York City FC, is an English football club based in the city of York, Yorkshire.  Originally formed in 1903, the club  was wound up during the First World War. The present club dates from 1922 when members of the former club formed a limited company and gained admission to the Midland League. City joined the Football League in 1929 replacing Ashington FC. York had an undistinguished career during the 1930s and 1940s.  During the 1950s, City's fortunes improved. In 1955, having beaten Blackpool (complete with Matthews and Mortenson) and Spurs, they reached the FA Cup semi-final where they were defeated by Newcastle in a replay.  Promotion finally arrived in 1959 when they finished third in Division Four but it took only one season before they were back in the basement. The 1960s proved less successful: re-election in 1968 was followed by promotion and relegation in successive seasons and then three successive re-elections between 1967 and 1969. They were promoted back to Division Three in 1970. This time they managed to hang on, avoiding relegation on goal average for the next two seasons. Then in 1974  York City surprisingly won promotion to the Second Division. The club held on for two seasons before plunging all the way back to the Fourth Division and re-election in 1978. In 1984, York won the Fourth Division championship. Four years later, City dropped back into the basement but in 1993 they won promotion once again, this time via the play offs. After an excellent season in Division Two (previously the Third Division), York reached the play-offs and narrowly missed out on promotion to what was now Division One. This proved to be their high point and during the 1990s, York slipped back down to the lowest division and faced a mounting financial crisis. The club went into administration and was taken over by the Supporters Trust who raised £500,000 securing the club’s immediate future but failing to retain their League status: in 2004, they finished in last place and were relegated to the Nationwide Conference. They returned to the League at the end of the 2011-12 season having defeated Luton Town in a play-off at Wembley. York only secured survival from relegation late into 2012-13, their first season back in the Football League. They made the League Two play-offs the following season, and were beaten 1–0 on aggregate by Fleetwood Town in the semi-final. However, York were relegated to the National League four years after returning to the Football League, with a bottom-place finish in League Two in 21015-16. York were further relegated to the National League North for the first time in 2016-17.  York's home games are played at Bootham Crescent in York.