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Southend
Ground: Roots Hall Capacity: 12,306 Last season: 18th Manager: Alan Little Ins: Neil Tolson striker from York City on a Bosman; Gordon Connelly winger from York City £50,000. Outs: Barry Conlon striker to York City for £100,000; Steve McGavin midfielder
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Shrewsbury
Ground: Gay Meadow Capacity: 8,000 Last season: 15th Manager: Ged King Ins: Mark Winstanley defender from Burnley, free. Outs: Brian Gayle defender released; Devon White striker released; Mark Williams defender released. Chances: The portents are not
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Rotherham
Ground: Millmoor Capacity: 11,500 Last season: 5th Manager: Ronnie Moore Ins: Will Varty midfielder from Carlisle, free; Brian Wilsterman defender from Oxford United; Andy Turner winger from Crystal Palace, free; Kevin Watson midfielder from Swindon,free
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Rochdale
Ground: Spotland Capacity: 9,195 Last season: 19th Manager: Steve Parkin Ins: Dave Flitcroft midfielder from Chester City on a Bosman; Tony Ford defender from Mansfield,free; Steve Lenagh defender from Chesterfield, free; Wayne Evans defender from Walsall
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Plymouth
Ground: Home Park Capacity: 19,630 Last season: 13th Manager: Kevin Hodges Ins: Paul McGregor striker from Nottingham Forest, free; midfielder Chris Leadbitter from Torquay, free; Wayne O'Sullivan midfielder from Cardiff City, free. Outs: Ronnie Mauge
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Northampton
Ground: Sixfields Stadium Capacity: 7,653 Last season: 22nd in Div 2 Manager: Ian Atkins Ins: Simon Sturridge striker from Stoke City, free; Steve McGavin midfielder from Southend,free; Keith Welch goalkeeper from Bristol City, free; Alex O'Reilly goalkeeper
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Mansfield
Ground: Field Mill Capacity: 6,905 Last season: 8th Manager: Billy Dearden Ins: Neil Richardson defender from Rotherham on a free. Outs: Striker Iyseden Christie to Leyton Orient on tribunal fee; Steve Harper midfielder to Hull City on a free; midfielder
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Macclesfield
Ground: Moss Rose Capacity: 6,028 Last season: 24th in Div 2 Manager: Sammy McIlroy Chances: The fragility of a pre-season was never more acutely felt than in Macclesfield. Believed to be ready for a yo-yo ascent to Division Two a tightening financial
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Lincoln C
Ground: Sincil Bank Capacity: 10,900 Last season: 23rd in Div 2 Manager/chairman: John Reames Ins: Dave Barnett defender from Port Vale,free; Steve Welsh defender from Ayr United, free. Outs: Kevin Austin defender to Barnsley on Bosman; Dean Walling defender
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Hull City
Ground: Boothferry Park Capacity: 13,000 Last season: 21st Manager: Warren Joyce Ins: Lee Bracey goalkeeper from Ipswich Town on a Bosman; Jamie Wood striker from Manchester United, free; John Eyre striker from Scunthorpe; Jason Harrison striker £50,000
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Sky pay hitch makes TV viewers see blue
SKY TV has held its hands up to an error which resulted in direct debits being set up without its customers' consent. Sky channel subscribers in York reacted angrily to the bungle, which could have led to monthly payments of £9 being taken out of their
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Last few days for York Story
THIS weekend will be the last chance for visitors to look round the York Story museum before it closes on Sunday afternoon. The museum, in Castlegate, York, is to close because of council cuts and falling visitor numbers. Council bosses have not ruled
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Birthday trip sparks plea for history of site
A BIRTHDAY surprise shopping trip for designer clothes took 90-year-old Lillian Bulmer on a trip down memory lane. As a teenager Lillian worked as a laundry girl at the old Naburn Hospital on the site of the swanky new McArthurGlen designer outlet - near
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York companies hit by Love Bug chaos
THE Love Bug computer virus is claiming scores of victims in York - including many small businesses and the local Tax Office. Today systems staff are assessing the damage caused by the electronic love letter virus. Thousands of office workers around the
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Ofsted praise for new service
YORK'S education department is set to rank among the nation's best in a report out later this month, the Evening Press can reveal today. But the anonymous leak to this paper of a confidential briefing document on the report has prompted immediate calls
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Exeter City
Ground: St James' Park Capacity: 19.570 Last season: 12th Manager: Peter Fox Ins: Paul Buckle midfielder from Colchester, free; Kofi Nyamah midfielder from Luton Town, free; Ben Worrall midfielder from Scarborough, free. Outs: Ashley Bayes goalkeeper
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Darlington
Ground: Feethams Capacity: 8,500 Last season: 11th Manager: David Hodgson Ins: Neil Aspin defender from Port Vale, free; Lee Nogan striker from Grimsby on a Bosman; Neil Heaney winger from Manchester City, free. Outs: Mark Barnard defender to Doncaster
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Cheltenham
Ground: Whaddon Road Capacity: 6,114 Last season: 1st Conference Manager: Steve Cotterill Ins: Hugh McAuley striker from Leek Town for £20,000; Shane Higgs goalkeeper from Worcester City for £10,000. Outs: Jason Eaton striker to Yeovil, free; Jimmy Smith
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Carlisle U
Ground: Brunton Park Capacity:16,651 Last season: 23rd Manager: Martin Wilkinson Ins: Peter Keen goalkeeper from Newcastle United, free; defender Matthew Pitts from Sunderland, free; Steve Agnew midfielder from York City on a free? Outs: Will Varty midfielder
