The goalkeeping situation at York City FC is still uncertain after Jon Worsnop and Luke Simpson conceded a combined total of eight goals against League One side Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday in a pre-season friendly. The Minstermen have not had a stable number one since the departure of Michael Ingham in 2016 and will be […]
Author Archives: Dan Simmonite
Duo looking to impress on trial with York City
Yesterday York City FC’s twitter page posted a selection of photos from the first training session back. The usual faces: Sean Newton, Simon Heslop and Jon Parkin were all in attendance, but not everyone recognised the two new faces snapped at Wigginton Road Training Ground. Interesting to see Kaine Felix in training, also two players […]
How I started working with BT Sport
I’ve just finished my first year studying Media and Journalism BA (Hons) at Northumbria University and I will be going into second year with a years worth of work experience with BT Sport. What was my role with BT Sport? I worked on the National League Highlights Show which was broadcast every Sunday at 10PM […]
York City to play Grantham Town in pre-season.
Grantham Town have announced that they will play York City in the George and Marge Freeston Memorial Trophy. They will also host Mansfield Town and Nottingham Forest the week after. In Brief Established in 1874 Grantham Town play in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football. Hailing from Lincolnshire the club […]
York City’s Recent Signings – My Say
Recently York City have announced that two players have signed new deals for next season and they have re-signed Michael Rankine who comes in from last seasons relegation rivals Guiseley. After some discussion on twitter I thought I’d give more detail on my opinions and rate the signings out of five. Adriano Moké I was […]
Are Leyton Orient FC Going Bust?
Leyton Orient are due to start the 2017/18 season in the Vanarama National League, however press reports suggest that their is a real possibility that the club may fall into the same fate as newly wound up Ilkeston FC. Amidst rumours on social media and contradicting opinions on the matter I thought I’d do a […]
Who is Brody Robertson? – Alfreton Town’s New Striker
Today Cleethorpes Town have confirmed that striker Body Robertson has left the club for National League North side Alfreton Town; following former director of football John McDermott to Derbyshire. Robertson helped Cleethropes to a Northern Counties East League Premier title as well as the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy this past season at The Bradley Football Development Centre. He also led […]
Non-League Players Stepping Up
Since the likes of former Non-League stars Jamie Vardy and Michael Antonio making the step up to the Premier League many EFL clubs are now looking towards the National League to find the next hidden gem. The National League season only finished two weeks ago however players are already on the move to bigger clubs. I […]
How much are York City players worth?
So as I’m looking on to next season I thought I’d check out the current crop of players York City have and how much they are worth according to tranfermarkt.com. A lot of players are on one year deals so obviously they would be allowed to go on a free. However the players who are […]
Non League Finals Day: All you need to know
On Sunday Wembley will be host to Macclesfield v York City and Cleethorpes v South Shields in the FA Trophy and FA Vase. The Non League Finals Day will be broadcast live on BT Sport 1HD/4K from 11:30AM. FA VASE: Cleethorpes v South Shields Kick off – 12:15pm Last years winners – Morpeth Town Prize money – £25,000 […]
Non League’s biggest stadiums
There’s a few non league teams who’s grounds have the capacity to hold more than some premier league stadiums. Many of these teams have dropped from the football league or just bizarrely play at big stadiums. I thought I’d share some the largest grounds across non league football, giving some background and history on the clubs […]
York City players free to leave following relegation
As Gary Mills has officially signed on for another year at Bootham Crescent his next job is no doubt figuring out who he wants to keep for York City’s 2017/18 season in the National League North. I expect a retained list to be published once the FA Trophy has concluded, however until then I thought I’d […]
