York City arrange new dates for fixtures

Bottom-of-the-table Altrincham are also hoping to shortly announce a new date for their home match with the Minstermen, which was frozen off on Tuesday.

The cold snap has left City needing to cram 26 games into the final four months of the season with, of course, the possibility of further matches should City avoid defeat at Premier League hosts Bolton in the third round of the FA Cup.

There is also the prospect of future postponements due to FA Trophy and Cup date clashes.

The Luton away match, pencilled in for Tuesday, January 18, is under threat for two reasons – should Luton draw their FA Trophy home tie with Uxbridge or City hold Bolton with the respective replays scheduled for that date.

If Mansfield overcome visitors Newport in the Trophy’s second round on January 15, then their trip to Bootham Crescent on Saturday, February 5 will also need to be rearranged.

The matches against Luton (March 12) and Cambridge (March 19) will be called off as well should either side reach the Trophy semi-finals.

Cambridge travel to Alfreton in the next round of the competition.

Finally, City will need to switch their trip to Southport on Saturday, January 29 if they can pull off a major upset by dumping Bolton out of the Cup.

Revised York City fixture list

(home games in bold)

Sat, Jan 1 Gateshead (A)
Mon, Jan 3 Fleetwood (H)
Sat, Jan 8 Bolton FA Cup 3 (A)
Tues, Jan 11 Grimsby (H)
Sat, Jan 15 Histon (A)
Tues, Jan 18 Luton (A)
Sat, Jan 22 Forest Green (H)
Sat, Jan 29 Southport (A)

Tues, Feb 1 Wimbledon (H)
Sat, Feb 5 Mansfield (H)
Sat, Feb 12 AFC Wimbledon (A)
Sat, Feb 19 Crawley (H)
Sat, Feb 26 Hayes & Yeading (A)

Tues, Mar 1 Gateshead (H)
Sat, Mar 5 Barrow (A)
Fri, Mar 11 Luton (H)
Sat, Mar 19 Cambridge (A)
Sat, Mar 26 Histon (H)
Tues, Mar 29 Eastbourne (H)

Sat, Apr 2 Kettering (A)
Sat, Apr 9 Newport (H)
Sat, Apr 16 Tamworth (H)
Sat, Apr 23 Darlington (A)
Tues, Apr 25 Cambridge (H)
Sat, Apr 30 Crawley (A)

TBA Altrincham (A)