YORK City's Bootham Crescent arena is to echo to the rafters of a handsome reserve hat-trick next season.
For the second successive term the Minstermen's base will play hosts to Leeds United's FA Premier Reserve League fixtures.
And what a trio to kick off the campaign. Cup treble-winning Liverpool, Kevin Keegan's Manchester City, and arch-rivals Manchester United comprise the first three visitors to the Crescent in what promises to be a mouth-watering start.
Last season - the first in the ground-lease arrangement - the visit of Manchester United drew a crowd of 4,000-plus through City's turnstiles, while Liverpool's arrival at Bootham Crescent attracted a similarly-sized gate.
Leeds' reserve fixtures
at Bootham Crescent
AUG: 28 Liverpool. SEPT: 4 Manchester City, 20 Manchester United. Oct: 23 Bolton; 29 Everton. Dec: 4 Sheffield Wed. Jan: 8 Aston Villa. FeB: 12 Bradford; 27 Newcastle. Mar 6 Sunderland. April: 2 Blackburn; 16 Middlesbrough. Kick offs at 7pm.
Updated: 11:55 Saturday, July 28, 2001
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