About this match programme
By Richard Snowball The interesting story behind this programme of a FA Cup Preliminary Round "replay" is the fact that it was not really a replay as the first game was abandoned after 71 minutes because of a violent thunderstorm with York winning 7-0, so the match should have been played again at Maltby. However the second game was played at York the following Wednesday and this time York won 5-3. Prior to this match York had lost five and drawn one of their League matches only scoring four goals, but then beat Alfreton Town 6-0 in the next League game. York then went on to beat Wombwell and Castleford Town 5-0 and 3-0 in the first and second qualifying round only then to lose 4-1 to Wath Athletic in the third qualifying round. City had a poor season in the League finishing sixth from the bottom conceding 94 goals, but did have the distinction of beating the League winners, Mexborough, 2-1 in both matches against them. 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. www.tooab.com