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Pie high
What do you get when you team up a York bus driver and a hospital gardener? Flaming Pie, that's what. Tonight (Saturday 12/01/02) the dynamic duo of Paul Leetham (bus driver) and Dave Powell (gardener) play The Grand Hotel, Scarborough, for the stars
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Motive needs to be declared
I agree with every word printed in the Evening Press leader (Wednesday, January 9) but it missed out two important points. 1. At a fans' forum held last year Douglas Craig stated that anyone who had £2million could have the club. 2. Since that statement
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York needs York City FC
I am saddened by the attitude of the directors of the York City. It has become a money or nothing game. They have forgotten what the team means to a lot of people in York. As a child the highlight of the week was walking down to the ground to take in
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Mist opportunity
MORE in hope than with judgement, we set off in the fog on Saturday morning to the Wolds for some valley wandering. A phone call to a publican had given some cause for optimism about the weather not being 'too bad'. With hindsight I think my phone call
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For the love of the club
IF there ever was to be an indication of how passionate supporters of York City club are, Saturday at Grimsby proved it. Non-stop noise all the way through by an excellent away following showing their love for their club, something which has been missing
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Pray for miracle
Can I call through your site for all the armchair fans and the fans who have been forced away from the club over the past few years to rally round York City. We must prove to the the business people in York and the wider football community how important
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Block planning
DOUGLAS Craig's price of £4.5 million for Bootham Crescent is based on the potential development of the ground and surrounding amenities. City of York Council, who are elected and function on behalf of the citizens of York, including football fans, should
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Moral obligation
DOUGLAS Craig may be legally within his rights to sell Bootham Crescent Holdings for £4.5 million but what about his moral obligations to the fans and the city of York? Bootham Crescent was bought in the 1930s for York City. The directors have no right
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No feeling
IT is clear that Mr Craig has no feeling for the club, but I am surprised at the likes of Barry Swallow - a long-time player and connected with the club for a number of years. I hope you will all be able to sleep easy on your piles of money the day you
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Lack of ambition
UNFORTUNATELY, York City seem to lack ambition and I recall Mark Tinkler's comments a couple of years back referring to the Minstermen as 'plodders'. After recent events I agree 100 per cent with the comments. I hope for the club's and fans' sake that
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Pull together
I HAVE expressed grave concern over the off-field goings on at York City in the Evening Press before. Mr Craig and the militant faction amongst City's supporters seemed unable to leave each other alone and focus in a more positive manner on the club.
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Our man on a budget
THIS isn't really your average travel piece, because I wasn't on holiday, but never mind. This is a tale of surviving in Greece on a budget, which springs from my two-week sojourn in the country on the trail of arrested York 'plane spotter', Andy Jenkins
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Ground down, but could Wasps help save City?
WHAT a difference a week makes, especially in sport. Not long ago, there was a suggestion that York Wasps might get to play home fixtures at Bootham Crescent, home of York City FC. Now, it looks like City might soon be playing their home games at Huntington
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York heroin dealer jailed
A POLICE strip search found a York man had enough heroin to make 30 "wraps" hidden inside his body, a court heard. The search was made shortly after Anthony James Ferguson, of Grange Lane, Acomb, had told police he had no drugs on him. Instead, he was
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Car park spaces to be cut next week
CONTROVERSIAL plans to slash spaces at a car park in York to make room for a college expansion will be put into action next week. Union Terrace car park will lose more than half its existing spaces so a new coach park and toilet facilities can be built
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Dakota hangar gets new tenant
A SECOND World War aircraft flew without wings as it began repair work at the Yorkshire Air Museum. The 1944 Douglas C47 Dakota was donated to the Elvington museum at the end of last year and is currently being reassembled. As part of the work the aircraft
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New lease resolves church car park dispute
A VILLAGE car park, which was closed after a row between the landowner and a church council, has reopened after talks resumed between the two parties. A tree trunk was placed across the entrance to the car park next to All Saints' Church, in Church Lane
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Ireland calls for Easterbys
THE Easterby brothers have been given a new year's boost after their inclusion in Ireland's 43-strong training squad for the 2002 Lloyds TSB Six Nations Championship. Guy and Simon Easterby, whose family still live in Church Fenton, both ply their trade
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Dyson dip at half-way
North Yorkshire's Simon Dyson suffered major second round blues in the Bell's South African Open in Durban. After a storming start in which the 23-year-old Malton and Norton Golf Club ace fired a first round five-under-par 67, Dyson's hopes were pegged
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We're on the march
HUNDREDS of York City fans were expected to march on Bootham Crescent today in a show of solidarity for the threatened football club. Fans were asked to assemble at 1.30pm at the Eye of York to set off for the ground at 2pm before this afternoon's crucial
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Wasps find their way to history books
