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York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. The history of York City F.C. from 1908 to 1980 covers the period from the club's original foundation, through their reformation and progress in the Football League, to the end of the 1979–80 season. Originally founded in 1908, York City played several seasons in the Northern League and Midland League before going into liquidation during the First World War. The club was reformed in 1922 and was elected to play in the Midland League for 1922–23. After seven seasons in the Midland League, they were elected to play in the Football League for 1929–30, and were placed in the Third Division North. During the Second World War, York played in regional competitions, before the Football League restored its usual competitions in 1946–47. After fourteen seasons in the Football League, the club was required to apply for re-election for the first time because they finished 1949–50 at the bottom of the Third Division North. York had their best FA Cup season in 1954–55, when they reached the semi-final; they were defeated by First Division club Newcastle United in a replay. York played in the Third Division North until 1958–59, when a league reorganisation placed them in the Fourth Division. The same season, they finished third and won their first-ever promotion, but were relegated after one season. York won another promotion in 1964–65, but were again relegated after one season. The club won a third promotion to the now-unified Third Division in 1970–71, remaining there for the next two seasons on goal average. They were promoted into the Second Division for the first and only time in 1973–74. By mid-October 1974, York were in fifth place—their highest league placing—before finishing 1974–75 in fifteenth place. They faced two successive relegations in 1976 and 1977, and a twenty-second place finish in the 1977–78 Fourth Division forced the club to apply for re-election. ==1908–17: Foundation and liquidation of original club== With the expansion of the York & District League (formed 1897) at a time when association football was gaining national popularity, demand for a club representative of the city of York arose. York City Football Club was founded as an amateur club, joining the Northern League for the 1908–09 season and acquiring a ground in Holgate Road at the end of Lindley Street and Murray Street.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fchd.info/YORKC-1.HTM )〕 York won their first match 2–1 at home to South Bank, but finished the season eleventh out of twelve teams in the Northern League. During this season the club entered the FA Amateur Cup; after beating Withernsea and St Paul's the team were knocked out by Scarborough in a replay.〔 York finished in last place in 1909–10, before joining the Yorkshire Combination to reduce travelling.〔 York competed in this division for two seasons; after finishing eighth in a ten-team league in 1910–11 they ranked in the same position in an expanded league of fourteen teams the following season.〔 J. E. Wright took over as secretary in 1911, and advocated the formation of a limited company to run a professional club, believing amateur football would not succeed in a rugby league stronghold.〔 The club turned professional in 1912, and acquired a rough plot of land known as Field View.〔 York were admitted into the Midland League in June 1912, and the new ground was opened with a 2–1 win over Rotherham Town, which was played before 5,000 spectators. They played in the Midland League for three seasons, achieving a highest finish of tenth of twenty teams in 1912–13 before ranking twelfth in an eighteen-team league the following season. York were invited to a meeting to discuss the formation of a Third Division of the Football League, but with the outbreak of the First World War the meeting did not take place.〔 Because of hostilities the Midland League was suspended after 1914–15, in which York ranked sixteenth of twenty teams.〔 The club went into liquidation through the bankruptcy court in August 1917 after a creditor pressed for payment for the ground's stand.〔 York's ground was taken over by the York Corporation, who leased it to allotment-holders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of York City F.C. (1908–80)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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