TAMWORTH  were first encountered in 1969-70, thanks to the inauguration of the FA Challenge Trophy in that very year.  Tamworth had been runners-up in the West Midland League for the previous two seasons, whereas Boro were still struggling to acclimatise to the new Northern Premier League which had commenced the previous season
 
Saturday 10th January therefore brought Tamworth to the Athletic Ground, along with about 150 Lambs fans in a crowd of 3,222.  Boro had most of the chances, but Tamworth held out until the 70th minute, when Boro stalwart Harry Dunn burst through to put the home team ahead.  Less than a minute later, though, a Tamworth counter-attack brought the equaliser from Roger Hope and the visitors held out for a replay. 
 
The following Wednesday a crowd of 2,352 including three coaches from Scarborough saw the Boro on top throughout the game. Terry Melling hit a powerful opener, and his strike partner Tony Lee scored easily having been gifted the ball from a mis-hit Tamworth goal kick.  Winger Alan Franks scored a beauty after a one-two with Gerry Coyne to wrap the game up.  The Boro team on that occasion was: Ted Smethurst, John Rogers, JIm McMurran, Harry Dunn, George Siddle, Colin Appleton, Gerry Coyne, Terry Melling, Tony Lee, Alan Wilcockson and Alan Franks, with Graeme Potter as substitute.
 
It was to be a further thirty years before our clubs' paths crossed again.  In 1999, with Boro back in the Conference after demotion from the Football League, and Tamworth in the Southern League Premier Division, we met in the FA Cup.  In the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup, the Lambs came up to the Yorkshire coast and won 1-0. 
 
Tamworth won the Southern League championship in 2003 to gain promotion to the Conference.  In their inaugural season we visited The Lamb in September and gained a point in a goal-less draw.  In the return game in March, Boro skipper Jimmy Kelly was sent off after only fifteen minutes, yet Boro looked the most likely winners until a bizarre deflection off Mark Cooper gave Tamworth the three points.  The attendances were 1,004 at the Lamb and 1,059 at the McCain.
 
In 2004-05 we went down to Tamworth in October, where ex-Boro forward Tris Whitman scored the decisive goal in the 90th minute.  The same player put the Lambs in front when they visited us in March, Tony Hackworth equalised, only for Adie Smith to out the visitors in front once again.  Sixteen-year-old substitute Michael Coulson got his debut Boro goal in the 80th minute as the game finished 2-2.  In 2005-06 Mark Quayle's diving header gave us a 1-0 win at the Lamb, while the return match on 11th April 2006 ended scoreless.

TELFORD UNITED never met Boro until the foundation of the Conference in 1979, so the first-ever encounter was  at the Athletic Ground on 8th December of that year.  Telford took the points with a 2-1 win in front of a crowd of 2,204 in what was to remain their only victory here, but later in that season Boro redeemed themselves with a 1-0 win at Telford thanks to a Dave Bowman goal.
 
Results between our teams have generally been close, but Boro posted convincing wins in 1983-84 by three goals to nil and in 1984-85 by four goals to one.  Boro were at home on both occasions, with John Hanson scoring twice in the first of those games, and Brendan Phillips hitting two in the second one.

Telford's top performances against Boro were a 4-1 win at the McCain in 2002-03 and two 3-0 wins at the Buck's Head.  One such game was in 2001-02, in our final game before Malcolm Reynolds brough in Russell Slade as Boro manager.  Telford's scorers were Peter Smith (2) and Jake Edwards. The other 3-0 victory was an FA Trophy match in 1982-83, when ex-Boro striker Colin Williams scored one of the goals.  Other players who wore the colours of both teams include Dean Spink, Steve Norris and Kevin Charlton.

In Boro's Conference-winning season of 1986-87, we met on 11th October at the Buck's Head when Boro lined up with the following team:  David Kaye, Andy Harrison, Neil Thompson, Mitch Cook, Steve Richards, Ian Bennyworth, Paul Kendall, Tommy Graham, Phil Walker, Stewart Mell and Neil Sellers.  At that time Boro were fifth in the league and Telford eighth, but the ensuing 0-0 draw marked the start of Boro's amazing unbeaten away run until the end of the season, with three draws and then thirteen consecutive away wins!  The return game with Telford also ended goal-less that season.