YORK Wasps etched a small piece of rugby league history for themselves last week - but only after a short tour of Tameside. As reported in the Evening Press, the Wasps took part in the first-ever senior rugby league match staged at Hurst Cross, the home
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Last leap
IT'S time to say Goodbye Yellow Brick Toad to the Frog Hall, but in keeping with the request that it's a fond farewell, we've commissioned a song from Tadpole Tudor (with help from Snoop Froggy Frog and Slime Shady). After rejecting several titles including
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Council help for Save City fans
City of York Council has offered to meet with key local businessmen and representatives of the Save City Committee to help the fight to keep York City alive. A meeting is planned for Wednesday and will include Russell Greenfield, vice-chairman of York
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Time to see sense
YOUR article about the new group formed in favour of Coppergate II (January 4) came as a breath of fresh air, particularly after reading your article from the anti lobby opposing the demolition of the Ryedale Building which towers over the Castle Museum
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York fans in match demo
"Bootham Crescent, here to stay" - that was the rallying cry of more than 1,000 York City marchers who blazed a trail of red through the streets to support the threatened club. In a massive show of defiance before Saturday's 1-1 draw with Torquay, an
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Council help for Save City fans
City of York Council has offered to meet with key local businessmen and representatives of the Save City Committee to help the fight to keep York City alive. A meeting is planned for Wednesday and will include Russell Greenfield, vice-chairman of York
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What City means to us
YORK City's official club historian DAVID BATTERS described this week's announcement spelling the end of Bootham Crescent as an arena of dreams as one of the saddest days of his sporting life. Here he tells the Evening Press what it has meant to be a
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Caesars, Goodgramgate, York - Reviewed 12/01/02
I had tried booking a table at Caesars - the popular Italian eatery on Goodramgate - before, only to be told they were fully booked. So when we decided it would be a good place to take visiting friends over the festive season, I took the precaution of
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TV darts match spikes rape trial
THE trial of a York teenager accused of raping a woman has collapsed, after some jurors were found watching a TV darts match when they should have been considering their verdict. It means the alleged rapist, 19-year-old Phillip James Nicholas, now faces
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York fans in match demo
"Bootham Crescent, here to stay" - that was the rallying cry of more than 1,000 York City marchers who blazed a trail of red through the streets to support the threatened club. In a massive show of defiance before Saturday's 1-1 draw with Torquay, an
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Hard to believe
WHAT a farce at Bootham Crescent. I can't believe what is happening there neither can my friends and fellow supporters of York City. I cannot believe the dire straits the club now finds itself in after all these years in the Football League. This lack
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Rally cry
I WOULD like to express my contempt and disgust at the actions of the so-called chairman and directors of York City Football Club. I have supported York City from the early 1950s when I was a teenager; they have always been an important part of my life
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Does Craig have the right?
I can't express how much hurt the York City supporter feels at Douglas Craig's actions. It seems he has had his, and the board's, mind made up for some time on the issue, certainly since July 2001 when he will have seen the accounts and the club losses
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Turn to Leeds United
Being an ex-pat Yorkshiremen and closely following York City via the internet, I was wondering if any approach had been made towards Leeds United seeking help? I know Leeds use the ground for reserve fixtures, but would they be interested in taking this
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Closure threat is no real surprise
AS a long term season ticket holder and minor (un-consulted) shareholder in York City, it comes as no surprise to see Douglas Craig antagonising every supporter at the club with his threat to close it down by the summer. He has informed the audience at
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Take heart
I WISH the employees of the club and all the supporters every success in saving York City. I'll continue to support the team whatever its future status. Take some heart from Brighton and Hove Albion down here on the south coast. Almost dead and buried
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Action, not words
MR Craig has cannily retained all assets of any value giving any potential purchaser of the Football Club nothing of any worth they could use as security. However, part of the proposal includes the Wigginton Road training ground. This is unsurprising
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Show you care
WHY did Douglas Craig turn down Gordon Gibb's offer in 2000? Was it because he believed that he could manage to run the club better or because he wanted to drag it screaming and kicking into the Third Division, do dismally there and hope no one would
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Rubbish team
THE comment made by Brian Lomax (Evening Press, Tuesday, January 8) in which he states "Supporters through the gates put more money into football clubs" hit the nail smack on the head! I will put myself at the mercy of whoever and say that the reason
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Rescue help
AS a Chesterfield FC supporter resident in York, I have read with pleasure about the active encouragement and advice that York City supporters are receiving in the current crisis from the present chairman of Chesterfield FC in the moves to rescue City
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Cafe Revive, Marks & Spencer, Piccadilly
THE sales were in full swing with shops crowded. Marks & Spencer was no exception. Reaching its first-floor caf, we were confronted with a new logo: 'Relax, Refresh, Revive, Retreat'. Refurbishment has taken place since our last visit to this venue
