Match programme: York City v Barrow (24 November 1928)

About this match programme

This match programme heralded an historic game for York City as it was the first time the club had hosted a Football League club in a competitive game.

Third division Barrow came to play York in this FA Cup tie, attracting a crowd of 6,957 and earning £352 in gate receipts.

Barrow were fortunate to scrape a 1-0 victory.

For York City, this was to be the club’s last appearance in the FA Cup as a non-league club until 2004.

At the end of the 1928-29 season, on June 3, 1929, City were elected to the Football League, taking the place of Ashington.

Acknowledgement

Thanks to Neil Rank for scanning this copy of the programme from his own collection. This facsimile of the match programme was created by the publisher of There’s Only One Arthur Bottom, the daily email newsletter for fans of York City FC.

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