Fact file

Chris Brass:

Position: midfield/sweeperBorn: July 24, 1975, EasingtonOther Clubs: Burnley, Torquay (loan), Halifax Town (loan), York City

Chris Brass joined York in March 2001 from Burnley with a reputation for having a fierce determination, and to underline his standing in the game, he was handed the armband on his City debut when he came on as substitute.

Also a skipper during his time at Turf Moor, he took on the role full-time at Bootham Crescent the following season from the departed Steve Agnew.

The then 25-year-old was brought to the club by the man he replaced as City chief, Terry Dolan, and has proved to be perhaps the best signing the departing boss made during his three-and-a-half-year tenure.

Brass, now 27, began his professional career at the Clarets in 1993-94 after making the grade as a trainee. Apart from a brief stint on loan at Torquay United, for whom he played seven matches in 1994-95, Brass spent all of his career with Burnley until he moved down two divisions to come to Bootham Crescent.

He played more than 170 games for the Clarets, with his only senior goal coincidentally coming against City in a 7-2 drubbing in January 1998.

He was their clubman of the year in 1997, an accolade he also won with City last season to go with his Evening Press player of the year award.

Lee Nogan

Position: striker

Born: May 21, 1969, Cardiff

Other clubs: Oxford, Brentford, Southend, Watford, Reading, Notts County, Grimsby, Darlington, Luton

Honours: Wales Under-21, B, two full caps.

Lee Nogan has passed two notable landmarks during his York City tenure.

The season before last he bagged his 100th League goal while in the last campaign he also surpassed the 500 League appearance landmark.

Despite having just two international caps, Nogan's international career spanned more than three years.

He earned his first cap in April 1992 at the age 22, coming on as a substitute in a 1-1 draw with Austria in Vienna.

Nogan had to wait until September 1995 to earn his next and final cap as Wales beat Moldova 1-0 in a European Championship qualifier, Gary Speed scoring the only goal of the game at Ninian Park.

Nogan has made four appearances and scored one goal at Wembley.

He made his first appearance and scored his only Wembley goal in the 1995 First Division play-off final as Nogan and Reading lost 4-3 to Bolton.

He returned to Wembley twice in 1998, helping Grimsby win promotion in the Second Division play-off final with a 1-0 win over Northampton and also helping the Mariners beat Bournemouth 2-1 in the Auto Windscreen Shield Final.

Nogan was also in the Darlington squad that lost the Division Three play-off final 1-0 to Peterborough in 2000.

Nogan came off the bench in the final, replacing former York City striker Peter Duffield.

In the City hot-seat - Previous York City managers...

Jock Collier: July 1928 - March 1930

Billy Sherrington: March 1930 - May 1933

Jock Collier: May 1933 - March 1936

Tom Mitchell: March 1936 - Feb 1950

Dick Duckworth: March 1950 - Oct 1952

Charlie Spencer: Nov 1952 - Feb 1953

Jimmy McCormick: June 1953 - Sept 1954

Billy Sherrington and Tom Lockie:

Sept 1954 - March 1956

Sam Bartram: March 1956 - July 1960

Tom Lockie: July 1960 - Oct 1967

Joe Shaw: Nov 1967 - Aug 1968

Tom Johnston: Oct 1968 - Jan 1975

Wilf McGuinness: Feb 1975 - Oct 1977

Charlie Wright: Nov 1977 - March 1980

Barry Lyons: March 1980 - Dec 1981

Kevin Randall: Dec 1981 - April 1982

Denis Smith: May 1982 - May 1987

Bobby Saxton: June 1987 - Sepr 1988

John Bird: Oct 1988 - Oct 1991

John Ward: Oct 1991 - March 1993

Alan Little: March 1993 - March 1999

Neil Thompson: March 1999 - Feb 2000

Terry Dolan: Feb 2000 - May 2003.

Chris Brass: June 2003 -

Updated: 11:21 Wednesday, June 04, 2003