York City have fired a broadside at the League Managers' Association for publishing inaccurate and stinging comments in a website report about former manager Terry Dolan.

An internet report headlined 'From York to the West Indies' told how Dolan has been helping out former second-in-command Adie Shaw in his new role in charge of the St Vincent and Grenadines squad.

But in addition to phrases such as 'surprisingly and many would say unfairly dismissed', the article also slated the club's decision to 'reject Dolan's offer to help in the fight against the drop during the latter stages of the season' - despite the fact that neither the board nor the current management were ever approached with any offer.

Communications director Sophie McGill sent a letter to John Barnwell, the LMA's chief executive, to point out the inaccuracy and also criticise their attacking stance on the club and the current management in light of all the hard work done to save it from extinction.

The line about Dolan's offer being rejected has since been removed from the website.

Barnwell had previously criticised Chris Brass's appointment as player-manager at the age of 27 following the departure of Dolan from Bootham Crescent.

McGill said: "The correspondence was sent to the League Manager's Association as the information on their official website was incorrect.

"I also expressed to Mr Barnwell my disappointment regarding the Association's treatment of the football club following the departure of ex-manager Terry Dolan and their continual attacks on York City and Chris Brass.

"I fully understand they have a role to protect their members and assist with the managerial merry-go-round, but they have no knowledge or appreciation of the hard work and sacrifices of York City supporters to ensure the survival of our club.

"The reality is that tough financial decisions have to be made when you bring a club out of administration in order to create a viable business for the future."

Meanwhile, City fans hoping to catch the second home match of the season on television were yesterday dealt a blow by the news that Sky Sports have had to cancel the fixture because of a scheduling mix-up.

As reported in earlier editions of the Evening Press, The match against Hereford had been shifted from August 21 to Monday, August 23 to accommodate the Sky cameras.

It would also have meant an early season cash boost of £5,000, with Hereford collecting £3,000.

But a mistake unearthed yesterday means the game will not be televised as planned, and will instead go ahead on the Saturday as originally planned, although Sky have pledged to cover a game later in the season to make up for their error.

McGill said: "It is disappointing Sky Sports have made this scheduling error as everyone was looking forward to the televised game.

"As an alternative, Sky Sports proposed the game be played on Thursday, August 26, but this was not feasible for either Hereford or ourselves as we both have Saturday fixtures on August 28 and it would not allow enough time for the teams to prepare.

"Looking at the positives, with the game now being played on the Saturday we believe we can expect a greater away attendance which, depending on numbers, could compensate for the £5,000 we would have received for the televised game."

Updated: 10:48 Friday, July 09, 2004