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Lack of support
ALTHOUGH the board have not been open and above board in their dealings, this is only because they have been allowed to be, by the failure of the citizens of York to put their hands in their pockets and come out and support their team. When the club have
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Breaking tradition
JUDGING by Wednesday's excellent editorial, the Evening Press is now alive to Douglas Craig's intentions. No doubt a number of pertinent questions will be asked of the man. One might be why he and his fellow directors are breaking away from the tradition
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Sinking so low
I'M sure that the directors and in particularly Douglas Craig will have done nothing unlawful during their actions to line their own pockets, but morally they have sunk as low as they could possibly get. BCH was set up, we were told, to protect the assets
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Control planning
IN planning terms Bootham Crescent is currently designated for leisure use and a statement from the leader of the City of York Council that it has no intention of allowing residential development will do much to dampen the ardour of the owners of for
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Assets transfer
THE claim that Bootham Crescent Holdings acquired the assets of York City 'in the interests of the club' can now be seen to be untrue. The reassuring fact for all fans was the knowledge that the club, unlike many, owned its own ground. If the worst was
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The Reames example
FORMER Lincoln City chairman John Reames was held up as a shining light at Monday's fans' meeting. Today, his actions must remain a beacon of hope to all football fans whose love, loyalty and commitment for their clubs can never be bought, sold or exchanged
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Armed robber gets 8 years
A HEROIN addict was today starting eight years jail after admitting carrying out armed raids at two York betting shops. The robber, 24-year-old Clifford William McDermid, had a nervous few seconds while York Crown Court determined whether he should get
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Sahara trek in Daniel's memory
A COUPLE from a village near York joined friends and family for a challenging trek across the Sahara Desert to raise £45,000 for charity - in memory of their nephew, who died after an asthma attack. Jan and Paul Drinkall, who live at Barmby Moor, have
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Trust's £35,000 to mark village century
CENTENARY celebrations are to take place at a village near York this year - and residents are getting a major say in the proceedings. It is 100 years since Joseph Rowntree bought the land on which to build New Earswick, and villagers have been invited
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Five years is not enough
SURVIVORS of the Great Heck rail disaster today revealed their anger at Gary Hart's five-year prison sentence. Many feel the man convicted of causing the death of ten people should have been jailed for longer. Hart, 37, of Strubby, Lincolnshire, was today
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'Five years is not enough'
by Steve Carroll SURVIVORS of the Great Heck rail disaster today revealed their anger at Gary Hart's five-year prison sentence. Many feel the man convicted of causing the death of ten people should have been jailed for longer. Hart, 37, of Strubby, Lincolnshire
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Beating the freeze
YORK'S League clash with Yarnbury may not have beaten the weather, but it did not stop the club from still getting in a game. When the referee decided to call off the Yorkshire One tie because of a frozen pitch, the hosts could have been forgiven for
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Wasps find their way to history books
YORK Wasps etched a small piece of rugby league history for themselves last week - but only after a short tour of Tameside. As reported in the Evening Press, the Wasps took part in the first-ever senior rugby league match staged at Hurst Cross, the home
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Barbican bids cut down to final five
A SHORTLIST of bids for York's Barbican has been cut down to five. City of York Council's executive members agreed to dismiss six offers, reducing the number of bids from 11. Those remaining have been asked to re-submit their plans, giving increased detail
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York ref helps get Rovers a re-match
TOMORROW'S visitors to Huntington Stadium, Hull KR, had an eventful day last Sunday - with a York-based official at the hub of it all. Controversy arose when the floodlights at New Craven Park gave up after 50 minutes of Rovers' game with Leigh, with
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Hill's bid to scale new high
FORWARD-looking prop Steve Hill believes York Wasps are going places - and he can't wait to pull on the shirt again and help to take them there. The 25-year-old re-signed for his hometown club this week from Sheffield Eagles, 17 months after heading in
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What City means to us
YORK City's official club historian DAVID BATTERS described this week's announcement spelling the end of Bootham Crescent as an arena of dreams as one of the saddest days of his sporting life. Here he tells the Evening Press what it has meant to be a
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No-go with Wasps
THE only option is a saviour coming in with the £4.5 million required because as much as I hate to say it York City Football Club will cease to exist. The ground share option will not work. The evidence is already there for people to see. No matter what
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Planning rules could thwart Bootham sale
YORK'S football ground owners will need to meet strict planning regulations if they wanted to get consent for it to be used for anything other than football. Bootham Crescent Holdings (BCH) has put the ground up for sale - and if it is not bought to be
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We're on the march
HUNDREDS of York City fans were expected to march on Bootham Crescent today in a show of solidarity for the threatened football club. Fans were asked to assemble at 1.30pm at the Eye of York to set off for the ground at 2pm before this afternoon's crucial