In 2002-03 the Seadogs triumphed 2-0 at the Bucks Head.  The opening goal, an unfortunate header by Bucks' defender Grant Brown, brought an end to a barren sequence where Boro had failed to score at Telford on five previous consecutive visits - dating back to 1985!  David Pounder then scored an excellent second goal to become the first Boro player to hit the net at Telford since Neil Thompson in March 1985.

The final games between our clubs were in 2003-04, a 1-1 draw at home and a 2-1 defeat at Telford in April 2004.

TORQUAY UNITED were Football League opposition for Boro from 1987 to 1991, and then again from 1992 to 1999. Boro's first visit to Plainmoor was a 1-0 win on 29th September 1987 thanks to a Dave Bowman goal.  However Torquay gained their revenge later in the season with a 2-1 win at the Athletic Ground despite a goal from Paul Kendall.  In 1997-98 Boro lost 1-0 at Plainmoor but won 4-1 at home through goals from Gary Bennett, Neil Campbell, Michael McElhatton and Steve Brodie.  Our clubs were destined to meet in the promotion play-offs, but Boro performed poorly and went down 3-1 at home and 4-1 in Devon.  Jason Rockett netted both Boro goals.

The final meeting of our clubs was on 20th March 1999, when a Steve Brodie goal earned Boro a 1-0 win at Plainmoor.

TRANMERE ROVERS entertained Boro in the FA Cup 1st Round in 1982-83.  An entertaining game at Prenton Park ended 4-2 in favour of the home side, with centre-forward John Hanson netting both Boro goals.

With Boro's promotion to the Football League came Tranmere's first visit to the Athletic Ground, on 5th September 1987.  Tommy Graham and Neil Thompson (penalty) earned Boro a 2-0 home win.  The away game later in the season ended 1-0 to Rovers.  The following season, both games finished all-square, 0-0 on the Yorkshire coast and 1-1 in Birkenhead with Alan Kamara getting the goal.  Tranmere ended the season in second place with Boro in 5th place.  Tranmere gained promotion and did not encounter Boro again.

VAUXHALL MOTORS were opponents of Boro in the 2006-07 Conference North season.  The third game of the season brough the Motormen to the McCain, where a scrambled goal in injury time was enough for the visitors to win 1-0.  The match at Rivacre Park on 17th March 2007 was drawn 1-1 with Chris Thompson scoring the Boro goal.

WALSALL played Boro in the Football League from 1990-91 to 1994-95.  The first meeting was a goalless draw at Walsall on 1st January 1991, but Boro edged the return game in April at Seamer Road with a Mick Matthews goal earning a 1-0 win.  The following season Walsall won 3-2 at the McCain Stadium but the game at Walsall again ended 0-0.  The fans at Walsall finally saw some goals at the third attempt, with the Saddlers winning 3-2 in 1992-93 but Boro won their home fixture 4-1 with goals from Darren Foreman (2), Tommy Mooney and Kyle Lightbourne. In 1994-95 Walsall finished runners-up in the division and earned promotion - their final game of the season was a visit to the McCain Stadium which they won 2-1.

WATFORD were paired with Boro in the FA Cup Third Round in 1994-95.  Boro came close to pulling off a shock at the McCain Stadium but had to be content with a 0-0 draw and a replay at Vicarage Road.  The Hornets went through to the next round with a 2-0 win.

WEALDSTONE met Boro in the Conference for seven seasons.  The first encounter was a 4-2 win for Boro at Wealdstone in December 1979, and the final tally was Boro five wins, Wealdstone three wins, with the points being shared on 6 occasions.  The final meeting was in February 1987, when goals from Phil Walker and Stewart Mell (2) earned Boro a 3-1 away win.

