OUT-OF-CONTRACT York City midfielder Luke Summerfield has signalled his intention to stay in the Football League next season.

Summerfield will be free to leave Bootham Crescent under the Bosman ruling this summer and is hoping his future lies in Sky Bet League Two or the division above.

The former Plymouth and Shrewsbury playmaker did add, however, that he will not rule out signing new terms, if they are offered with the Minstermen - even though the club look destined for the National League.

Summerfield, who has spent the last two campaigns with City, said: "Ever since I came to the club, I’ve loved every minute of it.

"I settled in straight away and love York. I’ve got a great girlfriend here and football is strange.

"You don’t know what’s around the corner and I don’t know what my future holds. I’m just concentrating on doing the best I can during the last three games when I will be playing for myself and with as much pride and commitment as I can for the York City shirt.

"I’m not stubborn enough to say I will never play in the National League but, at 28, I still think I’ve maybe got my best years ahead of me. I definitely still want to play in the Football League but, whatever happens, will happen.

"I want to play the highest level I can and still feel I can do a great job in this division or the one above. I want to better myself and stay in the league, but who knows."

Ahead of tomorrow's trip to Accrington Stanley, meanwhile, Summerfield has insisted the team must reproduce the same standards that they produced during Tuesday night's 3-1 victory over Portsmouth and for the whole match - not just in patches.

He added: "It was our best performance for a long time and 3-1 didn’t do us justice because we had a lot more chances in the game. It was very nice to win a game and, the way we did it, was a massive positive, but the bigger picture is obviously more important than one win.

"We knew we had a performance like that in us, but we’ve made too many mistakes defensively or not played as well as we can for whole games. On Tuesday night, we did do.

"It was the first time we had put together a consistent 90 minutes. We’ve only had spells of brilliance before – like in the second half at Plymouth.

"That’s been so frustrating but, against Portsmouth, we had confidence in one another and passed the ball well against the biggest club in the division. We needed to show something after Saturday’s performance at Hartlepool to let everybody at the club know we have pride and are still fighting.

"It might have come too late now, but we’ve still got to replicate that at Accrington."

Summerfield also insisted that the team's travails this term cannot be explained by a poor attitude, reasoning: "I think a lack of belief and concentration has cost us in games because we’ve been working our socks off in every minute of every game to get out of trouble."

The former Championship performer went on to suggest that his seventh goal of the season against Pompey - a 30-yard blockbuster - was a contender for the most spectacular from the 28 he has netted as a professional.

"It’s right up there as one of the best I have scored," he said. "I knew what I wanted to do with it as soon as it was played back to me by Lewis (Alessandra) and, luckily, it came off.

"I did about three celebrations and got a bit carried away because I was surprised when it went in."