FANS are being asked to suggest the names of York City heroes of the past that four apartment blocks to be built at Bootham Crescent could be named after.
The club, which is 100 this year, is hoping to put forward for consideration a selection of names from each of four different periods in its past. This week, in the fourth and final part of our review of the club’s history and of the people who have helped make it what it is, we reach the period from 1993 to the present.
It’s a period that began with City enjoying a solid, six-year stay (from 1993-1999) in the third tier of English football – and which also saw some memorable League Cup performances, says club historian Paul Bowser.
“In 1995, City overcame Manchester United, winning 3-0 at Old Trafford then resisting a strong comeback from Alex Ferguson’s full-strength side in the second leg to progress by an aggregate score of 4-3 at a packed Bootham Crescent,” Paul says.
In 1999, the club’s board of directors moved City’s main asset – its ground – into a separate company called Bootham Crescent…
