Scarborough concede three times before half-time at home to Marine and drop to 20th

Wednesday 11 November 2026 · By Miles Gedge

Scarborough Athletic conceded three times before half-time at home to Marine on Tuesday and lost 1–3, dropping to 20th, just above the relegation zone on goal difference. Finlay Sinclair-Smith, George Kattah and George Newell scored for the visitors, timed by the BBC at 28, 43 and 45+1 minutes, with the Scarborough News listing 27, 42 and 45. Will Thornton replied, timed at 59 minutes by the BBC and at 55 by the News. Jono Greening changed the side at half-time, the News reported, after a first half that left them 3–0 down.

Carlos Dos Santos, signed from Macclesfield on 6 November, started, and a Remembrance service was held before kick-off, according to the same report. Scarborough have 16 points from 16 matches, with a goal difference of minus 3, which keeps them above Radcliffe, who also have 16 but a goal difference of minus 8 and occupy 21st place. The BBC form line is LWLLDL. Marine have climbed to 16th on 19.

Only four days earlier Scarborough had come from 2–0 down at half-time to draw 2–2 with Buxton, through Jake Hull and a Rio Allan penalty, in front of 1,292. That recovery was not repeated against Marine. Saturday takes them to bottom club Spennymoor Town in the FA Trophy second round, and they then visit third-placed Oxford City in the league on 21 November.

Spennymoor have 10 points from 15 matches, six from safety, so the Trophy trip is a meeting of two sides with different kinds of difficulty. Oxford City have 28 points from 15, a game in hand on Hereford, and the best goal difference in the division, which makes the following Saturday a much sterner league test.

South Shields lead on 32 from 15, two clear of Hereford. First place is promoted automatically, and the bottom four, from 21st to 24th, are relegated. No first-team league or Trophy game is scheduled today. The BBC table was last updated at 07:36 on 11 November and includes Tuesday’s three league matches.

The BBC table, last updated at 11:13 on 9 November, still shows Scarborough Athletic 20th on 16 points from 16 matches, with a record of 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. They have scored 22 and conceded 25, for a goal difference of minus 3. Those numbers have not changed since 31 October, because no National League fixture has been played in this window. The FA Cup, National League Cup and county cups do not count in the standings. Scarborough Athletic occupy just above the relegation zone on goal difference.

The next first-team programme is the FA Trophy second round on Saturday 14 November, with ties listed at 3pm. Hebburn host Guiseley, Bridlington host Macclesfield, Spennymoor host Scarborough, and Radcliffe host Marine. Avro host Chester, Darlington host Bury, Alfreton host Southport, and Chorley host Buxton. Worksop host South Shields, Leek Town host Morecambe, Bedford host Chesham United, and King’s Lynn host Stourbridge. AFC Telford host Chelmsford, Hednesford host Hemel Hempstead, Hereford host Brackley, and Newmarket Town host Oxford City. Merthyr host Harborough, and Enfield Town host Spalding.