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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 1980 to the present time covers the period from the 1980–81 season, through their fluctuating fortunes in the 1980s and 1990s and relegation from and return into the Football League, to the current season. York made their seventh re-election bid after 1980–81, before the club won its first and only league title after finishing first in the Fourth Division in 1983–84 with 101 points. They were the first team to score this many points in a Football League season. After four seasons in the Third Division in 1987–88, York were relegated. They beat Crewe Alexandra on penalties at Wembley Stadium in the play-off final in 1992–93, winning promotion into the newly renamed Second Division, now called this upon the formation of the Premier League. The following season, York competed in the play-off semi-final, when they were beaten by Stockport County. Later in the 1990s, they knocked Premier League clubs Manchester United and Everton out of the League Cup in successive seasons. After six seasons, York were relegated into the Third Division in 1998–99. In the following years, the club experienced financial troubles; chairman Douglas Craig offered the club and its ground for sale in December 2001. The club was bought by John Batchelor in March 2002, but the following December they went into administration. In March 2003, York were taken over by the club's Supporters' Trust, and were relegated into the Conference National in 2003–04, ending seventy-five years of Football League membership. The team were unsuccessful in the play-offs in the 2006–07 and 2009–10 seasons, and were beaten in the 2009 FA Trophy Final at the newly-rebuilt Wembley Stadium. In 2011–12, York defeated Newport County in the 2012 FA Trophy Final at Wembley, and shortly after returned to the Football League with a 2–1 win over Luton Town in the play-off final. In their second season in League Two, the club reached the play-offs but were knocked out in the semi-final by Fleetwood Town. ==1980–98: Fourth Division championship and first play-off success== The 1980–81 season started comfortably for York City, and the team were fourteenth in the table by mid-January 1991. However, they ended the season with three wins from the last eighteen matches,〔 finishing in bottom place. York's seventh application for re-election was successful with forty-six votes. Poor form at home contributed to York occupying the bottom half of the table for most of 1981–82, and a club record of twelve successive matches without a home win. Barry Lyons was sacked as manager in December 1981, and under caretaker manager Kevin Randall the club dropped into the bottom four. Former York player and club director Barry Swallow took over as caretaker manager in March 1982 and the team finished in seventeenth place. Denis Smith, who had played on loan from Stoke City the previous season, was appointed player-manager in May 1982, with Viv Busby as his assistant player-coach.〔 York finished 1982–83 in seventh place; their inconsistent away form in the last half of the season led to them missing out on promotion.〔 The club occupied one of the top two places in 1983–84 from the second week of the season onwards, and won the Fourth Division championship with 101 points. They became the first team to achieve a three-figure points total in a Football League season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fl125.co.uk/records/league-points )〕 The ''Yorkshire Evening Press'' billed them the "Team of the Century". York set new club records for most wins (thirty-one), most away wins (thirteen) and most goals (ninety-one). For the first time since 1954–55, York had two players score over twenty league goals in a season; these were John Byrne and Keith Walwyn. A profit of almost £15,000 was posted and the club targeted further progress and promotion. Winning six of their first eight matches in 1984–85, York were top of the Third Division by early-October 1984. After a run of two wins from eleven matches they slipped to eleventh place in mid-December 1984, though they continued to occupy a top half position〔 before finishing the season in eighth place. In January 1985, York beat First Division side Arsenal 1–0 at home in the FA Cup fourth round, the goal coming from a late penalty scored by Keith Houchen. They reached the fifth round for the third time and drew 1–1 at home to European Cup holders Liverpool. They lost 7–0 in the replay at Anfield—the club's record cup defeat. York started 1985–86 well and were second in the table by late-November 1985, before a poor mid-season spell saw them drop into mid-table. After being unbeaten in the last nine matches〔 they finished seventh in the table, marking the fifth consecutive season in which York's end-of-season league placing improved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fchd.info/YORKC.HTM )〕 They reached the FA Cup fifth round for the second consecutive season, again drawing 1–1 at home to Liverpool before losing 3–1 after extra time at Anfield.