YORK City assistant manager Neil Cox hopes that Scott Burgess’ impressive substitute appearance in Tuesday night’s 2-1 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge can inspire out-of-favour Minstermen.

Burgess was introduced in the second-half and added an assist to his tally on his first appearance in a squad since February, after impressing manager Neal Ardley and Cox in training.

Cox called out his York players to use Burgess as an example, and touched upon some of the players who had not hit the ground running under the new management team.

“Everyday he’s trained hard, he’s got on with his job, never complained and has always done extra.” Cox enthused.

“He got his opportunity, we threw him on and we’ve seen what he can do.

“That’s not just him but we look at everybody at the football club, you’ve got to work hard everyday because you never know when that opportunity will come.

“When a new manager comes in everyone has got to be on their toes, if you’ve been playing every game or haven’t been playing every game, everyone has got to be on their toes.

“He deserves his opportunity and everyone has said that, we put him in the side and in the squad and thought ‘let’s put him on then’.

“He’s got so much to prove to us and he proved to everybody, but the most happiest I’ve been with him is how the boys reacted.

“The boys really enjoyed his company and gave him a big cheer and cuddle after the game for what he did when he came on. That’s good for team spirit.

“As soon as a new manager walks in the door, it doesn’t matter if you’ve had a fall out with a previous manager or what’s gone on with that manager, there’s nothing you can do about it.

“But now you have to focus, there’s a new manager in so do what he wants and get on with it.

“The managers right, one or two have come in and haven’t got on with it and have been knocking on our doors complaining about this and complaining about that.

“He hasn’t, he’s got his opportunity and it’s good for him.

“You never know with footballers what they’re going to do and what they’re going to think.

“Now they’ve got on with it, everybody has trained really well.

“Hopefully with him getting an opportunity, everyone else has thought that they want to be a part of this.”