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Boro aim for centenary joy
ONE of the oldest football clubs in North Yorkshire will be hoping to enter their centenary year in some style this summer - as triple champions of their league. Boroughbridge FC were for-med, it is believed, prior to or during the 1900/01 season. And
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York foiled by the system
There is an air of satisfaction at York Cricket Club after their useful start to the season. But officials are understandably disappointed that they were thwarted by the Yorkshire League's new points scoring system. They only collected one point from
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Birthday boy Smith ready to wing in for Wasps
NEW Zealander Michael Smith could have double cause for celebration next week after finally being given the green light to join up with his new York Wasps team-mates. The Wasps yesterday received Smith's work permit after a lengthy wait which had put
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Turley gets contract but Talbot released
FORMER Newcastle United prospect Paul Talbot has been shown the Bootham Crescent door by York City chief Terry Dolan. But the City boss has handed young teenage striker James Turley, whose contract also runs out in the summer, another year while offering
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Supporters' recruitment drive
THE official York City Supporters' Club have welcomed moves for a fans' representative sitting on the Bootham Crescent board. Ray Wynn, supporters' club secretary and treasurer, described the compromise offered by the club as a positive step forward and
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It was love at first site
Fans are often hooked by their first match. In Phillip Hall's case it was hardly surprising. He paid his first visit to Bootham Crescent in 1997-98 for the visit of Carlisle United and witnessed an astonishing match. Then at Howden School, he was persuaded
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Unlucky City almost humble mighty reds
TAKE THAT: City's Tony Canham cuts between Liverpool defender Gary Gillespie and Danish midfielder Jan Molby to hammer in the Minstermen's goal at Anfield We wuz robbed! York City fans who witnessed a battling FA Cup performance at Liverpool in 1986 are
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Banks achieved the 'impossible'
THE GREATEST: Goalkeeper Gordon Banks, who when playing for Stoke made a superb save against York City. WORLD Cup winner Gordon Banks is the principal speaker at Wayne Hall's Testimonial dinner at York Racecourse on Monday night. And the goalkeeping legend
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Torquay U
Ground: Plainmoor Capacity: 6,003 Last season: 20th Manager: Wes Saunders Ins: Lee Russell defender from Portsmouth, free; Gary Neil striker from Leicester City, free; Mike O'Brien midfielder from Everton, free; Chris Brandon midfielder from Bradford
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Swansea
Ground: Vetch Field Capacity: 11,500 Last season: 7th Manager: John Hollins Ins: None. Outs: Aidan Newhouse striker released; Carl Mainwaring striker released. Chances: Same-again squad, but higher sights in ambition, that's the Swans' way for the coming
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Peterborough
Ground: London Road Capacity: 15,314 Last season: 9th Manager: Barry Fry Ins: Andy Clarke striker from Wimbledon, free. Outs: Giuliano Grazioli striker to Swindon on a Bosman; Mick Bodley defender to St Albans,free; Derek Payne midfielder to St Albans
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Leyton Orient
Ground: Brisbane Road Capacity: 13,842 Last season: 6th Manager: Tommy Taylor Ins: Iyseden Christie striker from Mansfield on tribunal fee; Ashley Bayes goalkeeper from Exeter on a Bosman; Andy Harris defender from Southend, free; Josh Lowe midfielder
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Blood and thunder
What follows after the calm is usually a storm and so it proved. A second goalless stalemate in successive weeks for York City but one far removed from the stale, tepid encounter at Southend a week earlier. All the unsavoury skirmishes, both on and off
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City splash out for point
Anyone searching for a definition of unremarkable would have found it at Bootham Crescent on Saturday afternoon. That the match went ahead was down to the skills of groundsman Bryan Horner after a morning drencher had forced two pitch inspections before
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Couple put town on the web
TADCASTER has got its own official website - thanks to hairdresser Angela Usher and her trucker husband, Andrew. The couple have launched the site - on www.tadcaster.uk.com - featuring scenes from the town and its history, in particular Tadcaster's famous
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North York Moors bank on cash grant
THE North York Moors National Park could receive a massive cash injection if a bid for Government funds is successful. The National Association of Park Authorities, which represents all Britain's national parks, has been putting together a bid with the
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No sinking feeling for cruise couple
A NORTH Yorkshire couple whose Mediterranean cruise came to an abrupt end when their ship broke down 15 hours into its maiden voyage say they can't wait to get back on board. Joe and Bet Bellamy, from Easingwold, were full of praise for the way shipping
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Labour in danger of losing York - Bayley
YORK'S MP Hugh Bayley has warned Labour supporters that they risk losing control of the city council in two crucial by-elections. Hugh Bayley said if Labour supporters stayed at home City of York Council could end up with no party in overall control.