〔 York made a strong start to 1986–87, and in late-September 1986 they were in second place. They won only seven of their remaining thirty-eight matches and needed a point from their last match to avoid the danger of relegation, which they achieved with a 1–1 draw against Notts County. York finished 1986–87 in twentieth place. Smith left to take over at Sunderland in May 1987, and former Blackburn Rovers manager Bobby Saxton was appointed in June. Only two players were under contract at the time of Saxton's arrival; his hastily arranged squad struggled from the start of 1987–88, and only won their first match in late October 1987. York were bottom of the table for most of the season,〔 and were relegated after finishing in twenty-third place. The season was statistically the club's worst in the Football League, with the fewest wins (eight), most defeats (twenty-nine) and the fewest points since the three points for a win system was introduced (thirty-three).〔 York made a poor start to 1988–89, and Saxton resigned with the club bottom of the Fourth Division in mid-September 1988. Swallow took over on a caretaker basis before the former Hartlepool United manager John Bird was appointed in October 1988.〔 York's away form improved in the second half of the season, and in the last week they had a slim chance of reaching the play-offs. They missed out on a play-off place and finished the season in eleventh place. A record loss of £190,000 was posted for the season, but the club carried no overdraft because of interest-free loans from directors and a £100,000 share issue. York started 1989–90 strongly and were in third place by mid-December 1989. Successive home defeats in late-December 1989 marked the start of a decline〔 that saw them finish the season thirteenth in the table. In September 1990, York player David Longhurst collapsed and died after suffering heart failure during a home match against Lincoln City. A few months later, a newly built, covered stand at the Shipton Street End of Bootham Crescent was named after him. York were the Fourth Division's second lowest scorers in 1990–91, as they finished twenty-first in the table. Douglas Craig, who had been on the board since 1978, succeeded Michael Sinclair as chairman in June 1991. York had won two of eleven matches by mid-October 1991; Bird was sacked and was replaced in November by Aston Villa assistant manager John Ward.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/john-ward/ )〕 York continued to be placed in lower mid-table〔 and finished fourth from bottom for the second year running in 1991–92. They started 1992–93 with a club-record start of four wins, and led the table until late-December 1992. Ward left for Bristol Rovers in March 1993, shortly after a mid-season slump in which York won only one of thirteen matches.〔 Ward's assistant Alan Little took over and York finished the season in fourth place. They played Bury in the play-off semi-final, drawing the first leg 0–0 at Gigg Lane before winning the second leg 1–0 at home with a goal from Gary Swann.〔Rollin, ed. ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94''. pp. 586–587.〕 In the final at Wembley Stadium, York beat Crewe Alexandra 5–3 on penalties, after the score had finished 1–1 after extra time.〔Rollin, ed. ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993–94''. p. 587.〕 Wayne Hall scored the decisive penalty as York won promotion into the third tier, now named the Second Division after the formation of the Premier League in 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fchd.info/lghist/fl1993.htm )〕 York made a good start to 1993–94, before a series of poor results saw them slip to seventeenth place in late-November 1993. They lost only five of their last thirty fixtures〔 to finish the season fifth in the Second Division table—their highest league placing since 1976.〔 They lost to Stockport County in the play-off semi-final, being beaten 1–0 in the second leg at Edgeley Park after drawing 0–0 at home in the first leg.〔 York were in lower mid-table for the first half of 1994–95, but improving form saw them move up the table before finishing in ninth place. They struggled through most of 1995–96, and only avoided relegation by winning their last match away to Brighton & Hove Albion; they finished in twentieth place. This season saw York record a 4–3 aggregate victory over Manchester United in the League Cup second round.〔 York defeated a strong United side including some younger players 3–0 at Old Trafford in the first leg; in the second leg United fielded some more experienced players, but York defeated them 3–1 to progress on aggregate. United went on to win the Premier League and FA Cup double. York finished twentieth in 1996–97, only securing safety in the penultimate match with an away win over Rotherham United. For the second consecutive season they eliminated Premier League opponents from the League Cup in the second round, with a 4–3 aggregate win over Everton. After drawing the first leg 1–1 at Goodison Park, York progressed after winning the second leg 3–2 at home.〔 In mid-December 1997 York were fourth in the table, but declining form after New Year saw them finish 1997–98 in sixteenth place. 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. (1980–present)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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