York City today announced its latest recruit to the football club's new board of directors.

Chartered accountant Terry Doyle, 49, will be taking on the role as the club's new financial director.

Doyle is a partner of York based-firm Clive Owen and Co and has over 25 years experience in chartered accountancy practice.

He is also a director of computer company RedBlack Software Limited and a financial services company, Coniscliffe Financial Planning Limited.

A committed City fan, Doyle has been following the club for 37 years, having watched his first game in 1966 when the Minstermen beat Southport 2-0.

He also once went more than seven years without missing a home and away game and has spent the last few years as chairman of the club's Vice Presidents' Association.

Welcoming Doyle to the board, chairman Steve Beck said: "Having an experienced finance director is imperative in order to ensure a stable financial basis for future operations of the club.

"Terry is well respected by both the company's bankers and the wider business community, and will undoubtedly be an asset to the board."

Doyle said: "I am delighted to be appointed as the club's new financial director. The board and I have a difficult task ahead addressing the financial position of the club, but I am looking forward to the challenge.

"As a York City supporter, it is a privilege to be able to make a positive contribution to the club in this bright new era."

Doyle's appointment was ratified by the board of the Supporters' Trust and means the football club has a board of six directors - Beck and Doyle, marketing and IT director Mike Brown, communications director Sophie McGill, stadium development director Ian McAndrew and commercial director Jason McGill.

City fans are reminded they can quiz members of the club's new board on line tomorrow.

The Evening Press is running an Internet question and answer session so supporters with questions for the board are asked to e-mail them to dave.stanford@ycp.co.uk in advance.

It is hoped the session will go live on the Evening Press website

www.thisisyork.co.uk at 4.30pm with the session running until 6pm.

A selection of the questions and answers will be published in Saturday's Evening Press.

Fans who send an e-mail question are asked to include their full name and postal address.

Former City striker Peter Duffield bagged his first goals for Boston United last night to give the Minstermen's promotion quest a helping hand.

Duffield scored twice as Boston fought out a thrilling 3-3 draw with City's promotion rivals Wrexham at York Street.

The point was enough to push Wrexham up into the play-off positions and although they have two games in hand on City the Welsh outfit remain three points adrift of the third-placed Minstermen. It could have been better news for City as Boston led 3-1.

There will be a full breakdown of the promotion run-in in tomorrow's Evening Press.

City reserves suffered a 2-0 home defeat to Hartlepool in an Avon Insurance League encounter at Bootham Crescent.

With the first half scoreless, City were reduced to ten men when, having used all their substitutes, they lost midfielder Matthew Coad to injury.

Hartlepool wasted little time in making their extra man count with goals by Stephen Flockett and Marc Batey.

First team midfielder Stephen Brackstone played the full 90 minutes while City also gave a reserve team debut to schoolboy Robert Haw.

Haw, 16, from Beverley was a second-half substitute and is poised to join City's youth trainee ranks next season.

Updated: 10:58 Thursday, April 03, 2003