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Scarborough Town F.C. is an English football club based in Scarborough, Yorkshire, currently playing in the Wearside League, the eleventh tier of the English league system. It is the highest-ranked team playing within the boundaries of the town of Scarborough (population approx 50,000).

History
Scarborough Town Football Club was founded as a consequence of the liquidation of Scarborough Football Club in 2007. The previous "Boro" had been one of the oldest clubs in the country, founded in 1879, and playing in a variety of competitions such as the Northern League, Midland League and the Northern Counties League before gaining entry to the new Northern Premier League in 1968. The club performed consistently well in the NPL and enjoyed great success in the newly-introduced FA Trophy, winning three Wembley Finals. In 1979 the Alliance Premier League (later known as the Football Conference) was founded and Boro took a further step upwards. In 1987, under the guidance of manager Neil Warnock, the club won the Conference championship and became the first club to gain automatic promotion to The Football League. In 12 years in the Football League, Boro competed on level terms with the likes of Hull City, Bolton Wanderers, Fulham, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The League Cup brought encounters with the likes of Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Chelsea and Arsenal. In 1999 Boro were relegated in dramatic circumstances, when Carlisle United's on-loan goalkeeper Jimmy Glass scored an injury time winner against Plymouth Argyle which condemned Boro to last place despite a reasonable return of 48 points from 46 games. Over the following few seasons back in the Conference, the club teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. 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 at the re-named McCain Stadium. Chelsea and England defender John Terry scored the only goal of the game. In 2006 the Conference forcibly relegated Boro to Conference North and slapped on a 10-point deduction. Despite a valliant struggle, Boro ended in a relegation position and were preparing for a return to the Unibond League when a High Court Judge ruled Boro insolvent and liquidated the club.

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 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 some additional help and support from 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 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. The youth system continued to prosper and extended its scope to bring younger players from the age of eight into the training scheme, and then 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 and is known as Scarborough Town.

Scarborough Town played its 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 they played their first competitive fixture, in Teesside League Division Two, which was won 5-0 at Teesside Athletic. Having begun the season with four away fixtures, the club played its first home game on 30th August 2008, watched by 223 spectators and resulting in a 3-0 win for Town over Grangetown YCC. Scarborough Town then remained unbeaten in the league throughout the season and rightly earned the championship title, rounding things off with a 12-0 win over Redcar Rugby Club in front of a crowd of 235. The club 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. Scarborough Town have now entered the Wearside League for 2009-10.

Youth and junior teams
Scarborough Town has a youth team in the Northern Under-19 Alliance which is also entered in the FA Youth Cup. The junior teams (Under-12 up to Under-16) play regular fixtures against teams such as Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Halifax Town, York City, Hartlepool, Hull City and Darlington..

Programme and fanzine
The match-day programme at Scarborough Town is "Talk of the Town".

Stadium information

 * Name - Pindar Leisure Centre
 * City - Scarborough
 * Capacity - 1,000
 * Pitch Size - 120 x 75 yards

Supporters
The club prefers to be referred to as "The Town" but many fans use the nickname "The Boro" which can be applied to any sports club from Scarborough.

Honours
Champions of Teesside League Division Two in 2008-09

Records

 * Record Victory: 12-0 v Redcar Rugby Club on 2 May 2009 in Teesside League
 * Record Defeat: 1-2 v Nunthorpe Athletic on 17 Jan 2009 in Teesside League Cup, 1-2 v Grangetown Boys Club on 25 Oct 2008 in North Riding Senior Cup.
 * Best League performance: Champions of Teesside League Division Two 2008-09

Attendances

 * Largest attendance : 235 v Redcar Rugby Club on 2 May 2009. Teesside League