York City Football Club match reports from Bootham Crescent and Blue Square Premier league away games.


Ex-York City ace close to joining Portsmouth

5:42pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

FORMER York City ace Matty Blair is expected to sign for Portsmouth in the next 24 hours.

Dagenham & Redbridge 0, York City 1

York City’s players mob captain Chris Smith after his winner at Dagenham. Picture: TGS Photos

12:21pm Monday 29th April 2013

THERE might be no open-top bus parade to mark the end of this season, but York City’s supporters almost lifted the roof off Dagenham & Redbridge’s away end as their side clinched a final day 1-0 win.

York City 2, Southend United 1

York City 2, Southend United 1

11:17am Monday 22nd April 2013

BOOTHAM Crescent might have banned shredded paper but shredded nerves are much more difficult to combat at the home of York City.

Northampton 0, York City 2

York City’s Ashley Chambers battles with Northampton’s John Johnson. Picture: Gordon Clayton

10:44am Monday 15th April 2013

SOME see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope – an old saying that, no doubt, summed up the collective mental state of the 719 York City supporters that made Saturday’s trip to high-flying Northampton.

York City 1, Accrington 1

On-loan Sunderland midfielder Adam Reed closes in on the Accrington Stanley goal

11:01am Monday 8th April 2013

AS lucky Grand National punters toasted victory for Auroras Encore, there was a painful sense of déjà vu at Bootham Crescent.

York City 2, Plymouth Argyle 0

Richard Cresswell doubles the York City lead with an intuitive flick header to fool a posse of Pilgrims

10:40am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Updated: YORK City chose April 1 to make fools of anybody writing off their Football League survival chances.

Bristol Rovers 0, York City 0

York City debutant Adam Reed makes his mark

10:21am Monday 1st April 2013

NIGEL Worthington was the man assigned with breathing life back into York City and what better time to begin that resurrection than today.

Torquay United 2, York City 1

York City man of the match Josh Carson applauds the 263 travelling fans after the trip to Torquay ended in a 2-1 defeat. Picture: Gordon Clayton

11:03am Monday 25th March 2013

IT might not be Mission Impossible quite yet but not even the intervention of a Torquay player called Tom Cruise could assist York City in their battle to beat the drop at the weekend.

York City 0, Port Vale 2

York City skipper Chris Smith gets his head to the ball in the Port Vale box

11:09am Monday 18th March 2013

SCOTT Kerr and John McGrath might have gone a combined total of 185 games without a league goal but the shot-shy midfielders are the only York City players to extend the opposition goalkeeper during the club’s last two matches.

York City 0, Rochdale 0

Matty Blair shows neat skill to bring the ball under control

11:10am Wednesday 13th March 2013

STRUGGLING York City mustered just one shot on target in the 90th minute during a drab 0-0 home draw with Rochdale.

Skipper Chris Smith dons York City scoring mantle in vain

11:57am Monday 11th March 2013

AFC Wimbledon 3, York City 2

York City 0, Bradford City 2

York City striker Jason Walker rounds Bradford ’keeper Jon McLaughlin but sees his shot cleared off the line

11:19am Monday 4th March 2013

YORK City fans taunted their Bradford counterparts with chants of “we won at Wembley” but their team’s ability to secure victories at Bootham Crescent has been nothing to shout about in 2012/13 and, ultimately, cost manager Gary Mills his job.

Rotherham United 1, York City 1

York City’s Matty Blair rounds Rotherham United goalkeeper Andy Warrington to put his side in front at the New York Stadium. Picture: Gordon Clayton

10:46am Wednesday 27th February 2013

YORK City were cruelly denied their first win in ten games when promotion contenders Rotherham United grabbed a 94th-minute equaliser.

Oxford United 0, York City 0

Alex Rodman put in the hard yards for York City

11:53am Monday 25th February 2013

OXFORD United chose their home match with York City to mark ‘Military Day’ at the Kassam Stadium.

York City 1, Barnet 2

York City man of the match Jack O’Connell gets the better of Barnet player-manager Edgar Davids

11:00am Monday 18th February 2013

MORE needless risk-taking in their own half means York City have now gone on their longest run without a win for eight years.

York City 0, Gillingham 0

The returning Michael Rankine agonises at a near effort

11:33am Wednesday 13th February 2013

YORK City held high-flying Gillingham with a much-improved performance at Bootham Crescent.

