Huntington Football

Overview -

• York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of league football in England, as of the 2015–16 seasons.

• First 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.

• At the end of 2003–04 they lost their Football League status after being relegated from the Third Division. The 2011–12 FA Trophy was the first national knockout competition won by York, and they returned into the Football League that season

 

Nicknames and stadium -

• York are nicknamed "the Minstermen", after York Minster, and the team traditionally play in red kits. They played at Fulfordgate from 1922 to 1932, when they moved to their current ground, Bootham Crescent.

 

Future of stadium -

• The team are due to move to a new stadium called the York community stadium which will be shared by York city football club and York city Knights rugby league football club.

• As part of the loan agreement, Persimmon have first refusal on purchasing Bootham Crescent once York leave, for ten percent lower than its market value. Persimmon still intend to build ninety-three homes on the site, and the proceeds of the sale would go towards building the new stadium.

 

Current season - January

• York dropped to the bottom of the table after being beaten 1–0 away by Yeovil, who in turn moved above York; their goal came from a Matthew Dolan penalty scored late in the first Fewster's loan was extended to the end of the season while McEvoy was signed permanently for the rest of 2015–16. York now seek to climb the league two table to avoid relegation.