York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1908, the club played seven seasons in non-League football before folding in 1917. A new club was formed in 1922, and played in the Midland League for seven years before joining the Football League. They played in third tier until 1959, when they were promoted for the first time. The club’s record appearance holder is Barry Jackson, who made 539 appearances, while their leading scorer is Norman Wilkinson, with 143 goals.
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York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1908, the club played seven seasons in non-League football before folding in 1917. A new club was formed in 1922, and played in the Midland League for seven years before joining the Football League. They played in third tier until 1959, when they were promoted for the first time. They fluctuated between the Third and Fourth Divisions, before spending two seasons in the Second Division in the 1970s. The club’s record appearance holder is Barry Jackson, who made 539 appearances, while their leading scorer is Norman Wilkinson, with 143 goals. York are nicknamed the Minstermen, after York Minster, and the team traditionally play in red kits. They are due to move into the York Community Stadium for the start of the 202021 season. York have had rivalries with numerous clubs, but their traditional rivals are Hull City and Scarborough. They won the FA Cup in 1954–55, and reached the semi-final of the competition in 1954-55. They lost their Football League status after being relegated from the Third Division in 2003–04. The 2011–12 FA Trophy was the first national knockout competition won by York, and they returned to the League that season. In the 1937–38 FA Cup, they eliminated First Division teams West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough, and drew 0–0 at home to Huddersfield Town in the sixth round, before losing the replay 2–1 at Road.
York had been challenging for promotion in 1937-38 before faltering in the closing weeks and only avoided having to apply for re-election with victory in the penultimate match. They participated in regional competitions organised by the Second League upon the outbreak of the Second World War. The Combined Counties Cup was won in 1942, and York finished the next three seasons in mid-table. They came fourth with 53 points in 1952–53, before finishing fourth in 1949–50 after finishing bottom of the Third North Division in 1949-50. They were new club when the new Football League records came into force in 1952-53, which were the club’s longest run in the cup when they came fourth in the combined counties Cup. They have won the League Cup three times, the most recent of which came in the 2013-14 season when they won the fourth round of the cup. They also won the Capital One Cup in 2007-08 and 2008-09, and have reached the quarter-finals of the League One Cup twice. The last time they reached the last eight was in 2010-11, when the club won the play-off final at Wembley Stadium. They play at their current ground, Bootham Crescent, which has been subject to numerous improvements over the years, but the club lost ownership of it when it was transferred to a holding company in 1999. York played at Fulfordgate from 1922 to 1932 when they moved to their current home, and purchased a new ground at Field View.
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