WELLING UNITED were fellow Conference members in 1986-87 and 1999-2000.  In Boro's Conference-winning season, the Seadogs won 3-1 away and 2-0 at home. Welling gained a victory by 2-1 in December 1999 and grabbed a 0-0 draw at the McCain Stadium.

WEYMOUTH were founder-members of the Alliance Premier League and met Boro each season until Boro's promotion to the Football League in 1987.  The first meeting was a 0-0 draw at the Athletic Ground, but a goal from Martin Harris earned Boro a 1-0 away win later that season.  In all, Boro won seven of the fixtures, Weymouth four, and five games were drawn.  The final meeting came on the last day of the 1986-87 season, as a crowd of 5,640 turned up to see Boro be presented with the Conference winners trophy.  Goals from Stewart Mell and Steve Richards earned Boro a 2-1 win as they finished the season six points clear of runners-up Barnet.

WHITBY TOWN.  In the early years of Boro's history following their foundation in 1879, they only played friendly games at their rented home at the Cricket Ground in North Marine Road. The first recorded meeting between our towns' clubs was on 8th January 1881, when Boro lost 2-0 to Whitby Church Temperance who were later to change their name to Whitby FC. A number of friendlies took place over the next few years, with Whitby generally coming out on top - though some of the games were apparently anything but "friendly" in nature!
 
In 1887 Boro moved to a new pitch adjoining the cricket ground in Woodall Avenue. They played Whitby three times in friendlies during 1887-88 and lost them all. However, the last game of that season was the Final of the Scarborough and East Riding Cup, with Boro hosting Whitby and winning 6-1 in front of a then-record crowd of around 5,000

A significant year in Boro's history was 1898, with Boro joining the Northern League and their new home at the Athletic ground on Seamer Road being opened in October of that year. The first League meetings of Boro and Whitby took place in the Northern League Division Two in 1899-00, with Whitby coming out on top in both fixtures. The following season, 1900-01, in a unified Northern League, both games finished 1-0 to home side. So in fact the 19th February 1901 was the date of the very last time our towns' teams have met in a league game.

In the FA Amateur Cup there were three meetings between 1905 and 1925 - Boro coming out on top on two occasions. There were also two FA Cup meetings during this early period, where honours were even at one win each.

In 1937-38 Boro met Whitby United in FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round and won 2-0. Whitby United had been formed in 1926 by the merger of Whitby Town and Whitby Whitehall Swifts, whom Boro had encountered only once in their history, losing 4-2 in an FA Amateur Cup tie in 1922.
After the Second World War, Whitby United changed the club's name back to Whitby Town. The first major post-war meeting of Boro and Whitby was an FA Cup 3rd Qualifying Round game at the Athletic Ground in 1950 which Boro won 3-0 in front of 5,789 spectators.

Not until 1969 did our paths cross again in the FA Cup, in a 4th Qualifying Round game at the Turnbull Ground which the home team won comprehensively by three goals to one. Two years later the teams met again at Whitby in the 2nd Qualifying Round, this time Boro going through 2-0, Tony Lee and Colin Appleton scoring the goals. 

In 2001-02 Boro were in turmoil when they visited the Turnbull Ground in the FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round and went down 3-1 in what many thought could be the last game ever to be played by Boro.  Fortunately Malcolm Reynolds came to the rescue as chairman, and the club limped on for six more years… 

WIGAN ATHLETIC opposed Boro in thirty league games and one memorable cup match.  Our clubs were both founder-members of the Northern Premier League in 1968 and competed against each other for eleven seasons.  Indeed, Boro's first ever Northern Premier League game was a home clash which Wigan won 2-0. 
 
Boro had to wait until 1972-73 to celebrate a victory over the Latics, but it was worth waiting for as Gerry Donoghue, Jeff Barmby and a Jimmy Shoulder penalty brought a 3-0 home win.  Not until 1976-77 could Boro celebrate their first win at Springfield Park, Wigan contributing two own goals as Boro won 3-1.  Billy Ayre scored the other Boro goal.  Even more remarkable was the return game on 6th November 1976, a 5-3 home win for Boro with a hat trick from Steve Downes and further strikes from Harry A Dunn and Tony Aveyard.  Boro again did the double over Wigan in 1977-78, 3-1 at home (Steve Deere, a Gerry Donoghue penalty and Dave Smith) and 4-2 away (Harry A Dunn, John Woodall and a brace from Kenny Ellis.

