Super-sub Finn Donovan enjoyed a memorable comeback to Emley after scoring the dramatic last minute winner in the 3-2 victory at St Helens Town. Donovan, the son of former Huddersfield Town player Kevin, kept his cool to finish after Declan Dawson played him through in the dying embers of the North West Counties clash. Richard read more→
Mark Wilson has resigned as joint manager of Emley, leaving Richard Tracey to go it alone. Wilson resigned after the 2-1 win over Nelson for personal reasons and he now intends to return to playing for another club. Wilson said: “I want my reasons to be private – which I hope everyone will respect. This read more→
Jimmy Eyles returned Emley to winning ways with the second half winner in the 2-1 comeback win over Nelson at the Welfare Ground. Richard Tracey and Mark Wilson’s Emley had trailed at half-time in the North West Counties First Division North fixture to Aaron Hollindrake’s header. Emley responded straight after the break. A free kick read more→
Rob Bordman catapulted Emley AFC into the FA Vase second qualifying round with his dramatic last minute goal in the 2-1 replay victory at Burscough. The boot was on the other foot for Burscough as it was their late equaliser on Sunday at the Welfare Ground that forced the second instalment that forced Emley to read more→
Old boys Alex Hallam and Gregg Porter came back to haunt Emley as Golcar United won 4-1 in the first ever Huddersfield derby in front of an unbelievable crowd of nearly 600 people at the Welfare Ground. Hallam, Nathan Tayo, Porter and Frasier Beckett guided Ash Connor’s side to the tremendous North West Counties First read more→
Deadly centre-half duo Andy McManus and Dom Riordan guided Emley AFC to a 2-0 victory at struggling Garstang. Emley had to be patient against Garstang who sacked former Barnsley striker Andy Payton in midweek and appointed his replacement Richard Cookney on Sunday morning. Richard Tracey and Mark Wilson’s men dominated the first half, but despite read more→
Conor Glavin and own goal earned Emley AFC a point from the 2-2 draw at Ashton Town. Emley trailed twice in the First Division North fixture. Ashton led at half-time thanks to Dylan Glass’s close range range header. Torrential rain started as the second half began and Glavin’s header – helped on its way by read more→
Emley AFC had a wasted trip to Bacup Borough as the match was postponed just after 3pm because of a ‘waterlogged pitch’. The match official deemed that a small muddy patch was too dangerous to play on and postponed the fixture. Emley will now have to wait again until Saturday to play again in the read more→
Rob Bordman scored a trademark 40-yard strike to provide lift-off for Emley AFC in the North West Counties. Bordman, one of the most feared Yorkshire-based Non League strikers of the past decade, struck on the hour mark to hand Emley a 1-0 victory over Chadderton at the Welfare Ground. The win is the first of read more→
Conor Glavin, the son of one of Emley’s greatest ever managers, is going to be playing for the club this season. Glavin’s father Ronnie, the ex-Celtic and Barnsley star who guided Emley to their famous FA Cup third round tie with West Ham at Upton Park in 1998. Emley gave their Premier League opponents a read more→