Wycombe 4, York City 0

Fit-again City forward Ashley Chambers, right, tries to shrug off Wycombe’s Bruno Andrade

10:34am Monday 11th February 2013

YORK City have conceded four goals in consecutive league matches for the first time since October 1981.

York City 1, Morecambe 4

York City’s Jason Walker smashes his penalty past Morecambe ’keeper Barry Roche

11:33am Monday 4th February 2013

VISITING supporters at Bootham Crescent on Saturday celebrated their team’s 4-1 win with renditions of an old Morecambe and Wise favourite.

Gillingham 1, York City 1

Gillingham’s Charlie Lee, centre, watches in horror as Paddy McLaughlin’s corner gives York the lead in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Priestfield

11:13am Monday 28th January 2013

YORK City have now taken points from every other side in League Two’s top-16 places following a 1-1 draw at long-time former leaders Gillingham.

York City 0, Aldershot Town 0

York City’s Matty Blair, left, and Lanre Oyebanjo, right, wait to pounce as the ball runs close to Ben Herd’s hand in the Aldershot penalty area during Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Bootham Crescent

10:14am Monday 21st January 2013

HAVING left their snowed-in coach at home, Aldershot proceeded to park the proverbial bus on their eventual arrival at Bootham Crescent.

Cheltenham Town 1, York City 1

York City’s players celebrate Jason Walker’s late equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Cheltenham

11:26am Monday 14th January 2013

YORK City have now avoided defeat on the road in seven of their eight contests against League Two’s top-ten teams.

York City 3, Northallerton Town 0

Returning York City midfielder John McReady stretches to make a challenge

11:50am Wednesday 9th January 2013

JOHN McREADY marked his return from injury with a brace in York City’s 3-0 North Riding Senior Cup quarter-final victory over Northallerton Town last night.

York City 1, Exeter City 2

York City forward Matty Blair is denied by diving Exeter City ’keeper Artur Krysiak, a former Minstermen loan signing, during Saturday’s 2-1 npower League Two defeat

11:00am Monday 7th January 2013

THE mistletoe might have been taken down for another year but anybody thinking York City can now kiss goodbye to their play-off hopes, following a 2-1 defeat to Exeter, should think again.

York City 3, Burton Albion 0

Jason Walker slots home his penalty

11:01am Wednesday 2nd January 2013

HAVING just bid farewell to one of the most cherished years in the club’s history, York City kicked off 2013 with a highly-promising 3-0 victory over Burton Albion.

Fleetwood Town 0, York City 0

York City striker Jason Walker beats Fleetwood Town defender Dean Howell, left, and confronts another Highbury foe during Saturday’s 0-0 npower League Two draw. Picture: Gordon Clayton

9:33am Monday 31st December 2012

YORK City turned Fleetwood Town’s Highbury into a library for long periods of the latest meeting between last season’s two promoted Blue Square Bet Premier teams.

Chesterfield 3, York City 0

Michael Potts ushers team-mate Scott Kerr away from referee Christopher Sarginson as he remonstrates with the official during York City’s 3-0 defeat at Chesterfield in npower League Two

11:40am Thursday 27th December 2012

’TIS the season to be jolly and all that, but you now have to trawl back four days before Halloween to recall York City’s last clean sheet.

York City 4, Bristol Rovers 1

York City's two-goal ace Ashley Chambers completes the four-goal rout

10:28am Monday 17th December 2012

YORK City romped to their biggest Football League win since 1995 after beating beleaguered Bristol Rovers 4-1.

Plymouth Argyle 2, York City 0

York City’s Jamal Fyfield clears the ball under pressure from Plymouth’s Max Blanchard during Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Home Park in npower League Two, in which Fyfield netted a first-half own goal

10:48am Monday 10th December 2012

THE festive spirit was contagious at Home Park on Saturday.

Rochdale 2, York City 3

Midfielder Michael Potts gives York City the lead at Rochdale. Picture: Gordon Clayton

11:30am Monday 3rd December 2012

AS the UK Snooker Championship got under way at the Barbican, York City belatedly got the breaks they required to end a run of seven games without a win.

York City 0, Torquay United 2

York City man of the match Danny Kearns is beaten to the ball by Torquay’s Ryan Jarvis as manager Gary Mills looks on

11:30am Monday 26th November 2012

AT what point does a drama become a crisis? Not yet, insists York City manager Gary Mills, even though he is presiding over the stickiest spell in his two-year reign at Bootham Crescent.

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