The cup game referred to above was of course the FA Trophy Final at Wembley in 1973, which Boro won 2-1 after extra time.  Further details of this game are on the "Wembley Years" page of this website.

There was an FA Cup meeting on 16th November 1991 which Wigan won 2-0, and further league meetings came between 1993 and 1997 in Football League Division Three. Boro did the double in 1993-94 including a splendid 4-1 home win, but Wigan edged Boro out of the FA Cup the same season, 1-0 at Springfield Park.  In 1996-97 Boro won the home match 3-1, Andy Ritchie scoring twice and Gary Bennett once.  But the final meeting of our clubs was an away game on 11th March 1997, where Jason Rockett scored for Boro - but Wigan won 7-1.

WIMBLEDON - well before any of this MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon nonsense - met Boro in the FA Trophy in 1974-75.  The draw for the Quarter-Finals pitched Boro against the Southern League table-toppers who had been grabbing the headlines shortly beforehand by knocking top division Burnley out of the FA Cup before taking the mighty Leeds United to a replay which they were very unfortunate to lose.  So, Saturday 8th March saw a crowd of 8,105 at the Athletic Ground for a tense game which was settled by a solo breakaway goal from Boro's flying teenage winger Tony Aveyard. 
 
In 1987 Boro celebrated winning the Conference by inviting Wimbledon for a friendly at the Athletic Ground which Boro won 1-0 thanks to a Mitch Cook penalty.

WOKING.  The first-ever meeting of our clubs was in the 1999-2000 season, following Boro's relegation from the Football League.  On 18th March 2000, Woking visited the McCain and were edged out by three goals to two - on target for the Seadogs were Chris Tate, Steve Brodie and Simon Betts (penalty), whilst Steve West and Steve Perkins netted for the Cards.  In the final game of that season we marked our first appearance at Kingfield with a 2-0 win through Steve Brodie and Michael McNaughton.  This two-goal margin remains Boro's best-ever performance against the Cards.
 
The following season Woking played here at the end of September 2000 and were again on the wrong end of a 3-2 scoreline.  Gareth Williams, Shaun Rennison and a SteveWest own goal had given Boro a three-goal lead at half time, but Martin Randall and Scott Steele (penalty) ensured a close finish.  The return game again saw Boro hold a half-time lead thanks to Cherif Diallo, but Charlie Griffin struck back to earn a point - Woking's first point  against Boro!  In 2001-02 the Seadogs travelled to Woking in September and won 2-1, Darryn Stamp scoring twice to cancel out an early Woking lead through Scott Huckerby.  In the return fixture the Cards again returned from Yorkshire empty-handed when Karl Rose came on as substitute to score the only goal of the game.
 
In 2002-03 the Woking were top of the league when they came here early in the season and went ahead against the run of play through Jon Brady.  Boro pressed for an equaliser which deservedly came late in the game from Keith Scott.  When we visited Kingfield later that season we went ahead through Karl Rose only to have Andy Woods debatably sent off in the first half. Dean Austin (penalty) and Chris Sharpling scored the goals which brought Woking's first win against Boro in eight attempts.
 
Woking also took the points when we met at Kingfield the following season.  The Cards dominated the first half to lead two-nil through Jefferson Louis and Amos Foyewa, but a tremendous 35-yarder from Nick Henry put the Seadogs back into the game but narrowly failing to get an equaliser.  Woking then came up to the Yorkshire coast the week before the Chelsea FA Cup game, and earned a 2-2 draw.  Jacques Williams scored his only Boro goal, and Mark Quayle netted a penalty.  Neil Smith hit the first Woking goal, but the Woking equaliser came deep in injury time when Foyewa mis-kicked a shot and was as surprised as anyone when the referee awarded a penalty and even more astonishingly sent off Ashley Lyth!  Smith scored from the spot.
 
