York City

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This is a season by season record including every line up plus details of the war years. It offers pen portraits of the clubs top players & profiles of York Citys managers over the years & much more. It is a must read for any York City fan! This is the detailed story & comprehensive history of York City Football Club since its formation in 1922 illustrated with pictures many from archives. It looks at the early pioneering days in the Midland League & election to the Football League in 1929. It covers seventy-five years proud membership of the Football League including two seasons in the second tier of English football in the mid 1970s. They had six promotion successes including the winning of the Fourth Division Championship in 1983-84 when they became the first Football League club to reach 100 points. In 1992-93 they made their first appearance at Wembley when they won promotion via the Play-offs. The clubs many Cup giant-killing exploits over the years with appearances in the quarter & semi-finals of the FA Cup are also fully chronicled. In 1937-38 they reached the sixth round of the competition & 17 years later became the first Third Division side to reach an FA Cup semi-final replay. In the 1980s they twice reached the fifth round of the competition beating Arsenal & having four memorable tilts against Liverpool. In the 1990s in the Football League Cup they defeated Manchester United & Everton. It offers appearance records & a look back at memorable matches together with many other facts & figures.