List of York City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)



York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. Formed in May 1922, the club failed to be elected to the Football League for the 1922–23 season, but succeeded in gaining admission to the Midland League. After seven seasons of competing in the Midland League, the club was elected to play in the Football League ahead of 1929–30. After 75 years of Football League membership, York were relegated to the Football Conference in 2004. This is where the club remained for eight years before promotion back to the Football League was achieved with victory in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final. However, York were relegated to the National League four years later.

The club's first team have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played between 25 and 99 first-team matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his York career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of matches played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team for which the player was selected, and the number of senior international caps he won.

Introduction
As of the date specified above, more than 300 players had completed their York career after playing in at least 25 and fewer than 100 senior competitive matches. Four of these, Tom Lockie, Barry Lyons, Denis Smith and Neil Thompson, went on to manage the club. Lockie led the team to the quarter-final of the 1961–62 League Cup and promotion from the Fourth Division in 1964–65, while Smith guided York to the 1983–84 Fourth Division championship.

Jimmy Cowie set two goalscoring records in the 1928–29 season which, as of the date above, still stand; he scored 56 goals in all competitions, and 49 league goals in as many matches in the Midland League. The first player capped at full international level while with the club was Eamon Dunphy when he appeared for the Republic of Ireland against Spain on 10 November 1965. The purchase of Adrian Randall from Burnley on 28 December 1995 represents the club's record transfer fee paid, at £140,000.

Other players took part in significant matches in the history of the club. David Archibald, Jimmy Cowie, Charlie Davis, Sam Evans, Jack Farmery and Bill Gardner appeared in York's first Football League match in 1929. Keith Houchen scored the winning goal with a penalty in a 1–0 win over First Division team Arsenal in the 1984–85 FA Cup. Four men listed here featured in the York team that won in the 2012 Conference Premier play-off final, those being Jon Challinor, Chris Doig, Jamie Reed and Jason Walker.

As of the date above, no player has left the club with 99 career appearances; four – John Stone, Barry Lyons, Gary Bull and Malcolm Comrie – finished on 98. The list includes 14 players who are still contracted to the club, and so can add to their totals.

Key

 * The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total, then by number of league appearances, and then if necessary by date of debut.
 * Appearances as a substitute are included.
 * Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 20 April 2024, the final match of York's 2023–24 season. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Player: Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above. Players with name in italics and marked † were on loan from another club for the duration of their York career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column. Players marked ‡ have won the York City Clubman of the Year award. Position: Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards. Club career: Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below. League appearances and league goals: League appearances and goals comprise those in the Midland League, the Football League and the Football Conference/National League. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three matches because of the Second World War, are excluded.Appearances and goals up until the end of the end of 2007–08 are sourced to:

Appearances and goals from 2008–09 to 2015–16 are sourced to: Individual seasons accessed via drop-down list. Soccerbase has no data for a number of competitions: For the 2008–09 FA Cup fourth qualifying round, FA Trophy and Conference League Cup, see:

For the 2009–10 FA Cup fourth qualifying round and FA Trophy, see:

For the 2010–11 FA Cup fourth qualifying round and FA Trophy, see:

For the 2011–12 FA Cup fourth qualifying round and FA Trophy, see:

Appearances and goals from 2016–17 onwards are sourced to: Soccerway has no data for a number of competitions: For the 2017–18 FA Cup second and third qualifying rounds and FA Trophy third qualifying round, see:

For the 2018–19 FA Cup second and third qualifying rounds and FA Trophy third qualifying round, see:

For the 2019–20 FA Cup second and third qualifying rounds and FA Trophy third qualifying round, see:

For the 2020–21 FA Cup second and third qualifying rounds, see:

For the 2021–22 FA Cup second and third qualifying rounds, see: Total appearances and total goals: Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Midland League, Football League (including play-offs), Football Conference/National League (including play-offs), FA Cup, Football League Third Division North Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, FA Trophy and Conference Cup/Conference League Cup. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded. International selection: Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown. Caps: For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club.

Players with 25 to 99 appearances