The first game of 2004-05 brought Woking up to the Yorkshire coast on a sunny August day.  Tony Hackworth opened the scoring, and a Neil Redfearn penalty just before half time settled the game.  Down at Kingfield Raphael Nade opened the scoring after 64 minutes, but Michael Coulson came on as substitute and scored as the game was entering stoppage time.  .
 
In 2005-06 Nicky Henry's side were trounced 4-0 at Kiingfield, while the return game under Neil Redfearn ended 1-1 with Michael Coulson on the scoresheet.

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS were Boro's first-ever Football League opponents as the club hit "the big time" in 1987 and Wolves were simultaneously at their lowest ebb.  With hindsight, the fixture schedulers made a big mistake sending hordes of Wolves fans to the Yorkshire coast in mid-August to make headlines of riots and vandalism which detracted from Boro's big occasion.   The scorer of Boro's historic first Football League goal was part-time fireman Stewart Mell, and although Wolves stormed back into a 2-1 lead Ray McHale hit a superb equaliser in front of a crowd of 7,314.  The return game at Molineux ended goalless.

WORCESTER CITY first met Boro when the two teams both became founder members of the Alliance Premier League back in 1979.  The first meeting was on 8th September 1979, when Boro beat City 4-1 at the Athletic Ground in front of a crowd of 2,230 with two goals each for Roger Barrett and Bob Gauden.  Boro's first visit to Worcester ended in a 0-0 draw.  The following season it was the Yorkshire game which ended 0-0, and City triumphed 2-0 in the return game.
 
In each of the next two seasons Boro completed the double over the Midlands side, including a 4-2 win at Worcester thanks to goals from Colin Williams, Pat Olney, Terry Eccles and Mitch Cook.  In 1983-84 there was a tremendous 4-4 draw here at the Athletic Ground, the Boro scorers being Trenton Wiggan, Neil Sellers, Dave Bowman and Bryan Magee.  In 1984-85 it was Worcester's turn to do the double, winning 2-1 here and 4-1 there.
 
The only times our clubs have met in a Cup competition was in 1982-83 in the Bob Lord Trophy.  In a two-leg semi-final, Boro went through thanks to a 3-1 win in Worcester (Dick Dawson 2 and John Cottam on the scoresheet) and a 2-2 home draw (John Hanson and a Mitch Cook penalty).
 
After a gap of over twenty years our clubs finally met again in Conference North in 2006-07, when Boro were somewhat unlucky to go down 3-2 at St. George's Lane, Lee Whittington and Janie Vermiglio getting the Boro goals.  The final game between out clubs was at eth McCain Stadium on 10th February 2007, when a Tony Hackworth goal earned Boro a 1-0 win.

WORKINGTON met Boro met only eight times at first team level in the history of our clubs. The only time we were in league competition prior to 2006-07 was between 1977 and 1979 in the Northern Premier League. Boro's visits to Workington ended in a 0-0 draw in 1977-78 and a 3-2 defeat in 1978-79 despite a goal from Derek Abbey and a penalty from Harry A Dunn. Derek Abbey had scored both Boro goals in a 2-1 win over Workington at the Athletic Ground in 1978-79, whereas the previous season the visitors had taken the points with a 2-1 win despite Gerry Donoghue?s penalty.
The clubs have met twice in the FA Cup, on both occasions in the First Round Proper, and it was Workington who progressed on both occasions. In 1970-71 a crowd of 4,190 at the Athletic Ground saw Boro go down 3-2 despite goals from George Siddle and Jeff Barmby (pen), and in 1955-56 Boro had travelled to Workington and lost 4-2 in front of a crowd of 8,200. The Boro goalscorers were Gordon Mitchell and Alan Parkinson.
In Conference North, Workington came to the McCain Stadium and snatched a 1-0 win early in the 2006-07 season, but Boro reversed the result in Cumbria on 10th February 2007 via a Tony Hackworth goal.

