York City - The Complete Record 1922-2008 (Paperback)

This is a season by season record, including every line up plus details of the war years. It offers pen portraits of the club's top players and profiles of York City's managers over the years and much more. It is a must read for any York City fan! This is the detailed story and 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 and 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 club's many Cup giant-killing exploits over the years with appearances in the quarter and semi-finals of the FA Cup are also fully chronicled. In 1937-38 they reached the sixth round of the competition and 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 and having four memorable tilts against Liverpool. In the 1990s in the Football League Cup they defeated Manchester United and Everton. It offers appearance records and a look back at memorable matches together with many other facts and figures.

General

Imprint:	D&B Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	April 2012
Authors:	David Batters
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-1-78091-133-5
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Sports teams & clubs Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General
LSN:	1-78091-133-5
Barcode:	9781780911335

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