YORK City boss Gary Mills admits it will seem a “little strange” if a motion is passed to extend the play-off system t

The rule switch, which would also apply to the league’s south and national divisions, will be voted upon by member clubs during the annual general meeting on June 10.

In City’s case, its ratification would mean a seventh-placed finish, effectively a top-third spot in the 22-strong northern section, will be enough to earn a stab at winning promotion, along with the champions, at the end of the campaign.

Under the proposal, two-legged contests will be dispensed with as the seventh and sixth-placed clubs will travel to those clubs who end the campaign fourth and fifth respectively.

The winners of those matches will then visit the second and third-placed sides, before a play-off final, hosted by the team that finished highest in the regular season, will decide who is promoted.

Mills has reservations about the new idea, but also insisted that he would embrace any rule change that is passed.

He reasoned: “It seems a little strange because there could be a gap of about 15 points between the teams that finish second and seventh, but I suppose the idea is to keep everybody’s season going, because you could be tenth and three points off the play-offs going into the final game. Everyone thought the play-offs weren’t right when they were first brought in, but everybody has grown to really like them and, I’ve got to be honest, while part of me thinks why not just leave it alone, I always go along with whatever system is in place.

“There’s no point in being negative about it and, if we finish seventh, we’ll see it as a good thing. I am pleased, though, that it is weighted in favour of the teams finishing second and third, because I feel, if you’re in those positions, you deserve that advantage.”