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York City A small family run Victorian Guest House in Scarborough which is an ideal place to stay whatever the season or occasion, whether your stay is for business or pleasure. We pride ourselves in giving a traditional service and aim to make everyone’s stay an enjoyable, relaxing one. Proud sponsors of York City FC +44 (0)1723 364658 www.stmichaelsscarborough.com 149 Columbus Ravine, Scarborough North Yorkshire YO12 7QZ We changed the formation around to play to the strengths of our front three of Jon Parkin, Vadaine Oliver and Amari Morgan-Smith, and since then our attacking threat has increased dramatically, and all three have pitched in with valuable goals. The system has also meant we’ve moved to a three-man defence too, which has left us more defensively stable and our goal difference has improved as a result in recent months. Of course, our first plan is to stay up! Following on from that, we want to perform to as high a standard as possible in the league next season.” a terrific season competing against Football League opposition for the whole campaign, and are hopefully about to cement a fourth-place finish in Wembley “Making it to Wembley has had a massive impact, we’ve been lucky at this club to have been to Wembley four times already since it re-opened in 2007, with the FA Trophy Final the 5th trip we’ll be making. I wasn’t here for the previous trips, but I’ve seen the pictures and heard the stories of the days, and they have all been special days in the history of the football club.” Youth “Youth football is important to the club for sure; our Under 18s have had Community “We do consider ourselves a community club for sure, our Foundation does its part in reaching out to the local community and trying to get children involved with York City. Also, we have offered a couple of ticketing promotions this season to reach out to the community and get some more fans through the door, which have proven to be successful. We’ve also launched a new Youth Council to help us engage with our younger fans, and we’re moving to a new Community Stadium, which is due to be ready in December 2018, which will be available for use for the whole local community in a variety of guises.” Ambitions their league that would far out-perform the status of the club as it stands, with Championship, League One and League Two academy teams making up that division.” “First and foremost, our main ambition is staying up this season. From then on, we want to regain our Football League status as quickly as possible and build for a brighter future in our new stadium.” www.sportip.biz 63