.




And now onto the FA Vase:

First hurdle:

FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING (Saturday 4th September) Seaham Red Star v Scarborough Athletic

Second hurdle:

SECOND ROUND QUALIFYING (Saturday 18th September) Seaham Red Star or Scarborough Athletic v Crook Town or Team Northumbria

Third hurdle:

FIRST ROUND PROPER (Saturday 2nd October) Seaham Red Star or Scarborough Athletic or Crook Town or Team Northumbria v Bridlington Town.


So a possible FA Vase rematch with our Landlords Bridlington Town waits in the wings.

Last season the two clubs met at the 2nd Round stage of the Vase with Bridlington running out 5-2 winners in front of a 1002 crowd. Chance of revenge perchance?

But let us not get too far ahead of ourselves here, much water to pass under the bridge before that particular tie materialises. Once again the only definate is the Seaham Red Star tie.

Seaham Red Star play in the Northern League Division Two at Seaham Town Park (which has a capacity of just 500 hundred according to WIKI).

Have a look at Seaham Red Stars WIKI page for further team information.

Councillors back sports village plan

"A SPORTS village for Scarborough is a step closer after councillors gave the plan their backing"

 More positive news!  A long way to go yet, but another important milestone in the quest to bring Scarborough Athletic Football Club home has been reached.


Full Scarborough Evening News report here: Councillors back sports village plan

Scarborough Athletic FC Season Ticket for 2010/11 - It's Arrived!

Seadog Blog was delighted to receive his season ticket for Scarborough Athletic FC's 2010-11 campaign.

Hand delivered to Seadog Blog Towers as well!

Get yours here:  http://www.scarboroughathletic.com/tickets/

Eastfield St James 0 - 9 Scarborough Athletic (Friendly)

 
A stroll in the sun for the Seadogs as the pre-season build up got underway.

The game was played at the Yorkshire Coast College on the narrowest pitch Seadog Blog has seen in his life.

For the first 10 minutes or so Eastfield gave as good as they got and had a great chance to score in the opening seconds when a close range header went wide of the mark.

Slowly, but surely though, Scarborough Athletic began to control the game and towards the end they were running a tired Eastfield ragged with chance after chance.

Most of the squad from last season got a run-out as did several new faces including ex-Scarborough FC skipper Denny Ingram and former Brid man Frank Belt.

As is the case with these games there were substitutions galore but, to their credit, Athletic did not seem to lose any momentum and kept on going for it.

The nine Seadog goals came from Rob Northern (3), Scott Phillips (2 (inc 1 pen)), Ryan Blott (2), Richard Medcalf and Mark Griffin.

The crowd was quite good considering the low-key fixture, scorching weather and the Germany-Argentina counter attraction. My clicker was not working but I would guesstimate 280-300 ish. Most of the crowd could enjoy the luxury of lounging about on the grass.

All told a very entertaining friendly, not sure if anything can really be read into it but it was a darn good workout if nothing else. Sterner tests await no doubt but credit due to Eastfield who kept plugging away and their keeper, Jon Hyde, had a particularly good game. 

Oh - and what a wonderful change it made being able to walk to a Scarborough Athletic game in my home town at long last! First time in three years!!  I could even have a pint in one of my favourite public-houses which was only 10 minutes away from the pitch.

Scarborough Athletic FC - Special Kit For Pre-Season Friendlies

The Seadogs will don the special "Back2Boro" kit for all their PSF's this season (including the prestigious "Supporters Direct Shield" match).

Quite a nice way to highlight the scheme.

I wonder when the new strip for 2010-11 will be unveiled?

Scarborough Athletic FC Reserves - Humber Premier League Division One 2010/11

The reserves will be playing their 3rd season as members of the Humber Premier League Division One in 2010-11.

In the previous two seasons the Seadog ressies managed to finish mid-table.

The ressies will be playing home games in the Borough of Scarborough at the Sports Complex off Scarborough Road, Filey & hopefully the closer proximity to home will lead to a greater degree of support for the team and maybe help a promotion push into the Humber Premier Premier!

There are not that many teams in the division though, just 12! so it would be nice if the meager fixture list could be supplemented with a good cup run or two.


Here is the HPL1 table for the forthcoming season: