List of York City F.C. records and statistics

Norman Wilkinson, York City's top goalscorer with 143 goals in all competitions

York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. The club was founded in 1922 and was elected to the Midland League, which the team played in until 1929 when they were elected to the Football League. The highest level of the English football league system the team has reached is the second tier, playing the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons in the Second Division. The club lost its Football League status following relegation to the Football Conference in 2004, but regained it eight years later with victory in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final.

This list details the major honours won by the York City, records set by the players, managers and by the club. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by York players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club. Attendance records at Fulfordgate and Bootham Crescent are also included in the list.

All figures are correct as of the match played on 21 May 2017.

Honours

Players celebrating, one of whom is holding aloft a trophy
York players after the club's victory in the 2012 FA Trophy Final

York City have won one major honour in the Football League, winning the Fourth Division championship in the 1983–84 season with 101 points, becoming the first team in the Football League to reach 100 points.[1][2] They have achieved promotion on six other occasions, most recently in 2011–12, when they won the Conference Premier play-offs.[1] The club also won its first domestic cup competition that season, beating Newport County in the 2012 FA Trophy Final.[3]

York City's honours and achievements include the following:[1][4]

The Football League

Football Conference

Domestic cup competition

Player records

Appearances

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, appearances as substitute in brackets.[9]
# Name Years Leaguea FA Cup League Cup Otherb Total
1Barry Jackson1958–1970481 (1)34 (0)23 (0)0 (0)538   (1)
2Andy McMillan1987–1999409 (12)18 (0)27 (0)26 (0)480   (12)
3Chris Topping1968–1978410 (2)26 (0)25 (0)0 (0)461   (2)
4Wayne Hall1989–2001353 (20)13 (2)27 (1)21 (1)414   (24)
5Gary Ford1979–1987359 (7)36 (0)24 (0)9 (0)428   (7)
6Tommy Forgan1954–1966388 (0)30 (0)10 (0)0 (0)428   (0)
7Tony Canham1985–1995309 (38)20 (0)18 (0)24 (4)371   (42)
8Norman Wilkinson1954–1966354 (0)39 (0)8 (0)0 (0)401   (0)
9Phil Burrows1966–1974333 (4)31 (0)22 (0)0 (0)386   (4)
10Billy Hughes1951–1961349 (0)30 (0)1 (0)0 (0)380   (0)

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Matches played (including as substitute) appear in brackets.[12]
# Name Years Leaguea FA Cup League Cup Otherb Total
1Norman Wilkinson1954–1962127 (354)16 (39)0 (8)0 (0)143 (401)
2Keith Walwyn1981–1987119 (245)11 (24)9 (18)1 (4)140 (291)
3Billy Fenton1951–1958118 (257)6 (21)0 (0)0 (0)124 (278)
4Alf Patrick1946–1953109 (228)8 (13)0 (0)0 (0)117 (241)
5Paul Aimson1964–1966
1969–1973		98 (219)12 (19)3 (10)0 (0)113 (248)
6Arthur Bottom1954–195892 (137)13 (21)0 (0)0 (0)105 (158)
7Tom Fenoughty1927–193497 (229)7 (23)0 (0)0 (0)104 (252)
8Reg Baines1924–1926
1931–1933
1937–1938		88 (129)5 (11)0 (0)0 (0)93 (140)
9Peter Wragg1956–196378 (264)4 (23)5 (10)0 (0)87 (297)
10Paul Barnes1992–199676 (148)0 (5)5 (10)4 (16)85 (179)

International caps

Eamon Dunphy, the club's first capped player

This section refers only to caps earned while a York player.

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

# Fee Paid to For Date Notes
1£140,000BurnleyAdrian Randall28 December 1995 [15]
2£100,000Southend UnitedBarry Conlon16 July 1999 [16]
3£90,000Luton TownRob Matthews8 September 1995 [17]
4=£85,000Huddersfield TownRodney Rowe19 February 1997 [18][19]
4=£85,000Oxford UnitedDavid Rush31 January 1997 [20][21]
4=£85,000Leeds UnitedMark Tinkler26 March 1997 [22][23]

Record transfer fees received

# Fee Received from For Date Notes
1£950,000Sheffield WednesdayRichard Cresswell25 March 1999 [24]
2£850,000Manchester UnitedJonathan Greening26 March 1998 [25][lower-alpha 6]
3£700,000ReadingGraeme Murty6 July 1998 [27]
4£450,000Port ValeJon McCarthy1 August 1995 [28]
5£350,000Birmingham CityPaul Barnes4 March 1995 [29]

Managerial records

  • First manager: Jock Collier managed the club for two seasons, which included 105 matches, from July 1928 to May 1930.[30][31]
  • Longest serving manager by time: Tom Mitchell managed the club for 12 years and 11 months, which included 270 matches, from March 1937 to February 1950.[32][33]
  • Longest serving manager by matches: Tom Lockie managed the club for 376 matches over a period of seven years and three months, from July 1960 to October 1967.[32][34]

Club records

Goals

  • Most league goals scored in a season: 96 in 46 matches, Fourth Division, 1983–84.[5]
  • Fewest league goals scored in a season: 35 in 46 matches, Third Division, 2003–04.[5]
  • Most league goals conceded in a season: 106 in 46 matches, Third Division, 1965–66.[5]
  • Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 35 in 44 matches, Conference Premier, 2009–10.[5]

Points

  • Most points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 62 in 46 matches, Fourth Division, 1964–65.[5]
    • Three points for a win: 101 in 46 matches, Fourth Division, 1983–84.[5]
  • Fewest points in a season:
    • Two points for a win: 27 in 46 matches, Third Division, 1965–66.[5]
    • Three points for a win: 33 in 46 matches, Third Division, 1987–88.[5]

Matches

Firsts

Record wins

  • Record league win: York City 9–1 Southport, Third Division North, 2 February 1957.[43]
  • Record FA Cup win:
    • York City 7–1 Horsforth, preliminary round, 20 September 1924.[44]
    • York City 7–1 Stockton Malleable, third qualifying round, 29 October 1927.[44]
    • York City 7–1 Stockton, first qualifying round, 29 September 1928.[44]
    • South Shields 0–6 York City, first round, 16 November 1968.[44]
    • York City 6–0 Rushall Olympic, fourth qualifying round, 27 October 2007.[44]
  • Record League Cup win: York City 5–0 Doncaster Rovers, first round second leg, 4 September 1984.[45]

Record defeats

  • Record league defeat: Chester City 12–0 York City, Third Division North, 1 February 1936.[46]
  • Record FA Cup defeat: Liverpool 7–0 York City, fifth round replay, 20 February 1985.[47]
  • Record League Cup defeat: York City 1–5 Stoke City, first round first leg, 22 August 2000.[45]

Record consecutive results

This section applies to league matches only.

  • Record consecutive wins: 8, from 14 November 2009 to 23 January 2010, Conference Premier.[48]
  • Record consecutive draws:
    • 6, from 26 December 1992 to 22 January 1993, Third Division.[48]
    • 6, from 3 May 2014 to 30 August 2014, League Two.[48]
  • Record consecutive defeats: 8, from 14 November 1966 to 31 December 1966, Fourth Division.[49]
  • Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 23, from 1 February 2014 to 6 September 2014, League Two.[48]
  • Record consecutive matches without a draw: 22, from 11 January 1969 to 2 May 1969, Fourth Division.[48]
  • Record consecutive matches without a win: 21, 17 January 2004 to 14 August 2004, Third Division and Conference National.[48]

Attendances

York's highest and average league attendances at Bootham Crescent from the 1932–33 season
  • Highest attendance at a home match:
  • Lowest attendance at a home match:
    • Fulfordgate: 1,500, against Maltby Main, FA Cup preliminary round, 23 September 1925.[52]
    • Bootham Crescent: 608, against Mansfield Town, Conference League Cup third round, 4 November 2008.[53][54]
  • Highest seasonal average league attendance: 10,412, Third Division North, 1948–49.[55]
  • Lowest seasonal average league attendance: 2,139, Fourth Division, 1977–78.[56]

Notes

  1. ↑ Promoted automatically to the Second Division by finishing in third place in the Third Division.[5]
  2. 1 2 Promoted automatically to the Third Division by finishing in third place in the Fourth Division.[5]
  3. ↑ Promoted automatically to the Third Division by finishing in fourth place in the Fourth Division.[5]
  4. ↑ Promoted via the play-offs to the Second Division after finishing in fourth place in the Third Division.[5]
  5. ↑ Promoted via the play-offs to League Two after finishing in fourth place in the Conference Premier.[5]
  6. ↑ Greening was sold to Manchester United for an initial fee of £350,000, with an additional £100,000 being paid to York for every five first-team appearances made by Greening.[26] With the player making 27 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions, York thus received £850,000 in total transfer fees for Greening.[25][26]

References

General

  • Batters, Dave (1990). York City: A Complete Record 1922–1990. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-0-907969-69-3.
  • Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
  • Windross, Dave; Jarred, Martin (1997). Citizens and Minstermen: A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 "Club honours". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 360.
  3. ↑ Flett, Dave (14 May 2012). "Match report: Newport County 0, York City 2 – FA Trophy final". The Press. York. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "History". York City F.C. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "York City". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. 1 2 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 252.
  7. ↑ Flett, Dave (18 April 2012). "Veteran Paul Musselwhite keeps clean sheet in key York City win". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Paul Musselwhite in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 439–452.
  10. 1 2 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 238–421.
  11. 1 2 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 250, 424–425.
  12. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 434–452.
  13. 1 2 3 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 428.
  14. ↑ "Grenada vs. Haiti 1–3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Adrian Randall". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  16. ↑ "Barry Conlon". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  17. ↑ "Rob Matthews". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  18. ↑ Windross; Jarred. Citizens and Minstermen: A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. p. 87.
  19. ↑ "Rodney Rowe". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  20. ↑ Windross; Jarred. Citizens and Minstermen: A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. p. 88.
  21. ↑ "David Rush". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  22. ↑ Windross; Jarred. Citizens and Minstermen: A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. p. 104.
  23. ↑ "Mark Tinkler". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  24. ↑ "Richard Cresswell". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  25. 1 2 "Jonathan Greening". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  26. 1 2 "Beleaguered Dolan's cash lifeline". York Evening Press. 22 January 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Graeme Murty". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  28. ↑ "Jon McCarthy". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  29. ↑ "Paul Barnes". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  30. ↑ Windross; Jarred. Citizens and Minstermen: A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. p. 150.
  31. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 250–252.
  32. 1 2 "York: Managers". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  33. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 266–292.
  34. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 219, 314–328.
  35. 1 2 Batters. York City: A Complete Record 1922–1990. p. 15.
  36. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 240.
  37. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 258.
  38. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 260.
  39. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 314.
  40. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 412.
  41. ↑ "Aldershot 2, York City 0". York Evening Press. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  42. 1 2 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 420.
  43. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 306.
  44. 1 2 3 4 5 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 242–424.
  45. 1 2 Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 314–402.
  46. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 264.
  47. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 362.
  48. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "York City: Records". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016.
  49. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 326.
  50. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 254.
  51. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 268.
  52. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 240–256.
  53. ↑ Flett, Dave (14 May 2009). "York City season review 2008/9". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  54. ↑ Flett, Dave (5 November 2008). "Setanta Shield: York City 1, Mansfield Town 1 (4–2 on pens)". The Press. York. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  55. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 290.
  56. ↑ Batters. York City: The Complete Record. p. 348.
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