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Hartlepool
Ground: Victoria Park Capacity: 7,229 Last season: 22nd Manager: Chris Turner Ins: Chris Perkins midfielder from Chesterfield, free; Kevin Henderson striker from Burnley, free. Outs: Paul Baker striker to Scarborough on trial; Peter Beardsley striker
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Halifax Town
Ground: The Shay Capacity: 7,449 Last season: 10th Manager: Mark Lillis Ins: Chris Tate striker from Scarborough for £150,000; Tony Parks goalkeeper from Scarborough, free; Matthew Russell defender from Scarborough £25,000; Mark Jules defender from Chesterfield
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Chester City
Ground: Deva Stadium Capacity:6,000 Last season: 14th Manager: Kevin Ratcliffe Ins: None. Outs: Chris Priest midfielder to Macclesfield (Bosman); Dave Flitcroft midfielder to Rochdale (Bosman). Chances: Keen ambition reigns at the Deva Stadium now that
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Brighton
Ground: Withdean Stadium Capacity: 6,000 Last season: 17th Manager: Mickey Adams Ins: Jamie Campbell defender from Cambridge, free; defender Darren Carr from Gillingham £25,000; defender Andy Crosby from Chester £10,000; defender Ryan Palmer from Fulham
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Barnet
Ground: Underhill Capacity: 4,057 Last season: 16th Manager: John Still Ins: Ben Strevons striker from Wingate and Finchley; Frazer Toms midfielder from Charlton on a free transfer; Danny Brown midfielder from Leyton Orient, free; Danny Naisbitt goalkeeper
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Big summer push for St Leonard's
A PLEA for even greater efforts to push our Hospice 2000 Appeal towards its final figure of £2 million has been made after a week in which the total went up by over £50,000. Building work on the "new look" St Leonard's Hospice in Tadcaster Road, York,
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Games under starters orders
THE heat is on. Over 600 youngsters will be in action when the North Yorkshire Millennium Youth Games get underway tomorrow. The sporting stars of the future will be bidding to be the first to win places in the national Millennium Games at Southampton
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Vaughan's England chances take a blow
YORKSHIRE opener Michael Vaughan's chances of playing for England in the first Test against Zimbabwe on May 18 were put in jeopardy yesterday when he had to retire hurt at Headingley with a suspected broken finger after piling up a magnificent 155 off
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Dolan's target
MINSTERMEN boss Terry Dolan is looking for York City to finish the season on a 21st century high. Three points would not only lift 20th-placed City above tomorrow's opponents, Leyton Orient, but could see York climb above both Alan Little's Southend United
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City show their steel
LEICESTER City do battle with first division Tranmere Rovers tomorrow in the last League Cup final to be played under the Twin Towers. More than 70,000 will be there, and millions more will watch the spectacle on television. But no matter how entertaining
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Game was a real Bobby dazzler
CALLING THE SHOTS: Goalkeeper Peter Mellor can only watch in anguish as Chris Jones, watched by Jimmy Seal sees his chip heading to the Fulham net for York City's opener at Bootham Crescent in 1975 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore (inset) is stood
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Saints alive for City
TAKING AIM: York City striker Paul Aimson soars above Southampton centre half John McGrath to head in the last gasp equaliser which earned the Minstermen a replay at The dell HEAVENS above! York City fans were on cloud nine when the Saints went marching
