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Honours: Football League: Division Three promoted 1973-74 (3rd); Division Four champions 1983-84, play-off winners 1992-93 & 2011-12; FA Trophy winners 2012; FA Cup semi-finals, 1955; League Cup fifth round, 1962.
Address: Bootham Crescent, York, YO30 7AQ.
Telephone: 0870 777 1922.
Ground capacity: 9,496
Record attendance: 28,123 v Huddersfield Town, FA Cup, sixth round, March 5, 1938.
Record receipts: £63,680 v Manchester United, Coca-Cola Cup second round, second leg, October 3, 1995.
Chairman: Jason McGill.
Stadium Development Director: Ian McAndrew.
Communications and Community Director: Sophie Hicks.
Business Development Director: Rob McGill.
Club Secretary: Nick Bassett.
Commercial Manager: Ross Potter.
Manager: Nigel Wothington.
Assistant Manager: Fred Barber.
Coach: Steve Torpey.
Goalkeeping Coach: Fred Barber.
Physio: Jeff Miller.
Head Groundsman: Mark Hirst.
Year formed: 1922.
Turned professional: 1922
Club nickname: The Minstermen.
Previous ground: Fulfordgate 1922-1932.
Record League victory: 9-1 v Southport, Division Three North, February 2, 1957.
Record Cup victory: 6-0 v South Shields (away), FA Cup first round, November 16, 1968.
Record defeat: 0-12 v Chester, Division Three North, February 1, 1936.
Most League points (2 for a win): 62, Division Four, 1964-65.
Most League points (3 for a win): 101, Division Four, 1983-84.
Most League goals: 96, Division Four, 1983-84.
Highest League scorer in a season: Billy Fenton 31, Division Three (North), 195/52; Arthur Bottom 31, Division Three North, 1954-55, 1955-56
Most League goals in total aggregate: Norman Wilkinson 125, 1954-66.
Most League goals in one match: 5 Alf Patrick v Rotherham United, Division Three North, November 20, 1948.
Most capped player: Peter Scott 7, Northern Ireland.
Most League appearances: Barry Jackson 481, 1958-70.
Youngest League player: Reg Stockill 15 years 281 days v Wigan Borough, August 31, 1929.
Record transfer fee received: £1,000,000 from Manchester United for Jonathan Greening, March 1998.
Record transfer fee paid: £140,000 to Burnley for Adrian Randall, December 1995.
Longest sequence of League wins: 7 (October 31, 1964 - December 26, 1964.
Longest sequence of League defeats: 8 (November 14, 1966 - December 31, 1966).
Longest sequence of League draws: 6 (December 26, 1992 - January 22, 1993.
Longest sequence of unbeaten League matches: 21 (September 10, 1973 - January 12, 1974).
Longest sequence without a League win: 21 (January 11, 2004 - August 17, 2004).
Successive scoring runs: 24 games from March 3, 1984.
Successive non-scoring runs: 7 games from August 28, 1972.
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