WORKSOP TOWN were traditional old adversaries of Boro. The clubs met on 55 occasions, stretching as far back as 1927/28 in the Midland League. However in 1929/30, when Boro won the Midland League title, Worksop finished in bottom place and were relegated. Boro did the double over Worksop that season, 4-1 away and 7-1 at home, with hot-shot Billy Clayson notching four of the 11 goals.
 
Boro met Worksop regularly in the Midland League commencing in the 1949/50 season, and results were fairly even. In 1968 both sides were chosen as founder-members of the new Northern Premier League.
In the first season of the new competition, Boro won 4-1 at Central Avenue with Davie Dunmore scoring twice and also goals from Alan Wilcockson and Billy Russell. At the Athletic Ground the game finished 1-1, with Albert Broadbent hitting the net for Boro.
 
Prior to 2006-07, our clubs last met in 1978/79 before the top Northern Premier League clubs (including Boro) were chosen as founder-members of the new Alliance Premier League (later re-named as the Football Conference). The 1978/79 results were 2-2 at Central Avenue (Dave Smith and Derek Abbey on target) and a 2-0 Boro win at the Athletic Ground (both goals scored by Bob Gauden).
 
Boro opened their only season in Conference North with a trip to Worksop, on 12th August 2006.  The Boro team was: Aspden, Lyth, Hotte, Ingram, Cook, Blunt, Vermiglio, Cartwright,Thornton, Hackworth, Whittington (Thompson 86) and the game finished scoreless.
 
The return game was on 23rd March 2007 and turned out to be Boro's final ever home win. In three dynamic minutes after the interval Boro went 2-0 in front, first Lee Cartwright and then Ryan Blott with an excellent finish.  As the game came to its conclusion Worksop came more into the game, with Boro keeper Mark Wilberforce often called into action.  On 84 minutes a horrific collision saw Wilberfoce knocked unconscious and carried from the field. Ashley Lyth took over in goal, but he was unable to gather a Worksop corner and the loose ball was lashed into the net from right on the line to set up an anxious few minutes before Boro secured three valuable points in their vain battle for league survival.

WYCOMBE WANDERERS only met Boro four times, namely in the Alliance Premier League in 1985-86 and in Football League Division Three in 1993-94.  Wycombe did the double over Boro in the APL, 2-1 in both matches, despite being destined for relegation at the end of that season.  Boro were soundly beaten 4-0 on their visit to Buckinghamshire in November 1993, but goals from Steve Charles, Craig Whittington and Shaun Murray earned Boro a 3-1 win as the clubs met for the final time in April 1994.

YEOVIL TOWN and Scarborough were both founder-members of the Alliance Premier League (later renamed Conference) in 1979, having been very successful in the Southern League and Northern Premier League respectively.  On 13th October of that year, therefore, Boro entertained the Glovers for their initial visit to the Athletic Ground.  The referee for the game was Pat Partridge, who had refereed the FA Cup Final in 1975, the European Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1977, the Football League Cup Final in 1978 and had officiated in the 1978 World Cup Finals.  Boro lined up with Livesey, Fountain, Dennis, H Dunn, Murphy, Marshall, H A Dunn, Taylor, Abbey, Sellers and Boylan.  The game was watched by 2,258 fans and ended, rather disappointingly, as a 0-0 draw. 

The return match later that season was also drawn but this time 1-1 with a goal from Boro's centre-forward Bob Gauden who was our top scorer that year with 17 goals.  Boro were to finish the inaugural Conference season in 11th place - three points ahead of Yeovil Town in 12th spot.

Boro in fact finished ahead of Yeovil every season up to1984-85, when the Glovers finished bottom of the pile and were relegated.  By the time Yeovil returned to the Conference, Boro had left for their 12-year stint in the Football League and it was therefore 1999 before our clubs met again.

