In March 2019 it was announced that the club would be renamed Emley A.F.C. from the 2019–20 season, five years after the original club was dissolved. The club were transferred to Division One North of the North West Counties League for the 2019–20 season. They were fourth in Division One North with games in hand on two clubs above them by mid-March 2020, but the season was the abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic. They were subsequently transferred back to Division One of the Northern Counties East League for the 2020–21 season.