History of York City F.C. (1908–1980)
York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1908, the club played in the Northern League and Midland League before going into liquidation during the First World War. The club was reformed in 1922, and elected to play in the Football League for the first time in 1929–30. York won promotion to the Second Division in 1973–74, but were relegated after one season. They are currently playing in the League Cup third division, having won the competition twice in the previous three seasons.
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York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1908, the club played in the Northern League and Midland League before going into liquidation during the First World War. The club was reformed in 1922, and elected to play in the Football League for the first time in 1929–30. York won promotion to the Second Division in 1973–74, but were relegated after one season. They reached the semi-final of the FA Cup in 1954–55, but lost to Newcastle United in a replay. York were admitted to the Yorkshire League in June 1912, and the new ground was opened with a 2–1 win over Rotherham Town. The team was admitted to the Midland League on 10 June 1922, but the club was unsuccessful in election to the Football League. They were relegated to the Fourth Division in 1958–59, but won their first promotion in 1964–65. In 1970–71 the club won a third promotion to the now-unified Third Division, remaining there for the next two seasons on goal average. They faced two successive relegations in 1976 and 1977, and a 22nd-place finish in the 1977–78 Fourth Division forced the club to apply for re-election. In 1979–80, York were in fifth place, before finishing 1974–75 in 15th place. After the end of the 1979-80 season the club were relegated for the second time, this time to the Third Division.
York are currently in the fourth tier of the English football league system, having been promoted to the Premier League in the 2007-08 season after finishing 14th in the First Division. They are currently playing in the League Cup third division, having won the competition twice in the previous three seasons. York play their home games at Field View, a ground owned by the York Corporation. They also have a ground at the York & District League, which was leased to them by the Co-operative Co-Operative Co-operatives Ltd in May 1922. York’s first match was away to Notts County County on 6 September 1922, despite a good performance, and they lost 4–2 to the county reserves. They have also played away to Leeds United in the Capital One Cup, winning 1-0 on the last day of the season. York have won two FA Cups, the most recent of which came in the 1986–87 season. The last of these came in a 4-1 victory over Huddersfield Town in the third round of the 1989 FA Cup. York also won the FA League Cup in the 1991–92 season, beating Withernsea and St Paul’s 2-1 in the quarter-final. York played in regional competitions during the Second World War, before the League restored its usual competitions in 1946–47. York competed in the Yorkshire Combination for two seasons, before playing in an expanded league of 14 teams the following season.
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