The Yorkshire Evening Press of 25 January 1996 gave details of the club's plans to develop the ground's facilities, including building a large new stand at the away supporters' end of the ground.

City unveil stand plans

YORK City have issued a statement to support their plan to improve the away end of the Bootham Crescent Ground.

The club statement in full reads: "It has always been the policy of successive boards of York City FC to carry out not only essential but desirable improvements to the ground at Bootham Crescent.

"In recent years however as a result of the Taylor Report and the subsequent advent of The Football Licensing Authority it has also become mandatory (and rightly so) for all football clubs to achieve and maintain very rigorous standards of safety and amenity.

"In addition the Football League has in the last year laid down divisional criteria for all League Grounds with time limits for compliance.

"Currently York City FC is in the second division and only h