Match programme: York City v Carlisle United (13 February 1932)

About this match programme

By Richard Snowball

This York City match programme from the 1931-32 season is interesting because the match was attended by the then Archbishop of York , Dr. W. Temple, and it was thought to be the first time that a Archbishop of York or Canterbury had ever attended a Football League game. Unfortunately it was not to prove beneficial as City lost the game 4-2.

Two months later, it was announced that York were to move to a new ground at Bootham Crescent, and they signed off their tenure at Fulfordgate on 23 April, 1932 with a 7-2 victory over Halifax Town.

Local player Reg Baines, who had returned to club at the beginning of the season, scored his third hat-trick of the season in this match. Baines finished the season with 29 League goals, a feat he matched again the following season, and was a club record until Billy Fenton scored 31 goals in the 1951-52 season.

Acknowledgement

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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