Fans urged to support the run-in

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Once more onto the breach

York City’s Finance Director Terry Doyle, today urged City supporters to ensure that City’s last five home games of the season are played in front of crowds of 4,000 plus. Doyle has been counting the cost of Saturday’s “expensive rain shower” which he feels will have cost the club £4,000 directly and a further 1,000 fans for the re-arranged game, which is due to played on Tuesday 20th April.

"The postponement was a major disappointment because it came at a time - March - when cash is very tight and is generally tight at most clubs because of the way the Football League distributes money to its clubs.
"Our last contribution from the League was a small one in February and the next will not be until April. The major problem for us when a game like Yeovil is postponed is that we have to pay travel costs for them to come back.”

As all fans know, money is tight at the club but the club has to pay £60,000 by next month in costs for the aborted Huntington Stadium project, as such the run of recent postponements has come at a bad time. One saving grace was that, unlike the recent games against Lincoln and Scunthorpe, no police costs were involved but Doyle underlined the importance of the fan’s support.

He said: "Our next home game against Macclesfield looks like it's going to become a very important game for us and has almost become our `Cup Final' this season.

"The postponements and the costs involved with our planning application for Huntington Stadium mean we would now really appreciate one last rally from the fans to get us over the finishing line this season.

"I would ask fans to pencil in their diaries the date of the Macclesfield game especially but also those for the other four home games. It would be a great boost to our finances and to the team if we could average 4,000 between now and the end of the season."
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