Oct 1: Batchelor reckons around 1,000 half-price season tickets have been sold and claims a major new sponsorship deal will be announced soon.

Oct 10: Evening Press reveals Persimmon have bought 20,000 shares in BCH.

Oct 17: Supporters' Trust lodged their objection to Persimmon's application to the council.

Evening Press calls on Persimmon and BCH to break silence over their plans for BC.

Oct 23: Batchelor dismisses suggestion City may be playing at Scarborough's McCain Stadium next season as madness'.

Oct 24: Ryedale MP and City president John Greenway backs calls for football's governing bodies to protect clubs like York City from losing their grounds.

Oct 25: Trust issues rallying call asking people of York object to the planning application. Supporters' Club submits its objection. Persimmon says it has no control over whether City continue to play at BC.

Oct 29: As attendances drop and rumours over his future persist, Batchelor reaffirms his commitment to the Minstermen. Announces he hopes to resolve the issue of fan representation on the board within weeks or days.

Says he still wants to buy BC from BCH and admits if planning permission is granted that would make it easier for him to buy the ground.