THE players do not always perform to the best of their abilities on match day. Various former directors departed with what might be described as a blemished track record.

But one section of the York City family never lets the club down. The fans.

There is much sentimentality over those supporters who throng the Kop at Anfield, or Newcastle's Toon Army. But when it comes to it, few football fans can rival City's hard-core of supporters.

Not content with saving the club from almost certain extinction, they have now rescued the reserve team. City fans, we salute you.

Updated: 09:50 Tuesday, April 05, 2005