The Seadogs were something of a "bogey team" for Yeovil, for in twenty league meetings and two Bob Lord Trophy ties, Town gained only two victories.  Boro boasted ten victories, with no fewer than ten games drawn.  Boro's biggest victory was a 5-0 win in our first game back in the Conference in August 1999.  The games in 2001-02 were a 2-2 draw away with Steve Brodie and Aaron Wilford netting for Boro, Lee Johnson and Chris Giles hitting back for Yeovil, followed by a scoreless draw back here at the McCain.  In 2002-03 Boro won 2-1 at the McCain, but in the return match the Glovers triumphed 1-0 in front of a crowd of 7,008 as they stormed to the Conference championship.

YORK CITY - a fore-runner of the current club - joined the Northern League in 1908-09 and played its first competitive match against Boro on 17th October 1908 (Boro won 3-1).  Our clubs also met in that season's FA Amateur Cup, with Boro winning after a replay in the Third Qualifying Round.  Our clubs remained in the same league for only one further season, with Boro winning 5-0 here at the Athletic Ground.
 
Our paths next crossed when Boro joined the Midland League in 1927-28 to meet the recently re-formed York City.  Boro finished above York for the next two seasons and won the home games 3-1 and 5-0, but in 1929 York were selected as founder-members of the new Football League Division Three (North) and we were not to meet again in a league fixture until after Boro's promotion to the Football League in 1987.
 
However the FA Cup pitched our teams into opposition on several occasions - in 1927/28 York won at Bootham Crescent after a replay, in 1929-30 York won 3-1 here at the Athletic Ground, but in 1931-32 Boro went through 3-1 at Bootham Crescent watched by a crowd of 8,558.  In 1954-55 over 10,000 spectators were at the same venue for an FA Cup First Round match between our teams, with York winning 3-2 to set off on their most remarkable FA Cup run of all time, ending in the Semi-Final.  Our only other FA Cup meeting was in 1978-79, when Boro travelled to York for a Second Round tie and were beaten 3-0 in front of a crowd of 7,876.
 
In 1988-89 our clubs competed for league points after a gap of sixty years, but there were no goals at either venue as both Barclays League Division Four games ended in scoreless draws.  The crowds were 5,057 here and 4,872 at York.  The programme shown on this page is from that season's contest at Bootham Crescent on 27th March 1989. John Bird's City team were in 15th place in the league table, whereas Boro - under the command of Colin Morris - were up in 6th position and heading for the play-offs. 
 
Boro and York met on a total of ten occasions in the Football League, with three Boro wins, three draws and four wins for the Minstermen.  York fans will have fond memories of a 3-1 win here in 1989-90 and a 4-1 home win in 1991-92, whereas Boro fans will gladly recall a win at Bootham Crescent in 1989-90 with Paul Dobson getting both the goals and a fiery 4-2 home win in 1992-93 thanks to a Darren Foreman hat-trick and a goal from Tommy Mooney.
 
The A64 "local derbies" resumed in the Conference in 2004-05.  On Boxing Day 2004 York made the trip to the McCain and were beaten 5-1 on a pitch made very difficult by torrential rain.  A crowd of 4,586 saw Boro go ahead when Tyrone Thompson volleyed home from the edge of the area, then Neil Redfearn chipped an excellent goal and converted a penalty after Chris Senior had been brought down.  York started the second half brightly and Lee Grant headed in to make it 3-1, but in the final ten minutes Tony Hackworth and substitute Ashley Lyth brought Boro their biggest win of the season at 5-1.
 
On 2nd January 2005 there were 4,439 fans at Bootham Crescent to see a game of few clear chances in windy conditions.  The match seemed destined to finish goalless but in the closing minutes a long Colin Cryan throw was flicked on by Tony Hackworth for Chris Senior to put the ball in the net.  Then, as York battled for a quick equaliser, Hackworth broke clear to make the score 2-0 and make Boro the first of our teams to ever complete the double over the other.
 
The final meetings of the team were in 2005-06.  City gained a 3-1 home win in the Boxing Day fixture and looked to be heading for another three points on 2nd January 2006 at the McCain, but Chris Hughes scored in injury time to tie the game at 2-2.