Three days later, 20-year-old Shaun Chadburn gained the distinction of scoring the first-ever goal for the new club in a 2–2 draw at Northallerton Town.

The game ended in a 2–1 defeat in front of 427 fans and saw David Thompson score Scarborough Athletic's first-ever league goal.

This decision was later upheld by the FA[8] and so despite a run of six wins in eight matches, the club found themselves lying in 10th place in early January 2008.

By the end of February 2009 the club had moved into a commanding lead at the top of the NCEL1 table and on 21 March 2009, following a 2–1 victory at Teversal, they were guaranteed promotion to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division (NCELP).

This season also saw Scarborough Athletic enter the FA Cup for the first time, although they fell at the first hurdle, losing 2–1 at home to Guisborough Town in the extra-preliminary round.

On 24 July Athletic beat Merthyr Town 2–0 to win the inaugural Supporters Direct Shield at the New Bucks Head home of AFC Telford United.

On 21 September, first team coach Paul Olsson was appointed acting manager to cover for Brian France who underwent a lengthy period of hospitalisation following a brain injury.

[18][19] League results were very inconsistent during the season, and on 31 March 2011 it was announced that Olsson had left the club by mutual consent[20] and was replaced by former Teversal, Rainworth Miners Welfare and Shirebrook Town manager, Rudy Funk.

[citation needed] The 2012–13 season was very successful for Scarborough Athletic which culminated with the club being crowned Champions of The Northern Counties East League Premier Division.

The consistently good run of results continued into the latter half of the season and Athletic eventually went on to record a 26-game unbeaten league run that consisted of 20 wins and six draws and on 30 March a Bridlington Town vs Scarborough Athletic meeting attracted a crowd of 1,569, a new club and divisional record, eclipsing the previous best set by the same fixture three seasons previously.

Boro made a slow start to life in the NPL, with just one win from their first seven matches; however, they did reach the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first time.

However, from late September onwards results showed a dramatic improvement, and twelve wins from the next fifteen league fixtures lifted Boro into play-off contention by the start of the new year.

[24] The team got off to a good start and at the half-way stage of the season, Boro had won thirteen, drawn one and lost eight games which placed them just outside the play off zone.

Once again they reached the 2nd qualifying round of the FA Cup after replay victories over North Shields (on penalties) and Ashington before bowing out of the competition having lost 1–0 at Curzon Ashton.

Early in November Rudy Funk unexpectedly resigned his position as manager[25] to be succeeded by his erstwhile assistants Paul Foot and Bryan Hughes who both took on the role as joint-managers.

Club captain Matty Bloor took on managerial responsibility for two games until Steve Kittrick was appointed permanent manager on 5 January 2016.

[citation needed] The 2016–17 season had a slow start, and an inconsistent set of results in their first ten games left them in mid-table by the end of September.

The opening pre-season friendly at the new stadium resulted in a 4–1 defeat against a young Sheffield United team, in front of an almost sell-out crowd of 2,038 supporters.

Scarborough also managed to reach the FA Cup fourth qualifying round, before losing to Hyde United in front of a club record attendance of 2,003.

A memorable season finished with an appearance at Middlesbrough FC's Riverside Stadium in the North Riding Senior Cup final.

[citation needed] Scarborough Athletic got the 2018–19 season off to a good start with six wins, three draws and two losses in their opening eleven league games, and they topped the table for several weeks in the Autumn.

However, a poor run of form either side of Christmas, where the club gained 17 points from a possible 45, saw Boro sitting in 6th position at the end of February, just outside the playoff places.

On 2 April former Bradford Park Avenue and Farsley Celtic chief John Deacey was appointed as the new manager, but eight league defeats since New Year's Day saw Boro's playoff hopes finally extinguished with one game to go.

The disappointing run of results continued and manager John Deacey eventually left the club by mutual consent on 24 November and was replaced by Darren Kelly, who made an immediate impact, winning his first three league games in charge.

On 25 March 2020, due to the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic, and following a suspension of football, the Northern Premier League season was declared null and void, and all records were expunged.

Due to the Borough of Scarborough declaring a higher than average rate of positive COVID-19 cases in September and October, Boro moved their first home league games of the season to the respective away grounds to avoid the financially consequences of playing behind closed doors.

On 17 October, Boro welcomed fans to a home game for the first time since the March national lockdown, with a sold out capped attendance of 600 witnessing a 1–1 draw with Nantwich Town.

[31] The 2021–22 season began against the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic, but with a highly vaccinated population alongside some remaining protective measures, fans were let back into stadiums without restrictions.

[47][48] The club had its own online radio service[49] called "Seadogslive", which provided live match commentaries on selected home fixtures and occasional away games.