YORK City's newest recruit, Peter Salter, is relishing 'insuring' the Minstermen's commercial success.

London-born Salter, 42, who worked for world-renowned insurers Lloyd's of London for 19 years, took up his new role as the club's commercial manager this week.

Salter, who has taken over from Simon Cawkill, who left last month, moved north from Gillingham six years ago to work in recruitment.

Married with two children and living at Cliffe, near Selby, Salter admits his career has not been in football, but he brings with him a vast experience and a love for the game.

"I've played football and been a supporter for as long as I can remember," he said.

"Although I've never worked for a football club, I was chairman of the sports and social committee at Lloyd's.

"It had a membership of 1,200 and I was involved in a lot of the aspects I will be doing now; fundraising and organising and looking after the commercial side of things.

"I'm really looking forward to it and I'm very excited to be working for a football club.

"I want to develop the relationships and firm foundations that are already established."

Salter is available to speak on any commercial or sales matter at the club on 01904 624447 ext 6 or at peter.salter@ycfc.net

CITY will also be looking for commercial success from their new lottery, which is re-launched on Monday in conjunction with the Evening Press.

The easy to play lottery costs £1 per week and provides punters with the chance of winning £10,000 per day.

Participants select six numbers between zero and nine to take part in the lottery, which runs from Monday to Friday.

If their chosen numbers match the last digit in Fahrenheit as reported in the Daily Telegraph for six locations, they win £10,000.

Match five numbers and you win £200, four numbers £20 and three numbers £2.

Entry details will be published in the Evening Press on Monday and the winning numbers will be published daily, Monday to Friday.

Unlike the last City lottery, which was run in conjunction with Leeds United, the profits for the new venture will go solely to the Minstermen.

MARK Maley's marching orders against Scunthorpe United looked harsh and proof that the on-loan City defender had been hard done by has come from a surprising source - Iron manager Brian Laws.

Maley received his second yellow card after a tackle on winger Peter Beagrie at the death. It was a bone-crunching challenge and perhaps needless in the circumstances. But it did look like Maley won the ball.

City players were particularly irked as it was alleged Laws, immediately after the tackle, told Beagrie to stay down.

And the United boss certainly seemed to back up those claims that Beagrie had conned the ref when praising the wingers' ability to avoid the challenge.

"Opponents do want to hurt Peter Beagrie," claimed Laws.

"Fortunately on Friday, Peter saw it coming and escaped fairly lightly. Thankfully, Peter's experienced enough to cope with situations like that."

SCUNTHORPE United's captain and former City hero Nigel Pepper has played his first competitive game since breaking his leg 15 months ago.

The former Bradford City midfielder played 45 minutes of United's 1-1 draw against Blackpool reserves at Glanford Park in midweek before being substituted.

It was the 33-year-old's first game since he broke his leg in his second game for the Iron in August 2000.

FOR another former City player, the news on the injury front is not as good.

One-time Minsterman Ray Warburton, now skippering League new-boys Rushden and Diamonds, is facing a further three months on the sidelines after being told he needs more surgery on a groin injury.

The 34-year-old defender underwent an operation in the summer and has yet to make an appearance this season after suffering a couple of set-backs on his comeback trail.

He resumed training only for the problem to flare up again and was due to undergo surgery this week.