June 28th 1898
The Scarborough & District League was founded, consisting initially of just seven clubs. A prime mover in setting up this competition was Thomas Cole, a prominent figure at Boro. It was hoped that the local league would produce talented players who would then graduate to play for Boro. Ocky Johnson was one of the first to do this.

June 29th 1927
Admission charges for the ground were set at 1 shilling (5p) for men, 6d (2∙5p) for ladies and 4d (less than 2p) for ‘juveniles’ (under 14s). The age given for the ‘juveniles’ category fits in with the school-leaving age of the time. The new prices were deemed necessary because Boro were about to play in the higher grade Midland League, which covered a wide geographical area and required a better standard of players. These things would mean greater expense.

June 30th 1933
Billy Clayson, Chris Swan and Micky Wraith all left the club. However, Boro signed John Nock from Rotherham United, where he had scored 15 times in 25 appearances.

July 1st 1903
Season ticket prices for the new Northern League season were set at 4 shillings (20p) for the ground and 10 shillings (50p) for the stand. A survey of poor districts three years before had revealed that families with an income of less than £1-1s-8d (£1∙08) per week were classified as ‘living in poverty’. With unskilled workers earning an average of less than £4 per week, these prices were not as cheap as they may seem by modern standards.

July 2nd 1922
Billy Clayson, who had two spells with Boro, starting in 1928 and in 1932, moved from Wellingborough Town to 3rd Division Brentford, the first of 6 Football League clubs he played for.

July 3rd 1912
The Yorkshire Combination Fixture List showed that Boro would start the season at home to Heckmondwike. In the club’s other three seasons in the competition, the first match was always against Bradford Park Avenue Reserves.

July 4th 1938
In a complete departure from what had been worn previously, the Boro kit was announced as Green and White striped shirts with Black shorts.

1945-1968

June 28th 1962
The Fixture List produced by the North Eastern League showed Boro would start the season with home games against Ashington in the league on August 18th and against Stockton in the League Cup four days later.

June 29th 1966
Former player and future player-manager Colin Appleton ended his 12-year stay with Leicester City when he was transferred to Charlton Athletic.

June 30th 1964
With supporters in the town still reeling from the shock departure of player-manager Eddie Brown, it was reported that a number of ‘strong applicants’ had expressed an interest in replacing the former Birmingham City player at the Athletic Ground.

July 1st 1958
Boro’s new signings include the experienced goal-getter Ernie Whittle, who had scored 116 times in 288 Football League appearances with Newcastle United, Lincoln City, Workington, Chesterfield and Bradford Park Avenue.

July 2nd 1952
The club announced a slight change to the team’s colours, with the Black trim dropped from the Tangerine shirts.

July 3rd 1945
Keith Adamson, who signed for Boro in 1967 from Barnsley, was born on this date at Houghton-le-Spring.

July 4th 1946
Early fixtures for Boro’s Midland League return would see the Athletic Ground eleven play Ransome & Marles and Gainsborough Trinity twice in the first 5 games, then have 5 consecutive home matches starting on September 21st.

1968-1986 

June 28th 1979
The Alliance Premier League fixtures show Boro will start the new national competition with a long trip to Kent to play Maidstone United on August 18th. This is to be followed by home games against Barrow on the 22nd and Weymouth on the 25th.

June 29th 1975
Breaking news on the club’s new badge reveals that the front-runner includes a seagull perched on a football.

June 30th 1969
While the new Northern Premier League season is still almost 6 weeks away, there was a buzz of anticipation among supporters because of the appointment as player-manager of Scarborough-born Colin Appleton, who had a wealth of Football League experience behind him.

July 1st 1981
Boro signed striker Colin Williams for £10,000 from Northwich Victoria. The regular goal-getter joined Pete Walters, Neil Parker and Terry Eccles among the club’s new recruits.

July 2nd 1979
The club’s pre-season fixtures looked potentially very sparse. Only two matches are certain, with a North Riding Senior Cup semi-final arranged for July 30th against Guisborough and an away match at Goole Town a fortnight later. If Boro were to win the Cup game, the Final would also be played in pre-season.

July 3rd 1969
The young Neil Warnock completed his first year in the Football League. Twelve months earlier he had signed for Chesterfield after attracting attention while playing for Sheffield F.C., the world’s oldest football club.

July 4th 1974
In an interesting colour change announced by the club, the all Red strip was to have white side panels to both shirts and shorts for the coming season.

1986-2007

June 28th 2004
Scott Kerr was named as club captain. At the age of 22 , Kerr was surprised to receive what he was quoted as saying was ‘a great honour’.

June 29th 1996
It was confirmed that Yorkshire Coast Radio had agreed to be Boro’s shirt sponsors for the third year running. The kit for the new campaign was announced as irregular Red and White striped shirts, with White shorts to replace the Red and Black of the previous campaign.

June 30th 1988
The sense of relief in Scarborough could still be felt as Boro reached the end of the month with a new owner with money to spend and a commitment to freeing the club from its massive debts. The new owner was Geoffrey Richmond, the chairman of Ronson plc.

July 1st 2000
Manager Colin Addison left the club. It was expected that former player Neil Thompson would take over, but there were ominous warnings that whoever took over the reins would have no money to sign new players because of Boro’s recurring financial problems.

July 2nd 2004
The Boro website announced the setting up of a new junior branch of the Supporters’ Club to be known as ‘The Seakidz Club!. Established to cater for 8-14 year-olds, the new club could be joined for £5.

July 3rd 2006
The Conference North Fixture List revealed that Boro’s first and last games would both be away. On the opening day of the season, the team would travel to Worksop Town, with a journey to Hucknall Town bringing the curtain down on the campaign.

July 4th 2005
The F.A. removed the £5,000 suspended fine on Boro, which had been imposed after a poor disciplinary record during the 2003-04 season.

 
Two of the most significant seasons in Boro's history were 1986-87 (winning the championship of the GM Vauxhall Conference) and 1987-88 (the first season in the Football League).  Find out more about these seasons by clicking the links below.