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Scarborough Football Club are an English football team currently playing in the Nationwide Conference.
Based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, they were formed in 1879 and played their first games at North Marine Road , which is now the cricket ground. In 1898, the club made the move across town to the Athletic Ground , which is now known as the McCain Stadium. However, in the summer of 2004, they will move to a new stadium in Eastfield, which is hoped will wipe all the club's long-term debts and provide facilities to provide additional revenue for the club.
In the 1970s, Scarborough FC won the FA Trophy three times at Wembley Stadium, beating Wigan Athletic, Stafford Rangers and Dagenham in the process. In 1987, they were the first team to win automatic promotion to the Football League and started the 1987-88 season in Division Four.
During their twelve year stay in the Football League, Scarborough reached the playoffs twice but often struggled near the bottom of the League. In 1992/93, only the mighty Arsenal could stop Scarborough from progressing to the Fifth Round of the League Cup after already beating Bradford City, Coventry City and Plymouth Argyle.
1998-99 brought about the first relegation in the history of Scarborough FC. The 1999-2000 season would begin for Scarborough in the Conference - the same league they had won twelve years earlier. The first season brought about an impressive fourth place for Boro, followed the next season by 10th.
Christmas 2001 saw Scarborough at bottom of the Conference and were seriously threatened with relegation to the Unibond Northern Premier League. A massive turnaround lead by new chairman Malcolm Reynolds and manager Russel Slade, meant a finish of 12th this season followed by 7th position in 2002-03.
2003-04 brought a 15th placed finish in a season which surely will be remembered for the FA Cup 4th Round tie with Chelsea, where the billionaires narrowly won 1-0 thanks to a John Terry goal 10 minutes in.
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