On April 3, 1971, York City took part in one of those high-scoring matches that football occasionally throws up. They travelled to Lincoln for the Division Four game with York on a good run of wins and pushing for promotion, and their rivals struggling with injuries and trying to stay out the bottom four. In the first half the goals came thick and fast with the scoreline looking more like a set of tennis, with neither side going more than one goal ahead, and half time came with the sides locked at 4-4. A crowd of 4,226 watched this spectacle, and the fans of both sides must have been wondering whether the match was heading for a record scoreline, but as so often happens in matches like this the scoring dried up, with York snatching the only goal
of the second half through midfielder Ian Davidson for a 5-4 victory. York had five different scorers the others being Kevin McMahon, Phil Burrows, Barry Swallow and Paul Aimson. www.tooab.com.
