ON-LOAN goalkeeper Scott Loach has hinted that he could be prepared to commit his future to York City.

The former England under-21 international made three excellent second-half saves to safeguard a vital 2-1 triumph at Solihull on Good Friday, before admitting how Bootham Crescent chief Gary Mills has revitalised his career.

Loach had fallen out of favour at parent club Notts County prior to his March switch to the Minstermen and the ex-Championship net-minder is also attracted by the prospect of the new community stadium at Monks Cross.

The Nottingham-born net-minder is impressed, meanwhile, by the current City squad too and believes upward progress can be made next season if it is kept intact and the club successfully complete their survival quest.

“I couldn’t believe where the club were after my first game at Dagenham and I think there are some players here that York will be doing well to keep in the summer,” Loach pointed out. “But I also think this could be a good place to be in the future if we stay up with the new ground coming up.

“For me, the gaffer dug me out of a hole because I was stuck in a rut at Notts and I want to repay him by helping us stay up. He doesn’t get you over-thinking things, which I have done in the past.

“He just gets you to stick to your job and enjoy the game.”

Loach, who once played against the likes of Mesut Ozil, Manuel Neuer and Sami Khedira for England against Germany in the final of the European under-21 Championship, also revealed that keeping the Minstermen in the National League would rank alongside his career highlights.

“When I came here, we were five points adrift and, if we do get safe, it will be up there with my biggest achievements in the game,” he declared. “The lads were saying they looked dead and buried at Christmas and it takes hard graft to make up that amount of points.

“We are out of the bottom four now and there will be other teams that are worse off psychologically than us because we know, if we keep winning, we’ll be alright.”

Loach was beaten by a stunning Harry White free kick on the stroke of half-time as Solihull reduced the deficit completely against the run of play.

The visitors then survived a second-half onslaught with Loach reasoning that experience will make the squad’s self-belief even stronger during the final three fixtures of the league campaign.

“It was a great goal from their lad, but I didn’t really expect them to come out and play like they did in the second half,” the one-time Ipswich and Watford keeper confessed. “I thought they might be a bit nervous but, in the end, they might have deserved something.

“We won the game though, which is all that matters and I think the fact we did that, when we’re unlikely to play as badly again in the next three matches, will give us even more confidence in those games.”